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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 11h

Andrew Paxman considers factors past and present behind the murder of Mexico’s media workers.

Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 11h

There is also a gubernatorial culture of violent repression and discursive nonchalance towards the press, which has roots in the late 19th century and persists with the aid of a parallel culture of impunity, recently bolstered by presidential hostility towards the press.

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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 11h

A growing body of research ascribes as much blame to agents of the state, from governors to local police.

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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 11h

Over the past two decades, Mexico has been the most dangerous country for journalists outside a war zone. The phenomenon broadly correlates to the spiralling homicide rate detonated by President Calderón’s 2006 declaration of “war” against the “drug cartels”, but the reasons are more complex.

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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 11h

LAWN talk: Mexico's Watchdog Journalists: Reporting on Crime Syndicates and the Corrupt Join the Latin America at Warwick Network for our first event of the year, featuring Professor Andrew Paxman of CIDE, Mexico City. 📆 Monday, 19 October ⏰ 2-3:30 pm 📍 S1.50, Social Sciences

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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The analysis allows a better understanding of opposition participation in Russia and Belarus, but also has broader potential applicability. 👓 Read the article here: doi.org/10.1080/1060...

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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

In "From actors to practices: new typology of opposition from Russia and Belarus", Azarkevich proposes a shift from opposition actors to opposition practices. This provides fine-grained insights and a novel typology of four opposition types.

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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

📰 Newly fledged PAIS PhD, Yahor Azarkevich, has a new article out in Post-Soviet Affairs 🎉

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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The article argues that to understand neoliberalism's evolution we need to uncover how it is embedded in nationally relevant discourses that emerge from contingent political struggles. 👓 Read it here open access (for the next two weeks only!): online.ucpress.edu/gp/article/7...

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Polycentric Neoliberalism in Thailand: Crisis, Sufficiency, and the Expansion of Populist Welfare

How does neoliberalism survive as a political project in the aftermath of crises? This article explores the reconfiguration of neoliberalism to the changing political economy of Thailand in the…

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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

How does neoliberalism survive as a political project after a crisis? In this new article in Global Perspectives, Aila Trasi examines how neoliberalism reconfigured itself in Thailand following the 1997 financial crisis.

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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Join the East Asia Study Group next week for a talk on Japan’s contemporary grand strategy, which will exam how the concept of a “Free and Open Indo-Pacific" and changes in the Indo-Pacific strategic environment enable Japan’s core decision-makers to (re)construct grand strategy.

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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The new term events are coming thick and fast! 👩‍🏫

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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

📆 14 October 2026 ⏰ 12:30-14:00 📍 E2.02, Social Sciences

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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

We're excited to welcome Professor Elena Korosteleva from Warwick's Institute of Global Sustainable Development for a talk on “Thinking about resilience in an age of complexity: how can we be agential in the Anthropocene?” We hope to see you there!

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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This time next week is our first departmental research seminar of the academic year 👩‍🏫

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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

📆 13 October 2026 ⏰ 14:00-15:30 📍 S1.50, Social Sciences

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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Join us next week for an IR & Security Cluster research seminar with Brent J. Steele, all the way from Utah! 👨‍🏫 Professor Steele will be presenting "Creating Ontological Security: A New Direction for Ontological Security Studies".

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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

In the article, Professor Lynch and Lydiah Kemunto Bosire use the case of Kenya's Commission of Inquiry into Post-Election Violence to show how commissions of inquiry can both serve as useful governance tools and be unpredictable, exhibiting a legitimacy paradox.

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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

📰 Gabrielle Lynch has a new co-authored article out in the Journal of Eastern African Studies, "Agency through archives: the case of Kenya's Waki commision".

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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Thanks to Professor Neophytos Loizides for engaging his students in such impactful work! 🔗 Read the report here: api.scoreforpeace.org/storage/pdfs...

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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

PAIS undergraduate, Nicolas Lewis, has co-authored a report on public participation in Cyprus's peace process ✍️ 🕊️ The report has helped inform civic assemblies linked to the UN-led talks with contributors now involved in steering the initiative across the two communities.

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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

He argues that norms require socially rooted groups that endorse, monitor and enforce them to endure. He uses the case study of the EU's normative projection in Afghanistan but the paper has broader implications for effective normative foreign policy.

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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

In "Norm Circles and the Limitations of European Union Normative Projection in Afghanistan", Professor Hassan examines why externally promoted norms sometimes collapse, even after sustained political and financial support.

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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

📰 New publication from PAIS's Oz Hassan in the Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 📰

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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"Advancing excellence in research for sustainable development through internationalisation of higher education—examples from Stellenbosch University and University of Warwick: key issues and lessons" examines internationalisation in higher education as a tool for advancing research excellence.

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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

PAIS's Professor Franklyn Lisk, the university's Deputy Pro-Vice Chancellor (Africa), somehow also finds time for research. 📰 His new article, co-authored with his counterpart at Stellenbosch University, Professor Sibusiso Moyo, is out now in the Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management.

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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

📰 New academic year, new publications 📰 Interested in the role masculinity plays in US elections and Trump's foreign policy? Then do not miss the new article "From Domestic Contestation to Alpha Male Foreign Policy: Phantasies of Masculinity and the US Self".

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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🌏️ One of our key strengths as a department is our international partnerships, such as the Monash Warwick Alliance. We can't wait to see what comes out of the project!

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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Their project 'The Frame-Effect Gap: Discourse Networks, Moral Foundations, and Public Opinion on Modern Slavery in the UK and Australia' investigates how human rights organisations frame modern slavery and whether the frames they use are effective in shaping public support for anti-slavery policies

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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

PAIS's Özlem Atikcan and Charles Crabtree at Monash University have won a Monash-Warwick Alliance Research Activation Fund grant 🎉

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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The talk is co-organised with the new BISA Migration and Borders Working Group and is their first event. Check them out for more events of interest to BREM members. 📅 1 October 2016 🕟 17:00-18:00 BST 📌 Zoom, registration required: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...

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Book talk: Making and unmaking global citizenship- Migration and Borders | BISA

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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Vicki will be joined by Heather L. Johnson (Queen's University Belfast), Cetta Mainwaring (The University of Edinburgh) and Martina Tazzioli (Università di Bologna) to discuss 'Making and Unmaking Global Citizenship' (Edinburgh University Press). Suzan Ilcan (University of Waterloo) will chair.

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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Welcome week brings the first BREM (Borders, Race, Ethnicity and Migration) event of the year: a book talk for PAIS's own Vicki Squire!

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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A double success for PAIS 🥳 We are proud to be ranked 5th in the UK for both Politics and International Relations in the Guardian University Guide 2027. The results represent a significant advance on last year and recognise the strength of the student experience and outcomes at PAIS.

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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

PAIS Professor Tom Long has published a new essay in Foreign Affairs, co-authored with Stewart Patrick of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. “The Small Suffer What They Must?” explores how disruptions to the global order affect smaller states and why this matters to great powers too.

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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Their award-winning project is @democracydiff.bsky.social, a podcast with brings together academics, policymakers and public figures to make complex political ideas accessible to wider audiences. The podcast team also includes students Daniel White, Milly McCallum and Woody Pal.

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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

🏆️ Huge congratulations to PAIS's Keith Hyams and @jtsuth.bsky.social who recently won Warwick Award for Public and Community Engagement for online engagement!

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PSA Environmental Politics Specialist Group @psaenvironmental.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

🎤We've just added a new set of speakers to our Environmental Politics of War workshop programme @warwickpais.bsky.social. Check it out below! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-enviro...

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The Environmental Politics of War

This workshop will foster critical discussions around the environmental politics of war and conflict.

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PSA Environmental Politics Specialist Group @psaenvironmental.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Our workshop is just over a month away, and spots are filling up fast! Reserve yours! 🤩🌎👇🏼 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-enviro... #climatejustice #nowar @warwickpais.bsky.social

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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

The article studies variation in mass attitudes towards the Russo-Ukrainian War. It uses survey data to test four hypotheses about the reasons for support among European for Russia's invasion.

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