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Ahead of Trump’s visit to Riyadh today, check out our brief on the prospect of a U.S.-KSA nuclear deal and how Saudi is balancing its nuclear prospects and geopolitical relations with Washington and Beijing ⬇️ Centre for Science & Security Studies

🇷🇸 A student-led movement is challenging what they claim is the 'capture' of the state by Serbian President Aleksandar #Vučić. ✊ Asia Leofreddi reflects on how this uprising, sparked by tragedy & #Corruption, seeks to transform power structures. bit.ly/43lf1Cj

🇮🇳 In #India, the bulldozer has emerged as an instrument of the strong state & symbol of sovereign retribution. 🚜 #BulldozerDemolitions, argues Ananya Sharma, mark a shift towards punitive populism in which majoritarian desires supplant the rule of law. bit.ly/4mhSrTz

⚛️ #Opinion Saudi Arabia’s nuclear prospects in an era of strategic competition, by Zoha Naser and Sarah Tzinieris for The Loop. A Political Science Blog from @ECPR

It was a real pleasure to be invited on to BBC News (UK) to discuss Saudi Arabia's nuclear prospects, building on the article Dr Sarah Tzinieris and I wrote for The Loop. A Political Science Blog from @ECPR Catch the interview here: bit.ly/4jXjkuJ Centre for Science & Security Studies War Studies

🇪🇺 This month marks 75 years since the #SchumanDeclaration that paved the way for the #EU. ❎ Erasmus explores how the Declaration is now failing to protect its democracies and how we can stop Viktor #Orbán and his cronies from undermining the Union.bit.ly/4kpw2lO

🗳️Voters often choose parties that share similar positions to them on certain issues. 📙 Based on PRXJournal research, Andreas Goldberg & Jonas Lefevere (ECPR_POVB) argue this behaviour is more prevalent among voters with more extreme issue positions. bit.ly/4duf83e

☢️ #NuclearPoliticsParadox No.6 🇺🇸 🇷🇺 Valentina Cassar examines US-Russian diplomacy and #ArmsControl in a rapidly evolving geopolitical landscape. 🌏 What role do these countries' nuclear postures play in sustaining their international primacy? bit.ly/4mo5x1P

🧭 #EUEnlargementDilemmas 16 🇪🇺 The growing politicisation of #EUenlargement risks sidelining the #WesternBalkans again. M Butnaru-Troncotă argues the EU's future credibility hinges on treating Western Balkan integration as urgently as Eastern enlargement.bit.ly/4mwd2E6

🇷🇴 In the #RomanianElection, far-right politicians portrayed intellectuals as not just ineffective, but a threat to Romanian values. 🗳️Mimi Mihailescu reveals how their rhetoric is winning votes & reshaping how an entire country determines what is true. bit.ly/45nd4Yy

🇷🇴 Vera Tika reveals how ideas born under the Iron Guard, refined under #NicolaeCeaușescu’s national-communism & weaponised by TikTok 🤳, now dominate #RomanianPolitics & are testing Europe’s eastern frontier of democracy. #RomanianElection #NicușorDan bit.ly/4mnOfSx

🗳️ In a blog piece from CJPS_RCSP research, Marc Sanjaume-Calvet challenges the belief that #IndependenceReferendums are definitive acts of self-determination. Here, he reveals the persistent gap between democratic aspirations and the real politics of statehood bit.ly/43KkELu

Asia made some very nice remarks about current situation in #Serbia and Gen-Z political agency in general.

☢️ #NuclearPoliticsParadox No.7 🌍 Leila HENNAOUI examines the historical legacies of #nuclear colonialism, the leadership of the #GlobalSouth in reimagining nuclear governance, and the transformative shift represented by the #TPNW. ow.ly/qZUN50VZ13j

🔮 #FutureOfPopulism No.94 #Populist rhetoric often pits a virtuous people against a corrupt elite. 📘 Based on EJPR journal research, Maurits Meijers Robert A. Huber & Andrej Zaslove ask: who exactly are the people & the elite in #PopulistParties’ eyes? ow.ly/lz4450VZQNg

🚫 The symbolic effects of Covid-19 border closures reached far beyond controlling the virus. 📘 Based on @EJPRJournal research, Lisa Herbig argues that closures weakened support for European unity & increased hostility toward immigrants in the short term. ow.ly/hF1w50W0Caa

🎭 #DemocraticTransformations No.17 🗳️ While regimes in #Africa do hold elections, many still fail to deliver on their democratic promises. Mebratu Kelecha argues for a non-adversarial form of #Democracy which emphasises inclusivity and cooperation. ow.ly/kISY50W0Fu0

⚽ Reflecting on the recent controversy over footballer #MerihDemiral's hand gesture linked to Turkish #Nationalism 🇹🇷, Süleyman Güngör explores how physical expressions of #CulturalIdentity can trigger international tensions. ow.ly/ynMo50W1nrw