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Markus Balázs Göransson @mbgoransson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Löjligaste cykelolyckan. Saktade ner för att runda en grupp lågstadiebarn. Åkte över en tillplattad pappersmugg. Slirade. Cykeln vek sig under mig. Jag hårt på ryggen. Bakhuvudet i asfalten. Jag hade hjälm på. Ha det du med när du cyklar.

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Markus Balázs Göransson @mbgoransson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I don't remember the last time I was so completely drawn in by a novel's opening. Faruk Šehić, Quiet Flows the Una.

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Markus Balázs Göransson @mbgoransson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It was a pleasure co-hosting a workshop on Post-Communist Military Cultures and Change at Södertörn University's Center for Baltic and East European Studies together with my colleague Piotr Wawrzeniuk, with a lineup of really fascinating papers from colleagues across east-central Europe.

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Markus Balázs Göransson @mbgoransson.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

"När man är fem år har man levt jättelänge, men man har fortfarande väldigt mycket kvar av livet." Min dotter har helt rätt.

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Libération @liberation.fr · 27/06/2026

🌡️ Canicule : 109 morts à Paris en 24 heures, annonce le Samu Suivre le direct ➡️ l.liberation.fr/45f

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Dustin Johnson 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸 @warandcoffee.eurosky.social · 12/06/2026

I loved doing my PhD in Sweden, and if I could do it again I would definitely choose the Swedish Defence University.

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Markus Balázs Göransson @mbgoransson.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Our department at the Swedish Defence University is inviting applications for several fully-funded PhD positions, including one with specialization in Russian Warfare (documented reading ability in Russian is required). This is an excellent opportunity. www.fhs.se/en/swedish-d...

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PhD students in War Studies

The Department of War Studies invites applications for one or several fully funded PhD positions in War Studies. Duties The PhD programme consists of four years of full-time studies (240 ECTS credits...

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Markus Balázs Göransson @mbgoransson.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I am happy to share that I have been promoted to Associate Professor (docent) in War Studies at the Swedish Defence University.

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Markus Balázs Göransson @mbgoransson.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

The chances that I will agree to review a submission to a journal that obviously has used an AI search to identify me as a potential reviewer and that approaches me with what is clearly an AI-generated request are nil.

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Markus Balázs Göransson @mbgoransson.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Också kul när tidigare kommunstyrelsens ordförande Anders Teljebäck (s) på Västerås nationaldagsfirande försökte få med sig publiken på ett rungande "Visst är Västerås världens bästa stad!" och möts av tystnad.

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Markus Balázs Göransson @mbgoransson.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

A beautiful gesture by Västerås' municipal authorities to give a prominent place to a cohort of Ukrainian youth visiting from our city's Ukrainian partner municipality Shatsk in our local national day celebrations yesterday.

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Markus Balázs Göransson @mbgoransson.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Very happy to be among the contributors to this upcoming and timely book about the Ukraine War and its implications for contemporary and future warfare, under the excellent editorialship of Mikael Weissmann and Niklas Nilsson. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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Markus Balázs Göransson @mbgoransson.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Delighted about the first review of my book manuscript !

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Markus Balázs Göransson @mbgoransson.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Some evening reading under the apple tree with our 8-month old asleep in the baby carrier against my chest.

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 14/05/2026

Meduza's latest count of Russian military deaths puts the total at 352K between Feb 2022 & late 2025. This instalment adds a new category of soldiers, currently estimated at 90K: men whose deaths left no body for a civil registry to record. I wrote this summary explaining how the calculations work.

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Dead souls and counting. The sixth installment in Meduza’s joint investigation into Russian war deaths adds 90,000 soldiers previously outside the tally and explains why the total will only rise — Med...

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David Ucko @ucko.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

As NATO builds up its deep strike capability, this framework by Fabian Hoffmann sheds valuable light on different targeting strategies, their underlying logic and also their limitations. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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The strategic-level effects of long-range strike weapons: A framework for analysis

Can long-range strike weapons (LRS) create strategic-level effects? Despite extensive debate about the impact of LRS on contemporary warfare, the question of how such weapons can create strategic-l...

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Markus Balázs Göransson @mbgoransson.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Den här nivån på det offentliga samtalet om smittskydd normaliserades under pandemin och nu dras vi med det fortfarande. www.dn.se/varlden/smit...

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Markus Balázs Göransson @mbgoransson.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

When people say it's pointless to try to forecast war, I like to tell them about P.H. Colomb's "The Great War of 189-" (1892) that described how an assassination attempt directed at a "Prince Ferdinand" in the Balkans triggered a wide European war through the mechanisms of alliances.

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Markus Balázs Göransson @mbgoransson.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

My review of Jeffrey W. Jones' fine book Smoke, Mirrors, and Memories. Legacies of the Soviet-Afghan War (University of Toronto Press). Free link below.

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Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Nice obituary of Pete Duncan, the legendary scholar and teacher of Russian politics. Generations of students and colleagues benefitted from his kindness, his knowledge, and his academic rigour. A unique, and uniquely valuable, scholar. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

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Peter Duncan obituary

Other lives: Lecturer at UCL who wrote books on Russian politics and advised the House of Commons

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Markus Balázs Göransson @mbgoransson.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

I was sad to hear of the passing of Pete Duncan, an expert in Russian foreign policy and politics. I met and spoke to him on a few occasions as I was embarking on my PhD and was struck by his kindness and cheerfulness and how generously and attentively he spoke to me about my research ideas.

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Tens of thousands chant “Russians, go home!” at tonight’s anti-Orbán concert in Budapest’s Heroes’ Square ahead of Sunday’s Hungarian election.

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Christopher Miller @christopherjm.ft.com · 10/04/2026

NEW: Zelenskyy confirmed for the first time that Ukrainian electronic warfare systems & interceptors were used to take down Iranian Shahed drones in “several” Gulf countries hosting US military infrastructure. “Did we destroy them? Yes, we did,” he told @FT. www.ft.com/content/d0db...

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Alex Voronov @alexvoronov.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

På Fidesz valmöte i Debrecen i går. En partisång som från början är en folksång som handlar om oklart vad: ”…mina tomater är röda, inte gröna…” Det svänger i alla fall.

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Markus Balázs Göransson @mbgoransson.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Tre dagar före Ungerns ödesval passar jag på att omdela det här porträttet jag skrev av Péter Magyar för snart ett år sen. Tror det finns del lärdomar att hämta i hans taktiserande och kampajande för andra motståndare till ytterhögerns makthavare.

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Vasabjit Banerjee @vasabjit.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Hi Civ-Mil scholars, American and Comparative, what books would y'all suggest about oversight on military affairs? I am not talking about SH, Feaver, Janowitz, and Schiff. More of the recent, process oriented, case studies or cross national stuff. Feel free to suggest your own?

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Markus Balázs Göransson @mbgoransson.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

"Russian Propaganda from V to Z: Projecting Banal and Everyday Nationalism in Unsettled Times" by J. Paul Goode. "Rather than attempt to mobilize the Russian public to war, state-run television sought to normalize the war as a banal reality for domestic audiences" www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Russian Propaganda from V to Z: Projecting Banal and Everyday Nationalism in Unsettled Times | Nationalities Papers | Cambridge Core

Russian Propaganda from V to Z: Projecting Banal and Everyday Nationalism in Unsettled Times - Volume 54 Issue 2

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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Zelenskyy has arrived in Saudi Arabia for important meetings. "We appreciate the support and stand with those who are ready to work together with us for security." - the president wrote.

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Markus Balázs Göransson @mbgoransson.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Den här siffran måste stämma. Det måste ha varit Mohamssons maktkupp, partiets offentliga splittring, Birgitta Ohlssons partibyte, SD:s löfte om inga stödröster och den livesända härdsmältan till landsmöte som fått vinden att vända.

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Markus Balázs Göransson @mbgoransson.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

My article about the Orbán government's rhetoric about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was just published in this year's first issue of European Security. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

So according to the WSJ a US Senator conspired with another country to manipulate the US into starting a war, am I getting this right

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Markus Balázs Göransson @mbgoransson.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

'“I’d like to emphasize, that the signing of the treaty does not mean the establishment of a military alliance with Iran or mutual military assistance,” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko clarified to Russia’s State Duma at the time.' www.politico.eu/article/vlad...

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Putin’s friendship has limits — as Iran just found out

Leaders in Damascus, Caracas and now Tehran have all discovered that Russian support only goes so far.

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Markus Balázs Göransson @mbgoransson.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

The big hurdle is the peer-review but this response from the editors made my day.

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Markus Balázs Göransson @mbgoransson.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Johan Carlson om 17:e aspekten av svensk pandemihantering som Sveriges intersektionella vänster tyckte var onödig att problematisera. "Vi mot världen", s. 32

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Erik Angner @erikangner.com · 06/02/2026

If you're a foreign professor in Sweden, the gov't will expel your children when they turn 18, even if you have permanent residency: sulf.se/nyhet/utvisn... via @sulf-union.bsky.social

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Utvisning av 18-åringar gör Sverige mindre attraktivt för toppforskare

Problemet att de som fyllt 18 år förväntas stå på egna ben och därmed utvisas även om deras föräldrar har …

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Mark Stout @markstout.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Just got my copy of @dvanp.bsky.social's new book, "The DGSE: A Concise History of France's Foreign Intelligence Service," from Georgetown UP. I was involved on the editorial side of this book and it's a huge contribution. Available for pre-order today! press.georgetown.edu/Book/The-DGSE

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The DGSE

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Myra Åhbeck Öhrman 🧢 @myrannosaurus.doomscroll.se · 02/02/2026

Om du vill förstå varför så mycket teknik känns fientlig nu, varför allt kräver konto, samtycke och återkommande betalningar, titta på den jävla skrivaren. Plastig. Passivt aggressiv. Full av ideologi, och av strukturellt hat mot dig som konsument och människa. "Keep it simple"? Ät skit.

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

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Simone Zoppellaro @simonezop.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

We are in excellent hands.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said his face-to-face meeting with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence on Jan. 17 left him deeply alarmed about the U.S. president’s state of mind.

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Astrid Meyer-Knutsen @astridmeyerknutsen.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

- This article addresses a case of official misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic. During this time, the Swedish Public Health Agency (PHA) messaged against mask-wearing, warning that it could increase risk of infection. 2/2 bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/gsc/view/jou...

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Markus Balázs Göransson @mbgoransson.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

It's just one overreach after another with this Trump administration.

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Nicholas Loubere @ndloubere.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Really glad to see this article with @mbgoransson.bsky.social and @pauloshea.bsky.social published in the Global Social Challenges Journal. The article presents a systematic review and analysis of how SVT covered the use of face masks in 2020. 1/ bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/gsc/view/jou...

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