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New checkpoint working paper out! Announcing '‘Escaping isn’t for everyone’: Kurdish smugglers’ navigational tactics at checkpoints in Iran' by Peyman | پیمان diis.dk/en/research/es… 1/x

Such a pleasure to see old and new friends at IMES last week! (With a special thanks to GW Geography for co-hosting!)

For Kurdish smugglers, checkpoints mean more than just barriers—they’re sites of complex power struggles. Explore how 'Persin' and 'Jimi' tactics shape control & resistance at these critical points in the latest #RoadblocksAndRevenues working paper👇 bit.ly/48FPWnF

Great contributions on #Gaza by Institute of Development Studies colleagues "Whether or not a ‘technical’ famine occurred, Israel has systematically used hunger & starvation as a weapon in its war against the people of #Palestine, & these are undeniably genocidal acts". ids.ac.uk/publications/w…

November Issue: Countries with large loose cigarette markets should opt for large rather than incremental tax increases in order to ensure their full effect and to achieve better public health.bit.ly/4eZitqQ Max Gallien

With #MESA2024 starting today...

📢Looking for 2 PostDocs and 1 PhD researcher for my European Research Council (ERC) project POLMIG: the positions will be for four years, based in Freiburg ABIFreiburg with research in 🇬🇭🇰🇪🇲🇼🇱🇷. Job ads available here arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/news/call-a… Deadline 27th December

I really enjoyed contributing to this project, with a chapter on "Chequered value chains: globalisation made in the borderlands" - it's an honour to be in such great company. The entire book is available online and for free! Link below 👇

🚨 What is the #StateofTaxJustice in 2024? Find out tomorrow in our latest report, exposing the scale of tax abuse by multinationals & the wealthy. This year’s report lands as global leaders debate a #UNTaxConvention, its findings couldn’t be more urgent. taxjustice.net

Come work with us The Elliott School! We are looking for a full-time faculty member with an associate or full professor rank in the field of security studies, broadly defined. The position will be based in the ISCS and affiliated with the MA in SPS program. gwu.jobs/postings/116301

I don't know how you're spending your coffee breaks but I'm happy to confirm that the answer to the question "Are seasonal effects driving how well the Guardian Blind Dates are going?" is probably no.

Why do academic journals have such strict/varied formatting guidelines on first submission? (Beyond length) Isn’t formatting for a journal, only to be rejected, just a massive unnecessary cost imposed on scientists? Couldn’t scientists put their time to better use?

One of the consequences of whatever has happened to the algorithm on here since Musk took over is that it feels like we're all seeing more and more of the timeline as he's seeing it. And man, is it a small, shallow and exhausting space.

📢 NEW POLICY PAPER OUT! In collaboration with @ATAFTax, we reviewed the challenges and potential of taxing Africa's informal economies. See our findings and recommendations here🔗ow.ly/ZB2050Uk9Jm #TaxTwitter #ATAFAM24 #ATAF| Max Gallien | Vanessa van den Boogaard | Mary Abounabhan

I really enjoyed speaking to Jon Alterman on the CSIS Middle East Babel podcast about my book 'Smugglers and States'. (The podcast series in general is excellent, would highly recommend checking out the episodes that don't have me on...) csis.org/podcasts/babel…

Very interesting podcast by CSIS Middle East in which Max Gallien discusses the political, social, and economic functions of smuggling economies in North Africa

"smuggling is not necessarily subversive; it’s part of a certain mode of state-building," says Max Gallien in the latest episode of #Babel on smuggling economies in North Africa. Listen to his full comments or read the transcript here: csis.org/podcasts/babel…