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ilyssa Yahmi

@ilyssa.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor, The American University of Paris | PhD, Temple University | smuggling, borders, violence & (in-)security, identity | Former @USIP @DoDMinerva Peace Scholar & @XCEPT_Research | Sahel & North Africa

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Jae Hyun Park @jaepark0615.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is part of the special issue: “Rebel and Armed Group Financing and the Financialisation of Rebel Governance,” featuring path-breaking articles on civil war economies. Big thank you to @ilyssa.bsky.social, @tbandulairwin.bsky.social, @jamesworrall.bsky.social, @alexwaterman.bsky.social ! 6/7
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Jae Hyun Park @jaepark0615.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I’m really happy to share that “It’s Not About the Money”: Rebel Group Participation in the Formal Economy as Credible Commitment” is available online at @civilwarsjournal.bsky.social. A quick thread of highlights 1/7: doi.org/10.1080/1369...
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“It’s Not About the Money”: Rebel Group Participation in the Formal Economy as Credible Commitment
Why do some rebel groups establish capital-intensive formal businesses while continuing to resist integration into the state during civil wars? This article argues that such ventures are primarily ...
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APSA @apsa.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Angie Torres-Beltran receives the 2025 Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentor Award for Mentoring of Graduate Students The Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentor Award is presented annually by the APSA Committee on the Status of Latinos y Latinas in the Profession to recognize the exemplary mentoring of Latino y…
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Angie Torres-Beltran receives the 2025 Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentor Award for Mentoring of Graduate Students
The Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentor Award is presented annually by the APSA Committee on the Status of Latinos y Latinas in the Profession to recognize the exemplary mentoring of Latino y Latina students and junior faculty each year. The award is named in honor of Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell, the first Latina to earn a PhD in political science. Dr. Betina Cutaia Wilkinson was awarded for exemplary mentoring of undergraduate students.
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ilyssa Yahmi @ilyssa.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Successfully defended my dissertation and completed my PhD journey 🎉🥂 So grateful to the people who walked this path with me: my amazing advisors, mentors, peers, friends, and family who supported me and reminded me why this work matters. Tysm Temple and Philly for all the memories, I’ll miss you 🦅♥️
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Nicolas Réméné @nikosp23.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
www.europapress.es/internaciona...
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La ONU anticipa recortes de ayuda en el oeste de África por la falta de fondos
El Programa Mundial de Alimentos (PMA) de la ONU ha advertido este viernes de que si no recibe fondos de...
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ilyssa Yahmi @ilyssa.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Stay tuned for our super exciting Special Issue (w/ bluesky-less Tanya Irwin)!
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Civil Wars Journal @civilwarsjournal.bsky.social · 13/06/2024
Call for contributions to a fascinating special issue on the finances of insurgency and rebel governance - please share widely across your networks! Deadline 1 August 2024 for proposals:
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POMEPS @pomeps.bsky.social · 22/03/2024
The Project on Middle East Political Science is thrilled to announce POMEPS Studies 50: The Politics of Migration and Refugee Rentierism in the Middle East! Download the full PDF here! pomeps.org/pomeps-studi...
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POMEPS Studies 50: The Politics of Migration and Refugee Rentierism in the Middle East - Project on Middle East Political Science
How does the rentier concept apply in the context of the regulation and governance of human mobilities? Given that the hosting of forcibly displaced populations grants political actors the ability to ...
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ilyssa Yahmi @ilyssa.bsky.social · 25/03/2024
🔔1st publication! As part of @pomeps.bsky.social volume titled "The Politics of Migration and Refugee Rentierism", edited by @tsourapas.bsky.social and @abuaardvark.bsky.social, my article ‘Not our Burden: a Principal-Agent Analysis of Morocco’s EU-Style Migratory Policies’ has been published!
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ilyssa Yahmi @ilyssa.bsky.social · 26/12/2023
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Sarah Parkinson @separkinson.bsky.social · 27/11/2023
New in APSR: Journalism isn't/isn't meant to be systematically representative of events; it's not even consistent or constant across time, space, or topic. Using original interviews, I examine the political economy of media & data generation processes. polisky www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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