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Audrey Alejandro @audreyalejandro.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Very happy to visit Tallinn University this week where I teach #DiscourseAnalysis as part of the Estonian Doctoral Course. Thank you @birgitpoopuu.bsky.social for the invitation and looking forward to interacting more with Estonian PhD students tomorrow already ☺️ @lsemethodology.bsky.social

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Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Really proud to be here participating in and cheering on my amazing friends @birgitpoopuu.bsky.social @benjaminklasche.bsky.social as they launch the @securityhub.ee first conference at Tallinn University 🇪🇪

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Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University @interpolaber.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Co-edited by Berit and former @aberuni.bsky.social Interpol colleagues Katarzyna Kaczmarska, Xymena Kurowska, @birgitpoopuu.bsky.social and @andreawarnecke.bsky.social, the book explores the topic from different perspectives that centre actors, practice, contexts, structure and relations 2/3

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A small brown dog looks approvingly at a copy of the book Knowledge and Expertise in International Politics

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Élise Féron @eliseferon.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Have a look at the workshop on Feminist Knowledge Production as Resistance in Times of Remilitarisation @birgitpoopuu.bsky.social and I are organising, and join us in Izmir, Turkey this July! eisa-net.org/wp-content/u...

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CEEShub @securityhub.ee · 06/05/2025

❗Our Call for Papers (Abstracts) is officially out! 1/2 👉Please follow the link below and click on the 'Call for Papers Open until 1 July 2025' hyperlink to fill out the information and upload your abstracts. ✨Call for Papers link: securityhub.ee/news/announc...

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Announcing “Between Peripheries”: CEEShub’s Inaugural Conference - CEEShub - Central and Eastern European Security Hub

Submit your abstract to “Between Peripheries,” a conference on CEE–Global South security, postcolonial IR, and critical peace studies.

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CEEShub @securityhub.ee · 30/04/2025

🙌We are so proud of our students! ✨Our MA student, Hans Kristjan, wrote a post "A soldier’s reflection: What if we focused on humanity, instead of national interests?" for #CEEShub, reflecting on the politics of security as a soldier in the #EstonianDefenceForces. securityhub.ee/blog/a-soldi...

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A soldier’s reflection: What if we focused on humanity, instead of national interests? - CEEShub - Central and Eastern European Security Hub

This blog post is based on an exceptional student assignment for the course “Perspectives on Global Security” taught in the International Relations MA program at Tallinn University. Hans’ assignment w...

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Birgit Poopuu @birgitpoopuu.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

As Israel continues with its genocide should be the title

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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

This is an incredibly significant article that vividly exposes the horrors of russian occupation. I deeply admire these women's immense courage in sharing their stories. May they find their way to healing. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/w...

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Slowly, Ukrainian Women Are Beginning to Talk About Sexual Assault in the War

Thousands of women may have been raped by Russian soldiers, experts say, but have kept quiet for fear of the stigma. But that is changing.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Extraordinary scenes in Serbia’s capital Belgrade right now. Around 500,000 people are on the streets in what may be the biggest protest in Serbian history. All demanding the resignation of President Vučić & his government. What began as a student protest is now a full democratic uprising. 🇷🇸

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

I am very proud of Momodou Taal and other students on F-1 visas for suing Trump for his executive orders. A true show of bravery at a time when so many folks are cowering.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Columbia announced mass suspensions, expulsions, and degree revocations the same day it received a letter from the Trump administration telling them to do just that if they wanted to keep getting funding

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CEEShub @securityhub.ee · 21/02/2025

Last year, the Ambassador gave a speech at the opening of the "Unissued Diplomas" exhibition at the European Gallery of Tallinn University. ✨We are incredibly grateful to the Ambassador and the Ukrainian Embassy in Estonia for contributing their vital insights on this issue. 4/4

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CEEShub @securityhub.ee · 11/02/2025

Their vision is depicted as a triangular graph (©️Dr Liiri Oja). 3/4 The graph elaborates how peacetime violence sets the stage for wartime violence.

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

This week, we are thrilled to introduce our new Associate Editor, @birgitpoopuu.bsky.social! She is an Associate Professor of International Relations and co-director of the Central and Eastern European Security Hub (@securityhub.ee) at Tallinn University.

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CEEShub @securityhub.ee · 10/02/2025

✨ We are so happy to be able to announce this and support the applicants! #TallinnUniversity invites outstanding researchers to apply for a fully funded grant-writing workshop designed to help secure the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) PF. www.tlu.ee/en/yti/resea...

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Call for Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellows

Call for Applications: Marie Sklodowska Curie Postdoctoral Fellow Workshop at Tallinn University

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Boston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

“You’re going to need somebody who is willing to break the stranglehold of the two-party system.... What we need is someone who can coalesce the energies in this country ... into another party which can respond to the needs of the people. The Democratic Party cannot do it.” —James Baldwin, 1968

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Baldwin’s Lonely Country - Boston Review

When Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated, James Baldwin made a final attempt to reconcile the generational divide between the civil rights movement and Black Power.

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BDS in International Studies @bdsatisa.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

🍉On 13th February, the ISA council will be voting on a motion against #scholasticide & for #BDS. ISA members: please urge your section & caucus chairs to vote in favour of the motion🍉 #BDSatISA

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Dagmar Vorlíček @dagmarvorlicek.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Academia is increasingly affected by politics and war. The Central and Eastern European International Studies Association (CEEISA) stands in solidarity with colleagues and students facing violent attacks and restrictions on academic freedoms worldwide. Read our full statement: www.ceeisa.net/news

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News — CEEISA

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Hello 👋👋 We are the Journal of International Relations and Development, and we are happy to be here! Please follow, retweet, and stay tuned to meet our new editors and learn more about the journal over the coming weeks ▶️ www.palgrave.com/gp/journal/4...

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CEEShub @securityhub.ee · 03/02/2025

✨We are so excited to have Professor Berit Bliesemann de Guevara of @interpolaber.bsky.social come and give an open lecture on her research titled Creating Safer Space: Exploring unarmed, civilian-to-civilian protection amidst violent conflict. She will be with us in #Tallinn on February 12th. 1/5

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Birgit Poopuu @birgitpoopuu.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Standing for Palestine with the Yugoslawomenplus Collective & friends in Rijeka 💪🏾

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Dr Zahira Jaser @zahira.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

I am not sure people understand the magnitude of the horror that has been inflicted on Gaza for now 14 months.

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CEEShub @securityhub.ee · 16/12/2024

✨New blog post on our site. Inspired by the #pluriversal perspectives on peace and security advocated by the Central Eastern European Security Hub (CEEShub), we propose examining these issues through a different lens: the perspective of #Taiwan’s #Indigenous Peoples. securityhub.ee/blog/taiwan-...

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Taiwan Indigenous Peoples: care as a praxis of repair and security - CEEShub - Central and Eastern European Security Hub

The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has not only brought security back to the forefront of European political discussions but has also carried significant implications for Taiwan. The ver...

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Birgit Poopuu @birgitpoopuu.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Indeed, together with my thought companions we pondered the role of scholar-activists: how & with whom should we respond to the wounds of our worlds? Patricia H Collins: ‘intellectual activism… the myriad ways that people place the power of their ideas in service to social justice’

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

NEW: Human rights organization Amnesty International has released a 296-page report concluding that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. The group joins Holocaust historians, United Nations experts, and a growing number of nations worldwide in doing so.

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BREAKING: Amnesty Concludes Israel Is Committing Genocide

“We will look back and say, ‘Why did we not do more earlier?” Amnesty's director tells Zeteo.

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Have not seen much on here on Sudan, so I'm amplifying this horrific report that shows the number who are killed is higher than previously estimated. Adding here other writing to read to understand this war that has displaced over 11 million people; the highest displacement crisis globally. 🧵

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Craig Mokhiber @craigmokhiber.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

A new (E10/Algeria) draft Security Council resolution is reportedly being considered by Council members since Friday. As drafted, it would include:

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Matthias Leese @matthiasleese.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

⭐️Big professional news⭐️ From January 2025 onwards, Dagmar Vorlicek and I will take over JIRD - the flagship IR journal of CEEISA - as editors-in-chief. We will be supported by a great editorial team of Monika Meislova, Michal Kolmas, Michal Onderco, Birgit Poopuu, Marko Lovec, and Florian Weiler.

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