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Florian Weigand

@weigand.bsky.social
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Co-Director, Centre on Armed Groups I Research Associate, LSE & IHEID I ✏️📚: Waiting for Dignity (bit.ly/3DY2QhB) I Conflict & Transnational Crime I Handbook of Smuggling

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
📢 Ep7 of S2 of #BeyondComplianceInConversation podcast out now - "Mental Harm" #CivilianHarm #IHL With hosts @katharinefortin.bsky.social & @weigand.bsky.social 🎧 Listen on our website: beyond-compliance-consortium.org/s2-ep7-menta... Also on Spotify and ApplePodcasts.
Text: Beyond Compliance: In Conversation, Armed Groups and International Law Podcast. Two round pictures of the guests and text S2 Ep7: Mental Harm
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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
📢 Ep6 of S2 of #BeyondComplianceInConversation podcast out now - "Drones & The Future of War" #CivilianHarm #IHL With hosts @katharinefortin.bsky.social & @weigand.bsky.social 🎧 Listen on our website: beyond-compliance-consortium.org/s2-ep6-drone... Also on Spotify and ApplePodcasts.
Text: Beyond Compliance: In Conversation, Armed Groups and International Law Podcast. Two round pictures of the guests and text S2 Ep6: Drones & The Future of War
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PS: Political Science & Politics @pspolisci.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Now on FirstView ft. @afghanopoly.bsky.social & @weigand.bsky.social! "Our central argument is that ambiguity politics is not inevitably a temporary stage toward greater order and predictability but rather a persistent mode of governance across various settings." doi.org/10.1017/S104...
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 08/07/2026
#OpenAccess from @pspolisci.bsky.social - Ambiguity Politics: Governance and Institutions in Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan - cup.org/4bhrNGD - @afghanopoly.bsky.social, Jasmine Bhatia & @weigand.bsky.social #FirstView
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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
📢 Ep4 of S2 of #BeyondComplianceInConversation podcast out now - "Domicide & Reparations" #Domicide #Reparations #IHL With hosts @katharinefortin.bsky.social & @weigand.bsky.social 🎧 Listen on our website: beyond-compliance-consortium.org/s2-ep4-domic... Also on Spotify and ApplePodcasts.
Text: Beyond Compliance: In Conversation, Armed Groups and International Law Podcast. Two round pictures of the guests and text S2 Ep4: Domicide & Reparations
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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
📢 Ep3 of S2 of #BeyondComplianceInConversation podcast out now - "Sanctions" #Sanctions #Conflict #IHL With hosts @katharinefortin.bsky.social & @weigand.bsky.social 🎧 Listen on our website: beyond-compliance-consortium.org/s2-ep3-sanct... Also on Spotify and ApplePodcasts.
Text: Beyond Compliance: In Conversation, Armed Groups and International Law Podcast. Two round pictures of the guests and text S2 Ep3: Sanctions
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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
📢 Ep2 of S2 of #BeyondComplianceInConversation podcast out now - "Famines & Starvation" #Famine #Starvation #Conflict #IHL With hosts @katharinefortin.bsky.social & @weigand.bsky.social 🎧 Listen on our website: beyond-compliance-consortium.org/s2-ep2-famin... Also on Spotify and ApplePodcasts.
Text: Beyond Compliance: In Conversation, Armed Groups and International Law Podcast. Two round pictures of the guests and text S2 Ep2: Famines & Starvation
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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
📢 Ep1 of S2 of #BeyondComplianceInConversation podcast out now - "Civilian Protection & the Legacies of the War in Afghanistan" #Afghanistan #Conflict #IHL With hosts @katharinefortin.bsky.social & @weigand.bsky.social 🎧 Listen on our website: bit.ly/48ng7Rx Also on Spotify and ApplePodcasts.
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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
🙏 Help us shape the next season of the 𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲: 𝗜𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 podcast - complete our quick survey 👉 bit.ly/BCC-podcast-... 🎧 And in case you missed it, listen to Season 1 on our website: bit.ly/BCC-website-podcast Also on Spotify and ApplePodcasts.
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Oona Hathaway @oonahathaway.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
War is changing, and the law hasn't yet caught up. Listen to my conversation with @katharinefortin.bsky.social @weigand.bsky.social and @peasantpedant.bsky.social about this and more:
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Florian Weigand @weigand.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
How are civilians in Ukraine exercising agency in the digital realm? And what are the consequences? Find out more in a new episode of 'Beyond Compliance: In Conversation' (@katharinefortin.bsky.social) and listen to our two fantastic guests: @oonahathaway.bsky.social ‬& @peasantpedant.bsky.social 👇
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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
📢 Listen to Ep10 of #BeyondComplianceInConversation podcast- "Strengthening Civilian Protection" #IHL #SouthSudan #CivilianProtection With hosts @katharinefortin.bsky.social & @weigand.bsky.social 🎧 Listen on our website: bit.ly/s1-ep10-podc... Also on Spotify and ApplePodcasts.
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Centre on Armed Groups @armedgroups.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
For those working on border governance: Centre Experts @maxgallien.bsky.social, Shalaka Thakur & Co-Director @weigand.bsky.social offer a valuable analysis in @foreignpolicy.com on what border walls actually achieve - and what they don’t 👇
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Max Gallien @maxgallien.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Since the end of the Cold War, the number of border walls and fences around the world has sextupled. But do they actually work? In this piece for @foreignpolicy.com, Shalaka Thakur, @weigand.bsky.social and I draw on our research and share some scepticism foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/23/b...
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Do Good Fences Actually Make Good Neighbors?
The number of border walls worldwide has surged since the end of the Cold War.
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Centre on Armed Groups @armedgroups.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Myanmar’s People’s Defence Forces rely on much more than donations. Our latest report offers a rare and detailed look at how #PDFs are raising funds through taxes, resource sales and more. Find out what is working and what challenges lie ahead: www.armedgroupscentre.org/reports-and-...
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Centre on Armed Groups — Funding the People's Defense Forces in Myanmar
This  report examines how Myanmar’s anti-coup resistance movement is being financed, offering a comprehensive analysis of how the People’s Defence Forces (PDFs) sustain themselves economically. D...
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Centre on Armed Groups @armedgroups.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
We work where few can. Now it’s easier to see how. Explore our newly updated site for real-world research, practical tools, and global insight on armed groups. www.armedgroupscentre.org
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The Centre on Armed Groups supports efforts to reduce violence and end armed conflict. We do this through conducting innovative research, creating safe spaces for dialogue, and providing advice.
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Journal of Global Security Studies @journalofgss.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
How do ordinary people navigate relationships with competing authorities during armed conflict? Read the new JOGSS article to discover how civilians in Myanmar use different forms of Bourdieu’s capital to exercise agency and engage with armed actors. 🔗 Open access: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
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Katharine Fortin @katharinefortin.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
We have made a starter pack for people working on/ interested in armed groups, civil war scholarship, armed groups and international law and non-international armed conflicts. Please join! go.bsky.app/24KvoKz
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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
📢 Ep9 of #BeyondComplianceInConversation podcast out now - "Gender & Civilian Agency" #Women #India #ManipurState #ConflictDynamics #IHL With hosts @katharinefortin.bsky.social & @weigand.bsky.social 🎧 Listen on our website: bit.ly/s1-ep9-podcast Also on Spotify and ApplePodcasts.
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Florian Weigand @weigand.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Much food for thought after a productive workshop on armed group taxation at @unu-wider.bsky.social with a fantastic crowd, @apvjustino.bsky.social, @maxgallien.bsky.social, @ashleyajackson.bsky.social, @tbandulairwin.bsky.social, @yguichaoua.bsky.social, @jessietrudeau.bsky.social and many more.
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Florian Weigand @weigand.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Had the privilege to review @maxgallien.bsky.social's absolutely fantastic new book 'Smugglers and States: Negotiating the Maghreb at Its Margins' @columbiaup.bsky.social. Please contact me if you can't access the review - or, simply, just get his book: doi.org/10.1111/deve...
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Smugglers and States: Negotiating the Maghreb at Its Margins by Max Gallien, New York, NY, Columbia University Press, 2024, xiv + 346 pp.
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Centre on Armed Groups @armedgroups.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
M23’s resurgence is just one piece of a much larger regional crisis. Centre Fellow @ethuin.bsky.social explains the dynamics at play in the #EasternCongo in our latest rapid insight piece: www.armedgroupscentre.org/m23drc-vogel
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Centre on Armed Groups — The M23 crisis in the DRC
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Silja Häusermann @siljahausermann.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
‼️ Hiring ‼️ Two (!) positions in my group at @ipz.bsky.social in Zurich 📣 1 postdoc position (3+3 years) 📣 1 PhD position (3,5 years) Application deadline in early March. Job ads & details: tinyurl.com/3p6yhptk We are an international and friendly department with excellent working conditions
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Romain Malejacq @afghanopoly.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Putting together an #Afghanistan scholars starter pack! Please join in go.bsky.app/N4wTQqc
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Florian Weigand @weigand.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Always worth attending the CRS Annual Conference - and this time it's on legitimacy! 👇
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Florian Weigand @weigand.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
In case you'd like to get Waiting for Dignity: Legitimacy and Authority in Afghanistan (shorturl.at/BUnBd) or any of the other fantastic @columbiaup.bsky.social books for at least 50% off, today is your day 👇
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Waiting for Dignity | Columbia University Press
In August 2021, Taliban fighters entered the presidential palace in Kabul, ending twenty years of international efforts to build a democratic state in Afghan... | CUP
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Roger Mac Ginty @rogermacginty.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
I had good fun talking about civilian agency and everyday peace during conflict with Kieran Mcevoy Katharine Fortin and @weigand.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/3J4B... and podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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S1 EP7: Victimhood & Everyday Peace
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Centre on Armed Groups @armedgroups.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Explore the knowledge and expertise behind our work. This #StarterPack brings you closer to the Centre’s Experts, offering ongoing insights on conflict, armed groups, and peacebuilding from across the globe go.bsky.app/UkyRJUS
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Florian Weigand @weigand.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
What role did civilians play during the conflict and peace process in Northern Ireland? A fascinating conversation with Kieran McEvoy & @rogermacginty.bsky.social in a new episode of our Beyond Compliance podcast (@katharinefortin.bsky.social, @armedgroups.bsky.social): shorturl.at/CjrpC
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S1 EP7: Victimhood & Everyday Peace - Beyond Compliance: In Conversation
What role did civilians play during the conflict and peace process in Northern Ireland? How does agency relate to victimhood and transitional justice? And how can people contribute to ‘everyday’ peace...
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Mara Revkin @mararevkin.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Thanks @katharinefortin.bsky.social @weigand.bsky.social & @justin-schon.bsky.social for including me in this discussion of civilian agency, decision-making, and displacement dynamics during armed conflict for the Beyond Compliance Consortium: beyond-compliance-consortium.org/s1-ep5-decis...
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Justin Schon, PhD @justin-schon.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Back from a vacation, so now I will belatedly share this podcast episode that I participated in with @mararevkin.bsky.social , @weigand.bsky.social , and @katharinefortin.bsky.social on civilian agency and decision-making during armed conflict. Thanks for including me!
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