Everyone should read Luca Trenta’s new book on CIA and assassination.

It’s richly researched, fully evidenced, balanced AND also a cracking read full of fascinating new material.

A deeply touching story of love in war and occupation

Anna and Volodymyr are an elderly married couple. Anna is blind, Volodymyr can hardly walk

They travelled 1000s of miles from occupied Ukraine through Russia to cross back to free Ukraine 1/

Am very pleased that the special issue of International Affairs that Signe Cold-Ravnkilde Jethro Norman and I have edited is nearly ready for publication.

The special issue is on connectivity, smartphone use and crisis.

Gonna be a fantastic issue

Doing well, friends! Thank you for all of your support. It truly means a lot. Georgia stands strong 🇬🇪⚔️

Insane things happening in #Georgia #Tbilisi .

Nothing on the front pages of the Guardian, BBC, FT, The Times or the Daily Telegraph.

No wonder people are slowly turning to social media for news.

Well worth your time.

First official Chinese confirmation of mediation attempts between Hamas terrorists and Fatah in Beijing over the weekend, which were done at China's invitation.

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Absolutely this. Wars that end with a ‘grand bargain’ between‘big powers’ negotiating over the heads of ‘smaller powers’ often don’t truly end because partisans and other indigenous fighters are not ready to lay down their arms.

Memory Landscapes between Eastern Europe and the Global South(s), 7 June 12:30 CET, register here events.teams.microsoft.com/event/bafe8bc3… with Erica Resende, Dovile Budryte, Lauri Mälksoo

An excellent initiative that needs our support 👏💪👇🇺🇦

Must read from Rohan Mukherjee

“While countries in the Global South have typically engaged in order-consistent contestation, it is the Liberal International Order’s leading states that have engaged in order-challenging contestation”

'Academia has pretended it has no role to play in our national security' - ludicrous tweet! Gov foreign policy advisor & author of integrated review + SONAC headed by academics, KCL hosts London Defence Conference, MA National Security Studies at KCL trains gov practitioners etc.

Thank you, Arthur, for the chance to talk and to discuss not only Kharkiv but also what happens if the U.K. invades the Costa del Sol & why you sleep with one eye open when you live next to Portugal

It's remarkable that Rwanda's proxy wars on DRC haven't been more central to debate in the UK around the Sunak government's Rwanda plan for asylum seekers

In my first piece for Chatham House and The Independent, I write about the impact the US aid package to Ukraine will have - and the cost of its delay. I also argue
that a new, secure long-term funding model is required to help Ukraine win the war
chathamhouse.org/2024/04/us-aid…

Kharkiv, a well protected child makes an order at KFC.

Webinar: How to bolster Ukraine’s wartime resilience
Вебінар: Як зміцнити стійкість України під час війни

🗓️30/04 | 14:00 London | 16:00 Kyiv

Kateryna Zarembo 🇺🇦, Yuliya Yurchuk, Orysia Lutsevych

Partner | Партнер заходу: New Europe Center

Registration | Реєстрація
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At long last, the International Criminal Court's Office of the Prosecutor has published its long awaited policy on complementarity (and cooperation - this additional word in the title speaks volumes, it did not have to be there) 👇

icc-cpi.int/news/policy-co…

Who Is Behind the Expansion of UN Peacekeeping Mandates? Kseniya Oksamytna multilateralism.sipa.columbia.edu/news/who-behin…