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Eduard Soler i Lecha

@solerlecha.bsky.social
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Researching, teaching & training. Geopolitics, Foresight, Foreign Poliy, MENA & Turkey. Back at @UABBarcelona

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Eduard Soler i Lecha @solerlecha.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Are you in Copenhagen tomorrow? Join us at @diis.dk for a discussion on the spiral of conflict in the Middle East and its implications for the EU's role and image in the region — and beyond www.diis.dk/en/event/the...
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The EU and its Southern neighbourhood in a new global order
This seminar examines whether the EU can transform its ambitions into coherent strategy, and what this means for future engagement with its neighbours to the south
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Eduard Soler i Lecha @solerlecha.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Good news is rare these days, be in the Middle East, in Turkey, or around the world. This is one of those rare moments. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Kurdish group PKK says it is laying down arms and disbanding
The Kurdish group has waged a 40-year insurgency against Turkey, but has now said it will dissolve itself.
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Eduard Soler i Lecha @solerlecha.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Ahir em vaig estrenar al Saló de l'Ensenyament, assessorant sobre els estudis de Polítiques, Sociologia i Relacions Internacionals a la @uab.cat. En les converses amb futurs estudiants es respirava entusiasme i compromís. Vaig tornar a casa carregat de bones vibracions. Un gran dia!
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Eduard Soler i Lecha @solerlecha.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
1/ Hoy colaboro con @agendapublica.es con este artículo sobre cómo el arresto y las protestas en Estambul son parte de una batalla global entre autoritarismo y democracia, entre estado de derecho y uso arbitrario del poder. agendapublica.es/noticia/1973...
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Estambul: el epicentro de la batalla global entre democracia y autoritarismo
La detención del alcalde de Estambul y las protestas desatadas exponen algo más que una crisis local. Eduard Soler, profesor de Relaciones Internacionales de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)...
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Nate Schenkkan @nateschenkkan.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Highly recommended to read to the end, and not just if you follow Turkey
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Dr Balki Begum Bayhan @bbbayh.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
An almost surreal video from Istanbul - watch until the very end. Police harshly attack protestors with plastic bullets and pepper gas. Suddenly, Ankaranin Baglari starts playing in the background. And then two attacked protestors start dancing oyun havası. Resisting with style!
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Aron Lund @aronlund.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Istanbul protest image destined for book covers 📸 Ümit Bektaş, @reuters.com
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Eduard Soler i Lecha @solerlecha.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
👨‍💻🌉Poniendo en papel mis reflexiones sobre la batalla democrática que se está librando en Estambul... #staytuned
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Eduard Soler i Lecha @solerlecha.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Dearest Turkey, you deserve much better. I hope you achieve it sooner or later. Canım Türkiye, sen çok daha iyisini hak ediyorsun. Umarım er ya da geç bunu elde edersin.
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Eduard Soler i Lecha @solerlecha.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
If you still have doubts about what’s right or wrong, or what’s fair or unfair in Turkey at this critical moment.
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Eduard Soler i Lecha @solerlecha.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
El silencio de muchos líderes progresistas, también en España, ante la detención del alcalde de Estambul, Ekrem #imamoğlu es ensordecedor. ¿Distraídos con otras prioridades? ¿Constreñidos por la realpolitik?
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Yusuf Sarfati @yusufsarfati.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Public transportation in parts of Istanbul are halted. Any public gathering is banned for 4 days in the city The government cut access to socal media, even on WhatsApp reportedly videos & photos are not sent. Aim is to head off mass protests and appoint an unelected trustee as Istanbul mayor.
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Anne Hidalgo @annehidalgo.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Stupéfaction en apprenant ce matin l'arrestation d' @ekrem-imamoglu.bsky.social, maire d'Istanbul. Cette arrestation est une nouvelle étape de la répression des maires d’opposition conduite par le régime d’Erdogan. Il doit être libéré sans délai. Je lui apporte mon plein soutien et celui de Paris.
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Eduard Soler i Lecha @solerlecha.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
The detention of Istanbul’s mayor, Ekrem #imamoğlu is deeply frustrating. Just when Turkey and the EU should be working together, and when there are openings for peace on the Kurdish issue, some choose to shut those windows of hope.
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Eduard Soler i Lecha @solerlecha.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
En el mundo pasan tantas cosas, y tan malas, que quizás no estéis siguiendo esto. Detención del conocido y popular alcalde de Estambul, Ekrem #Imamoglu. Es el principal rival político de Erdogan. Señal de que se siente vulnerable.
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CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs) @cidobbarcelona.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
#CallforPapers CIDOB opens the 6th Call for Papers on the Analysis of International Relations, addressed to young researchers under the age of 30, to participate in the 2026 edition of the CIDOB International Yearbook. Apply now! 📆Deadline: 10 May 🔗 bit.ly/YoungResearc...
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Eduard Soler i Lecha @solerlecha.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Muertos a cambio de supervivencia política. No hacían falta más indicios, pero queda confirmado una vez más que Netanyahu es un líder criminal y como tal debería ser tratado.
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Eduard Soler i Lecha @solerlecha.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Reading today’s news, I’m reminded of a powerful message from a meeting organised by @euiss.bsky.social I attended recently: talking about the reconstruction of #Gaza is premature (at best). Our priority must be stopping the destruction. Let’s not fool ourselves.
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Eduard Soler i Lecha @solerlecha.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Making your (academic) summer plans? Join this amazing summer school in Barcelon. Learn and have fun while discussing the many challenges of the Mediterranean and the Middle East.
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Eduard Soler i Lecha @solerlecha.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Aquesta tarda, a l'@iemed.bsky.social. Una gran oportunitat per aprendre i discutir sobre l'Orient Mitjà.
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samuel @quilombo.eurosky.social · 18/12/2024
14 años después de la inmolación de Mohamed Bouazizi, que marca el inicio de la revolución tunecina, Túnez sufre la pérdida de libertades bajo el régimen de Kais Saied. La revista tunecina Nawaat publica su último número con un título elocuente. www.patreon.com/posts/magazi...
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Eduard Soler i Lecha @solerlecha.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
📖 🔝 Wow! Our article with Raffaella del Sarto is the most-read in Geopolitics in 2024. It’s available open access. Explore why formal regional cooperation in the Middle East has been struggling and why liquid alliances have become more common. Have you read it already? #geopolitics #alliances
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Eduard Soler i Lecha @solerlecha.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
I teach my IR students that a global power is expected to have stakes and influence worldwide. If absent on a major global issue, this could indicate either a lack of capability or a lack of willingness to act as one. The last part of Trump's tweet could spark an interesting discussion, isn't it?
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Rym Momtaz ريم ممتاز @rmomtaz.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Ppl worried abt "instability" - was Assad a haven of stability? -facilitated jihadists to Iraq -forcibly displaced ~50% of Syrians to Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan, Iraq, Europe -fuelled the rise of ISIS -enabled Iran to extend its axis -enabled Russia to extend its malign influence
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Eduard Soler i Lecha @solerlecha.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
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Eduard Soler i Lecha @solerlecha.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Comprobando una de las muchas ventajas de Bluesky en comparación con X: detecto una bajísima presencia de cuentas de pseudo-antiimperialistas rasgándose las vestiduras por la caída de al-Assad. ¿También os pasa?
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Eduard Soler i Lecha @solerlecha.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
It was certainly not the best weekend to take a digital detox, but I needed it. Forty-eight hours now feel like a decade. I just wish Al-Assad had fallen 13 years ago, or even earlier... Shame on those who helped him stay in power.
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Eduard Soler i Lecha @solerlecha.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
A new team will be leading EU foreign policy from now on. I hope @kajakallas.bsky.social will raise her voice as Josep Borrell did, and that the EU leaders will denounce war crimes, regardless of who commits them. Am I naïve?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irCRam4NUSk
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EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says Gaza turned into world’s greatest ‘open air-graveyard’
YouTube video by Middle East Eye
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Eduard Soler i Lecha @solerlecha.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Hello, pioneers of Bluesky! 👋 Exploring this new platform. Tips and advice are more than welcome!
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