“We Rise” is the face of new of Afghanistan and the generation of change. Future is theirs.

'The Evolution of Political Ideology' applies multilevel selection theory to an examination of both the natural history of ideology, and how that natural history has unfolded through the course of civil history in the Western world. bit.ly/4inp4N3

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Can’t agree more!

My book Dawn Rose on a Dead Body is out now in the Public Anthropology series of University of California Press (is on Bluesky). ucpress.edu/books/dawn-ros… This ethnography explores everyday life, violence, and poppy farming in Badiraguato, Sinaloa—a place often reduced to cartel myths. A 🧵 1/

ようやく無事に届きました。一安心。

One week until: Small states, Russia and the West with Eduard Abrahamyan Join us for an in-depth discussion on the evolving geopolitics of the #Caucasus Fri 28th Mar, 4pm to 5pm Online Info & reg: bit.ly/3QSVCCF

Politics, an ugly game, or an art of the possible?!

This is certainly a recommended read.

𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 These papers by Smith and Linz consider the relationship between two distinct but linked processes: the making of states and the building of nations. Download of Smith: bresserpereira.org.br/terceiros/curs… Download of Linz: academia.edu/39201827/VIII_…

💰 Does foreign income fuel power consolidation in dictatorships? ➡Bernat Puertas & A. Escribà-Folch show there is no robust link between the two—only a limited effect on certain aspects of personalism cambridge.org/core/journals/… #FirstView

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New publication alert! 🧵 Checkpoints, Transnational trade, and Conflict: How armed groups turn transnational trade into profits (and why it matters).

'Talibanland - Paradise Under the Shadow of Sabers in Afghanistan,' by Georgi E. Asatryan, analyses the Taliban’s rise to power and its rule in Afghanistan from various perspectives. bit.ly/4jF5YmH

How Trump’s tariffs could hit developing economies – even those not involved in the trade war wider.unu.edu/publication/ho…

Delighted to share that 'Mapping Futures for Afghanistan' will be published as part of Routledge Books 's Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series on 20 Oct 2025. routledge.com/Mapping-Future…

When everying is money and business, this happens. bbc.com/news/articles/…

A timely and pressing topic, looking forward to reading it with great interest. Congratulations, Samuel Brazys!