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Mirza Buljubašić | Criminology | post-Yugoslavia

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Criminologist | Atrocity Crimes, Terrorism, Extremism and Punishment | Ailurophile | University of Sarajevo

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Mirza Buljubašić | Criminology | post-Yugoslavia @mirzabuljubasic.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
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Mark Kersten @markkersten.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
"The greatest danger is not in recognizing that perpetrators are normal. It is in failing to recognize that societies can be structured to make atrocity normal. They require a world that allows them." - poignant, timely analysis by @mirzabuljubasic.bsky.social: justiceinconflict.org/2025/06/20/t...
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‘The greatest danger is in failing to recognize that societies can be structured to make atrocity normal’: From Yugoslav Atrocity Perpetrators to Intergenerational Extremism
The following is Dr. Mirza Buljubašić’s contribution to JiC’s ongoing symposium on Alette Smeulers’ new book “Perpetrators of Mass Atrocities Terribly and Terrifyingly Normal?”. B…
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Mirza Buljubašić | Criminology | post-Yugoslavia @mirzabuljubasic.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
The OSINT and Political Violence Summer School has officially wrapped up. Grateful to all instructors, guest speakers, and participants for their sharp insights, energy, and collaboration throughout the week. Looking forward to building on this momentum. #OSINT #PoliticalViolence #Criminology
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Florian Bieber @fbieber.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
What does the new German government mean for the Western Balkans? Listen to the latest @biepag.bsky.social podcast with Frauke Seebass (@swp-europe.bsky.social @dgap.org) & @adicerimagic.bsky.social .
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Andy Aydın-Aitchison @andy8chi.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Of course, you might want to jump straight to the book, without stopping by the review. Here's the publisher site... www.routledge.com/War-as-Prote...
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War as Protection and Punishment: Armed International Intervention at the 'End of History’
This book provides an analysis of how penal discourses are used to legitimate post-Cold War military interventions through three main case studies: Kosovo, Iraq and Libya. These cases reveal the opera...
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Mirza Buljubašić | Criminology | post-Yugoslavia @mirzabuljubasic.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Does the international community still believe in a civic, democratic Bosnia—or is it ready to accept permanent limbo? My new piece for the #REUNIRblog on how the Dayton Agreement froze Bosnia’s future and why reform must be democratic, not nationalist. Read here: reunir-horizon.eu/thirty-years...
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Gavin Hales @gmhales.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
New research finds "permanent exclusion is associated with approximately a doubling of the risk of having a conviction or caution for both serious violence and for homicide or near-miss homicide in the 12-month period following the exclusion"
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Guy De Launey @guydelauney.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
The Serbia "sonic weapon" row is rumbling on. Possibly at a frequency inaudible to human hearing. That's an LRAD 450XL on the Land Rover in the picture. But none of the videos seem to indicate it was used in "crowd control" mode. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Calls grow in Serbia for investigation into claims ‘sound cannon’ targeted protesters
More than 500,000 people sign petition after ‘powerful sonic impact’ allegedly directed towards rally in Belgrade
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Mirza Buljubašić | Criminology | post-Yugoslavia @mirzabuljubasic.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
For those interested in crime-and security-related topics in Bosnia and Herzegovina, highly recommend the following media outlets: detektor.ba cin.ba zurnal.info
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Žurnal | Jedina slobodna teritorija
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Florian Bieber @fbieber.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Join this petition in solidarity with Serbia’s students, academics and all other citizens. Please read forms.office.com/e/jnVLs00DLW...
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Microsoft Forms
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Michael Colborne @colborne.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
if this was a post about a balkan country it'd be called a prelude or precursor to significant political violence and it'd be 1991
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Mirza Buljubašić | Criminology | post-Yugoslavia @mirzabuljubasic.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Dodik’s Gamble: Bosnia Set to Call Bluff of Defiant Serb Leader balkaninsight.com/2025/03/19/d...
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Dodik’s Gamble: Bosnia Set to Call Bluff of Defiant Serb Leader
With a nationwide arrest warrant hanging over him, Republika Srpska president Milorad Dodik has finally overplayed his hand, experts believe.
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Loïc Tregoures @tregs.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Pour les balkan nerds ici, ceci est la version polie de "ideš u pi.. materinu" and I think it's beautiful. Contexte: Croatie, Albanie et Kosovo ont signé une déclaration de coopération militaire (capacités, industrie, exercices etc.) et bizarrement, la Serbie se sent visée. On se demande pourquoi 🤭
Itw du ministre croate de la défense "le temps où il fallait demander quoi et comment faire à Belgrade est révolu"
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IN-COURT Network @incourt.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
#ComparE Network Project: First annual meeting in Cologne, Feb. 2025; four days of intense work. Many thanks! It is always inspiring to work with #IN-COURT colleagues! 🔎💡👇
#ComparE group first annual meeting in Cologne, Feb. 2025; four days of intense work.
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IN-COURT Network @incourt.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
#SWeill; @mirzabuljubasic.bsky.social; #CHamilton; #NTörnqvist; #SMarois; @kerstincarlson.bsky.social; #ChSquires; @carlottasallach.bsky.social; @sophieandreetta.bsky.social; #JHodgson; #RMadar; #RMustafina; #DRezene; #NBögelein; @anjask.bsky.social; @eppertkerstin.bsky.social; missing: #SoSchröder
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Una Hajdari @unawrites.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
After months of slow-burn coverage, the world has suddenly woken up to the scale and stakes of Serbia’s massive protest movement. If you’ve got unanswered questions, I’ve got you covered — here’s a full explainer for @politico.eu: www.politico.eu/article/serb...
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Serbia protests: How much trouble is Aleksandar Vučić in?
As the biggest protests since Slobodan Milošević’s regime rock Belgrade, POLITICO explains everything you need to know.
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Una Hajdari @unawrites.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
“Fear has changed sides in Serbia. The protests have shown that average citizens are not afraid anymore… now they see fear in the eyes of the government,” Dinko Gruhonjić told me for my latest on today’s ongoing protests in Belgrade: www.politico.eu/article/mass...
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Massive crowds flood Belgrade as months of protests reach boiling point
After sweeping the country, ever-growing anti-government demonstrations have circled back to the Serbian capital.
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Florian Bieber @fbieber.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
If you worry about democracy around the world, look at the positive energy in Serbia. Autocrats are never safe.
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Mirza Buljubašić | Criminology | post-Yugoslavia @mirzabuljubasic.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Super interesting podcast 👇
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Guy De Launey @guydelauney.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Belgrade hoots, whistles and pumps up a welcome for student protesters arriving by bike from around the country. Very large crowd on Terazije in the city centre now.
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Detektor.ba @detektorba.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Dok ulazimo u novu sedmicu krize koju je Dodik pokrenuo nakon što je osuđen, evo šta pouzdano znamo o dosadašnjim događajima. detektor.ba/2025/03/10/s...
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Šta pouzdano znamo o Dodikovom pozivu na saslušanje
Nakon što je Ustavni sud Bosne i Hercegovine privremeno van snage stavio zakone Narodne skupštine Republike Srpske kojima se zabranjuje rad državnog pravosuđa i policije u ovom entitetu, predsjednik e...
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Mirza Buljubašić | Criminology | post-Yugoslavia @mirzabuljubasic.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik convicted for defying an international official. This ruling marks a significant moment in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s political landscape. Read more: balkaninsight.com/2025/02/26/b...
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Bosnian Serb Leader Dodik Convicted of Defying International Official
The state court sentenced Milorad Dodik to one year in jail and a ban on holding office as Republika Srpska's president for six years - a verdict that Dodik called 'nonsense' and has vowed to ignore.
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Bronwyn Jones @bronwynjones.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
alternativna.com/kosovska-mit... more on the 6 young men arrested last night
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Kosovska Mitrovica: Privedena šestorica, tvrdnje o prekomernoj upotrebi sile; KP: Napad na službena lica, delovali smo profesionalno
Šest lica privedeno je posle ponoći u Severnoj Mitrovici, u ulici Kralja Petra – potvrđeno je iz Kosovske policije za region Sever za Alternativnu. Međutim, jedna od mladića koji je bio u grupi privedenih tvrdi da je Kosovska policija prekomerno upotrebila silu. Iz Kosovske policije navode da je hapšenje izvršeno zbog tuče, te da je izvršeno i delo “napad na službeno lice” i da je... Read More
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Mirza Buljubašić | Criminology | post-Yugoslavia @mirzabuljubasic.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Balkan Insight continues to be an invaluable resource for staying informed about developments in Southeastern Europe. 1/2
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Two Years On, Balkan States Remain Divided Over Ukraine War
Most former Yugoslav countries have been supporting Ukraine since the Russian invasion, recalling their own wartime suffering in the 1990s. But Serb officials remain sympathetic to their allies in Mos...
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Mirza Buljubašić | Criminology | post-Yugoslavia @mirzabuljubasic.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Super interesting text about Yugonostalgia: balkandiskurs.com/en/2025/02/1... My colleagues Maartje Weerdesteijn, Barbora Hola, and Margareta Blazevic have a forthcoming survey research paper exploring different types of nostalgia—looking forward to sharing our results soon!
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Yugonostalgia and Yugoslavism: To Believe in ‘Better Times’ | Balkan Diskurs
The memory of the former Yugoslavia is very much alive in Bosnia and Herzegovina, whether it’s when you have a beer at Cafe Tito, looking online on the Lexicon of YU Mythology for a titbit from the…
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Florian Bieber @fbieber.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Important read by Larry Diamond, one of the leading scholars of democracy. To stop the US sliding into dictatorship, time is of the essence
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Trump's America Is in a Free Fall—Not a Slippery Slope—to Tyranny
He is instilling fear not just among lawmakers but every sector of society that dares to criticize him or hold him accountable
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Marko Attila Hoare 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇺🇦🇬🇱🇪🇺 @markoah.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Imagine being the vice-president of a man who tried to overthrow a democratic election, and lecturing Europeans about not respecting election results. JD Vance in his Munich speech is what we call bezobrazan.
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Toby Vogel 🇪🇺 @tobyvogel.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
"...the EU could at least stop being afraid of its own power when its values are flouted by governments within its borders or in its immediate vicinity."
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Una Hajdari @unawrites.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Don Jr. and Trump’s former Balkan envoy, Ric Grenell, seem to have decided to back Kosovo’s opposition ahead of Sunday’s elections. While it’s no surprise given Grenell’s fixation on PM Albin Kurti, it’s still cause for concern. A 🧵 on the background of all this:
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Mirza Buljubašić | Criminology | post-Yugoslavia @mirzabuljubasic.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
As protests continue in Serbia, authorities are reportedly pressuring banks to hand over transaction data of activists. 🔗 www.balkaninsight.com/2025/02/06/serbia-authorities-reportedly-press-banks-to-reveal-activists-transactions/
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Serbia Authorities Reportedly Press Banks to Reveal Activists' Transactions
As Belgrade authorities battle the ongoing protest wave, a government department is repoprtedly pushing banks to hand over data about the accounts and transactions of five well-known activists.
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Mirza Buljubašić | Criminology | post-Yugoslavia @mirzabuljubasic.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Pollution is pushing the Drin River and its tributaries towards ecological collapse. Toxic metals, untreated waste, and industrial discharge threatening ecosystems. 🔗 www.balkaninsight.com/2025/02/06/lifeless-pollution-threatens-the-drin-and-its-tributaries-in-three-balkan-states/
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‘Lifeless’: Pollution Threatens the Drin and its Tributaries in Three Balkan States
Without concerted action, pollution threatens to leave the Drin River and its main tributaries “lifeless”, environmentalists in Albania, Kosovo and North Macedonia warn.
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Mirza Buljubašić | Criminology | post-Yugoslavia @mirzabuljubasic.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
If we replaced “Bosnia” and “Sarajevo” with any other atrocity site, would Baudrillard’s critique still hold? No Pity for Sarajevo (1996) argued that Western engagement with suffering is more about moral absolution than real intervention. 1/2
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Four. No Pity for Sarajevo; The West's Serbianization; When the West Stands In for the Dead
Four. No Pity for Sarajevo; The West's Serbianization; When the West Stands In for the Dead was published in This Time We Knew on page 79.
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Marion Dautry @mdautry.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Massive peaceful protests are ongoing in Serbia, including a 24h-long blockade in Belgrade, to demand democracy and an end to corruption. The EU has been very visibly silent on this. Yesterday, @kajakallas.bsky.social declared briefly: "In the Western Balkans we continue to prioritise stability".
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Mirza Buljubašić | Criminology | post-Yugoslavia @mirzabuljubasic.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
U.S. designates the Terrorgram Collective as a terrorist group, including its leader from Croatia, Noah Licul, for promoting violent white supremacist extremism. Details: www.state.gov/office-of-th...
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Mirza Buljubašić | Criminology | post-Yugoslavia @mirzabuljubasic.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
My latest paper, published by BIRN BiH, explores the role of truth commissions, education, and missing persons in the transitional justice process in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It highlights the need for truth-telling, victim recognition, and stronger reconciliation efforts.
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Rodolfo Toè @rodolfotoe.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
#BalkanBrew, your weekly Balkan NL, is back! In this issue: How are Transnistrians handling a winter without gas? The gun situation in Montenegro is keeping everyone on edge, Romania's elections have a new date, and the OnlyFans saga continues in Slovenia. balkanbrew.substack.com/p/shivers-in...
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Shivers in Transnistria
How are Transnistrians dealing with a winter without gas? The gun situation in Montenegro keeps everyone worried, the Romanian elections have a new date and the OnlyFans saga continues in Slovenia.
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Bronwyn Jones @bronwynjones.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-roo...
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Executive Order on Taking Additional Steps with Respect to the Situation in the Western Balkans | The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency
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Eric Gordy @ericgordy.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Students in Sarajevo supporting students in Serbia. Of course. n1info.ba/vijesti/mlad...
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Mladi dižu glas: Studenti u Sarajevu danas na skupu podrške kolegama u Srbiji
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Balkan Gonzo @balkangonzo.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Lots and lots of people, stretching up the streets on all sides... #Serbia
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Ian Bancroft @ianbancroft.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
A decisive move - #Albania has announced a one-year ban on #TikTok following the killing of a teenager last month that raised fears over the influence of social media on children. Applies to everyone, not only young people. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
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Albania bans TikTok for a year after fatal stabbing of teenager last month
Prime minister announces move after meeting with parents’ groups and teachers over social media fears
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Milivoj Bešlin @beslin.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Bilten zločinačke službe je ovlašćen da najavi sledeći sukob. AV mora da izveze krizu u region i tako pokuša da konsoliduje uzdrmani režim. Jedan "mali rat" u susedstvu kao naručen...
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Mirza Buljubašić | Criminology | post-Yugoslavia @mirzabuljubasic.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
The assassinations of Škaljari Organised crime leaders in 2020. According to the indictment, Šarić and Radoje Zvicer hired a member of Russia's Wagner Group for the murders in Athens and Corfu, with operations costing over €3.4 million. 🔗 Full story: www.krik.rs/detalji-optu...
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Detalji optužnice: Šarić i Zvicer angažovali Vagnerovca za ubistva u Atini - KRIK
Nova optužnica protiv narko-bosa Darka Šarića, čije detalje ekskluzivno objavljuje KRIK, otkriva kako su izvršene likvidacije šefova škaljarskog klana u Atini i na Krfu 2020. godine.
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Mirza Buljubašić | Criminology | post-Yugoslavia @mirzabuljubasic.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
If you’re not following Đoko Ninković’s Nedjeljni Komentar on Žurnal.info, you’re missing out on some of the sharpest and most insightful commentary out there. 1/2
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Toby Vogel 🇪🇺 @tobyvogel.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Italy's president Sergio Mattarella goes off script and tells it as it is: "Without KFOR, we would have seen outbreaks of violence that would have destroyed the region and the country [Kosovo]." 25 years after the war, Europe still needs NATO peacekeepers to hold things together.
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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, December 20, 2024 | Office of Strategic Communications and Public Affairs
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Border Criminologies @bordercrim.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Please share: each year Border Crim runs a master's dissertation prize. Our call opened last month and will stay open until March. All info here: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/news...
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Border Criminologies Masters' Dissertation/Thesis
Border Criminologies seeks to support early career researchers working on citizenship, migration and
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Bronwyn Jones @bronwynjones.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
There's a lot of misinfo abt the canal attack in Kosovo now incl. Lulzim Peci saying 1,5K Civilian Protection ppl are living in Raška. That's a surprise to Raška & this reportedly new group 'Srpski Otpor' based off a TIK Tok post. Here's a few things:
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Anne Kirstine Rønn @annekirstineronn.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
What has been the impacts of the Syrian civil war on the Alawite community? My excellent colleagues, Rahaf Aldoughli and Haian Dukhan investigate this question through 150 surveys and 20 semi-structured interviews Read here 👇
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Ambivalent Loyalty and Dissonance: Alawite Community Dynamics Amidst the Syrian War
An in-depth analysis of the socio-economic and political transformations within the Alawite community in Syria
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