Taif Alkhudary

Discriminatory language against the Israeli army
Terrorism against transport planes
Hurt feelings at the chemical weapons factory
A safe space for the junta
We train young men to drop fire won't let them write fuck on their helmets because it's obscene
Self-care for the military-industrial complex

Two Iraqi security officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation, said that more than 100 drones launched from Iran toward Israel were tracked crossing Iraqi airspace

Israel launches strikes on Iran: what we know so far Israel has launched strikes on dozens of targets inside Iran, including nuclear sites. This is what we know s

Genocidal maniacs on a mission to erase the Middle East — Israel has always been the region’s poison. There will be no peace until the occupation ends. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

In my @phenomenalworld.bsky.social essay ‘Offshoring the Planet’, I explore how the offshore world is reshaping the global green transition (a 🧵1/7)
t.co/8j7i8iXAIk

* bit.ly/4mKYvEs
* bit.ly/4dJRdg6

5/5

Sources:
* almadapaper.net/404669/
* bit.ly/43KvTCr
* bit.ly/3ZNQ1m0
* bit.ly/3ZjuuBI

4/5

*Civil alliance of more than a dozen parties called “alternative” to run in elections
*Those freed under Amnesty Law banned from running for office
*KDP threaten to boycott elections over non-payment of salaries

3/5

*Sudani suggests candidates for 3 presidencies be selected b4 elections to prevent gov. formation delays, SCF refuse
*Sadr undecided about participation in elections; warns other parties not to use his name in campaigns, urges supporters to get electoral cards

2/5

🗳️With 22 weeks to go until #IraqElections, here’s a summary of the most important headlines from the Arabic media over the past 7 days:

*SCF (Al-Maliki) accuse Sudani of using public funds to buy voters
*Assab say Al-Fayyed "black spot" who must go

‘Nothing left to bomb’: Yemen’s civilians bear brunt of US airstrikes on Houthis Analysts say US and Israeli attacks failed to weaken rebels and are only pushing the country to the brink of famine

“There is nothing left to bomb. The missiles are worth more than the buildings they’re hitting".

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

Israeli use of human shields in Gaza was systematic, soldiers and former detainees tell the AP Several Palestinians and Israeli soldiers say troops are systematically forcing Palestinians to act as human shields in Gaza, sending them into buildings and tunnels to check for bombs and gunmen.

apnews.com/article/isra... Israeli use of human shields in Gaza was systematic, soldiers and former detainees tell the AP

📣 Research Assistant Position!

@ozlemtuncel.bsky.social and I are looking for support for a project on higher education and electoral politics in Turkey. Are you:

▪️Ideally, a PhD student
▪️Fluent in Turkish
▪️Familiar with quantitative data

Then please apply here:
gsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

🚨CRIA is soliciting special issue proposals that contribute to scholarly debate and which examine pertinent and topical theoretical, empirical and methodological questions ⬇️

Deadline: 11 June

Wow congrats Mirko, looks amazing !

🚨 My book, Military Victory Beyond the Battlefield: Outside Wartime, has a webpage! As Trump seeks to rename Veterans Day to Victory Day, the timing couldn’t be better. Out in December with @oxfordunipress.bsky.social as part of @europeanisa.bsky.social Voices in IR. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Taking Settler Colonialism Seriously in Abolition Ecologies: Centring Indigenous Dispossession in Geographies of Carceral Power, Ecocide, and the Abolitionist Ecological Imagination Scholarship increasingly examines international social movements advocating for the abolition of the prison-industrial complex. Within this landscape, Abolition Ecologies has emerged as a generative ...

wow, very excited to see my first publication out in the world... and in my dream journal no less! so thankful to my supervisor @laurenbwilcox.bsky.social and the editorial team @antipodeonline.bsky.social for helping this come into being onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Global Political Economy:Oxford Road To further strengthen our research and teaching portfolio, the Department wishes to appoint a Lecturer in Global Political Economy (GPE). While we invite applications from applicants in all areas of…

@uniofmanchester.bsky.social is hiring for a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Global Political Economy! 🌟
link to apply - buff.ly/Do9nOVM

There is also a Lectureship in Environmental Politics position open! - buff.ly/aorFjP2

@ipegbisa.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social @tonihaastrup.bsky.social

The Capitalist State in the 2020s: Borders and carceral infrastructure This series of four collaborative workshops will examine the evolution of the capitalist state in the contemporary moment, focussing on industrial strategy and financialization, militarism, and border...

I’ll be presenting my research on logging tenures as carceral geographies tomorrow as part of "The Capitalist State in the 2020s" workshop @ucl.ac.uk, & excited to be presenting alongside @alktaif.bsky.social! come by for a panel on carceral infrastructures from 2:00 www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Carbon credits: another way to delay meaningful action on climate change in Iraq - Kalam In February 2025, Iraq’s Ministry of Environment announced the first project to be launched by the Carbon Economics Company, a collaboration with the World

'Rather than ushering in a new era of sustainability for Iraq... it appears that carbon credits will only align with a national policy of delaying & obstructing meaningful action on climate change,' writes @alktaif.bsky.social in a new Iraq Initiative article.
kalam.chathamhouse.org/articles/car...

The details are so much worse. In her French op-ed, she explains that the issue raised was that she had a table that showed Gaza as having had the highest number of “humanitarian victims” of 2024.

Her merely acknowledging the fact that Gazans are being mass murdered was a problem.

Postdoc Opportunity!

Universität Tübingen
Global Encounters Postdoctoral Fellowship

Seeks researchers working on human-nature relationships and their transformation historically as well with regard to current conditions of crises in the Global North and South.

www.h-net.org/jobs/job_dis...

What poisoned Fallujah can tell us about toxic risks in Gaza and Lebanon Toxic remnants of war adversely affect the health not just of those immediately exposed but also of future generations.

www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

ALL EYES ON PALESTINE: The Israeli military is resuming its all-out assault on Palestinian families in Gaza, drastically escalating its violations of the ceasefire, killing and wounding hundreds.

PhD on Diasporas and Right-Wing Nationalism The Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University, invites applications for a PhD fellowship in International Studies from September 1st, 2025

The PhD position for my project with @somdeepsen.bsky.social
- on diasporas and right-wing nationalism is currently being advertised --- please share far and wide!

candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

Job alert!
Fully-funded PhD @facultyofartsug.bsky.social, with myself, @karimeltaki.bsky.social and @bherborth.bsky.social on post-imperial geopolitical imaginations in/of the Arab world.

Please help spread the word among interested candidates!

Full details here: karimeltaki.com/phd-position...

Check out our latest research paper exploring the adaptability of the 'Axis of Resistance' by examining its historical evolution, current dynamics, and policy responses, while presenting alternative approaches for engagement.

Exclusive: Gulf states linked to Israeli businesses on UN settlements blacklist Backed by Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE, Jared Kushner's firm is now biggest shareholder in Israeli company with stakes in businesses operating in occupied territories

An investment firm headed by Jared Kushner and backed by Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates is the largest shareholder in an Israeli company, operating in illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. www.middleeasteye.net/news/gulf-st...

On 28 May, CRIA is running an ECR workshop on 'The Global Politics of the Green Transition'! Abstract submissions close on 7 April.

Women’s rights to be championed by appointment of new UK Special Envoy Harriet Harman to champion gender equality worldwide as new UK Special Envoy for Women and Girls.

The great danger with a government seemingly more pro-equality than the last one is that we'll get more announcements like this - "new role", "ongoing commitment", "accelerating action", "legend" - at the same time that funding and capacity is utterly eviscerated.

www.gov.uk/government/n...

American Journal of Political Science | MPSA Journal | Wiley Online Library This article analyzes the anticolonial worldmaking of postcolonial Indonesia's first president Sukarno, during Guided Democracy (1959–1965). Using worldmaking as a conceptual interface, the article o...

Quah Say Jye, "An Anatomy of Worldmaking: Sukarno and Anticolonialism from Post‐Bandung Indonesia," American Journal of Political Science (2025)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

@thecambridgeschool.bsky.social
@campolis.bsky.social