The reality of Putin's war on civilisation, in Odesa.

While Greece, Spain, hold on to Patriot systems, joggers in Ukraine are cut down by cluster munitions.

Protect those who want freedom! 🙏

'We were forced to sing the Russian anthem. We were told that Ukraine will soon cease to exist.' - Vladyslav, 16. He was forcefully taken out of the temporarily occupied part of Kherson region.

Over 19,000 Ukrainian minors were kidnapped by Russia.

IMF I want to note that these are our (@juhreka13 , Emily Oehlsen, Verónica C Pérez ) calculations, which you asked us for on the condition that you’d cite us.

When the horror starts for all of us, regular immigrants, second generation citizens, people with strange-sounding names, communities that celebrate different holidays, we will ask ourselves at what point it could have still been stopped. At THIS point.

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Little Nadia protects her cat named Kasper during air raid alerts.

No kid should live through such things. We need weapons to protect their childhoods.

Mark Carney,former BoE governor says Brexiteers destroyed the future for Britain;listen to his wise words;why can’t politicians admit when their decisions are wrong & damaging—leave your egos at home! Think country first,egos last!

Analysis of our data was undertaken for new research summarised in this LSE EUROPP blog article.

Tim Vlandas (@DSPI_Oxford 🇬🇧) and Prof. Daphne Halikiopoulou (@uniyorkpolitics 🇬🇧) considered support for far-right political parties in the context of terrorist attacks.

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Slow puncture in the City after Brexit - those who predicted as much were rubbished ft.com/content/515654… via @ft

We are super excited to host Herbert Kitschelt here in Frankfurt Goethe-Universität InFER Frankfurt tomorrow! He'll talk about the Exceptional Strength of American Populism in Context.
Also check out the rest of this stellar line up: Vicente Valentim, Sharon Baute, Lea Elsässer!

Onshore wind joins video games, the financial sector and higher education on the list of things that a) England is good at and b) England’s politicians hate twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/s…

Your periodic reminder that England, a windswept nation with more potential for onshore wind power than almost anywhere else in the world (other than Scotland), banned new onshore wind farms in 2017.

Dani Sandu Linus Westheuser Fascinating! This still aligns closely with Kitschelt (1992):
'Starting from a nonmarket system of allocation, market liberalizers should also opt for a cosmopolitan-internationalist and libertarian opening of society.'
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🚨We are happy to announce the 'Best Paper' published in Political Science Research and Methods for 2023-24.

➡️The winner is 'Does a Universal Basic Income Affect Voter Turnout? Evidence from Alaska', by Hannah Loeffler hannah loeffler cambridge.org/core/journals/… #OpenAccess

I'm very exited to be presenting parts of my book project -- Middle-Class Democracy -- this afternoon at CSDC CECD Thanks for the invitation Olivier Jacques and Vincent Arel-Bundock Looking forward to the discussion!

Another day, another deadly Russian air attack on Ukrainian cities because of a lack of air defenses. Russian strikes in Dnipropetrovsk region killed at least 6 people, including 2 kids, regional head Serhiy Lysak said. These photos from DSNS.GOV.UA show the chunk of a building…

Do jihadist terrorist attacks increase support for far-right parties?

Tim Vlandas and Prof. Daphne Halikiopoulou present new evidence to suggest terrorist attacks in Europe are unlikely to decisively change party preferences, despite affecting political attitudes.
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Department of Politics and International Relations Politics Research at York

New research from Prof. Daphne Halikiopoulou & Tim Vlandas finds no statistically significant link between terrorist attacks and support for the far right in Europe - full paper Perspectives on Politics blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/202…

Tim Vlandas Perspectives on Politics LSE EUROPP blog cambridge.org/core/journals/…

The rise of the #farright is not inevitable. In our new Perspectives on Politics article with Tim Vlandas we find no direct causal link between terrorist attacks and far-right party preferences- now in a blogpost for LSE EUROPP blog blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/202…