It’s so embarrassing that Sweden was the first EU country to formally recognize Palestine as a state in 2014, but the current extreme right wing government is trying to pretend like that never happen by abstaining here.

15% of Georgian population was in the streets tonight. 15%. In relative terms, this is the largest mobilization I heard or read of in human memory.

📢 Conflict scholars planning to attend #ISA2025 Chicago

Excited to see this very interesting article on rebel governance in northern Côte d'Ivoire by Jeremy Speight out. His work has served as a great inspiration to my own work on rebel governance, and adds to the overall picture of rebel rule in Côte d'Ivoire ⤵️ tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

My latest from #IvoryCoast where over 50,000 people are being evicted from their homes – practically overnight and without any compensation – to make space for luxury hotels, shopping centers and a marina. Thousands of children are now left without a home or a classroom.

How does financial capacity influence incumbents' hiring of violence perpetrators? Maureen's research from Lagos, Rivers, and Nasarawa states highlights the significant impact of resources on electoral violence dynamics.

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Congratulations to Peer Schouten on winning the 2024 Conflict Research Society Book of the Year Prize for his book "Roadblock Politics: the origins of violence in Central Africa" conflictresearchsociety.org/winner-of-2024…

Never before have there been so many armed conflicts around the globe. New data from UCDP at UppsalaPeaceConflict out today - a record-high number of 59 state-based armed conflicts recorded in 2023. shorturl.at/JR0Cm

The UEFA EURO 2024 is here! ⚽ #EURo2024 In case you need a break from watching the matches 📺and want to read 📄 some fascinating research related to football, check out these articles👇

Oranje fans are 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞. 💎 #NothingLikeOranje #CreateHistory #POLNED

It’s that time of the year again when I get my hopes up 😅

Southgate: "Do you know what to do?" Gallagher: "No." Southgate: "Me neither. Tell Jude I said hi!”

Skriver i GP om en stundande svältkatastrof i Sudan av fasansfulla proportioner. gp.se/debatt/sudan-s…

Även DN uppmärksammar den stundande svältkatastrofen I Sudan. dn.se/varlden/miljon…

🚨🚨Postdoc position🚨🚨You have in-depth knowledge of Afghan politics, speak Dari and/or Pashto (non-mandatory) & want to work with me on “Rebel Victory & State Building in #Taliban-controlled #Afghanistan”? Apply here: ru.nl/en/working-at/… CICAM Politicologie, Radboud University Radboud Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen

New paper with ZacharyST published in the AJPS. We study how civilian behavior on social media shifts during war, focusing on one of the most horrific episodes of the Syrian conflict - the siege of Aleppo. Check out Zack's thread for more details on our findings👇