One topic, three keynotes, fourteen panels, and more than fifty speakers from all over the world - this conference has all it takes to rewrite US history through blue-tinted lenses. Everyone's welcome to join such a collective effort,  it's gonna be a watershed - pun intended!

A very sad day. Professor V.Y. Mudimbe passed away this morning. He was 83 years old. A giant has moved on and an irreplaceable library has been burnt down. Rest well my friend and mentor. Yours was a life that was well lived.

I think I would be the best academic ever If I just stopped doing research.

Finally: The World of the Cold War! I mean the book, not the state of international affairs. Although who can predict…

Thanks Lise! This was great fun!

Curious about political realism, Confucian political theory, or Vietnamese visions of decolonization? Join us in Delft on July 2 for a day of inspiring debates! Enzo Rossi Frank Gerits

Great conference on AI in Leuven. Onwards to Italy today to talk Non-Alignment!

Seems like majoring in business or CS is maybe the worst decision you could make right now as an undergraduate

Great workshop on the History of Non-Alignment. A collaborative project at the University of Padua History Department.

Talking about my book "The Ideological Scramble for Africa" on "Departures with Robert Amsterdam" Robert Amsterdam podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/afr…

In this short excerpt from the conclusion to his recently published book - Military #Marxism: Africa’s Contribution to Revolutionary Theory, 1957-2023 - Adam Mayer urges the importance of returning to and learning from #Africa’s Military Marxists. roape.net/2025/06/04/the…

In 2022, McKinsey was paid $55M to advise Warner Brothers to combine with Discovery. From 2022-2025, McKinsey charged Warner Brothers Discovery $37M by advising the company to change HBO to HBO Max, then to Max, then back to HBO Max. In 2025, McKinsey billed Warner Brothers

Summer vacations are for finishing articles. I hate myself

The landmark ruling means Australia must reduce emissions in line with the best science, and regulate the fossil fuel industry to prevent further harm. Dr Wesley Morgan UNSW theconversation.com/worlds-highest…

I had the opportunity to speak about the mysterious and tragic plane crash of Dag Hammarskjöld in 1961. The podcast by BNR Nieuwsradio has high production value, making it enjoyable to listen to even on a beach or during a walk. bnr.nl/podcast/factor…

PR firm working for Shell wins COP30 media contract climatechangenews.com/2025/07/30/pr-… Public relations giant Edelman is helping COP30 host-nation Brazil hone its media strategy for this year’s UN climate conference – even though it also works for Shell, one of the world’s biggest fossil

Europeans getting the “Africa Summit” treatment, and not liking it.

Macron has acknowledged that the anticolonial struggle in Niger was a full-blown war. He further recognized that France engaged in some neocolonial meddling after independence. Why? Read my piece (in French) in The Conversation. theconversation.com/massacre-de-la…

I have just spoken with His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan and with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt. We share the same conviction: The military offensive in Gaza that Israel is preparing can only lead to disaster for both peoples and risks plunging the entire region

Operationele sprong voorwaarts: eerste MQ-9B ‘SkyGuardian’ in België beldefnews.mil.be/operationele-s…