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Eine beachtliche Iran-Reportage von Friederike Böge aus der Frankfurter Allgemeine von heute, mit Stimmen aus Teheran, Isfahan und Arak.

Really looking forward to presenting my PhD research on nationalist mobilization in Saudi Arabia today (10.45am, Building B) at #ecprgc23 hosted by Sebastian Hellmeier @SeraphineMaerz & Lisa Garbe European Consortium for Political Research

First panel on Day 5 European Consortium for Political Research #ecprgc23 Neoliberalism and postcolonialism: (Un)likely allies? Impressive panel organized by: Professor Nitasha Kaul, PhD University of Westminster Meral Uğur Çınar/ Meral Ugur-Cinar Bilkent Üniversitesi Bruno Schmidt-Feuerheerd Cambridge University Jacopo Custodi Scuola Normale

People in #Derna #Libya are rightfully angry at the country's politicians after the catastrophe. But there is even more to it than just negligence. A quick explainer🧵on #authoritarianism, #decentralization, #Gaddafi's institutional legacy in Libya - and parallels with #Sudan

Saudi Arabia’s flag carrier officially brings back its old identity and colors

My book 'War through Law: The Taliban Courts' is officially out in the UK via @OUP and OUP Law. Check out this thread for a sneak peek into what the book entails global.oup.com/academic/produ… 1/

CfP on anti-imperialism in the Gulf (broadly defined) edited by Wafa وفاء & Hsinyen Lai (賴炘延)

Looking forward to seeing Grigore Pop-Eleches present our paper from the Russia Watcher project at APSA. Please join us Thurs 9/5 from 8-9:30am in Marriott, room Franklin 11. Jacob Tucker Laura Howells

featuring work by @SuzanneMettler1, @leonieclaude, James Muldoon, Rachel Schwartz, Jessie Barton Hronesova, @kreissdaniel, @brunofeuerheerd, Anja Neundorf, @ktertytchnaya as well!

I’m pleased to share my new journal article on the construction of the modern Saudi-Yemeni border in the post-WWI context and its impact on the people of Najran and Jazan.

Check out my new piece in Good Authority with Grigore Pop-Eleches about Moldova’s 🇲🇩important 2024 elections! 2nd round of prez election is this Sunday. goodauthority.org/news/high-stak…

Interested to read this on getting to grips with local material and sources when studying Saudi Arabia

Good news for everyone interested in Gulf politics, business, and culture: I am very happy to be part of the Gulf Nashra newsletter alongside other academics and policy experts. I will be contributing frequent analytical insights on political, economic, and cultural trends.

New publication alert! Bruno Schmidt-Feuerheerd (Cambridge University Politics and International Studies Cambridge Trinity College) has recently published: “Collaborative authoritarianism and its unintended consequences" in Democratization. You can read it here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

New publication alert!! Scott Williamson (Oxford Politics and IR) has just published The King Can Do No Wrong: Blame Games and Power Sharing in Authoritarian Regimes with Cambridge University Press doi.org/10.1017/978100…

New article in Political Quarterly: "Towards a (Minority) Shareholder State? The Labour Government's Fiscal Framework" doi.org/10.1111/1467-9… Politics and International Studies Cambridge