Matthew D. Stephen

@kanol.bsky.social und @maxschaub.bsky.social heben die Bedeutung der kulturellen Wurzeln des Antisemitismus, insbesondere des christlichen Antijudaismus, hervor und zeigen aktuelle Reaktivierungen:
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The Bolsonaro playbook:

Create mistrust in the election process, wait for supporters to riot/attempt coup/do other batshit stuff after eventually losing the election

Harvard professor Steven Levitsky, who studies democracy backsliding, on Don Lemon's arrest:

“This is a new dimension. In democracies, journalists don't get arrested. In authoritarian regimes, journalists get arrested."

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Crazy idea, can't imagine this ever happening in reality

Good news moment.

The new @deutschebahn.com ICE trains now run between Amsterdam and Berlin 🇳🇱 🇩🇪 🚊

And the departure was on time 🤞🏽

#trainlife

As the sovereign of at least four countries who shed blood in Afghanistan and Iraq I don't think King Charles should visit the United States for their 250th anniversary.

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Donald Trump's new logo for the Board of Peace, which focuses on a globe view entirely of the United States and doesn't contain or correctly show Greenland, Iceland, or Europe at all.

Donald Trump's AI-generated "Board of Peace" logo is so bad it doesn't even have Greenland on it, the territory he almost took the US to war this week to seize. No, really, look closely:

“I never thought the anarchic multipolar world would eat MY face” sobs Russian president who voted for the Multipolar World Eating People’s Faces Party

The Strong Will Suffer What They Must Vaclav's Grocer and American Hubris

“The strong do what they can" is what Athens said right before destroying itself. New piece on the Carney Doctrine, Vaclav’s grocer, and American hubris.
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Rutte's job is to keep NATO's dying body on life support until others are ready to use its vital organs

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Mafia goon: Nice house you got here...it'd be a shame if something happened to it

Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it

Netanyahu to join Trump ‘board of peace’ despite previous objections Israeli prime minister accepts position on US-proposed body with initial remit to oversee Gaza ceasefire

Trump's "Board of Peace" seems to be an attempt to globalise his domestic model of graft and swingeing corruption.

I predict it will go nowhere and become an embarrassment to all involved.

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Deutsche Israelpolitik: Die Truppen der Staatsräson Hierzulande hat sich ein autoritärer Anti-Antisemitismus etabliert. Nur bekämpfen seine Anhänger nicht Antisemitismus, sondern das Völkerrecht.

Anekdote vom DAVO Kongress 2025 in Erlangen:
“Per E-Mail forderte der AS-Beauftragte uns auf, den Begriff ‚Genozid‘ nicht zu verwenden & Vortragstitel anzupassen. Durch den wenig subtilen Hinweis, er habe den Oberstaatsanwalt informiert, drohte er implizit mit juristischen Folgen.”

Amazing moment on French TV. A French judge explains how Trump sent people from the US Embassy basically trying to intimidate her during Le Pen's trial for embezzlement - something they've done to other judges around the world.

While #US-#Europe conflict over #Greenland accelerates, this weekend also brought some good news for #multilateralism & #EU!

1️⃣ #EU #Mercosur #trade agreement signed
2️⃣ #UN #HighSeasTreaty in force #BBNJ

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How do Chinese thinkers view EU today? From Matthias Hackler

Jin Canrong: "Europe is like late Qing Dynasty, with decayed mentality, crying & whining. It’s useless; facing a rogue, stand up, pick up an iron rod and fight him; if you cry, the rogue becomes even more interested"

an elderly woman behind bars with the words mostly dead is slightly alive ALT: an elderly woman behind bars with the words mostly dead is slightly alive

Is the Democratic Peace Theory now all dead or mostly dead?

Planlos wie in der Pandemie. Seit 11/2024 hätte es in der BuReg eine hochrangige Taskforce zu Trump-Autokratie/Zerstörung der US-Demokratie geben müssen. Bis heute gibt es keine systematische & umfassende strategische Beschäftigung mit dem innenpolitischen Wandel beim wichtigsten Sicherheitspartner.

Index Australians travelling to the USA and Canada - showing while travel to the US is falling it is rising to Canada

Australians are deciding USA is not a place to visit… oddly they still are going to Canada. Almost like there is something specific about the US..
#ThePoint

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Madrid 2018: Führt Tempo 30 ein
Helsinki 2018: Führt Tempo 30 ein
Oslo 2019: Führt Tempo 30 ein
Brüssel 2021: Führt Tempo 30 ein
Paris 2021: Führt Tempo 30 ein
Amsterdam 2023: Führt Tempo 30 ein
Rom 2026: Führt im Stadtzentrum Tempo 30 ein.
Währenddessen in München und Berlin🤦‍♂️

Very much worth reading by @wlacher.bsky.social & @yguichaoua.bsky.social -- especially for those who have been involved in the peace/statebuilding & "stabilization" industry over the past decades.

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Our volume “The Digitalisation of Memory Practices in China: Contesting the Curating State” with fantastic chapters about the intersection of digital technologies & memory politics in China is freely accessible. It introduces new ways to study heritage and memory struggles in authoritarian states.

French troops deploying to Greenland because the United States might try to take it over.

Today in 2026 sentences.

The Age of Academic Slop is Upon Us what happens when AI automates "normal science"?

I just finished a three-year term as an editor at an international relations journal. I began at the start of the LLM era but ended right in the middle of it. Our volume of submissions tripled and our desk reject rate rose to 75%. I have some thoughts.
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Erklärung zum militärischen Eingreifen der USA in Venezuela | DGIR

Stellungnahme der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Internationales Recht zur aktuellen US-Politik gegenüber Venzuela:

"Der bewaffnete Angriff der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika auf die Bolivarische Republik Venezuela und die gewaltsame Entführung des amtierenden Staatspräsidenten Maduro, ...

Beyond multilateralism: China’s international order building through transnational policy forums As China has risen, it has engaged in the creation and expansion of new international institutions and initiatives. Alongside founding multilateral institutions, China has also constructed a range ...

Whoops forgot to mention that I wrote an article about China using transnational policy forums to reshape international order well here you go

It also has human rights and contested multilateralism and other little treats

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What a world huh Lemon it’s still struggling to be born

Ich begrüße das auf keinen Fall, aber deutet die scheinbare Attraktivität von KI für Gutachter*innen nicht auf ein hausgemachtes Problem: überbordenden Antragsformate der DFG? 60, 120 Seiten, Erstanträge Vollanträge, jahrelange Arbeit, immer mehr mehr mehr

KI also nicht als Lösung sondern Symptom