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Esther Marijnen

@esthermarijnen.bsky.social
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Associate Professor at Wageningen University. Political ecologist working on militarization, conflict and war. PI of Veni/NWO project on wounded landscapes - www.wur.nl/en/show/wounded-landscap…

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Conflict and Environment Observatory @ceobs.org · 21/09/2026
We need to talk about "Nature Security". We're seeing a big push to securitise nature but it's being done in a way that risks ignoring the root causes of #biodiversity loss, and the solutions we need to fix it.
green and black text reads: Narrowly interpreting the relationships between nature and security in ways that prioritise the national security of a few risks alienating and excluding key stakeholders and will do little to address the underlying drivers of global biodiversity loss.
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Esther Marijnen @esthermarijnen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Karamoja (Uganda) is facing an extreme drought, together with a growing crop-eating elephant population, people are facing extreme food insecurity. Why hunger, is also a conservation issue - read our analysis here - with Agnes Lotukei blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/...
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Nico @nicosananes.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Article alert 📣 My new open access piece with @politicalgeography.bsky.social digs into the conundrum of war's decarbonisation & the perversion of lower-carbon technologies into battlefield & business opportunities: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Read, share, comment!
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Esther Marijnen @esthermarijnen.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Join our panel tomorrow at #ECCB26 where I will reflect from a political ecology perspective on nature based defence; and the risk of new partnerships between conservation & defence in the current geopolitical context and increasing securitisation. Thank you @katzyna.bsky.social for the invitation!
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dr Katarzyna Nowak @katzyna.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
We invite attendees of the 8th European Congress of Conservation Biology to join us on Thursday for a discussion of the contentious topic of #WarWilding and whether restoring wetlands and other ecosystems for national security purposes can also benefit nature conservation. @eccb26leiden.bsky.social
Poster with photographs, names and affiliations of 6 panelists, all relevant experts in the fields of biology, anthropology, urban ecology, conservation science, and political ecology who will discuss the topic of WarWilding at the conservation biology congress. The poster also features a background photograph of alder bog (photo credit to Michał Żmihorski, one of the six panelists).
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
From spy tech to soldiers in the parks: Uganda’s conservation has gone high‑tech and high‑risk. Real‑time platforms like EarthRanger are helping rangers solve crimes but they also bring dual‑use surveillance dangers and community fallout. Read:👉 shorturl.at/DKKpR
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Follow the Money @ftm.nl · 30/04/2026
Moderne oorlogsvoering gebeurt op afstand, aangestuurd door algoritmen. De drones en satellieten die in Oekraïne en Gaza zijn getest, bepalen nu de conflicten in Iran en Libanon. Met haar onderzoek wil Lauren Gould laten zien hoe groot de impact hiervan is, ook lang nadat de bom gevallen is.
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‘Oorlogsvoering op afstand laat ons vergeten wat oorlog werkelijk is: dood en vernietiging’
De oorlog van de VS en Israël tegen Iran laat zien hoe hedendaagse conflicten met behulp van kunstmatige intelligentie, drones en satellieten op afstand worden gevoerd. Onderzoeker Lauren Gould heeft ...
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Esther Marijnen @esthermarijnen.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
New paper! In this paper we explore the military capture of both climate change and biodiversity decline, and the socio-environmental costs of increasing militarisation. Proposing a research agenda on militarised ecologies. It is open access! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Picking up arms against a collapsing planet: militarised ecologies on a planetary scale
The current era of intensified militarization is exemplified by the number of inter-state armed conflicts (the highest since the end of the Second Wor…
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
1/ Calling all ECRs - we have 4x3 year post docs on Multispecies Mutualisms working with us at Sheffield. Don't want to read through all the stuff to work out if its right for you? Here is a short video explainer 🎥 digitalmedia.sheffield.ac.uk/media/Multis...
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Multispecies Mutualisms - Join Our Research Team!
We’re hiring 4 Postdoctoral Research Associates (PDRAs) In this video, members of the team share insights into four exciting PDRA opportunities currently available. If you are ready to take the next s...
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Esther Marijnen @esthermarijnen.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Can not help to think that these initiatives are not much about securing our borders from Russia, but rather from migrants... and as such conservation get hijaked by nationalism, right wing populism, and militarism
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Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University @interpolaber.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
The @europeanisa.bsky.social also has a podcast titled Voices. In the latest episode @esthermarijnen.bsky.social asks 'What is Green Militarism?' 3/5 voices-the-eisa-podcast.podigee.io
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Voices: The EISA Podcast
Voices: The EISA Podcast is the official broadcast of EISA, the European International Studies Association. This space for cutting-edge research in the discipline of International Relations is the aud...
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European International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
🎧 Episode 39 is available now!
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European International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
🎙️ Episode 39 of EISA Voices 'What is...Green Militarism?' will feature Esther Marijnen, discussing her work exploring the uneasy entanglements of nature, military conflict, and authority 🔗 Subscribe here: buff.ly/mUgPB8l
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Esther Marijnen @esthermarijnen.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
While the world looks elsewhere: Today there are presidential and parliamentary elections in Uganda. There is a general internet shutdown since Tuesday evening, and military is stationed everywhere. Everybody is tensed. Any protest will be shut down..
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Afrique XXI @afriquexxi.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
#Enquete 🔎 Ivoire disparu, subventions détournées, braconniers qui font la loi... La situation dans la réserve de Zakouma, au #Tchad, est bien loin des standards vantés par son gestionnaire, #AfricanParks. Mais quand le gvt a voulu rompre avec l'ONG, l’Union européenne, s’y est opposée.
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African Parks au Tchad. Des ratés mais un soutien indéfectible de l'Europe
Ivoire disparu, subventions détournées, braconniers qui font la loi : selon des initiés, le chaos règne dans la réserve naturelle de Zakouma, au Tchad, gérée par African Parks. Mais quand le (…)
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Esther Marijnen @esthermarijnen.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
CfP POLLEN26 - please join our panel, "Historicizing Geopolitical Ecologies of War" - see for more details and how to submit a proposal before 5th of December here; nomadit.co.uk/conference/p... @casesofyou.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social @nicosananes.bsky.social
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P066: Historicizing Geopolitical Ecologies of War
Standard Panel
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Dr George Iordachescu 🏳️‍🌈 🟥 @georgeiorda.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
🚨 We are looking for 3 new colleagues to join the GreenFrontier team as Postdoctoral Researchers! Deadline for applications: 25 Nov 2025 Each of the 3 openings will involve extended ethnographic fieldwork + plenty of opportunities to consolidate research & leadership skills! Please share widely!
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Follow the Money @ftm.nl · 18/09/2025
Een waterkrachtcentrale in Congo was bedoeld om groene stroom te brengen naar lokale gemeenschappen. Bij gebrek aan afnemers is een Franse cryptocowboy ingeschakeld, en voedt de centrale nu zijn bitcoinmijn. En Brussel ziet het als een succesverhaal.
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Naar bitcoins delven in het regenwoud van Congo – met subsidie van de EU
De EU gaf miljoenen uit aan grotendeels mislukte projecten in een natuurpark in Oost-Congo, onder leiding van een Belgische prins. Een safari-lodge bijvoorbeeld – in een oorlogsgebied – en een waterkr...
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Follow the Money EU @ftm.eu · 18/09/2025
In Congo’s Virunga rainforest, millions in EU development funds were spent over a decade to reduce poverty and bring electricity to thousands of households. In the absence of buyers, Belgian Prince Emmanuel de Merode called in a French cypto cowboy, a hydroplant now powers his bitcoin mine.
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EU funds bitcoin mine in Congo jungle with development aid
Over more than a decade, the EU spent millions on largely unsuccessful projects in a nature reserve in eastern Congo, led by a Belgian prince. These include a safari lodge in a war zone and a hydroele...
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Nadia Bouras @nadiabouras.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Timmermans noemt de AI-tweet vol nazi-beeldtaal van Wilders terecht ‘nazi-propaganda’. Tim de Wit: ‘Heftige typering. Bent u niet bang dat Wilders u wegzet als radicaal?’ Who cares wat Wilders vindt?! Het ís nazi-beeldtaal. Waarom gaat het niet over het echte schandaal?
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Esther Marijnen @esthermarijnen.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
in Bologna for #EISAPEC25. Join our section on Friday 'Green(ing) War: Military Build-up, Warfare and Socio-Environmental Wounds' with in total 4 panels - organised together with @nicosananes.bsky.social Benjamin Neimark and Corinne Lamain
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Sebastian Larsson @olovsebastian.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
NO CONFERENCING AS USUAL DURING GENOCIDE Please read and spread the following message as we gather in Bologna this week #EISAPEC25
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Ivan Ashaba @ashavin.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
🚨 New publication alert! Very pleased to see our work on demilitarizing conservation published. It began as an informal conversation leading up to the 2023 Biannual Political Ecology Network Conference in Durban, South Africa. Open access!
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Demilitarizing Conservation
Many national parks and other protected areas (PAs) are experiencing an intensification of military actors, logics, and partnerships across the globe. This amounts to one of the most consequential ...
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Francis Masse @geofrancismasse.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
New article🚨 Demilitarizing Conservation A labour of love w L Lunstrum @ashavin.bsky.social A Dutta @esthermarijnen.bsky.social T Mushonga F Matose For a more robustly care-full conservation Demilitarization based on ethics/politics of care/nonviolence @pollenetwork.bsky.social shorturl.at/Wsl9m
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Demilitarizing Conservation
Many national parks and other protected areas (PAs) are experiencing an intensification of military actors, logics, and partnerships across the globe. This amounts to one of the most consequential ...
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Polly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Israel has pledged to annihilate the Palestinians of Gaza so what exactly are you saying here?
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Dan Brockington @danbrockington.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
POLLEN 2026 is happening in Barcelona 🌅 The call for panels is open and closes on July 31st. See here for more information: tinyurl.com/5b8c5w7j Spread the word.
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POLLEN 2026: Open for Panels - POLLEN
When will POLLEN 2026 be launched? IT ALREADY HAS - get ready to come to Barcelona and join us! Panel Submissions are Currently Open (until July 31st) The announcement is here. Or take a look at this ...
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Mark Griffiths @casesofyou.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Job announcment: post-doc at Newcastle on the War & Geos project (warandgeos.co.uk). Please share and email me with questions! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNU169/p...
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Postdoc RA in Military Support Chains at Newcastle University
Searching for an academic job? Explore this Postdoc RA in Military Support Chains opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.
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Dr George Iordachescu 🏳️‍🌈 🟥 @georgeiorda.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
This is happening today. Please join if you are in Wageningen!
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Nadia Bouras @nadiabouras.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Uitstekende onderbouwing; (extreem)rechts gebruikt dit om de aandacht af te leiden van hun eigen medeplichtigheid aan genocide & andere mensenrechtenschendingen door 🇮🇱. Wat het nog kwalijker maakt, is dat de parlementaire pers deze spin kritiekloos blijft herhalen. Solidair met @katipiri.bsky.social
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Esther Marijnen @esthermarijnen.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Join us 30th of June in Wageningen for a book presentation and roundtable discussion on Mnemonic Ecologies and conservation in Wounded Landscapes at Green Frontiers with Sonja Pieck, @georgeiorda.bsky.social David Mwambari, and Dat Nguyen. See, centreforspaceplacesociety.com/2025/06/16/b...
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Book presentation & Roundtable | Mnemonic Ecologies: Conservation in wounded landscapes and green frontiers
Please save the date on the 30th of June, for this event: Mnemonic Ecologies: Conservation in wounded landscapes and green frontiers – Book presentation & Roundtable When: 30th of Jun…
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Raf De Bont 🟥 @rafdebont.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
New article in Osiris, entitled 'Flying Rhinos', in which I follow two northern white rhinoceroses to discuss the entanglement of mid-twentieth century zoo conservation, colonialism and celebrity culture: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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Han Wiskerke @hanwiskerke.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Een paar kritische kanttekeningen bij het recente pleidooi van de rectoren van de Nederlandse universiteiten over academische vrijheid: www.trouw.nl/opinie/opini... @brambuscher.bsky.social @woinactie.bsky.social @remcobreuker.bsky.social @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social @rensbod.bsky.social
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Opinie: Universiteiten, jullie beperken ook zelf de academische vrijheid
De rectoren negeren hun eigen rol in de aantasting van de academische vrijheid. Zo zijn marktprincipes de universiteit in toenemende mate gaan regeren, schrijven Joost Jongerden, Bram Büscher en Han W...
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Esther Marijnen @esthermarijnen.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Aangezien Wageningen @w-u-r.bsky.social niet eens haar eigen institutionele samenwerkingen ethisch wil toetsen - en is daarmee 1 van de 2 NL uni's die dat niet doen. Terwijl alle andere universiteiten dat wel doen - zijn wij genoodzaakt dit zelf te doen
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Follow the Money EU @ftm.eu · 29/05/2025
Prince Emmanuel de Merode says he’s protecting both wildlife and people in a nature reserve in Congo. But locals and experts say Virunga National Park is fuelling violence instead with rangers accused of killings and rape. Still, the EU released another €80 million this year for a ‘green corridor.’
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EU bankrolls Belgian prince to save African rainforests – residents call project 'a nightmare'
The European Union is sending millions of euros to a Belgian prince, who wants to protect wildlife and people in a nature reserve in the Democratic Republic of Congo. But local residents and experts F...
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Follow the Money @ftm.nl · 28/05/2025
Wilde dieren én mensen beschermen in het oosten van Congo – dat zegt prins Emmanuel de Merode te doen. Maar volgens bewoners en experts wakkert het park Virunga juist geweld en instabiliteit aan. Toch maakte de EU begin dit jaar nog eens 80 miljoen euro vrij voor een ‘groene corridor’.
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Belgische prins probeert regenwouden in Congo te redden: ‘een nachtmerrie’ voor bewoners
Prins Emmanuel de Merode beweert zowel mensen als dieren te redden in een natuurgebied in het turbulente oosten van Congo. Hij krijgt daarbij volop steun van de EU. Bewoners vinden dat het beleid van ...
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Duncan Money @mininghistory.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Mining companies are astute at sensing which way the political wind is blowing and adapting their pitch accordingly. Last year, warning we didn't have enough copper to stop climate change. This year, we don't have enough copper to wage war: www.ft.com/content/6a72...
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Modern warfare is reshaping metals demand, says mining veteran
Surge in military consumption comes as growth of renewable energy supercharges demand for copper
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Jana Hönke @janahoenke.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
I learned a lot from yesterday‘s book talk about African Parks and the militarisation of conversation www.peaceandconflict.uni-bayreuth.de/en/news/2025.... Thanks @esthermarijnen.bsky.social for great comments! I recommend reading on here:
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Reading & Discussion – Olivier van Beemen "In the Name of the Animals" ("Im Namen der Tiere")
Universität Bayreuth
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Soil Science Cluster WUR @soilsclusterwur.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
📣Special 'Art and Science' edition of the Soil Science cluster seminar: Sherii Sydorenko working at the SLM group entlitled "Wildfires of war". Anika Schwarzlose and Katja Verheul two artists that will present about " Clearing - War as maintenance". When: 4th June 2025, 15:30-16:30 Where: Lumen 1✨
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Teklehaymanot G. Weldemichel @tekgw.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
New publication via @politicalgeography.bsky.social 📜 How did the century’s deadliest war become invisible? In this article, I provide a detailed analysis of the tactics & strategies the Ethiopian regime & allies used to commit & conceal #TigrayGenocide. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Tigray war: Modern geographies of mass violence and the invisibilization of populations
The war in Tigray, Ethiopia, which erupted in November 2020, has been marked by widespread atrocities, including organized massacres, the systematic u…
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Esther Marijnen @esthermarijnen.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Our article is open access now! academic.oup.com/ia/article/1...
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‘We are soldiers now’: green militarism and (foreign-assisted) military training in conservation
In-depth fieldwork focusing on the training of rangers in Uganda's Murchison Falls National Park reveals the extent to which militarized conservation has b
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IOB - Institute of Development Policy @iobua.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
‘We are soldiers now’: green militarism and (foreign-assisted) military training in conservation Article by Ivan Ashaba (@ashavin.bsky.social) and Esther Marijnen (@esthermarijnen.bsky.social) in @iajournal.bsky.social 👉 doi.org/10.1093/ia/i...
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‘We are soldiers now’: green militarism and (foreign-assisted) military training in conservation
In-depth fieldwork focusing on the training of rangers in Uganda's Murchison Falls National Park reveals the extent to which militarized conservation has b
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Fascism places emotion over reason. Words become just tools to achieve the vision of the Leader. In our post-truth world, this takes the special form of the inversion of meaning: fascists call other people "fascists" and antisemites call other people "antisemites" snyder.substack.com/p/antisemiti...
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"Antisemitism" and Antisemitism
The abuse of the word and the spread of the phenomenon
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Nathaniel Powell @natkpowell.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
We historians (and others) need to start mass downloading archives from places like this before they go. Regardless of your subfield, download! I'm focusing on the CIA's FOIA site, but Wilson, the National Archives, Presidential libraries etc all have to be downloaded to be preserved.
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WOinActie.bsky.social @woinactie.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Bij de NieuwsBV: www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/d...
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De stakingen tegen de bezuinigingen op het hoger onderwijs zijn van start
Maandag is de estafettestaking van het Hoger Onderwijs van start gegaan in Leiden. De komende weken staken de universiteiten en hogescholen tegen de bezuinigingen op het hoger onderwijs. Het kabinet w...
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
This is an absolutely brilliant, deeply concerning and difficult read on the impacts of military training on rangers in #Uganda from @ashavin.bsky.social & @esthermarijnen.bsky.social. It has unprecedented info from the training programmes academic.oup.com/ia/article-a...
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‘We are soldiers now’: green militarism and (foreign-assisted) military training in conservation
In-depth fieldwork focusing on the training of rangers in Uganda's Murchison Falls National Park reveals the extent to which militarized conservation has b
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Ivan Ashaba @ashavin.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
🚨 New publication alert! Very pleased to see our work with Esther Marijnen published in @iajournal.bsky.social
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International Affairs @iajournal.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
🚨NEW issue out now! 📑 14 articles on the role of children in Russia's military, R2P, China and global health and more 📊 3 policy papers on the EU's policy toward Iran, Sino-US AI race and climate security 📚 30 book reviews Read NOW > academic.oup.com/ia/issue/101/2
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Esther Marijnen @esthermarijnen.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
New article out with Ivan Ashaba in International Affairs. On green militarism and (foreign-assisted) military training in conservation. Where we explore how park guards are becoming soldiers, going in-depth into the training they undergo. academic.oup.com/ia/article-a...
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‘We are soldiers now’: green militarism and (foreign-assisted) military training in conservation
In-depth fieldwork focusing on the training of rangers in Uganda's Murchison Falls National Park reveals the extent to which militarized conservation has b
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