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Middle East Studies Beyond the Middle East Archive – Promises, Predicaments and Practices of MENA research in Western Governmental Archives Author(s): Raïd, Chloé | Abstract: Building on my work on Iranian political exiles in France and on my experience conducting research in various French archival funds, I aim to offer here a practical ...

Read our PhD candidate Chloé Raïd's new research article, "Middle East Studies Beyond the Middle East Archive – Promises, Predicaments and Practices of MENA research in Western Governmental Archives" in MELA Notes.

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China sees the G7 as largely irrelevant – and an invitation to join will not change that - LSE European Politics Should China join the G7? Kenddrick Chan and Chris Alden write that China sees the G7 as largely irrelevant and an invitation to join will not change that.

Should China be invited to this year’s G7 summit?

Over focus on the G7 risks misreading the real landscape of influence and missing chances for meaningful cooperation with China – Kenddrick Chan @lseideas.bsky.social @odid-qeh.bsky.social & Chris Alden @lseir.bsky.social @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social

The anatomy of a transatlantic divide - LSE European Politics As Donald Trump's United States grows increasingly unreliable, European leaders must go beyond damage control and lay the foundations for an independent Europe.

This week’s Munich Security Conference will once again put the transatlantic relationship under the spotlight.

As the US grows increasingly unreliable, European leaders must now lay the foundations for an independent Europe.

✍ Teona Giuashvili @lseir.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

With AUSSOM’s Funding Challenges Here to Stay, What Are the Options for the Mission’s Future in Somalia? - IPI Global Observatory Partha Moman on AUSSOM’s funding shortfall and the options facing Somalia’s next security phase.

Read our PhD candidate Partha Moman’s article, "With AUSSOM’s Funding Challenges Here to Stay, What Are the Options for the Mission’s Future in Somalia?" published by @ipinst.bsky.social's Global Observatory.

🔗 Read more: theglobalobservatory.org/2026/01/with...
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My new article "Kant as Methodology: Race, White Ignorance, and Intellectual Responsibility" is now out in Critical Philosophy of Race (Penn State University Press).

Open Access copy here: jasminekgani.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...

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YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English Iran’s complexity in heart of Middle East: Islamic Republic 'created, grown & flourished in crisis'

Our Visiting Senior Fellow Dr @amr73.bsky.social appeared on @france24.com to discuss the current geopolitical situation and the new round of US–Iran talks in Oman.

🎥 Watch the full interview here: youtu.be/QuD8pPI2DlI?...
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Theresa Squatrito: “It’s important for us to understand how International Courts arrive at their decisions” - LSE Review of Books Judging under Constraint by Theresa Squatrito explores international judicial decision-making, how international courts defer to states & courts' independence.

NEW: An interview with Theresa Squatrito @lseir.bsky.social about her book, Judging under Constraint @universitypress.cambridge.org.

Making decisions on issues from war crimes to climate change& antitrust cases, "it’s important for us to understand how these courts arrive at their decisions."

How has American trade diplomacy changed under Donald Trump? - LSE Business Review The recent history of American trade diplomacy, and how it is wielded by Donald Trump.

How has American trade diplomacy changed under Donald Trump?

Stephen Woolcock @lseir.bsky.social outlines the recent history of trade diplomacy in the US, how it shapes outcomes and the impacts of Trump's approach on @lsebr.bsky.social

📢Join Pedro Serrano, the European Union Ambassador to the United Kingdom, at this event to discuss Europe in a post-liberal world.

Find out more: www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
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📢Join us for the launch of Professor Paul Dixon’s new book, The Militarisation of British Democracy: The Iraq and Afghanistan Wars and the rise of authoritarianism.

Find out more: www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
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YouTube video by DW News US-Iran tensions: "A march to war seems to have momentum" | DW News

Professor Fawaz Gerges discusses US–Iran tensions and the risk of a potential #US attack in a new interview with Deutsche Welle.

🎥 Watch the full interview: youtu.be/UMQa-nyXOJ0?...
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‘We are just not stopping’: How Minnesotans turned the tables on ICE US President Donald Trump’s mass deportation programme has given rise to a social media spectacle of shaved and shackled detainees being rounded up by force. But on the streets of Minneapolis and Sain...

🗞️ Dr @stephrschwartz.bsky.social spoke with @france24.com about Minnesotans' efforts to capture what’s happening during ICE operations.

🔗 Read the article to find out more: www.france24.com/en/americas/...
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📄 Dr Patrick Gill-Tiney spoke to The i Paper about the consequences of a peace deal that favours Putin.

🔗Read the full article to learn more: bit.ly/4rkJbA4

A Middle Way for American Foreign Policy Neither overreach nor retreat can win domestic support.

📣 Professor Peter Trubowitz and Professor Charles Kupchan co-authored an article for @foreignaffairs.com titled "A Middle Way for American Foreign Policy."

🔗 Read the full piece here: www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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📣 Professor Chris Alden @lseideas.bsky.social and our MSc International Relations alumnus Kenddrick Chan have co-written a chapter, "China and the G7," in The Elgar Companion to the #G7.

🔗 Read the full chapter to learn more: www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/b...
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The great betrayal: the struggle for freedom and democracy in the Middle East Fawaz Gerges's latest book might be his lifetime masterpiece. It has all the ingredients to become the reference point for the study of the Arab world and

“Fawaz Gerges's latest book might be his lifetime masterpiece,” writes Dr Silvia Colombo.

Read the full review of Professor Fawaz Gerges' new book, The Great Betrayal: The Struggle for Freedom and Democracy in the #MiddleEast.

🔗 bit.ly/3NqkmEb
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This was a brilliant talk by @ndubash.bsky.social - I will be thinking a lot about his conclusions on the implications to re-orienting climate policy around self-determination.

Thanks to @robertfalkner.bsky.social for organizing, @gsos-lse.bsky.social for hosting! Podcast recording will be up soon.

📢 Don’t miss our upcoming event with @gsos-lse.bsky.social, “Decentering emissions: how the developing world can shape the #climatechange agenda,” featuring @ndubash.bsky.social, @robertfalkner.bsky.social, and @kasiapaprocki.bsky.social.

🔗 www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

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It is time for Europe to send “tripwire” troops to Greenland Europe must deploy troops to Greenland to signal to Donald Trump that any US annexation attempt would result in a military confrontation.

Can Europe prevent the United States from seizing Greenland?

Björn Alexander Düben @lseir.bsky.social argues European allies must establish a credible military deterrence to prevent a strategic folly that would destroy NATO @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social

The missing link: Cybersecurity and technology-facilitated gender-based violence in the Women, Peace and Security agenda This year marks the 25th anniversary of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, which launched the Women, Peace and Security agenda. This milestone offers a critical opportunity for the inter...

📑 Read our PhD Candidate Kristine Baekgaard's new report with the @apc.org titled "The missing link: Cybersecurity and technology-facilitated gender-based violence in the Women, Peace and Security agenda."

🔗 Full report: bit.ly/45Y6BTk
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Professor Fawaz Gerges spoke with BBC News about the nationwide protests in #Iran.

“The Iranians want change. The Iranians want to take charge of their own destiny. The Iranians want to improve their well-being,” he said.

🎥Watch here: bit.ly/3Nn9zKM
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Forged or fragmented? Europe in times of crisis 6.30pm Thurs 22 Jan | Mikaela Gavas, Caroline de Gruyter, Anand Menon | Free public event at LSE

📣Join us for an upcoming public event: "Forged or fragmented? #Europe in times of crisis" on 22 January, featuring Mikaela Gavas, @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social, Prof @anandmenon.bsky.social, and Dr Teona Giuashvili.

🔗 Find out more: www.lse.ac.uk/internationa... #AcademicSky #PoliSky

What is happening in Iran - and why could Trump getting involved backfire? 'At the moment, I don't think anyone there views the U.S. as an ally, and military action is not going to change that.’

🗞️ Our Visiting Senior Fellow @amr73.bsky.social has been interviewed by Metro for an article exploring the current situation in #Iran and what could happen if the regime were to fall.

🔗 Read the full article to learn more: bit.ly/45L4d27
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Friday briefing: Trump tactics could leave office with him – or the US could descend into a rogue state In today’s newsletter: In just one year, this administration has lurched from one bewildering decision to another. Will things go back to normal after Trump’s term, or are we seeing a broader erosion ...

🗞️ Professor Peter Trubowitz, speaking to The Guardian, suggests that what distinguishes this moment is not #US intervention itself, but the erosion of the legal and normative justifications that once accompanied it.

🔗 Read the full interview: bit.ly/49VxHMn
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📣 Read @drkmillar.bsky.social's article, “Gender, Sexuality, Warfighting & the Making of American Citizenship Post-9/11” in a new special issue of Daedalus, which examines how the global war on terror reshaped the relationship between gender, the military, and citizenship in the #US.

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New in @gepjournal.bsky.social: "Historicizing Global Environmental Politics."

The article is part of the journal's 25th anniversary special issue, which is forthcoming later this year.

direct.mit.edu/glep/article...

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Trump Demands 'Total Access' For His Gamble on Venezuelan Oil | The Pulse 1/5/2026 "The Pulse With Francine Lacqua" is all about conversations with high profile guests in the beating heart of global business, economics, finance and politics. Based in London, we go wherever the story...

🎥 Watch @bloomberg.com's interview with Professor Peter Trubowitz, in which he discusses the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and what may happen next.

🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/...
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Trump’s 2025 National Security Strategy is a clear articulation of the administration’s nativism and illiberalism | USAPP The NSS is a helpful resource to better understand Trump’s foreign policy.

Where did the US's extraordinary actions in #Venezuela come from?

In December, the US published its National Security Strategy which illuminates Trump’s foreign policy: an approach that outright rejects the rules-based international order writes Jonny Hall @lseir.bsky.social @lseusablog.bsky.social

The new Pact for the Mediterranean – a rebrand or something more? The EU’s new Pact for the Mediterranean formalises a shift towards interest-driven policy, prioritising border management and energy over political partnership.

A new Pact for the Mediterranean was launched by the EU and southern neighbourhood countries on 28 November.

But is the new pact simply a rearticulation of the EU’s existing approach or a genuine paradigm shift?

✍ @errichiello.bsky.social @lseir.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Trump’s 2025 National Security Strategy is a clear articulation of the administration’s nativism and illiberalism | USAPP The NSS is a helpful resource to better understand Trump’s foreign policy.

📣 Read Dr Jonny Hall’s analysis of #Trump’s 2025 National Security Strategy in the @lseusablog.bsky.social.

He argues the strategy offers a clear view of the administration’s domestic priorities, nativism, and illiberalism, while rejecting the "rules-based international order."
bit.ly/4q5nMKV #US