Ainoa Cabada

A core aspect of #R2P is the need to recognise and prevent atrocities before they occur. Check out our latest article by @ainoacabada.bsky.social where she explores strategies to advance R2P as an early warning doctrine and puts forward an R2P Preventative Assesssment Tool. lnkd.in/g8cawyJA

Intercultural Studies & Language Studies have important histories of studying discursive effects of propaganda in the service of genocide, not least how it begins - with the discourse of othering - @khawlabadwan.bsky.social and I documented some of the later effects

Ban Ki-moon, Former UN Secretary-General

Lee Jae-myung, President of South Korea

Woo Won-shik, Speaker of the National Assembly of South Korea

The past four days at #IPSA2025 have been brilliant! From presentations to keynote speeches, the organisation and location was all so well done!

Thanks for having me and the opportunity to present my research at the 28th IPSA World Congress of Political Science 💙

A brief summary in pictures!

r2p as an Early Warning Doctrine: Building a Case for the Establishment of an r2p Preventative Assessment Tool Abstract The Responsibility to Protect’s (r2p) paragraph 138 denotes the importance of prevention through early warning, yet this crucial aspect remains unfulfilled. This article presents an r2p Preve...

Thrilled to share my publication with @globalr2p.bsky.social x @degruyterbrill.bsky.social!

To advance R2P’s preventative approach, there is a need to integrate the development of protection plans alongside risk assessments.

#EarlyWarning #AtrocityPrevention #R2P

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Rights, not rations: How human relationships can reshape refugee policy Donors must go beyond funding refugee services – threadbare as they are – and support genuine refugee integration.

“It begins with three simple principles:

• Show up as a neighbour, not an expert.

• Listen longer than you speak.

• If you're far from the problem, let those closest to it lead, and trust and back their agency.”

www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2025...

Next EU budget seen as funding migration crackdown The next EU budget may end up imposing tougher development aid conditions to force foreign states into complying on migration, warn some in civil society.

The next EU budget may end up imposing tougher development aid conditions to force foreign states into complying on migration, warn some in civil society.

New article in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social w/ @michaellister.bsky.social & @apowelllaw.bsky.social on the naming of laws after exemplary victims of injustice. While opening space for addressing harm, such laws also, we argue, pose political & legal risks: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

“We need a new generation of thinkers”

Got to see Ban Ki-moon’s keynote address at #IPSA2025 today!

Set and ready for tomorrow’s #IPSA2025 presentations!

I will be presenting two papers one on R2P and early warning of mass atrocities and another on narratives of repression and blacklisting in Venezuela.

Come see me at 11am (4F 402) and at 3:30pm (3F 304AB), if you’re around!

Why Clarity Feels Dangerous (Especially If You’re an Academic) The Hardest Work in Writing Is Saying What You Really Mean

George Orwell warned: bad writing leads to bad thinking.

Academia trains us to write for journals, not the public.
Clarity feels risky, because it exposes us.

But clear communication is essential for democracy.
So how do we do it?

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New post 👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/why-clarit...

This week’s pick since I’ll be travelling to Seoul next week to present at #IPSA2025!

Thank you @jessgifkins.bsky.social! 😊Unfortunately, I won’t be coming to OCIS as I will be presenting at IPSA that week, but I really look forward to meeting and discussing how we could collaborate. My email is ainoa.cabada@adelaide.edu.au, let’s connect!

Proofing this beauty that should come out in the next few weeks. Stay tuned!

Live updates: Israel strikes Iran's nuclear sites, killing top military leaders and scientists Israel launched strikes across Iran on Friday, targeting its nuclear program and military sites, killing at least three top military officers and raising the prospect of an all-out war between the two Middle East adversaries.

BREAKING: Seventy-eight people have been killed and over 320 injured in Israeli attacks, Iran's U.N. ambassador says.

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The UN General Assembly adopted a wide-ranging resolution on Gaza.

149 in favor
12 against
19 abstentions

In addition to a ceasefire, hostage release, unhindered humanitarian access, it calls for accountability and endorses the Arab League reconstruction plan.

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Last night’s conversation while cooking dinner with my husband was about how long it would take Trump to pull out of the AUKUS deal.

This morning we woke up to this 🤭

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Sanctioning individual judges of an international court is an intolerable assault on the international rule of law.

An attack on the Court is an attack on all States Parties.

All States Parties must act now to resist this and protect the independence of the Court.

Rising sharp power in Latin America In May, Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro visited Moscow to sign a 'strategic association' agreement with Russia. John Chin and Justin Lee argue this is one manifestation of a larger trend of risin...

✍️ In May, #Venezuela's President Nicolás #Maduro visited Moscow to sign a 'strategic association' agreement with Russia. John Chin & Justin Lee (@cmist-cmu.bsky.social) argue this is one manifestation of a larger trend of rising sharp power 📈 in #LatinAmerica.
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Venezuela: ¿Agoniza la respuesta electoral al conflicto? | International Crisis Group El Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela del presidente Nicolás Maduro arrasó en las elecciones regionales y parlamentarias del 25 de mayo gracias a su manipulación del proceso y a una abstención gene...

NUEVA PUBLICACIÓN | #Venezuela: ¿Agoniza la respuesta electoral al conflicto?

El oficialismo arrasó en las recientes elecciones parlamentarias y regionales venezolanas. El experto de @crisisgroup.org @philgunson.bsky.social analiza el futuro de una oposición dividida.

Very pleased to see our article in the latest issue of Policy Studies, open access, by @ainoacabada.bsky.social & me. Challenges for academics as advocates for refugees, often in a hostile environment. The case of Australia. @psjeditor.bsky.social
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'Amid calls for arms embargo, who supplies Israel's weapons?'—SIPRI's Zain Hussain spoke to DeutscheWelle about arms supplies to Israel: www.dw.com/en/amid-call...

Venezuela consuma unas elecciones marcadas por la abstención, las acusaciones de farsa y la represión a opositores El chavismo se adjudica el 82,6% de los votos y casi todos los gobernadores con una participación del 42,6%. María Corina Machado elogió a la población por “no atender el llamado del régimen”

El chavismo se adjudica el 82,6% de los votos y casi todos los gobernadores con una participación del 42,6%. María Corina Machado elogió a la población por “no atender el llamado del régimen” elpais.com/america/2025-05...

Hungary's parliament passes bill on ICC withdrawal The government-proposed bill, supported by 134 lawmakers, would see Hungary exit the international body that it co-founded in 2002. The Hague-based court is tasked with prosecuting international crime...

⚡️ Hungary's parliament passes bill on ICC withdrawal.

The government-proposed bill, supported by 134 lawmakers, would see Hungary exit the international court that it co-founded in 2002.

The PKK’s Decision to Disband May Offer a Historic Chance at Peace | International Crisis Group More than forty years after it formed with the goal of creating an independent Kurdish state, the PKK has said it will stop its armed struggle against Türkiye. How Ankara responds will help determine ...

The PKK’s disbandment and Ankara’s response to it have the potential not only to close the book on one of the world’s longest-running conflicts, which has seen tens of thousands of deaths, but also to contribute to broader regional peace and security.

www.crisisgroup.org/europe-centr...

The USSR occupied eastern Europe, calling it ‘liberation’ – Russia is repeating the crime in Ukraine | Sergei Lebedev In the post-Soviet states, statues can be removed and street names changed. But achieving sovereignty of memory is far harder, says exiled Russian novelist Sergei Lebedev

“no amount of bloodshed by the Soviets to defeat the Nazis can excuse the Soviets’ own role as occupiers.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Erdoğan tells protesters against Islamification in northern Cyprus they will fail Turkish president at odds with thousands of Turkish Cypriots who object to his attempts to undermine their secular way of life Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has warned protesters in breakaway northern Cyprus not “to sow seeds of hatred” amid mounting discord over Ankara’s perceived attempts to Islamise one of the world’s most secular Muslim societies. In a whirlwind visit to the Turkish-occupied territory on Saturday the leader had tough words for Turkish Cypriots who have stepped up demonstrations against policies he openly endorses, not least a controversial law allowing headscarves to be worn in schools. Continue reading...

Erdoğan tells protesters against Islamification in northern Cyprus they will fail

Ugandan opposition accuses president of using military courts to quash dissent Politicians say Yoweri Museveni is prosecuting opponents on politically motivated charges before 2026 election Ugandan opposition politicians have accused the president, Yoweri Museveni, of attempting to quash dissent by prosecuting opponents on politically motivated charges in military courts in the run-up to presidential and legislative elections next year. The government is pushing to introduce a law to allow military tribunals to try civilians despite a supreme court ban on the practice. Continue reading...

Ugandan opposition accuses president of using military courts to quash dissent

[New Blog 🖋️] Based on 30 geo-located testimonies, a new report by RRX exposes “State trafficking” in Tunisia: police & military captured and sold Black migrants using EU-funded infrastructure, handing them to state and non-state detention and kidnapping networks: blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...

Refugee and Migrant Network Sutton (RMNS) are recruiting an immigration Advice Worker, part-time (17.5 hours) - Free Movement About us: Refugee and Migrant Network Sutton (RMNS) is a volunteer-led organisation committed to supporting refugees, asylum seekers and newly settled

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