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Derek Verbakel

@dkv_dkv_

PhD Candidate in Department of Politics at #YorkU. Formerly @SOAS. Staunchly pro-aams proliferation, anti-arms proliferation.

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The Costs of War Project (@costsofwar) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Few graphics convey the civilian toll of the so-called “War on Terror” better than this one. At least 38 million people have been forcibly displaced in the post-9/11 wars. This is roughly equivalent to the population of Canada. [1/3]

Few graphics convey the civilian toll of the so-called “War on Terror” better than this one.

At least 38 million people have been forcibly displaced in the post-9/11 wars. This is roughly equivalent to the population of Canada. [1/3]
Rafeef Ziadah (@rafeefziadah) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What does institutional neutrality mean in the face of genocide? Grateful to the @SociologicalReview for opportunity to contribute to the Special Section on Palestine: A Sociological Issue. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Assal Rad (@assalrad) 's Twitter Profile Photo

BBC updated the headline to something much more appropriate. It’s a good example of the difference a headline makes in telling the same story.

BBC updated the headline to something much more appropriate. 

It’s a good example of the difference a headline makes in telling the same story.
Chris Rossdale (@crossdale) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Brand new article, in which I examine how arms companies - Thales in particular - try to legitimate themselves through policing discourses, and think about what it means to situate the arms trade as an integral component of global policing. academic.oup.com/isagsq/article…

Jason Hickel (@jasonhickel) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Palestine is the rock on which the West will break itself. Put yourself in the shoes of people in the global South. For nearly two years they have watched how Western leaders, who love to talk about human rights and the rule of law, are happy to shred all these values in the

Shubranshu شبھرانشو (@shubranshu1234) 's Twitter Profile Photo

One doesn't expect nuanced takes on politics& security from the hypernationalist circles in Ind&Pak. But the past week has revealed something more surprising. It’s the glaring gap in how some otherwise critical scholars (non-South Asianists) approach Ind–Pak relations 1/16🧵

Mohamad Fakih, C.M. (@mohamadfakih8) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The The Globe and Mail Editorial Board just published one of the most misleading takes on free speech in recent memory—twisting protest into “hate” and discomfort into censorship. This editorial is full of double standards cloaked in the language of “balance”. Let me break down the

The <a href="/globeandmail/">The Globe and Mail</a> Editorial Board just published one of the most misleading takes on free speech in recent memory—twisting protest into “hate” and discomfort into censorship. This editorial is full of double standards cloaked in the language of “balance”.
Let me break down the
profkauff (@proffekauff) 's Twitter Profile Photo

in this essay, I identify a line of continuity instead of an opposition between Jewish anti-Zionism and Jewish Zionism through the Jewish appeal to innocence csalateral.org/section/aporia…

Rafeef Ziadah (@rafeefziadah) 's Twitter Profile Photo

New forum in Geopolitics: Disruptive Geographies and the War on Gaza How is infrastructure weaponized in Israel's settler colonial warfare and how is it being disrupted by transnational solidarity? tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Heidi Matthews (@heidi__matthews) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I'm speaking with CBC Radio hosts across Canada this morning about the Open Letter from >400 human rights experts, politicians & civil society leaders demanding Mark Carney take action on Gaza. Read the letter (eng/fr): alexneve.ca/blog/prime-min… Email me if you wish to sign!

Derek Verbakel (@dkv_dkv_) 's Twitter Profile Photo

My review of Rhys Machold 🍉's new book, Fabricating Homeland Security: Police Entanglements across India and Palestine/Israel -- a fascinating, textured account of India-Israel relations and deeper questioning of the very project of 'security' itself: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…