Russian forces attacked Ukraine with 58 drones on the evening of July 20 and overnight into July 21, and Ukrainian air defenses shot down or suppressed 46 of them, according to the Ukrainian Air Force. There are reports of casualties in Sumy Oblast, Chernihiv, and Kherson.

Russia launches 58 drones at Ukraine; 46 intercepted

Russian forces attacked Ukraine with 58 drones on the evening of July 20 and overnight into July 21, and Ukrainian air defenses shot down or suppressed 46 of them, according to the Ukrainian Air…

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This is not to say that replacement of Fedorov (after power struggle with Sirskyy) - was right or wrong. But suggesting that choice was made entirely because of a rapid rise of Fedorov in polls does not add up. As of July 2026 he is polling at 3/4% with no significant rise.

This is not to say that replacement of Fedorov (after power struggle with Sirskyy) - was right or wrong. But suggesting that choice was made entirely because of a rapid rise of Fedorov in polls does not add up. As of July 2026 he is polling at 3/4% with no significant rise.

The Oxford Union debate, ‘This House Would Rather Go to War with Russia than Lose Ukraine’, is now available to watch online. You can watch my contribution here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9XU... And the full debate here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t8u... 1/2

Very proud that UoM ranks 1st in the world for THE Sustainability Impact Ratings. We are one of few elite global universities (40th - QS 2027) consistently rank in the top 10 in both in "THE Impact Rankings" & "QS World Sustainability Rankings."

50 years ago I began work at Chatham House on the future of British foreign policy. Very much enjoyed this conversation with Olivia O’Sullivan who is now also running a Uk foreign policy project at Chatham House.

Chatham House@chathamhouse.org · 2mo ago

Professor @ldfreedman.bsky.social (@warstudieskcl.bsky.social) joined @oliviaosullivan.bsky.social to discuss America’s foreign policy failures and the impact of Margaret Thatcher, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan on his time at Chatham House. Read the full interview for @theworldtoday.org ⤵️

We are hiring! We have 3 tenure track positions open: - Comparative Politics: apply.interfolio.com/188149 - International Relations: apply.interfolio.com/188150 - Political Economy: apply.interfolio.com/188151 All jobs have deadlines Oct 5th. Please help spread the word to potential candidates.

#EPSS2026 ☔️ but productive! Looking forward to Copenhagen! @sarahagemann.bsky.social @fghjorth.bsky.social & Kasper good luck. @emmamateo.bsky.social since ur heading that way after Harvard maybe we should organize a pre-EPSS workshop for polisci on Ukraine + wartime citizen opinion & behavior!

Sara Hobolt@sarahobolt.bsky.social · 2mo ago

And now, on to @epssnet.bsky.social Copenhagen 24-26 June 2027! #EPSS2027 is going to be amazing Many thanks to the University of Copenhagen, and to @sarahagemann.bsky.social @fghjorth.bsky.social & Kasper Møller Hansen for making next year’s conference happen I hope to see you all there!

& just like that, in the midst of a serious diplomatic misstep by Nawrocki, Zelensky returns the Order not by diplomatic pouch but by Nowa Poshta … just like millions of ordinary Ukrainians. Proving that although he is tired, imperfect, and makes mistakes, in many ways he is still just one of them.

Zelensky might not be tall - but this is how a small man behaves. Embarrassing not only for Nawrocki but for Poland. Poles are a greater Nation they are better than this. Polish citizens deserve better leaders - ones who build bridges & who lead 🇵🇱🤝🇺🇦 same enemies same fight.

Gazeta Wyborcza @wyborcza.pl · 2mo ago

Karol Nawrocki zdecydował o odebraniu Wołodymyrowi Zełenskiemu Orderu Orła Białego. Więcej: wyborcza.pl/7,75398,3286...

Zelensky might not be tall - but this is how a small man behaves. Embarrassing not only for Nawrocki but for Poland. Poles are a greater Nation they are better than this. Polish citizens deserve better leaders - ones who build bridges & who lead 🇵🇱🤝🇺🇦 same enemies same fight.

Gazeta Wyborcza @wyborcza.pl · 2mo ago

Karol Nawrocki zdecydował o odebraniu Wołodymyrowi Zełenskiemu Orderu Orła Białego. Więcej: wyborcza.pl/7,75398,3286...

Given the Government's growing interest in social media and young people including a potential ban, we are supporting a timely conference on 9/10 July which is exploring how to understand young people's mental health in today's digital environment www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/briti...

Young People, Social Media and New Understandings of Mental Distress

This conference brings together scholars, activists, and NGOs to explore how young people’s understandings of mental health are changing in the context of a youth mental health crisis. It focuses on d...

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As a result of Russia’s mass air raid on Ukraine this night The Art Arsenal was set on fire by drone bomb. My dear friend Director of Art Arsenal Olesya Ostrovska described the events as they unfolded. She writes: “Early this morning, the Russians attacked the Mystetskyi Arsenal with a drone…”

11th century Lavra Monestary (built in 1051) set on fire as a result of Russian air raid this night. Also on fire was a section of Art Arsenal Building. Four victims on sites thus far.

Great idea. www.apa.org/news/apa/202... joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/jrc-explains... www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psyc... acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... www.apa.org/topics/socia...

Politics UK@politicsuk.com · 2mo ago

🚨 NEW: Keir Starmer will introduce nightly social media curfews for 16 and 17-year-olds as part of the Government's social media ban [@thetimes]

It’s Europe Day! Being a supporter of democracy increases the likelihood that a Pole would want Poland to stay in the EU by 12 percentage points at a statistically significant level. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @jcms-eu.bsky.social

Paying peer reviewers works. Expanded Fast & Fair experiment @biologyopen.bsky.social: • 5.5 vs 37.7 working days to decision with reviews • ~3 vs ~9 reviewer invitations per manuscript • no reduction in editor-assessed review quality • similar acceptance rates www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

My reading of public opinion on Brexit rn: ~most constituencies think the UK was wrong to have left the EU ~most constituencies will now be majority Rejoin given national polling (55-33) ~the national lead that Rejoin enjoys in the polls would tighten a fair bit during a campaign*

Will Jennings📉🗳️@drjennings.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Back in 2023, when @focaldata.bsky.social produced an MRP poll on Brexit, Makerfield was estimated as 51% agree (vs 31% disagree) that the UK was wrong to have left the EU.

This is a brilliant book by Sara and James! Great article covering its main argument. An argument that travels across to many cases globally.

Sara Hobolt@sarahobolt.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Great piece in The Guardian by @chakrabortty.bsky.social on how Britain remains a country divided along Brexit lines - building on my new book with James Tilley: "Tribal Politics. How Brexit Divided Britain" (global.oup.com/academic/pro...) Read it here 👇 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Last year, we shared a paper showing that Labour's accommodation of the radical right did not work. We now have a new version of the paper online: osf.io/preprints/so...

Immigration salience by party (top 3 issue) Reform: 83% (1st priority) Conservatives 33% (2nd priority) Labour 17% (5th priority) Green 16% (=6th priority) Ipsos, 8th-12th May 2026 www.ipsos.com/sites/defaul...

It’s Europe Day! Being a supporter of democracy increases the likelihood that a Pole would want Poland to stay in the EU by 12 percentage points at a statistically significant level. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @jcms-eu.bsky.social

It is Europe day! Democrats in Belarus (those who identify democracy as the best system for the country) are more likely to want Belarus to join the EU! Being a democrat in Belarus increases the likelihood of wanting to join the EU by 22 percentage points! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

It’s Europe day! If someone didn’t support democracy in 2019 but became a supporter of democracy by 2021 the likelihood that they came to want Ukraine to join the EU increased by 20 percentage points!! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

It’s Europe day! In Ukraine - employing panel data - we can see that if somebody wasn’t yet a democrat, their becoming a democrat increases the likelihood that they come to support joining the EU in one year, by 12 percentage points! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

What have we learnt - that’s actually new - from today’s results? Not much! But here’s our summary: www.itv.com/news/2026-05... @martamiori.bsky.social @itvnews.bsky.social

The story of Cons losses seems to be hidden from view. 👇

Dylan Difford@dylandifford.bsky.social · 3mo ago

It is important to note how staggeringly bad it is for a first-term opposition to not even be making miniscule gains. Until now, there's basically always been the rebound effect, because the previous opposition overshoots right before a change in govt, leaving easy gains. Not anymore, apparently.

And here's the overall picture in historic perspective. A seismic reshaping of the local election map. Reform UK making fewer gains overall than last year, in part because of a less favourable map, but huge losses for Labour and record gains for Greens.

In terms of overall councillor counts, the Tories are set to fall to their second lowest level in modern local election history (only after LE1996 was worse), while Labour are on trend to fall to a level only previously held between 2008-11.