A wonderful review in International Peacekeeping of F. Nicholas Nassar Fadi Nicholas Nassar's recent book with Cambridge University Press - Politics UN MEDIATORS IN SYRIA, calling it "informative, well-written, and refreshing"-tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

The war in Gaza has killed nearly 16,000 children. An unsettling subset of these deaths stands apart - children with gunshot wounds. Doctors in Gaza report seeing these cases nearly every day. This is not random. It is systematic. youtu.be/t-0zrQZWwDE?si…

Colonial Origins of Democracy and Dictatorship | A Podcast featuring Alexander Lee and Jack Paine, Hosted by Nic Cheeseman Listen here: cup.org/4jmRFCv

I'm delighted to announce that my new edited volume (co-edited with Mirjam Kuenkler) has been published today: cambridge.org/core/books/rul…

Publishing this week: THE RULE OF LAW IN THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN, edited by Hadi Enayat Hadi Enayat and Mirjam Künkler - bit.ly/4aWgBwV

It’s crazy that Save the Children has to say that children have a right to food and life because Israel rejects this basic premise.

Calling African researchers in the humanities and social sciences! We are accepting applications for our CAS Visiting Fellowship Programme 2025-26 until 30 May 2025.

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As we mark Nakba Day on May 15, millions of Palestinian refugees are languishing in camps as Israeli authorities accelerate the forced displacement of Palestinian communities. Governments should press Israel to honor Palestinian refugees' right of return.

Splendid news here for Cambridge University Press - Politics author, Zaynab El Bernoussi Z-ⵣ-Zaynab El Bernoussi-زينب البرنوصي-阿詩

Malnutrition of babies is on the rise so we are looking at nutritionally dense formula for babies. In bulk, we could get each pack for around $6 and contains 1,650 calories. Support us today in this purchase, every penny matters: chuffed.org/project/113222…

Thousands are at risk of imminent death in Gaza. Help: linktr.ee/thesameerproje…. Over 93%, close to 1 million children, are at risk of famine. When the body goes into starvation mode fat and protein reserves are depleted, breathing becomes shallow and labored, and their organs

This piece by Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi is clear-eyed and realistic in its assessment, but it also points to the fact that Iranians won’t necessarily lie down and take the punishment: newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/…

Iranians post videos explaining the civilian casualty of Israel’s “targeted” attacks. Video explains: A nuclear scientist lived in this apartment building with his family. All the units around them have also been hit. 20 dead bodies were retrieved from here. 40 cars were

The UK not only endorses the US attack, Starmer fully legitimizes what in reality was an illegal attack in violation of Article 56 of the Additional Protocol to the Geneva convention. The UK continues to make a mockery of international law.

War in Iran Diary-Entry 2, by Naghmeh Sohrabi truethings.naghmehs.com/p/war-in-iran-…

As Trump floats the idea of a forced regime change in Iran, Kaveh Ehsani, a professor at DePaul University, says political change should come from the people of Iran themselves. “Iranians can speak, and as a diverse society of 90 million, they have multiple views. … There is a

“Palestine Action has never hurt people. They only hurt machinery which produces the instruments of war. So the worst you can say about what they did is vandalism. But you can’t say that they are terrorists." Professor Avi Shlaim, the British-Israeli historian and author, has

What a Gazan Should Do During an Israeli Air Strike May 2023

We think we’ve seen the worst but every single day in Gaza is worse than the day before. At this point securing food for mass distributions is extremely difficult. Support our food distributions here: chuffed.org/project/113222…