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Adam Sandor

@adamsandor.bsky.social
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Researching South-South security cooperation and armed groups in Africa. #Mali #Niger #Nigeria #Mozambique #CAR.

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Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Sociology and Anthropology of Development scholars like Delville, Olivier de Sardan, Bierschenk and others have been saying this for two decades now....
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Since becoming president again, Trump has promised: -$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend" -$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend" -$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies -$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms No checks have been issued www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-magi...
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Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Having just visited Utah for a couple of weeks, I can confirm that the sentiment, if not Blue in these areas, is definitely Anti-Trump.
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Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Ok - It's been years since I've been on a Via Rail train. I live in Germany. People complain about Deutsche Bahn so much there. DB is sometimes quite frustrating, admittedly. But I'm on a Via Rail train right now, and it is MUCH worse. Can't wait for Carney's high-speed rail projects to get going.
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Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
HOLIDAY READING!!!!!
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Wolfram Lacher @wlacher.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
"As both sides build up their arsenals and collude in defrauding the state, they are inexorably pushing Libya toward crisis. Boulos, seeking to cement the status quo by entrenching the rule of the two families, may turn out to be the harbinger of its collapse." My latest, in @nybooks.com
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Libya: The Dangerous Gamble | Wolfram Lacher
On my last visit to Tripoli, this past June, the city often felt as if it had left the protracted conflicts of Libya’s post-Qaddafi era behind. At night,
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Nathaniel Powell @natkpowell.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
See my latest on US intelligence collection in Africa in the 1970s, and the limits of HUMINT. nathanielkpowell.substack.com/p/on-the-lim...
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On the Limits of HUMINT and Political Intelligence
In an earlier post, I noted that by the mid-1980s, the CIA only had a dedicated staff of some 30 analysts to cover all of Sub-Saharan Africa, located in its Office of African and Latin American Analys...
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Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
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Daniel R. McCarthy @drmccarthy.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
On AI, Trust and American Civil Military Relations 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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A “journey to trust” for AI: Civil–military relations and epistemic authority in American socio-technical imaginaries of artificial intelligence
The adoption of Emerging and Disruptive Technologies (EDT) by the militaries of liberal democratic states has the potential to alter civil–military relations. In Samuel Huntington’s influential dis...
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Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Ok - finally a really great, subject-oriented, down to earth analysis of living in a setting of insurgency and counter-insurgency, informed by FIELDWORK!!! Absolutely can't wait to dig into this article: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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The scars of ambiguity: Terrorism, disappearance, and the search for life in contemporary Africa | European Journal of International Security | Cambridge Core
The scars of ambiguity: Terrorism, disappearance, and the search for life in contemporary Africa
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Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
"#Utah is like a power-wash machine for looks, culture and personality." - My 16 year-old daughter.
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Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
This looks like a good position. But can we really trust that getting hired ANYWHERE in the UK higher education sector is a safe bet? Notably for people not already based in the UK!
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Biruk Terrefe @terrefebiruk.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Now let me tell you all about the thousands of students, employees, business owners, and government officials from Africa that are denied visas to Europe and the US..[checks notes]..every single day. #Artan
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Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Fantastic !!
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Agnès Faivre: journaliste la plus méticuleuse, la plus carrée, la plus obsessionnelle au sujet de la vérification des faits, la plus minutieuse dans l'écriture qu'il m'ait été donné de rencontrer
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Sciencepo ULB @sciencepoulb.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
[Média] «Au Mali, la spirale mortifère de l’'économie de la suspicion'». Une chronique de Bokar Sangaré, Doctorant à SciencePo ULB (REPI Recherche et Etudes en Politique Internationale), à Libération. www.liberation.fr/idees-et-deb...
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Au Mali, la spirale mortifère de l’«économie de la suspicion»
Les scènes de lynchage consécutifs aux offensives simultanées des jihadistes et des indépendantistes, le 25 avril, éclairent une suspicion généralisée et une implication croissante des civils dans l’a...
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tamamedia.bsky.social @tamamedia.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
#Mali : "Dans certaines familles, un fils au #FLA, un autre au #Jnim". De quoi l'alliance entre rebelles et jihadistes est-elle le nom ? 👉 tamamedia.com/article/mali...
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Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
I get a lot of my news on Utah from @darinself.com since I'm based in Germany. What's the deal with this Data Centre in Box Elder County?
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Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
YES, 100%!!!
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Just another day under Burkina Faso's military dictatorship. Recent critical comments against a regime's decision made by Baguian led to his arrest. He later died in detention. His father was banned from retrieving his body
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Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Editors are not lying when they tell you how challenging it is to find reviewers to evaluate journal submissions. I'm helping co-edit a Special Issue right now and between people not accepting to review, and those that simply do not respond to the email invites, it's truly a struggle!
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Oh, the whole story was made up by Malian authorities, says RFI. Not sure we should be surprised
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Militaires maliens prétendument détenus en Mauritanie : récit d'une fausse évasion - RFI
Après de vifs échanges par communiqués interposés, Bamako et Nouakchott déclarent désormais vouloir « renforcer » leur « coopération bilatérale ». La tension semble donc retomber. La Mauritanie a même…
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Jason Mosley @jasonmosley.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Helpful analysis from Emadeddin Badi for ISPI: Corridor Governance: How LAAF-RSF Cooperation Sharpens Gulf Competition in Libya and Sudan www.ispionline.it/en/publicati...
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Corridor Governance: How LAAF-RSF Cooperation Sharpens Gulf Competition in Libya and Sudan | ISPI
Cross-border supply corridors linking Libya and Sudan have become the backbone of the RSF’s war endurance.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled. A truly extraordinary moment. We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. Act like it.
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Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Just @marie-joellez.bsky.social being awesome on TV.
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Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
I would rather simply use my own brain.
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Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Completed an article review. The prose was weird. I checked 1 of the first in-text citations in the Biblio. It was for a high-ranking journal where I know its published content on the Sahel. Sure enough - the article doesn't exist. I found 4 more references that do not exist. Fuck AI.
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Mark Kersten @markkersten.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
"Canada cannot endorse the unilateral & illegal use of military force, the killing of civilians or the kidnap & assassination of foreign heads of gov't while also insisting that our sovereignty, our rights and our independence must be respected." @wgreaves.bsky.social www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
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Liberal MP criticizes Mark Carney’s support for U.S. attack on Iran
Victoria MP Will Greaves said Canada "cannot endorse the unilateral and illegal use of military force" while insisting its own sovereignty must be respected.
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Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Not Colossus - I think he mispronounced it. It was supposed to be colossal... as in colossal idiot.... colossal warmonger.... colossal adulterer.... colossal threat.
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francesco strazzari @zaz.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Call for PhD in Human Rights, Global Politics and International Studies at @SantAnnaPisa (with a new track in IR) Deadline May 15, 2026 www.santannapisa.it/it/training/...
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Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Don't travel to the USA - that is the best tip and trick I can give at this point in time.
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Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Fantastic!
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Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
So.... anyone else taking bets on whether or not the US mid-term elections happen this year?
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Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
ABSOLUTELY
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Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
It hasn't been since 2003 when Jean Chrétien announced that Canada wouldn't be invading Iraq with the US that I've felt so proud to be Canadian. Thanks for reminding me, PM Mark Carney.
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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
🧵In my expert opinion as a researcher of vehicle ramming attacks, what has been publicly described in the video evidence does not support the claim that Renee Nicole Good was attempting a deliberate ramming attack when she was shot in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026. 1/7
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Conflicts.Meanings.Transitions @conf-mean-trans.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
📣 Join our team! Wir suchen eine*n Post-Doc zum Thema „Deutungskämpfe um Verantwortung für Gewalt von Unternehmen“ (E 13 TV-L, 75 %, 24 Monate) an der Universität Bayreuth.
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Stellenausschreibung Post-Doc (m/w/d): "Deutungskämpfe um Verantwortung für Gewalt von Unternehmen" (Universität Bayreuth) - Deutungskämpfe im Übergang
Im Rahmen des BMFTR-geförderten regionalen Forschungsverbundes „Deutungskämpfe im Übergang“ ist an der Universität Bayreuth eine Post-Doc-Stelle (m/w/d) „Deutungskämpfe um Verantwortung für Gewalt von...
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Universität Bayreuth @unibayreuth.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
BMFTR Approves Extension of "Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace and Conflict" Network www.uni-bayreuth.de/en/press... #BMFTR #UniBayreuth #UBT #ABI #Frieden #Forschung
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BMFTR Approves Extension of "Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace and Conflict" Network
Jana Hönke, Sociology of Africa, Biruk Terrefe, University of Bayreuth, Adam Sandor
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Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Come work in Bayreuth for 2 years!!
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Believe the testimonies included in this piece. An NGO worker specialised in mental health I interviewed today told me that 8 out of 10 refugees who left Mali for Mauritania since the Russian deployment suffer from serious mental health issues. This is a deliberate campaign of terror. This is Russia
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As Russia's Africa Corps fights in Mali, witnesses describe atrocities from beheadings to rapes
The Associated Press has spoken to over 30 refugees from Mali who say they witnessed beheadings, rapes and other abuses committed by Africa Corps, a new military unit under Russia's direct command.
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Conflicts.Meanings.Transitions @conf-mean-trans.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Reminder – tomorrow with livestream!
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RFI @rfi.fr · 03/12/2025
Niger: le militant des droits humains Moussa Tchangari détenu depuis un an
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Niger: le militant des droits humains Moussa Tchangari détenu depuis un an
Il y a tout juste un an, le 3 décembre 2024, Moussa Tchangari était arrêté à Niamey. Un mois plus tard, le secrétaire général de l'ONG Alternative espaces citoyens, figure de la société civile nigérienne, était placé en détention à la prison de Filingué, à 180 kilomètres de la capitale, où il se trouve toujours. Moussa Tchangari est notamment inculpé pour atteinte à la défense nationale. L'instruction se poursuit. 
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Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace and Conflict @postcolh.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Bayreuth Peace Talk with Lina Benabdallah It will be discussed whether in today's geopolitical moment South-South cooperation is truly a path of alterity for Global South states or if it is indelibly caught in extractive and exploitative competition over resources and markets
Bayreuth Peace Talk with Lina Benabdallah

It will be discussed whether in today's geopolitical moment South-South cooperation is truly a path of alterity for Global South states or if it is indelibly caught in extractive and exploitative competition over resources and markets.
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Kai Thaler @kaimthaler.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
So the US is fighting against drug trafficking by freeing a guy convicted of using the presidency to facilitate large-scale drug trafficking. Makes total sense. What JOH ally got in Trump's ear to set this up? www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
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Trump says he plans to pardon former Honduran president serving drug trafficking sentence
President Donald Trump said Friday that he will be pardoning former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who in 2024 was convicted for drug trafficking and weapons charges and sentenced to 45 ye...
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Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Get your copy today!!!!
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Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
I wish I didn't already have something going on! This will be a great talk. I hope it is recorded.
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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
This is quite a story: the US employed every strongarm tactic available, including personal threats against delegates and their families, to derail an agreement on reducing shipping emissions that was almost finalized. on.ft.com/47lq3dZ
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