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Aida A. Hozic

@hozic.bsky.social
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IR/IPE,aesthetics,feminism, Balkan,ephemera. Co-Lead Editor @ripejournal.bsky.social & Ed Team of International Political Sociology.

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Aida A. Hozic @hozic.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
As a Sarajevan, I have always been a fan of Anievas’ emphasis on the Moroccan crisis leading to WWI. The last few days have reminded me of his arguments and the urgent need to think of Europe more expansively when considering its contemporary politics too.
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1914 in world historical perspective: The ‘uneven’ and ‘combined’ origins of World War I - Alexander Anievas, 2013
The causes of World War I remain a topic of enormous intellectual interest. Yet, despite the immensity of the literature, historiographical and IR debates remai...
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Aida A. Hozic @hozic.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
A must read by on war economy as the surrogate for economic growth. While finance travels across borders, it also thrives on geopolitical divisions and tensions.
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Alfredo Saad-Filho & Jack Taggart | Defense Dividends
The interpenetration of private finance and the military
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Aida A. Hozic @hozic.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
There are many Americas.
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Doug Johnson on Instagram: "Joan Baez, dancing at Newport Folk Festival with Dave Matthews Newport Folk Festival. 7/26/26 #joanbaez #newportfolkfest #davematthews #nathanielrateliff"
55K likes, 1,861 comments - farmer_doug1 on July 26, 2026: "Joan Baez, dancing at Newport Folk Festival with Dave Matthews Newport Folk Festival. 7/26/26 #joanbaez #newportfolkfest #davematthews #na...
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Aida A. Hozic @hozic.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
In 2017, the orb officially activated the Saudis’ Global Centre for Combating Extremist Ideology. Now, it can be powered with nuclear energy, no doubt for all the data centers rising in the desert and countering extremism.
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Aida A. Hozic @hozic.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
It’s a dog’s life in Florida. Vote for Arnie.
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Aida A. Hozic @hozic.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The victory of the 🇪🇸 midfielders. And a reason to re-read @sashahemon.bsky.social beautiful essay about that moment of transcendence “when all your teammates occupy the ideal position on the field.” (And, via soccer, about so much more: immigrants, rain, connection to the world bigger than us.)
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If God Existed, He’d Be a Solid Midfielder
‘I came to this fine country from Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, in the winter of 1992, a couple of months before the war started.’ Aleksandar Hemon in Granta 108: Chicago
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Phenomenal World @phenomenalworld.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
“Since the revolution of 1959, a persistent feature of Miami’s political life has been to push Washington to regime change in Cuba—but with little unity on the question of how.” @hozic.bsky.social on competing anti-Havana factions in South Florida phenomenalworld.org/analysis/mia...
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Miami Syndrome | Aida Hozić
Whether big US business, Cuban American wealth, or small business owners drive the transition will have consequences for the future of Cuba, though given the unfolding crisis on the island, it’s…
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Phenomenal World @phenomenalworld.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
“The Cuban Missile Crisis established Florida as an ideological and military bulwark in the struggle against communism. It is a role that the state—home to three US military commands—continues to play with gusto.” @hozic.bsky.social on Miami and Havana
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Miami Syndrome | Aida Hozić
Whether big US business, Cuban American wealth, or small business owners drive the transition will have consequences for the future of Cuba, though given the unfolding crisis on the island, it’s…
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Aida A. Hozic @hozic.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Amen.
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Aida A. Hozic @hozic.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
“Distraída por su propio éxito, Miami brilla con intensidad mientras las luces de Cuba se apagan.” 🙏 @phenomenalworld.bsky.social
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Síndrome de Miami | Aida Hozić
El hecho de que sean las grandes empresas estadounidenses, la clase adinerada cubano-estadounidense o los propietarios de pequeñas empresas quienes impulsen la transición política tendrá consecuencias...
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Aida A. Hozic @hozic.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
This is fascinating reporting from @wsj.com - what pretends to be a story about Mark Carney, Europe and NATO, is really a story about the world of high finance, which benefitted from the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, now regrouping to outlive the Trump crisis. www.wsj.com/world/europe...
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The Canadian Who Steered Europe Away From the U.S.
Facing threats from Trump, Carney emerged as a central figure in a project to reshape the Western alliance.
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Aida A. Hozic @hozic.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Florida, the hemispheric playground. Part 2. With thanks to the phenomenal editorial team at @phenomenalworld.bsky.social for allowing us to believe that thinking about Political Economy may be worthwhile even in these anguishing times.
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Miami Syndrome | Aida Hozić
Whether big US business, Cuban American wealth, or small business owners drive the transition will have consequences for the future of Cuba, though given the unfolding crisis on the island, it’s uncle...
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Aida A. Hozic @hozic.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I forgot how good it feels to be in the European time zone, be able to work in peace for hours, before the onslaught of North American emails and messaging.
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Aida A. Hozic @hozic.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
EU solution to its problems: let Ukrainian men fight until we re-arm and have an all-out war with Russia.
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‘Strong support’ for excluding fighting-age men from EU’s Ukraine refugee scheme
“That’s also what the Ukrainians want us to do,” said Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner.
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Chen Chen @chenchenwrites.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
some days it's hard to read a good book because it makes me want to write, i keep getting ideas & have to put it down. other times it's hard because everything else feels like a distraction & i hate putting it down. & sometimes it's that i wish i wrote it, so want to put it away, but can't, i can't
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Aida A. Hozic @hozic.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
How Florida rules the world.
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Aida A. Hozic @hozic.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
The venom with which the center-right attacks the left - one would think they are the fascists and we are back in the interwar period. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
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Brussels’ nightmare French election scenario risks coming true: Bardella vs. Mélenchon
The far right and far left are on the march, while France’s imploding centrists are busy fighting each other.
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Aida A. Hozic @hozic.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Delighted that the 1st issue of @phenomenalworld.bsky.social with phenomenal colleagues and friends is getting so much well-deserved praise. Kudos to the editors and to the authors!
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
"Empires typically do not collapse because of external aggression. They collapse because of some form of suicide. ..Trump is an extreme example of a cadre beginning to think about its own personal wealth at the expense of the big picture" Mad levels of insight packed in this by @thunen.bsky.social
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Empire Suicide Watch | Herman Mark Schwartz
Examining the anatomy of US power
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Aida A. Hozic @hozic.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
So Spain will go the way of Slovenia, and the EU will do nothing. Ireland next?
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Raid on party headquarters dials up pressure on Spain’s Sánchez
The ruling Socialist Party is alleged to have commissioned individuals to discredit critics bringing legal proceedings against the government.
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Aida A. Hozic @hozic.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
A problem and an explanation, both on the same front page.
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Aida A. Hozic @hozic.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Oh, please, give us a break.
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CEEISA @ceeisa-org.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
📢 #CEEISAConference2026 | Contesting Imperialism(s) 📍 Sarajevo | 🗓️ 17–19 June 2026 The academic program is now online! Browse panels, papers & rountables👇 🔗 ceeisa2026.com Program chairs: Aida Hozić & Dženeta Karabegović
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Aida A. Hozic @hozic.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
I spent this Sunday morning reading the beautiful writings on @equatormag.bsky.social site and listening to their podcasts. Read, listen, support, share.
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Ghost Fleet • EQUATOR
America’s defeat in the Persian Gulf reveals the world to come
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Aida A. Hozic @hozic.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
I will never get used to the vacuous synchronicity of American leisure alongside wars: the latest bridal fashion, old Kindles dying, best chocolate. Life goes on in wars, always. But this cover is not about life - it is about forgetting, denial, erasure and … consumption.
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Aida A. Hozic @hozic.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Excellent account of encounters between the Vatican/Pentagon emissaries Christophe Pierre/Eldridge Colby. The article concludes with Pierre’s words: “The world is wrong when it treats aggression like wisdom and domination as realism. Refusal of hate is not weakness. Love is stronger than death.”
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Il nunzio al Pentagono, le minacce degli Usa e con il Vaticano fu il gelo
Dal discorso di Leone ai diplomatici alla richiesta di chiarimenti da parte dell’amministrazione Trump: che cosa è successo
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Aida A. Hozic @hozic.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
And @profpaulpoast.bsky.social has spoken.
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Opinion | A New Era of World War Has Arrived
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herman mark schwartz @thunen.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Unaffordable daycare is a problem lack of public health care/insurance is a problem Lack of paid parental leave is a problem Abortion bans that make difficult pregnancies into crimes is a problem Expensive housing is a problem Fewer teen pregnancies is NOT a problem
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Christian Scheinpflug @chschein.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
In that vein, Chile has been replacing its old Mercedes public transport buses with modern 100% electric BYD buses. It’s not like they were coerced to do it by China, it’s more like that the Germans live in a long-gone era and refuse to build modern vehicles. The BYD buses are excellent quality.
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Aida A. Hozic @hozic.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
The image is smalish but the withdrawals are huge. Private capital holders continue to price the current political/economic moment with attempts at mass exit.
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Aida A. Hozic @hozic.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
“Perhaps most strikingly of all, the data demonstrates that women were far more often engaged in paid employment than historians have tended to assume.”
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Tom Johnson · Save My Beer: Industrious Revolution
Labour was once an organic part of the peasant household, done in the interest of subsistence. Certainly many people in...
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Jenny Mathers @jgmaber.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Looking forward to Lisbon for @europeanisa.bsky.social, presenting the work that @allysonedwards1.bsky.social & I are doing on youth militarisation in #Russia and appearing on a roundtable about the new book War Economy edited by @hozic.bsky.social and Jacqui True www.routledge.com/War-Economy-...
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War Economy: Gendered Circuits of Violence and Capital
War Economy: Gendered Circuits of Violence and Capital examines the war economy from feminist perspectives, bringing fresh thinking in the context of heightened geopolitical tensions. This book challe...
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Aida A. Hozic @hozic.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Europe may not rebound. Hit by COVID, the US push to de-couple from China, Biden’s IRA, the Ukraine war and the switch from Russian gas to the US/Gulf LPG, AI and platforms, Trump’s tariffs, loss of Chinese market, and now Hormuz: what’s left is a retirement zone. And it’s not even Florida ….
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‘Beyond what we could imagine’: Europe’s coming energy crunch
Germany’s Friedrich Merz warns the economic fallout from the war in Iran is on track to rival that of the Covid pandemic or the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Aida A. Hozic @hozic.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Apply!!!! I can think of a number of amazing IPE/CPE scholars 3-5 years from their PhDs who would be extremely well qualified for this position and could *diversify* Max Planck intellectually, geographically, and demographically.
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Senior Researcher in the field of Political Economy (tenure track)
The Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG) in Cologne is seeking a
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Aida A. Hozic @hozic.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Filipino defence minister Gilbert Teodoro today: “It is of vital importance to us that the strait of Hormuz be opened immediately and kept safe. Not only for the seafarers, but also for Philippine consumers. The poor Filipinos who need to pay astronomical prices for electricity, fuel, and power.”
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Aida A. Hozic @hozic.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
This was/is a great book. And so misunderstood. History repeats on a loop.
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Doro Bohle @dorobohle.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
The deadline for this year's CEEISA proposals - papers, panels, and roundtables - is April 10, 2026. The theme - Contesting Imperialism(s) - could not be more urgent, and Sarajevo and its history are an important vantage point from which to reconsider empires, their legacies, and their future!
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Aida A. Hozic @hozic.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Charles Tilley was correct: states are organized criminal institutions. They generate threats to extract resources; they disguise their racketeering as protection. Unlike mafias, however, states do not take care of the needy in their communities. They just throw them to the wolves.
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Aida A. Hozic @hozic.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Wow. And just like that, Europe is a rocket ship now.
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Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
This is an incredible documentation of the systematic, intentional collapse of American health science, by Elizabeth Ginexi. open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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I Wrote Research Funding Announcements for NIH for 22 Years. This Year They’ve Published 14
How NIH went from 756 funding announcements to 14 in two years — and what it means for every disease that depends on federal research
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herman mark schwartz @thunen.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Another BANger from @cornelban.bsky.social On energy geoeconomics geoeconomic.substack.com/p/energy-res...
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Oil Shock Resilience with Chinese Characteristics
What the Iran War Reveals About Beijing’s Grand Strategy
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Aida A. Hozic @hozic.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
@profpaulpoast.bsky.social now says that we are in a world war. We are confronted with a global conflict led by governments that most of us do not support. Bodies as fodder for new and experimental weapons, techno-dystopia as a likely outcome. A reminder: nothing like war to find moral purpose.
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Aida A. Hozic @hozic.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Sometimes a film can move a mountain.
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U.S. Lawmakers Introduce Hind Rajab Accountability Bill (Exclusive)
The Justice for Hind Rajab act, introduced by Sen. Peter Welch and Rep. Sara Jacobs, demands a U.S. investigation into the killing of the 5-year-old Palestinian girl whose story inspired Kaouther Ben ...
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Aida A. Hozic @hozic.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Always worth reading 👇
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Patricia Owens @whitproject.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
This is so lovely. 🤓 Thanks to the @hist-isanet.bsky.social for showcasing historical work and to the committee for recognising Erased with this prize. 🥂 Congratulations to Yan Long for their honourable mention.
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
1/ "Higher energy, fertilizer and transport costs – including freight rates, bunker fuel prices and insurance premiums – may increase food costs and intensify cost-of-living pressures, particularly for the most vulnerable." Excellent report by UNCTAD unctad.org/system/files...
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Aida A. Hozic @hozic.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
What inflation? Food is for the poor. Let them eat cake.
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Aida A. Hozic @hozic.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
The 47th POTUS may not know the difference between a war and a reality TV show. He seems to think he can just change the channel or switch it off and on as he pleases.
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Aida A. Hozic @hozic.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Contesting Imperialism(s) - Central and East European ISA conference in Sarajevo, BiH, June 17-19, 2026. Deadline for proposals - April 10, 2026. There will be a pre-conference workshop for young scholars. For info, please visit: ceeisa2026.com
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Yuliya Komska @ykomska.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Nothing to see here, just a German military mega-contractor with cartel appetite (and a big male energy CEO who loves to hunt) ditching civilian manufacture and monopolizing earth-to-space production and building its factories all over (mostly Eastern) Europe www.ft.com/content/a326...
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From arms to orbit: Rheinmetall’s expansion unsettles rivals
German group’s outspoken boss Armin Papperger wants to ‘catch’ €300bn in European deals by 2030
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