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What a privilege to have been part of CAS Edinburgh #conference at Uni of #Edinburgh! Packed days of discussions & meeting colleagues! An honour to present alongside Walt Kilroy under Gerhard Anders’s keen insights. 👏🏻👏🏻 to Maggie Dwyer & Akin Iwilade’s stellar organisation!

A highlight of our conference with CeSeR this week was beautiful exhibit on women's peace movement in DR Congo by Camille Maubert and Hugh Kinsella Cunningham. Thanks for sharing the work and stories with us Camille!

This is a great issue. The article on Burkina Faso is particularly well done, looking at what very much appears to be forced conscription of dissidents.

Why do non-democratic countries contribute towards peacekeeping missions? Maggie Dwyer draw on interviews with soldiers and military decision makers in The Gambia to answer this puzzle. Read her #free article 👉doi.org/10.1093/ia/iia…

Former Police Inspector General and Minister of Interior in #Gambia under Pres. Jammeh found guilty of crimes against humanity- the most high-profile of several Jammeh-associates being tried abroad for human rights abuses

My new chapter is out in this all too timely book: ‘The Resurgence of Military Coups & Democratic Relapse in Africa’ ed. by A. Akinola. My contribution is on coups & internal military dynamics. Others on regional orgs, foreign mil actors, case studies, etc link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭!📣 ❓What is a #peacekeeping army? ❓Why do some states develop them? ❓What influence do they have on #military organizations, their soldiers & peacekeeping more broadly? @PDWilliamsGWU & I address these❓in our new International Affairs ▶ academic.oup.com/ia/article-abs… 🧵

In this story by Clair MacDougall & Maggie Dwyer, peacekeepers have a chance to say how they feel about their work With original pix of Liberian troops #PKDay UN Liberia passblue.com/2024/05/27/tro…

Lucky to spend the last few days talking about research on experiences of peacekeepers from Sierra Leone and Liberia w/ Sabrina Karim, Clair MacDougall and Debey Sayndee. Thanks to Global Strategic Collaboration Grant from Edinburgh Global & Cornell Global Development.

Call for papers now open for next academic year's CAS conference in Edinburgh in April 2025. Theme is ‘Climate Dynamics and the Politics of a Post-Carbon Africa.’ Deadline to submit abstracts: 30th August 2024.

With start of Aug, very happy to share news of my promotion to Senior Lecturer effective as of today. Fortunate to have so much support near and far. Celebrating w/ a break from it all in the Alps :)

Really honoured to give the keynote talk at the Conflict Research Society annual conference - this year sponsored by @PeaceRep The conflict theme is fragmentation. Here's what I am going to say ... #CRS2024 conflictresearchsociety.org

Much needed article on Guinea three years on from the coup, w/ excellent analysis of dynamics that have led to the all too familiar patterns of increased repression & growth of military rivalries following coup

Mark your calendars! 🗓️ Our second #PolicyBrief webinar launch is happening October 23rd at 9 AM EST! REGISTER HERE: cornell.zoom.us/meeting/regist… #ElsieInitiative #WomenInPeacekeeping Sabrina Karim Global Affairs Canada Women, Peace and Security UN Peacekeeping ElsieFund

Exciting post-doc opportunities to work with CAS Edinburgh colleague on AI and data workers, including focus on Colombia, Kenya, Uganda, and India

Looking forward to this discussion next week with Sabrina Karim, Debey Sayndee and Addison Barton, based on recent research with returned peacekeepers in West Africa. Online, open to all, registration link below.

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