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Hannes Baumann

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Senior Lecturer, University of Liverpool, Arab states' political economy. Views my own, not my employer's. Author "Citizen Hariri: Lebanon's neoliberal reconstruction". He/him

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Pleased to share our new article in which we critically engage with the role that the “categories of migration” play in determining who does and does not “belong” in Europe and how they are changing.

08.10.2025 07:04 — 👍 11    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 0
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Building on our workshop last year on The Global Politics of Precarity and Insecure Work, @stellamorgana.bsky.social and I are delighted to share a collection of 6 original commentary articles on this theme in @gpejournal.bsky.social

Read the full introduction here: doi.org/10.1332/2635...

07.10.2025 12:28 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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Two years after 7 October and the kidnap of my parents, hate is in fashion. For all our sakes, we need compassion | Sharone Lifschitz So many were killed – yet on her release, my mother said ‘shalom’ to her captors. Let’s learn from that moment of grace, says Sharone Lifschitz, London-based film-maker and academic

Sharon Lifschitz, whose parents were kidnapped on Oct 7 and only her mother returned alive, writes on the two year anniversary to the massacres.
"We know that hate and revenge cannot bring even a momentary relief from the pain."

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

07.10.2025 08:59 — 👍 58    🔁 15    💬 1    📌 1
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Academic careers have become a professional sport - Impact of Social Sciences Academia like professional sports is increasingly a system defined by competition, precarity and quantification does this lead to a loss of meaning?

💥New: Academic careers have become a professional sport

✍️ @swallaschek.bsky.social

#AcademicSky #ECRchat #AcademicCareers

06.10.2025 10:13 — 👍 17    🔁 10    💬 0    📌 3
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Governing through guesstimates: mock precision in international organisations International organisations (IOs) collect and disseminate a wide array of statistics. In many cases, the phenomena these statistics seek to quantify defy precise measurement. Hard-to-measure statis...

Governing through guesstimates: mock precision in international organisations, by Lukas Linsi, Seiki Tanaka, Francesco Giumelli, & @lenseabrooke.bsky.social

06.10.2025 13:05 — 👍 9    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1
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International monetary hierarchy through emergency US-dollar liquidity: A key currency approach - Steffen Murau, Fabian Pape, Tobias Pforr, 2023 The notion that the international monetary system is hierarchical has become increasingly common, but the nature, causes, and shape of international monetary hi...

... not that swap lines weren't "political" before, but the authors of the FT piece detect a change in the quality of this politicisation. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

03.10.2025 13:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Preparing for politicised dollar liquidity The time to act is now

"The Treasury’s decision to offer a “swap” in Argentina is really a signal that Washington is willing to wield its financial tools for political purposes in ways that depart from past norms. If that approach extends to the Fed...consequences for global stability could be profound." on.ft.com/4pPdCOz

03.10.2025 13:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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The authors provide clear visualization of their data as they trace the connections between firms within states and across states, and they identify the directors who serve as nodes in the growing pan-Arab corporatism.

26.09.2025 13:20 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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The Development and Political Effects Of a Pan‐Arab Corporate Elite Gulf investment across the Arab states has skyrocketed since the 2000s. Such activity not only links corporate entities but also weaves new connections between business leaders. We take a birds-eye v...

New open-access analysis in a sneak peek of our fall issue: @hannesbaumann.bsky.social and Alice Hooper trace the development of a pan-Arab corporate elite shifting demands on regimes toward “further neoliberal restructuring and regional economic integration.”
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

26.09.2025 13:19 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Manchester synagogue attack latest: police say suspect shot after four people injured by vehicle and stabbings Police say they are responding to an incident in Crumpsall, Greater Manchester Greater Manchester Police said a suspect has been shot and four people have suffered injuries caused by a vehicle and stabbings at a synagogue in Crumpsall north of the city. The force said: Police were called to the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, on Middleton Road, Crumpsall, at 9.31am by a member of the public, stating he had witnessed a car being driven towards members of the public, and one man had been stabbed. GMP declared PLATO and a major incident at 9.37am. Shots were fired by Greater Manchester Police firearms officers at 9.38am. One man has been shot, believed to be the offender. Continue reading...

Manchester synagogue attack latest: police say suspect shot after four people injured by vehicle and stabbings

02.10.2025 09:49 — 👍 196    🔁 145    💬 27    📌 91
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In a new report, HRW, Syrians for Truth and Justice, and Syrian Archive document widespread abuses by government forces, government-aligned armed groups, and armed volunteers, including summary executions, deliberate destruction of property, and abuse of detainees.

23.09.2025 20:56 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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I have organised an amazing roster of *virtual* presentations for the Centre for Gulf Studies at Exeter. Check out these incredible superstars, and register for the events (Tuesdays 17-18.30 London time) here: www.exeter.ac.uk/research/cen...

01.10.2025 14:02 — 👍 29    🔁 15    💬 1    📌 2
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Israel, Palästina und Deutschland – zwischen Menschenrechten und "Staatsräson"

Spannende Vortragsreihe an meiner Alma Mater der @uni-hamburg.de koordiniert u.a. von @janwilkens.bsky.social

01.10.2025 13:48 — 👍 19    🔁 13    💬 0    📌 1

"When radical-right words come from Labour mouths, the nativist and illiberal values attached to these words become increasingly normalised, shifting the boundaries of what is politically acceptable... It’s time for Labour to engage in some self-reflection about the type of party it wants to be."

26.09.2025 16:32 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

they're ringing that UNGA bell SO hard to try and get people to sit down again for the next speech but they should just let these people run around the chamber and scream like toddlers for a few minutes and get it out of their system before making them sit back down

23.09.2025 15:09 — 👍 244    🔁 25    💬 2    📌 3
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I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win (h/t @miriamposner.com)

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

21.09.2025 17:44 — 👍 2243    🔁 574    💬 37    📌 60
WirtschaftsWoche

“The more the German industry continues to focus on phasing out niche technologies […] the easier it becomes for Chinese companies to expand their lead in batteries and new electronic vehicle architectures.”

Remarkable op-ed by former VW boss Herbert Diess.

www.wiwo.de/unternehmen/...

21.09.2025 12:15 — 👍 67    🔁 24    💬 1    📌 2

Why is this horrible for Universities?

Just about everyone who isn't a citizen or green card holder already who's hired for a tenure track faculty position is hired through an H1B and then, after 3-5 years, applies for a green card.

This is literally "No more foreign professors can be hired"

20.09.2025 14:22 — 👍 807    🔁 336    💬 25    📌 23
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After the far-right mass rally in London, Britain must learn lessons from abroad – and fast | Cas Mudde This is no time for complacent exceptionalism. The UK is part of the fourth phase of the far right in the postwar era, and its politicians must respond, says political scientist Cas Mudde

I wrote for @theguardian.com about the “Unite the Kingdom” rally.

High time to pull head out of the sand and learn from other countries — if only on what NOT to do!

19.09.2025 10:55 — 👍 87    🔁 27    💬 3    📌 4
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‘We pray a visa comes before death’: Gaza’s injured children left in limbo Mariam, Nasser and Ahmed were evacuated from the warzone but are now stranded in an Egyptian hospital that cannot treat their life-threatening injuries after Trump’s sudden ban on Palestinians enterin...

Mariam is one of tens of thousands of people in Gaza who have been injured & disfigured by Israeli military attacks.

As well as losing her arm, she has severe abdominal and pelvic injuries. She is stranded in Egypt & cannot get a visa to be treated in the US.

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

18.09.2025 15:18 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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Saudi Arabia signs ‘strategic mutual defence’ pact with Pakistan Deal with nuclear-armed Islamabad comes after Gulf states alarmed by Israeli attack on Hamas leaders in Doha

Wow- "Saudi Arabia has signed a 'strategic mutual defence' pact with Pakistan, signalling to the US and Israel that the kingdom is willing to diversify its security alliances as it looks to bolster its deterrence"
www.ft.com/content/50a4...

18.09.2025 05:25 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

One of the houses was a glass house.

17.09.2025 14:10 — 👍 37    🔁 11    💬 0    📌 0
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Middle East Policy: Vol 0, No 0 Click on the title to browse this issue

Early View of Fall 2025 issue examines dehumanization in Gaza, what’s next after the US-Israel war on Iran, pan-Arab corporate elite, regional trade and conflict. Analyses by Yagil Levy, @banafshkeynoush.bsky.social, @hannesbaumann.bsky.social, many others.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14754967...

15.09.2025 18:23 — 👍 3    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Diskussion über Nahostkonflikt an Hochschulen: Drei Viertel der Forschenden berichten von Selbstzensur Seit dem Hamas-Angriff auf Israel hat sich die Diskussionskultur an deutschen Hochschulen massiv verändert. In einer Umfrage berichten Forschende von Selbstzensur, Anfeindung und einer bedrohten Wisse...

Seit heute ist unsere @interactfu.bsky.social Studie zu Wissenschaftsfreiheit und Selbstzensur unter Nahostforschenden online.

Für @tagesspiegel.de hat @jmwiarda.bsky.social die Ergebnisse zusammengefasst:
share.google/PwlicDCFD2o4...

Zur Studie: www.interact.fu-berlin.de/News/Grimm-D...

15.09.2025 05:16 — 👍 55    🔁 28    💬 2    📌 4

See the latest research on civil society organizations from our Senior Lecturer ‪Özge Zihnioğlu‬
@ozihnioglu.bsky.social here ‬📚✏️

14.09.2025 18:25 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Want to be clear that the predictable violence against the police wasn't the only problem with yesterday's march

It's that 100,000 angry racists gathered in London for the biggest racist march in 50 years, and anyone not white had to steer clear

The govt can't see that because they are inadequate.

14.09.2025 10:01 — 👍 1810    🔁 549    💬 37    📌 20
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🎉After the @ipegbisa.bsky.social AGM we have now moved on to our final panel of the day!

🌎We hear from Paolo Stohlman global financial regulation and @hannesbaumann.bsky.social on the changing role of Gulf states in reproducing US dollar dominance.

12.09.2025 15:27 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Call for Applications - Fellowships 2026

Now open: BGSMCS PhD Call 2026. 2 Gerda Henkel scholarships for historically focused projects plus 8 places with support to secure external funding.

Deadline 1 Nov 2025
Q&A 23 Sep, 14:00 CET

www.bgsmcs.fu-berlin.de/announcement...

Please share with interested students!

11.09.2025 09:09 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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China is ditching the dollar at pace The yuan faces a defining moment

The yuan faces a defining moment

10.09.2025 19:50 — 👍 10    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 2
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Inside Israel’s Audacious Airstrike on Hamas Leaders in Qatar, a U.S. Ally The U.S.-designated terrorist group gathered at its Doha headquarters, giving Israel a shot at killing several political leaders.

WSJ with more details on the Israeli attack on Qatar - 10 missiles fired from long range to avoid Saudi/UAE airspace, only vague warning to US in advance

www.wsj.com/world/middle...

10.09.2025 11:44 — 👍 5    🔁 7    💬 2    📌 1

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