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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

12 people have been arrested as part of an investigation into a suspected extreme right-wing terror plot against an Islamic gathering in Suffolk The UK Ijtima, which hosted 15,000 Muslims for a programme of talks and discussions, was closed and evacuated by police on Sunday

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Mark Berlin @markberlin2.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Why do armed groups use extreme forms of violence? Excited to share this new open access article! Analyzing beheading attacks conducted by jihadist groups, we examine the impact of leadership succession, targeting, and tenure on organizational tactics academic.oup.com/jogss/articl...

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Leadership succession and jihadist beheadings

Abstract. Why do armed groups use extreme forms of violence? Existing research argues that ideological beliefs, organizational alliances, and efforts to ge

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Brian J. Phillips @brianjphillips.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

New article! "When Do Sanctions On Terrorist Groups Work?" with Hyeran Jo and Joshua Alley. A few key points: -Sanctions like the FTO list do not seem to reduce the violence of most FTOs -We look at group "financial adaptability." Only low- or medium-adaptability groups seem affected by sanctions

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Mel Andrews @bayesianboy.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

When utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars.

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

For the last 69 years, Israel has held the West Bank and Gaza under military occupation, where local Palestinian residents have no civic rights. A very long time. -more than a third of the world's nation states are younger than 69. -East Germany or Apartheid South Africa survived less than 50 years

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Nihad Aboud نهاد عبود @nihadaboud.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

It is #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth. Lately I have been seeing trends for self acceptance as essential part of mental health recovery. And it is important but don’t make it the full responsibility of the less fortunate and more vulnerable to accept and embrace themselves before others learn how to!

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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

The Handbook on Authoritarianism in the Arab World will be out this July Endorsement below by @argohdes.bsky.social

At a moment when the majority of people across the globe are living in nondemocratic systems, this book asks an urgent question: what can the Arab world teach us about authoritarianism? Spanning the many faces of authoritarianism, it offers an impressive collection of rigorous comparative analyses by a truly diverse set of contributors, many with lived experience in the region. Essential reading for anyone trying to understand not just the Arab world, but why authoritarianism keeps winning, and what it takes to resist it."
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Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Reviewers in two groups were given identical resumes for Emily Clarke and James Clarke and told they had used AI. Emily's was 2x as likely to raise doubts about competence. "She can't even write a CV herself." But James "just needed a bit of help." fortune.com/2026/05/10/i...

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AI generated identical resumes for a man and a woman: Hers was more likely to be labeled 'weak,' while his got a 97% approval rating | Fortune

“If people believe they will be judged more harshly for using AI, they are less likely to adopt it—regardless of their capability."

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Brian J. Phillips @brianjphillips.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

The men who killed three people at the San Diego mosque, terrorizing communities, apparently had neo-Nazi views. Part of a trend. But the US counterterrorism strategy released recently doesn’t even mention that kind of threat. Instead it focuses on drug cartels, Islamists, and leftists/anarchists.

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Brian J. Phillips @brianjphillips.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Essex local election results. Wivenhoe (University of Essex) is a small yellow (Lib Dems) part in the sea of teal (Nigel Farage’s Reform).

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Nihad Aboud نهاد عبود @nihadaboud.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

ايه يا بلاد يا غريبة… عدوة ولا حبيبة

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Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Apocalyptic aerial footage from east Gaza City.

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Mohamed A. El-Erian @elerianm.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Economic tipping points are notoriously hard to forecast, but the next one is likely approaching. For several Asian economies in the near term, and for Europe down the road, if the Middle East War remains unresolved, the shock is moving quickly toward physical energy scarcity. This... 1 of 2

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The Economist @economist.com · 17/04/2026

A new study reveals that the natural selection of valuable genetic variants has played a much more influential role in human evolution than was previously thought

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How natural selection really shaped humanity

Adaptation in response to evolutionary pressure is surprisingly common

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

"Israel will not be bombing Lebanon any longer. They are PROHIBITED from doing so by the U.S.A. Enough is enough!!!" This is a departure from the one-sided cease fire negotiated by the Biden administration, when Israel bombed (generously-defined) "threats" as it pleased and Hezbollah held back.

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Brian J. Phillips @brianjphillips.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

“Civilians feared killed after reports of Nigerian air strike on Nigerian market” Ah air strikes, solving everything Civilians feared killed after reports of air strike on Nigerian market www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Nigeria: Civilians feared dead after air strike at Borno market

The Nigerian Air Force has not addressed reports it struck a village market while targeting militants.

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 09/04/2026

I've completely lost track of what I'm supposed to be distracted from.

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Swapna Krishna @swapnakrishna.com · 07/04/2026

Earthset from Artemis II. I am overcome.

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Nihad Aboud نهاد عبود @nihadaboud.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

A reminder that no matter where we are, how far away we can get, we ll always be bound by our lived experiences www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1Cw...

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Crew of Artemis II share an emotional moment after naming new crater after a lost loved one

YouTube video by CTV News

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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Alarming news from Egypt where activist and poet Ahmed Douma has been ordered into detention for four days in Case No. 2449 of 2026 before the Supreme State Security Prosecution. He's being accused of spreading false news in relation to an article he published with Al-Araby Al-Jadeed last month.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Oh hey there, void, how's the screaming

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Brian J. Phillips @brianjphillips.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Thinking about Iran, and some people bragging about the metric of the number of targets hit or bombs dropped. Random reminder: the U.S. dropped more bombs on North Vietnam than all the bombs dropped by all sides in World War II. Didn't work out in the end.

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Nihad Aboud نهاد عبود @nihadaboud.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

An Egyptian poet once wrote something, the translation of which could be: “What is my art good for? Asked a clown.. And three buckets of powder to color me.. And the drums and flutes and all the shouting.. If my customer's madness exceeds my own?!”

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Monica Marks @monicamarks.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

I can’t emphasise leading w/ empathy for civilians *everywhere* on a day like today enough. The first casualty here in the UAE, where I live, is an Asian civilian at a residential building. Many Ukrainians, Palestinians, Iraqis, Syrians, Sudanese & other war-traumatised people live here. 1/2

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Mark Berlin @markberlin2.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Excited to share “Commanders of the Mujahideen: Introducing the Jihadist Leaders Dataset” at JPR! Analyzing Arabic, French, German, Turkish, and Urdu sources, we gathered information on the backgrounds and experiences of 237 leaders across multiple regions academic.oup.com/jpr/advance-...

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Nihad Aboud نهاد عبود @nihadaboud.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Ranting 🧵 Every time I read a Western analysis on jihadist groups, or IS or AQ that suggests that the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt were accepting democracy and pluralism, and we should have seized the chance, and how this could have saved us from potential jihadist threats, I want to cry and scream.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

The humanities cannot simultaneously be useless and moribund and also so dangerous that they are worth legally restricting.

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Journal of Global Security Studies @journalofgss.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

When - and why - does ethnicity matter more than unity inside armed groups? 🤔 Read the new #JOGSS article by Makena Micheni to unpack how ethnic identity becomes foregrounded in multi-ethnic militant organisations 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jogs...

On the left is the cover of The Journal of Global Security Studies. Along the bottom, the journal’s homepage (https://academic.oup.com/jogss) and Bluesky handle (@journalofgss.bsky.social) appear in white text on a navy-blue background. The main image depicts a close-up photograph of the Brown Map, overlaid with the article title and the author’s name: “Fractured Brotherhoods: Ethnic Identity in Multi-Ethnic Violent Political Groups”, by Makena N. Micheni.

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Nihad Aboud نهاد عبود @nihadaboud.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Presidential directives to transfer the powers of examining and selecting new appointees in the judiciary to the military academy in Egypt www.madamasr.com/2026/01/21/f...

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قضاة الغد تختارهم الأكاديمية العسكرية

بموجب التوجيهات الجديدة فإن آلية التعيين ستتغير جذريًا

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Nihad Aboud نهاد عبود @nihadaboud.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Fiften years after the #jan25 revolution, the need for the slogan: “Bread, Freedom, Social Justice, Human Dignity” increased and spanned across borders! Tougher times, tougher world! May we live to remember all those who gave/are giving their lives for bread, freedom, justice and dignity!

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Brian J. Phillips @brianjphillips.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Interested in armed conflict and/or languages in African countries? Sign up to get invited to the MCCRA monthly virtual workshop series! Thanks for sharing with people who might be interested.

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

RE Gaza, there is every reason to be pessimistic. Millions will continue to live in tent cities, not just this winter (3rd winter) but also for the next five years - who knows? As far as Israel is concerned, Gaza will be kept in perpetual limbo, in hope for its complete destruction and depopulation.

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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

BEST NEWS EVER!! 🤍 After years of prison, probation, and travel ban, Egyptian activist and blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah was able to get on a plane today, travel to London, and reunite with his family!!!!

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Karsten Donnay @karstendonnay.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

📄 New paper out in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social with my amazing co-author @plutscher.bsky.social ! 💡 Ever wondered if authoritarian strongman messaging also works in democracies? We find that, yes, it did under Trump during the BLM protests in the U.S. in 2020. polisky csssky socsky commsky

Abstract for the publication "Does Hard Propaganda (Also) Work in Democracies? Evidence from the United States"

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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

An infant froze to death in Gaza last night, starved and cold.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

I would go further and say that if you have ever used "Zionism" to mean "aspirational call for Jewish self-determination" and gotten frustrated when people see Zionism as racist dispossession, you should understand why a Palestinian might feel the same about "Intifada." And vice versa.

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Abby Chava Stein @abbystein.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

רָעוֹת שָׂבְעָה נַפְשִׁי / בְּיָגוֹן כֹּחִי כָּלָה 😢 My spirit is fed up with misery /my strength is spent with grief 💔 As millions of Jews are getting ready to light the first Chanukah candle, we are crying with our Jewish community in Sydney. At least 11 murdered and 29 injured at a Hanukkah Celebration 😭 1/4

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Nihad Aboud نهاد عبود @nihadaboud.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Pre-Holidays Blues Postgraduate education literally saved me. Studying abroad allowed me to leave a country where dreams are crushed and to change my career path. Focusing on conflict studies was my way to deal with traumas. It was and still is - with all the challenges - a healing journey (1/n)

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing. they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors. their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen. their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.

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