1/2. "I grew up in a generation where relativism was considered sophisticated and thinking in categories like 'evil' was deemed naive. Now it feels as if we were running away from the much tougher question of how to challenge actual evil" ~peter pomerantsev @TRPUkraine

“‘I feel a personal stake because I got them [Ukraine] to agree to give up their nuclear weapons. And none of them believe that Russia would have pulled this stunt if Ukraine still had their weapons,’ he said.” rte.ie/news/primetime…

The Budapest memorandum recognized Ukraine’s territorial integrity and sovereignty in exchange for giving up nuclear weapons. It also provided security guarantees by the US, UK, Russia. Russia violated sovereignty. Security guarantees did not realize. 1/ rte.ie/news/primetime…

To recall the end of the Second World War in Europe means remembering that more Ukrainian civilians were killed than were Russians, and that more Ukrainian soldiers died fighting the Wehrmacht than Americans, British, and Frenchmen — taken together. See numbers in #Bloodlands

What’s wrong with international development agencies in Ukraine? My list of top fundamental errors that are committed to 1. Obsession with control 1/

In light of a recent fraud case (Gino), some people are talking about how audits of the lit could help deter & detect flawed research. I agree, and as someone pointed out in a convo, they could also provide “certification” for the papers that are audited & pass. Win-win.

78% of Ukrainians have relatives or friends who have died or been wounded in the war. That’s 4 out of 5. The Russian idea of brotherly nations is gone. By Russia’s doing. The war has become personal for everyone in Ukraine. It is us vs them. 1/

"To us [Ukrainians] it feels as though the world is anticipating yet another tragedy, as if we are simply characters in a dystopian series. Only when faced with a concoction of pandemics, floods, bombings, torture and rape can we receive help and support... [1/2]

"And not only this, but we have to repeatedly prove to the audience that we are brave, honest, 'civilized' and not wasteful." [2/2] politico.eu/article/ukrain…

I'm thrilled to share that I'm the lucky recipient of a Schweizerischer Nationalfonds (SNF) #Ambizione 4-year grant to investigate social class and intergroup relations! Eternally grateful to my mentors Eva Green, Fabrizio Butera & all the team at UnilaPS. Looking forward to join LIVES Centre soon!

This paper will make you think twice. How Many Participants Do I Need to Test an Interaction? Conducting an Appropriate Power Analysis and Achieving Sufficient Power to Detect an Interaction - Nicolas Sommet et al 2023 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/25…

"The end of American aid will not end the killing and dying in Ukraine. It will only allow Russian missiles to turn more cities into the hell of Mariupol, and Russian troops to inflict more agony on civilians under occupation." theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

"Would you sell them out? A question for American lawmakers about Ukraine"

What do people fundamentally misunderstand about Russia's war in Ukraine? First, it's not a local conflict, if Ukraine loses, we will all suffer greatly. Second, when people push for "peace talks" they either want to help Russia or don't understand the region geopolitics. Why?

Negotiations can't work bc Russia doesn't care about territories! It ONLY wants a weak puppet state. RU wants people to insist on "peace talks" to portray Ukrainians as ungrateful/unreasonable, but a middle ground on a country democracy is de facto impossible! A half democracy?

New milestone: the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (Society for Personality and Social Psychology)'s first visit to the #UN in Geneva 👉 "SPSP’s First Delegation to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland" | spsp.org/news/newslette… With Anatolia Batruch 🇺🇦 Nicolas Sommet 🇺🇦 & Tobias Ebert

Here’s a simple truth that many foreign political commentators can’t seem to understand about Ukrainians: Russian occupation is much worse than war for us.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine breaks the biggest taboo of the international order. Since 1945, no internationally recognized state was wiped off the map by external conquest. Russia is trying to do just that to Ukraine. Putin is following the imperial principle that any territory

This is a brilliant explanation by Estonian PM Kaja Kallas on why it is senseless to “negotiate” with russia.

Saying that Ukraine provoked Russia because it sought to join NATO is like saying that a victim of long-term abuse is to blame for the most recent attack because she was trying to get a restraining order against her abuser. Those who parrot this are either ignorant or malicious.