Luis Cabrera

Very interesting proposal from two expert observers/commentators on the UN system and international law.

UN's human rights work under massive pressure, forty states warn A group of forty states led by Chile and the International Service for Human Rights warned at a meeting in Geneva that proposed budget cuts will disproportionately affect the UN's human rights pillar.

The UN's human rights work is under disproportionate budget pressure, 40 states warned in Geneva, and human rights groups urge no further cuts should be made www.democracywithoutborders.org/39807/uns-hu...

The US is not just Europe’s unwilling ally, but an adversary steeped in far-right ideology | Cas Mudde Don’t say you weren’t warned: Trump’s new national security strategy seeks to destroy liberal democracy as we know it, says academic and author Cas Mudde

Leading global scholar of right-wing populism sounds alarm on Trump admin security strategy -- Constitutional liberal democracy squarely in its sights.

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What should the EU do about #Hungary? 🇪🇺🇭🇺

New ARENA Europa podcast ep. is out!

We often ask what’s feasible instead of what’s right when it comes to #RoL enforcement in the #EU. @vmakszimov.bsky.social asked me about what “the right thing” might be.

🔗 Listen here: open.spotify.com/show/2lyLtQi...

YouTube video by MS NOW 'Shackled' and 'Handcuffed': Deported college student in tears SPEAKING OUT on ICE encounter

ICE unlawfully removed this student from the US and separated her from her family and her school, Babson College. Her interview with @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social captures the cruelty and impunity of Trump 2.0. Babson and the Massachusetts state government should join the court case to bring her back.

Looks really good, Matt. Stands to be an extremely useful book about the utility of normative concepts for actually improving our lives and communities.

Berlin: experts debate UN's role in view of "authori­tarian influence" Experts convened to assess whether the UN can uphold democracy amid rising authoritarian influence, endorsing stronger citizen participation at the UN and democratic coordination.

At an international round table in Berlin hosted by Democracy Without Borders, experts and activists warned that autocratic governments are weakening the UN’s ability to promote human rights and democracy. There was broad support for greater civil society and citizen participation at the UN.

The Universal Republic: A Realistic Utopia? Abstract. Can humanity achieve collective self-government in a highly interdependent world? Catastrophic climate change, biodiversity loss, pandemics, war

First bluesky post. Will use it to tout amazing book I recently reviewed, by Mathias Koenig-Archibugi. Uses an array of sophisticated methods, incl machine learning, to explore feasibility of global democracy. Can't recommend highly enough: academic.oup.com/book/57306
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