a man in a suit and tie is dancing in front of a crowd
Alt: Ridiculous guy with a tie that's way to long dances like an idiot
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Folks, Iโve got some tremendous news. The second edition of my co-edited volumeโalongside the great David B. Macdonald and Dirk Nabersโis out now: ๐๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ด.
27.02.2026 13:56 โ
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โข Avoid civil-war templates: Ukraineโs external war + civic mobilization make direct analogies misleading. Anchor interventions in local evidence, not imported models.
Full study (PDF): gppi.net/assets/Final...
25.02.2026 10:29 โ
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4/4 What donors can do:
โข Prioritize accountability over data & portal proliferation: fund independent audits and communicate through channels residents actually use.
โข Scale what sustains cohesion: support neighborhood initiatives and small NGOs that embody local agency and sustain trust.
25.02.2026 10:29 โ
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3/5 Three numbers that stuck with me:
81% say local authorities are โundue beneficiariesโ of reconstruction.
52% distrust the ability to manage funds responsibly.
86% donโt use major transparency portals (e.g., DREAM, Prozorro). If most people donโt use the tools, they wonโt rebuild confidence.
25.02.2026 10:29 โ
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2/5 We find a stark gap: recovery is visible (homes + infrastructure are coming back) and community solidarity is still strong (mutual help and volunteering didnโt collapse), but trust between citizens and authorities is low.
25.02.2026 10:29 โ
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Reconstructing Trust: Social Cohesion and Recovery in War-Torn Irpin, Ukraine
In 2022, heavy Russian bombing destroyed much of the Ukrainian town of Irpinโs buildings and infrastructure. Four years later, reconstruction is well underway. How is it affecting trust, cohesion and ...
1/5 NEW STUDY: Irpin looks rebuilt. So why does it still feel โoffโ to so many residents?
That question sits at the heart of our new study with FES. We zoom in on Irpin - nearly four years into reconstruction - to understand what rebuilding is doing to social cohesion.
gppi.net/2026/02/19/s...
25.02.2026 10:29 โ
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Danke!
05.02.2026 10:25 โ
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4๏ธโฃ Move beyond prohibited lines of thinking: where legally and operationally possible, relieve pressure on western Ukrainian airspace (e.g., protection by EU neighboring states).
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05.02.2026 10:25 โ
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2๏ธโฃ Recalibrate the trade-off between national stockpiles and supplying air defense ammunition (until production rises).
3๏ธโฃ Strengthen Ukrainian capabilities to degrade Russian military infrastructure enabling air attacks.
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05.02.2026 10:25 โ
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A Race for Warmth
Plunged into cold darkness following Russian airstrikes, Ukraine is experiencing its harshest wartime winter yet. Some of the human suffering was preventable โ if only Ukraine's Western allies had inv...
My op-ed on Europeโs failure to better support Ukraine ahead of a devastating winter is now available in English.
gppi.net/2026/02/04/a...
What needs to happen now:
1๏ธโฃ Close energy security financing gaps and build reserves of critical components and spare parts (e.g., transformers).
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05.02.2026 10:25 โ
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Aufklรคrungsdrohnen in der Gegend um Kyjiw sagen so ziemlich alles, was man von der sogenannten Energie-Waffenruhe halten soll, was auch immer diese begonnen haben/beendet werden soll. Neuer Beschuss kommt leider recht gleich. Heute Nacht ist es rund -22 in Kyjiw.
01.02.2026 12:36 โ
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Hรถrenswert!
01.02.2026 09:27 โ
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Warum nicht Prรผfungsformate mit KI und solche ohne miteinander kombinieren? Dann lernen Studis kritisches Denken und selbststรคndiges Schreiben (wichtig) einerseits und kritische und effiziente Arbeit mit KI (nรคher an der spรคteren Arbeitsrealitรคt der meisten) andererseits.
01.02.2026 08:46 โ
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Deutschland kann mehr tun als einfach nur zuschauen, wie die katastrophale Lage in Kyjiw und andernorts diesen Winter immer schlimmer wird. Mein Kollege @balnik.bsky.social hat konkrete Handlungsoptionen, die รผber Applaus fรผr die mutigen Ukrainer:innen hinausgehen ๐
31.01.2026 12:41 โ
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FYI @juliafriedrich.bsky.social, @isa-zalitatsch.bsky.social @frankstengel.com @denistrubetskoy.bsky.social @edklein.bsky.social @efdavies.bsky.social @svencho.bsky.social @simonschlegel.bsky.social
31.01.2026 10:44 โ
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Ein Wettlauf um die Wรคrme
Die ukrainische Flugabwehr fรคngt nur noch 36 Prozent der russischen Raketen ab. Munitionsmangel und fehlende Reserven verschรคrfen die Energiekrise.
Es ist zum Verrรผcktwerden: Die #Ukraine steht in weiten Teilen ohne Munition fรผr die Luftabwehr da und mit viel zu wenig Unterstรผtzung fรผr die Reparatur der Wรคrme- und Stromversorgung. Wieso helfen reiche Staaten nicht besser? Starker Beitrag von @balnik.bsky.social
www.fr.de/meinung/gast...
31.01.2026 09:40 โ
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Very much worth reading.
13.01.2026 15:16 โ
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I don't know what will happen in Iran, but these moments, when dictatorships are facing their own people in the streets, are all about breaking the other side first.
12.01.2026 10:21 โ
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Iโve taught State Failure & Statebuilding @warstudieskcl.bsky.social at Kingโs for the past 13 years.
There are MANY reasons why itโs a bad idea for the US to โrunโ Venezuela.
An economy in crisis. Disintegrating infrastructure. Nonstate armed groups deeply embedded into the state.
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03.01.2026 20:55 โ
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Weltbilder und Weltordnung
๐ฃAchtung Theorienerds: Die 6. รผberarbeitete Auflage von Gert Krell und Peter Schlotters Einfรผhrung in die Theorie der Internationalen Beziehungen, "Weltbilder und Weltordnung", ist offiziell erschienen. Neu in dieser Auflage: ein Kapitel zum #Postkolonialismus sowie
26.12.2025 14:58 โ
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Needless to say that it doesnโt make you cool, left, edgy or anti-imperialist. It just means you have never listened to anyone from CEE.
20.12.2025 11:33 โ
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Friendly reminder that if you advocate for policies that actively risk more people living under Russian occupation, you are *not* actually anti-militarist.
Why is this so difficult to understand for some?
20.12.2025 11:30 โ
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Ist โgelegentlichโ Ironie?
19.12.2025 19:02 โ
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Du Frechdachs!
17.12.2025 12:24 โ
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Trumpian Corruption Is Worse Than Ukrainian Corruption
The people of Ukraine want an honest government, even as American and Russian kleptocrats circle their country.
'In Ukraine, the state itself is investigating the government, the cabinet, the presidentโs closest advisers. By contrast, it is impossible to imagine Kash Patelโs FBI investigating anyone in Trumpโs White House. Any Russian who investigates Putin goes to jail"
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
08.12.2025 10:59 โ
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New text in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social! How can FFPs transform peacebuilding? Currently open access!
04.12.2025 08:54 โ
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