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Dr. Carina van de Wetering

@carinavandew.bsky.social
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Lecturer @Leiden; PhD @Bristoluni. International Relations, US foreign policy, critical theory, discourse and power, trust and meaning, populism and marginalized voices.

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 12h
I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.
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FRANCE 24 English @en.france24.com · 17h
🔴 BREAKING - Live: NATO commander Grynkewich warns Russia attack would be 'utterly futile'
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Live: NATO's top military commander speaks at Warsaw Security Forum
NATO's top military commander US General Alexus Grynkewich is speaking at a Warsaw security conference Monday, where he is expected to outline his "theory of victory" in the face of what the military…
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Luc Stultiens @lucstultiens.bsky.social · 20h
Verstandige woorden van oud-staatssecretaris Marnix van Rij. Lezen jullie mee VVD, CDA & D66?
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Dr. Carina van de Wetering @carinavandew.bsky.social · 20h
‘We know the phrase “peace through strength.” Its logic is self-evident. A strong country can deter others…Under Donald Trump, the United States is not a strong country in any of these senses, or indeed in any sense at all. Instead, it is a country that generates and extends war through weakness”
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Dr. Carina van de Wetering @carinavandew.bsky.social · 23h
Bolton: “This is not about Ukraine and Russia. This is about the American election. The whole point of the diesel deal, which is stunning and outrageous itself, but the whole point of that is to get diesel flowing internationally, specifically into the US market to get prices down”.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Uh oh, did someone’s website and personal account experience a big drop in activity after Ukraine hit a Russian data center?
Elon Musk: “Zelensky has gone too far”

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2109033017184338141
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Dr. Carina van de Wetering @carinavandew.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Niet bijten dus, maar wel defensiebedrijven beschermen, zoals al wordt gedaan.
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Dr. Carina van de Wetering @carinavandew.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“Inlichtingendiensten benadrukken dat het Kremlin lang niet altijd hoeft toe te slaan om zijn doel te bereiken. Alleen al het gevoel van dreiging moet leidinggevenden twee keer laten nadenken voordat ze zaken doen met Oekraïne, stellen zij” zoals kosten persoonsbeveiliging en verhuizen productie.
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Levi @levi98k.eurosky.social · 11/10/2026
Cultuur wordt geschrapt als kerntaak van de NTR na samenvoeging met de NOS omdat de regering vindt dat het aanbod "uitdrukking geeft aan gemarginaliseerde gemeenschappen die aantoonbaar ondervertegenwoordigd zijn" en dat de onafhankelijkheid van de NOS als nieuwsvoorziening zou aantasten. 🤡
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Dr. Carina van de Wetering @carinavandew.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Oud-diplomaat Ed Kronenburg “vindt dat het kabinet-Jetten onderkoeld moet reageren. „Je zegt: we weten wat jullie willen. Daarna zeg je ‘neen’. En blijf je ‘neen’ zeggen.” En ja, landen zullen tegenelkaar uit worden gespeeld en lidmaatschappen bij ICC opgeven. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
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De weerstand van de VS tegen het ICC zit diep. Als ‘politieman van de wereld’ menen ze geen straf maar beloning te verdienen
Sancties: Al in 2002 besloot de Senaat het Strafhof desnoods militair aan te pakken. Diplomaten kijken terug in de geschiedenis en hebben advies voor nu. „Je zegt: we weten wat jullie willen. Daarna z...
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This is a public service announcement for junior non-U.S. (based) political scientists. You will see several jobs advertised at U.S. universities that are in (relatively) new Centers for “Civil Leadership” or “Western Thought” etc. These are GOP-created Centers with a clear political motivation!
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Dr. Carina van de Wetering @carinavandew.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This sums it all up. bsky.app/profile/waja...
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Dr. Carina van de Wetering @carinavandew.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Dat zouden leden en partijprominenten toch eigenlijk niet moeten voelen?
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Cello Museum @cellomuseum.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
“Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music.” — Rachmaninov A moment of beauty: Andante from Rachmaninov’s Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19, performed by Nancy Green and Frederick Moyer. youtu.be/thVy1kxX_WE?... #Rachmaninov #NancyGreen #Cello #inspiration #classicalmusic
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Dr. Carina van de Wetering @carinavandew.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I might share some more music as an antidote to the current times.
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Dr. Carina van de Wetering @carinavandew.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
For these leaders there is only one pathway, if they realize it or not, from sabotage, violence to destruction. But in this lies also the solution. Many people have adverse ideas to be activated, but don’t fully support this pathway or see it yet. They need to be reached via alternative pathways.
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Dr. Carina van de Wetering @carinavandew.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
These leaders are weak and shallow when acting by themselves, but strong in activating and subsequently controlling others who will act in their name. It is all performance.
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Dr. Carina van de Wetering @carinavandew.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Exactly. And to make less culpable themselves as you have joined in!
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World Impact News - EN/ES - ⚡ @worldimpactnews.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
ICC President Tomoko Akane: All of us must make a choice now between a world where might is right or a future based on the rule of law, where victims can continue to access justice. In the face of such attacks, we cannot remain
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
And removed sanctions from Russia on the same day.
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Dr. Carina van de Wetering @carinavandew.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Goede reminder; paars dus vandaag. In solidariteit.
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Linus Westheuser @lwestheuser.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It was always clear that David Goodhart's fairy tale of a struggle between rootless cosmopolitans and down-to-earth conservatives ("Anywheres vs Somewheres") was not influential because it was accurate, but because it confirmed the prejudices of right-leaning commentators. Now we have the evidence:
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The Road to Nowhere: Being Rooted in a Region Does Little to Predict Support for Populist Parties or Opposition to Migration and Social Change
In his influential book The road to somewhere David Goodhart claims that a split between a majority of people who are rooted in particular places or groups (the “Somewheres”) and a minority of people...
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Dr. Carina van de Wetering @carinavandew.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
O, die Gotink. www.politico.eu/article/fact...
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Fact-check: Did the European Commission really pay NGOs to lobby for the Green Deal?
Confidential contracts seen by POLITICO do not tend to support claims that the executive paid green groups to lobby on its behalf.
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Markus Kollberg @markuskollberg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🚨New Paper in @polbehavior.bsky.social! Julia Leschke and I ask: What works against populist rhetoric? We find: Advocating for pluralist ideals can mitigate the negative effects of populist rhetoric. link.springer.com/article/10.1... More details below ⏬
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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Monday scolded an Alabama judge who had a prospective juror arrested for being late to court www.al.com/news/2026/10...
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Supreme Court justice scolds Alabama judge for arresting late juror
Judge May held a prospective juror in contempt of court for arriving late.
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Dr. Carina van de Wetering @carinavandew.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“Seven Senate-confirmed officials had exited by the end of August, according to the Partnership for Public Service. The four previous administrations each lost zero to two over a similar stretch. Several would-be recruits reportedly passed on” the job Utter incompetence again. Kisses up, kicks down
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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Social cohesion is key to the well-being of society but is increasingly weakened by fragmentation & polarization A study in India (n=8,648) finds that identification with all humanity helps people broaden inclusion, reduce discrimination, and bolster civic attitudes www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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𝙅𝙖𝙘🍩𝙗 𝙉𝙮𝙧𝙪𝙥 @jacobnyrup.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
An underappreciated fact about far-right populists is that they are terrible at governing, especially in the longer run. Trump is a case in point every single day, but systematic studies shows that this is the case more generally. As this study shows, after 15 years they lower GDP per capita with
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Dr. Carina van de Wetering @carinavandew.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
En ja, belangrijk onderzoek.
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Dr. Carina van de Wetering @carinavandew.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Heel eerlijk; na het doornemen van één van de basisschoolwerkboeken van de grote Nederlandse uitgeverijen vroeg ik me wel af wat het kritische leesniveau is van de uitgeverij en of er goed nagedacht was over de pedagogiek. Dit geldt trouwens niet voor alle boekjes.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Gift link. Rewriting Nixon’s Watergate story allows DOJ to reject the ethical reforms that followed. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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Exclusive | Decades After Watergate, Justice Department Reviews Whether Nixon Got a Raw Deal
A revisionist historian went to the DOJ headquarters to present his case that the former president and his associates weren’t treated fairly.
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I'm not naive enough to actually believe this will happen, but Democrats could be preparing, right now, lists of impeachment charges against (at a bare minimum) Hegseth, Kennedy, Mullin, Patel, Blanche, & Trump, as well as Bondi, Bovino, & Noem (still worth doing!) that rely purely on public facts,
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Dr. Carina van de Wetering @carinavandew.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Amusing read, also due to the inclusion of quotes of contemporary composers and crass statements. And Berlioz is really quite something. www.classical-music.com/features/com...
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'Great'? These five composers are simply overrated
We invite five of our writers to reveal the overrated composers whose feted talents leave them seriously underwhelmed
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Trouw @trouw.nl · 30/09/2026
Oud-burgemeester blijft erbij: hij schond de eerbaarheid niet
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Oud-burgemeester blijft erbij: hij schond de eerbaarheid niet
Dat hij werd veroordeeld voor schennis van de eerbaarheid heeft op het leven van oud-burgemeester Schuiling ‘een verwoestend effect’ gehad. In hoger beroep herhaalde hij dat hij onschuldig is.
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Dr. Carina van de Wetering @carinavandew.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Link is trouwens wel beschikbaar. “Van de Wetering heeft vier tips: wees open naar de ander en naar de verschillen, kies je eigen pad en houd daaraan vast – geef je niet bij voorbaat gewonnen, verdedig het instituut en zijn academische vrijheid. En…maak een praatje en vertrouw je collega’s”
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Dr. Carina van de Wetering @carinavandew.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Terugblik VS: “Onze universiteiten liggen onder vuur. Hun studenten, hun medewerkers, maar ook onze bredere academische gemeenschap. De docent Amerikaanse Politiek schetst…democratisch verval, polarisatie en het door Trump gecreëerde personal leadership” www.universiteitleiden.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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Toegang geblokkeerd / Access Blocked
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Dr. Carina van de Wetering @carinavandew.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Prof. Meijer is in het Leidsch Dagblad ‘tegen de bouw van het „industriële complex van duizenden vierkante meters, met gebouwen van 39 meter hoog, dat dag en nacht in bedrijf is”. Haar uitspraken vallen volstrekt verkeerd bij het LUMC…Het ziekenhuis neemt haar toegangspas in Amerikaanse toestanden.
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Dr. Carina van de Wetering @carinavandew.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Often, democrats do not recognize a new illiberal challenge right away, and illiberals themselves actively obfuscate their real intentions. When, finally…the extent of the threat clear, most countermeasures are no longer viable” Recognizing is one thing, then try convincing iai.tv/articles/the...
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The paradox of democracy’s self-defense
<p><em>Liberal democracies around the world are under threat. Oxford Politics Professor <strong>Giovanni Capoccia</strong> argues that there’s a paradox that prevents efforts to defend them. Illiberal...
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Mare @mareonline.nl · 01/10/2026
LEEST, VERSPREIDT EN HANDELT ANALOGE KAMERADEN. SAMEN ZULLEN WE DE ROBOTS VERSLAAN! www.mareonline.nl/opinie/mijn-...
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Dr. Carina van de Wetering @carinavandew.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The real threat lies with the many human errors in and by the US administration. bsky.app/profile/forb...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Will it actually make any difference if Democrats take control of Congress after the midterms? Historian and expert on authoritarianism Timothy Snyder shares his thoughts.
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Sybrand Frietema @frietema.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
De toekomst van de jeugd? Het klimaat? Verzorgingsstaat in het algemeen? Leefomgeving? Zorg? Pensioenvoorzieningen? De oppositie mag kiezen wat het kabinet kapot gaat maken om belastingvoordeel voor zeer vermogenden te financieren.
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Marjolein Moorman @marjoleinmoorman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Haar laatste column in @volkskrant.nl Nog maar week geleden. Wat zal ik haar taalvirtuositeit, haar humor, haar scherpte, haar bijzondere kijk op de dingen, haar warmte, haar liefdevolle beschouwing, haar volstrekt unieke bijdrage aan onze wereld vreselijk missen.
Laatste column Paulien Cornelisse
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026
“But the smart glasses reflect a larger philosophical position, one ubiquitous in Big Tech and fueled by the artificial intelligence gold rush: that the human is not enough, and that we need to be aided — and disciplined — by AI.”
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Amazon Is Perfecting Total Surveillance of Its Workforce
Amazon has long been synonymous with workplace surveillance. With the introduction of “smart delivery glasses,” the logistics giant may soon ensure that not a moment of its drivers’ time on the clock ...
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NOS @nieuws.nos.nl · 30/09/2026
NAZA laat zien hoe Israëlische leger met AI-systemen massaal kon doden in Gaza
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NAZA laat zien hoe Israëlische leger met AI-systemen massaal kon doden in Gaza
In de documentaire vertellen 24 militairen die bij inlichtingen betrokken waren over de massale bombardementen op Gaza. Hoeveel burgers daarbij omkwamen was "geen issue".
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Dr. Carina van de Wetering @carinavandew.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nog erger, het blijkt om sociale zekerheid te gaan om maar even de druk op te voeren bij de sociale partners. bsky.app/profile/woin...
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Dr. Carina van de Wetering @carinavandew.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dit krijgt wellicht toch nog een venijnig staartje: als ze niet uitkomen met de vermogensbelasting dan volgen bezuinigingen op onderwijs, wetenschap en cultuur, volgens een tabel uit de coalitiebesprekingen (zie journaal).
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Down from the Peak: Conditions for the Decline of Radical Right Parties” Excellent reflection on a crucial question. Unlike most punditry, this piece is based on academic research rather than fantasies, gut feelings, and political preferences. (Scroll down for English)
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Vom Zenit abwärts: Bedingungen des Niedergangs radikal rechter Parteien - Empirische Politik UDE
Sabrina J. Mayer Achim Goerres Verena Benoit (Please scroll down for an English language version of the article) Die AfD gewann bei der Landtagswahl 2016 in Sachsen-Anhalt 24,3 Prozent der Zweitstimme...
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Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · 15/09/2026
A mic drop on LinkedIn by someone resisting the University of Sydney, Australia who are planning to replace educators with AI chatbots: "Anyone impressed with the slop produced by such a system was never interested in creative or critical thinking to begin with" www.linkedin.com/posts/lian-s...
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University of Sydney to Replace Human Tutors with AI Bots | Lian Sinclair posted on the topic | LinkedIn
The replacement of tutors and lecturers with 'AI bots' is set to start in early 2027. We will have student assignments, written entirely by gen AI, being marked by AI agents, and when students ask an...
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