Gëzim Krasniqi

The key to understanding Trump? It’s not what you think Everything the US president does is for money – and in serving his avarice, he’s managed to triumph over the market

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The world is failing the Palestinian people As starvation stalks Gaza, western allies must press for an end to Israeli offensive

The world is failing the Palestinian people https://on.ft.com/4faO5L5 | opinion

The first and longest-lasting parliaments were created under conditions of homogeneity.

Read "Religious Exclusion and the Origins of Democracy" by Şener Aktürk:

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Two Israeli human rights groups say their country is committing genocide in Gaza It is the first time that Jewish-led organizations in Israel have made such accusations against the country during nearly 22 months of war.

It is the first time that Jewish-led organizations in Israel have made such accusations against the country during nearly 22 months of war.

📕📕📕NEW BOOK!!

Supported by the EUI Widening Europe Programme and GGP - Southeastern Europe, the book is based on an exchange about democracy and geopolitics among scholars from the #WesternBalkans, Central and Eastern Europe, and EUI-based postdoctoral fellows.

cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/...

NEW PUBLICATION🎉
Happy to finally share the new @globalcit.bsky.social Report on the State of #Citizenship in #Ukraine (2014~2024) co-authored with @faburkhardt.bsky.social
#EUI #passportisation
hdl.handle.net/1814/92966

Trump seizes on ‘moral character’ loophole as way to revoke citizenship A new justice department directive may signal a crackdown on US citizens as part of Trump’s deportation agenda

Worrying developments in the US on upscaling of denaturalization proceedings.

To see how this fits in the 🌎 picture, check out new @theguardian.com article discussion of two @globalcit.bsky.social studies on the rise of security-based citizenship deprivation.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Warrior ethos and the spirit of nationalism In popular culture, nationalism is often associated with the battlefields. The combatants are often deemed to be inspired by a strong sense of patriotic duty. From the French revolutionary armies a...

JUST published (free access) Full article: Warrior ethos and the spirit of nationalism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Jenny Turner · Something Is Surviving: Olga Tokarczuk’s Mycophilia Mushrooms,​ trees, turf, twigs, bushes, moss-covered stones: nature is a force in Olga Tokarczuk’s Empusium,...

‘All her characters know it, though Olga Tokarczuk herself can’t quite face up to it: the work to make the world more liveable can only start once the novel has been finished. Out there, with everybody else, in the actual world.’

Jenny Turner reads ‘The Empusium’: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Israel wages war invoking “self-defence”.Nuclear armed Israel/US attack Iran to stop it making nuclear weapons it wasn’t making.Europeans call for diplomacy without condemning the attack that killed it.Russia opposes the violation of int law, while doing far worse in Ukraine.As Orwellian as it gets

@sinisamalesevic.bsky.social talking about National Henosis (nationalism’s magic side) at the @asenevents.bsky.social Summer School in Zadar

John Hutchinson’s talk on Nationalism and Borderlands (Ukraine’s case) at the @asenevents.bsky.social Summer School

Jonathan Hearn kicks off the 4th @asenevents.bsky.social annual summer school ‘Nationalism in the Contemporary World’

Fascinating/original study!

On June 5th, we head over the road to KCL, for a discussion on Pavan Mano's new book, 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘏𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮.
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Join us here on Facebook or in person at Bush House. Full details, including sign-up for free tickets, are at asen.ac.uk/event/mano/. We hope to see lots of you at one or both, in person or virtually!
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We have two events next week, both of which are in person and online but we can't fit them in one post, so read on to find out more! 👀

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The Business of Citizenship: Investment Citizenship Firms in Global Governance Since the 2008 financial crisis, more and more states have started to “sell” citizenships and residence permits to the global economic elite in return for investments. This trade is mediated by tra...

Our final monthly pick for May is "The Business of Citizenship: Investment Citizenship Firms in Global Governance" by Sara Kalm (@pollu.bsky.social‬). Be sure to give it a read!

#OpenAccess #Citizenship #Governance

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Nationalism in Dangerous Times: Past, Present and Future - CBEES Distinguished Lecture - Spring 2025 In this lecture, Professor Siniša Malešević critically examines present-day nationalism and far-right populist attacks on cultural diversity in Europe. Rather than a deviant anomaly, he argues that na...

Honoured to welcome Sinisa Malesevic, one of the world’s most renowned scholars of nationalism. Come join us at CBEES, Södertörn University for a highly topical lecture! Also online webcasting. Register below.
Please share!

www.sh.se/kalender/kal...

Nationalism and War in 21st-Century Europe 5.30pm Thursday 5 June | Siniša Malešević | Free public event at the LSE

I am looking forward to giving this lecture at the LSE on 5th June: www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

Harvard president takes pay cut amid funding fight with Trump administration One day after the Trump administration announced more federal grant cuts, Harvard's president is taking a pay cut.

A university in trouble and an appropriate leadership response.
Imagine something like this happening in the UK.
www.cbsnews.com/news/harvard...

Restriction of ius sanguinis quickly becoming reality in Italy.

Starmer’s Big Tech lobbying problem Palantir is not just selling software—it’s selling a model of governance where corporate power replaces public control, writes Foxglove's Rosa Curling.

🔴Palantir is not just selling software—it’s selling a model of governance where corporate power replaces public control

Must read from Foxglove's Rosa
Curling on why Starmer's faith in Big Tech is dangerously misguided

New on Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/starmers-b...

The article “Organized Callousness: Gaza and the Sociology of War” by @sinisamalesevic.bsky.social and Lea David in the Journal of Genocide Research has nearly 1000 views in five days

What Donald Trump did this week should terrify Benjamin Netanyahu. This is why | Jonathan Freedland The president’s Middle East tour made one thing clear – he will betray his one-time ally in a heartbeat. He is already doing it, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

What Donald Trump did this week should terrify Benjamin Netanyahu. This is why | Jonathan Freedland

New English language and UK citizenship requirements for migrants as part of government crackdown Sir Keir Starmer will say settling in the UK is a "privilege, not a right" as he lays out new rules to bring down net migration - but experts have questioned how effective they will be.

A 'contributions-based' citizenship model is not a citizenship model, but a form of selective club membership.

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Important reminder 👇

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The Global Market for Investor Citizenship This book presents a systematic study of the history, theory and policy of investor citizenship and residence programmes. It explores how states develop new rules of joining their community in respons...

For more on the global market for citizenship, see the work of my @globalcit.bsky.social @eui-schuman.bsky.social colleague @jdzankic.bsky.social

link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

LIVE SOON: ‘Who Funds Reform?’ - Peter Geoghegan from Democracy for Sale talks to Seth Thevoz Starting May 14 at 12:00 PM EDT

This will be worth a listen. 5pm today. 'Who funds Refuk?' With @seththevoz.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social

open.substack.com/live-stream/...