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Hedvig Ördén

@hedvigorden.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor, Centre for War Studies, University of Southern Denmark. Critical Security Studies & Intelligence Studies.

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Emil Stjernholm @emilstjernholm.bsky.social · 4h
"Enligt Akademiska Hus årsredovisningar delade bolaget under åren 2021–2025 ut sammanlagt nästan 15 miljarder kronor till staten, men vinsten har i praktiken varit ännu större eftersom inte allt delas ut till ägaren." - Vansinne...
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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
You’re right—that plane shouldn’t have gone there. That’s my fault, and I should have made sure there wasn’t a terminal in the landing path. Would you like me to call emergency services, or assist with lining up takeoffs?
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026
[Exit Queen.]
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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Dan Wang and I have written the Weekend Essay at @financialtimes.com and if I can say so myself it's a banger as.ft.com/r/c1054499-a...
An illustration from classic Golden Age era science fiction.
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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
“I’m afraid there is a chance this child may become an academic.”
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 03/08/2026
The right’s exploitation of the Ceuta migrant ‘crisis’ almost guarantees that it will happen again | Ruben Andersson
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The right’s exploitation of the Ceuta migrant ‘crisis’ almost guarantees that it will happen again | Ruben Andersson
The EU’s panic and the lack of solidarity emboldens smugglers and the far right – and makes Spain even more vulnerable, says Ruben Andersson, professor of social anthropology
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Florian Nightingale @floriannightingale.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Fånga dagen Grip dagen Häkta dagen
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EU-Ylva Nilsson @euylva.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
”Grattis, EU-regeringar, ni har just visat hela världen hur lätt man kan ta stryptag på EU, få er enighet att falla sönder, få er att strunta i era egna regler” www.expressen.se/ledare/ylva-...
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YLVA NILSSON: Krisen i Ceuta visade EU:s stora svaghet
Två politiska stormar samtidigt: fotboll och simmande migranter. I den första stod Europa enigt och skyddat bakom regler. I den andra vann egenintresset och kaos.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 31/07/2026
I used to do some work on the ethical use of satellite and drone imagery for aid and disaster response, and it is genuinely hard to express in words what a dangerous, stupid thing Google is doing by making it easy to use GenAI to create faked satellite imagery:
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How to plant a nuclear plant in Iran
The question is: what on earth is Google doing?
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Jack Murphy @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
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What They Want to Hear: The Politicization of U.S. Intelligence
A campaign of firings and clearance revocations is teaching the intelligence community that silence is the only job security.
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 19/07/2026
Could Excel be conscious? We surveyed more than Jan 1 1900 people to find out.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/07/2026
TRUMP: Would you go to Moscow? ZELENSKYY: It is difficult. There are lots of Ukrainian drones there. It's dangerous.
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Perspectives on Politics @poppublicsphere.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!! It’s Not #Polarization; It’s the #Radicalization of the #Political #Right By @pettertornberg.com doi.org/10.1017/S153...
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Bitte Hammargren @bitteham.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Tungt inlägg från fyra experter på folkrätt www.dn.se/debatt/sa-fo...
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DN Debatt. ”Så folkrätt är mest till för seminarier? Ok, låt oss ha ett”
DN Debatt. Fyra folkrättsexperter om Buschs och Kristerssons avfärdande av folkrätten som en fråga för seminarier, kriget i Iran och svensk utrikespolitik.
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
It's not just that Orbán losing inspires hope in other competitive-autocratic countries ruled by right-wing nationalist authoritarians. It's that his loss materially changes things in those other countries, because he's been operating as a headquarters and funding source...
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Reto Mitteregger @indubioproreto.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Similar to Poland in 2023, young voters in Hungary seem to have turned out to vote in larger numbers than in earlier elections and - importantly so, as this poll suggests - have massively voted AGAINST the illiberal incumbent party.
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Nick Kodama 🌳👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Bagel sandwich but cut vertically
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Zach Dickson @zachdickson.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Thrilled that my paper (w/@sarahobolt.bsky.social,@catherinedevries.bsky.social,@simonecremaschi.bsky.social) was accepted at the American Political Science Review! We find that declining public services fuel support for the populist right — and show why the right benefits more than other parties 🧵
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Viktor Winetrout @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
She left her copy of my self-published Civil War poetry book, so I know she's coming back
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Christian Christensen @chrchristensen.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Det här är den värsta tänkbara tiden att skära ner på public service som SVT. I takt med att mer och mer makt läggs i händerna på privat ägande och miljardärer sprider desinformation behövs högkvalitativa public service-medier mer än någonsin. www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/...
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SVT varslar 141 tjänster – fler program läggs på is
”Hotell romantik”, ”Antikmagasinet” och ”Vem bor här?” sätts på paus när SVT nu ska spara 355 miljoner kronor. – Det smärtar, säger SVT:s vd Anne Lagercrantz i
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Massimo Flore @massif.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
How should we treat FIMI when it comes from inside the EU? How should we treat EU governmente that directly cooperate with an hostile enemy country? www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
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To tilt Hungarian election, Russians proposed staging assassination attempt
To aid Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a friend of Russia, in his election, operatives proposed “the Gamechanger” — a staged assassination attempt to stir supporters.
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Gabriela Greilinger @gabrielagreilinger.com · 17/03/2026
"Autocratization is now truly global. (...) In 2025, Western Europe and North America registers the most notable decline on both country- and population-weighted averages. This is primarily due to the recent developments in the US." V-Dem released its latest report. www.v-dem.net/documents/75...
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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Pretty staggering that the FT Trump interview opens with ‘if NATO doesn’t help us sort this mess, there’ll be problems’ and ends with ‘Russia might be helping target American soldiers, but really that’s sort of fair enough - we started it’. www.ft.com/content/1ca6...
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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Add to the mix Hegseth’s unrestrained lethality doctrine at the expense of critical thinking and unless these efforts get reversed soon, the US military may well become dumber and more dangerous - especially with civilian leaders who think that a list of targets is a sufficient plan.
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Military Senior Service Colleges Require Reform, But There Sure Are Some Bad Ideas Out There
“No one is thinking if everyone is thinking alike.” Gen. George S. Patton’s quip shows that he not only understood the advantage of audacious combat
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Anton Strezhnev @astrezh.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Can this be a solution?
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 09/03/2026
Manipulated images undermine our shared reality—and the democracy built upon it.
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AI fakes spread disinformation. Is the distrust they create even worse?
Manipulated images undermine our shared reality—and the democracy built upon it.
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Per Widén @perwiden.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
HERREGUD! Tyska forskningsministern ”synliggör” kvinnliga forskare inwn broschyr. Men bilderna är ai-genererade! Trots att det finns riktiga foton av samtliga. Alla kvinnorna har också gjorts ”snyggare”, och Rosalind Franklin får dessutom posera med ett nobelpris, trots att hon inte fick det.
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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
All those conferences I have participated in with top officials with very concerned faces going on and on about soft power and countering Chinese influence, Russian disinformation, it is all terrible, etc… Guys. Fund. The. BBC.
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Hedvig Ördén @hedvigorden.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Delighted to see our new article analysing the threat of foreign election interference and the institutional logics of democratic resilience published in European Security.
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Roland Meyer @bildoperationen.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
«The unveiled force of Nadella’s statement is: All those who have power over workers and consumers are going to need to use it to make them start accepting and using the Generative AI tools our industry has collectively invested trillions in.»
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
🧵 @jburnmurdoch.ft.com is spot on about the conditions in his FT piece. Liberal democracy held it together thanks to growth, good demographics, and the promise of a better future. Those days are gone, and that’s the "why" behind the erosion. However...
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Pascal @pascallth.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
The position coming out of Washington today is that Greenland is critically exposed to threats from Russia and China And also that any other country that tries to improve Greenland's security will face tariffs
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/01/2026
ICYMI: I sat down with political scientist @samuel-bagg.bsky.social to discuss the crisis in our information environment and its roots in social identity.
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The cure for misinformation is not more information or smarter news consumers
Political scientist Samuel Bagg explains why social identity is at the root of the misinformation crisis -- which calls for something deeper than factchecking.
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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
There is a lot of talk about what Europeans will do if Trump follows though on his illegal plans towards Denmark. But I would like to know what Americans are expected to do
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Abe Newman @abenewman.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
1/Leaders are abducted/allies are threatened but pundits and governments are scratching their heads on what the US is doing. Danish PM on Greenland "It makes absolutely no sense". Why? Because actors using old IR models when we need a new lens. Enter neo-royalism. abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
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Denmark's PM urges Trump to 'stop the threats' of annexing Greenland
The prime minister of Denmark called on Trump to “stop the threats” of the U.S. annexing Greenland after renewed comments garnered international attention.
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Michael Kagan @michaelgkagan.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
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Kate McNamara @katemcnamara.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
The decision to finance arms for Ukraine through collective EU debt is taboo-breaking--but also part of a larger security turn in Europe. Ophelia Bentley & I have a new piece out that shows how the EU has geopoliticized markets in an unexpected arena: competition policy. doi.org/10.1017/elo.... 1/
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The securitization of competition in the European Union | European Law Open | Cambridge Core
The securitization of competition in the European Union
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Great short thread on the National Security Strategy.
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 05/12/2025
US national security strategy. Something sure is unrecognisable here, but it’s not Europe. www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

But this economic decline is eclipsed by the real and more stark prospect of civilizational erasure. The larger issues facing Europe include activities of the European Union and other transnational bodies that undermine political liberty and sovereignty, migration policies that are transforming the continent and creating strife, censorship of free speech and suppression of political opposition, cratering birthrates, and loss of national identities and self-confidence.
Should present trends continue, the continent will be unrecognizable in 20 years or less. As such, it is far from obvious whether certain European countries will have economies and militaries strong enough to remain reliable allies. Many of these nations are currently doubling down on their present path. We want Europe to remain European, to regain its civilizational self-confidence, and to abandon its failed focus on regulatory suffocation
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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Holy shit. Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
The cable, sent to all U.S. missions on December 2, orders U.S. consular officers to review resumes or LinkedIn profiles of H-1B applicants - and family members who would be traveling with them - to see if they have worked in areas that include activities such as misinformation, disinformation, content moderation, fact-checking, compliance and online safety, among others.
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Barton Gellman @bartongellman.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Very good thread.
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Fredrika Larsson @ikapika.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
This Friday I had the pleasure to present my article ”Assange & Honeytrap(s) for the special issue on the contextual turn in intelligence analysis in Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies edited by @hedvigorden.bsky.social at #show2025 @sochistorywar.bsky.social as always an amazing experience!
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Seva @seva.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
one reason "great power competition" is a bad description of the emerging order is that an interlinked global kleptocracy does not care about national interests or rivalries
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Ben Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
The UN just held a vote on ending torture, in which three countries voted against ending torture. 🔍 Zoom in…
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 25/11/2025
can’t fucking catch a breath make it stop
Is ChatGPT Conscious? Many users feel they’re talking to a real person. Scientists say it’s time to consider whether they’re onto something.
By Jeff Wise, a science journalist and private pilot.
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Lars Erik Berntzen @leberntzen.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
New article with @draege.bsky.social out in Scandinavian Political Studies: “Asymmetric Influence: Politicians Can Fuel but Not Dampen Conflict.” We test whether politicians in one of the world’s least polarized democracies, Norway, can calm conflict as effectively as they can inflame it. #polisky
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Asymmetric Influence: Politicians Can Fuel but Not Dampen Conflict
Research from the deeply polarized United States suggests that the impact of elite communication is asymmetrical: antagonistic messages often heighten divisions, while positive appeals fail to dampen...
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