David X. Noack

Mein erster Job in der #Akademia: Ab diesem August bin ich dann wohl allerhšöchstwahrscheinlich Visiting Assistant Professor of European Studies (DAAD Professor) an der Vanderbilt University in Nashville (Tennessee). #PostDocLife #Academia

Interesting words from the fmr Turkmen president: - Situation in ME causes serious concern - Supports prohibition of WMD - Concerned about military strikes on the territory of neighbouring Caspian state (Iran) - Military operations in the Caspian region “absolutely unacceptable”

Mahmoud Qamati, Deputy Head of Hezbollah's Political Council, reiterated his threats yesterday to topple the Lebanese government and instigate a civil war. He insists Hezbollah is victorious and will be victorious and thus the Lebanese government has 2 choices: 1. "The government apologizes... to the resistance and voids all the negative decisions against it regarding its weapons and anything else, and reaches an understanding regarding the "defense strategy" that would defend Lebanon... then it'll be a partner in the victory." A "defense strategy" is the code name Hezbollah has used to describe making it weapons legal and supported by the government. 2. "If this government continues with its negative approach and confrontation to the resistance [Hezbollah]... it would be taking the country to internal schism and chaos." He said that once the war is over "what I call for, or what I expect, not what I call for so that we're precise [corrected his public incitement]. What I expect is a popular tsunami that will sweep away this government and its political sins and the political approach it has been following." Qamati recently threatened to execute the ministers of the Lebanese government once the war is over, like de Gaulle did to the ministers of Vichy's government x.com/LizHurra/statu… Senior Hezbollah official, Wafiq Safa, also threatened to overthrow the Lebanese government, as it did in 2008 youtube.com/shorts/K4sc_tm…

Vor einer Woche war der Außenminister von #Somalia in der De-facto-Republik #Abchasien. Ich schätze, nach der Anerkennung von #Somaliland durch #Israel versucht die Regierung in Mogadischu, potenziellen Partnern Hargeisas Ouvertüren zu machen.. mfaapsny.org/en/allnews/new… #Diplomatie

“Iran sees American demands as reaching far beyond what it achieved in war. Tehran is gambling that it can withstand further bombardment more than Washington is willing to sustain economic chaos, experts say.” nytimes.com/2026/04/12/wor…

CFP: Join us for the workshop “The Afghan/Iranian Diaspora in Eastern Europe: What We Know and What We Don’t Know” 📍Freiburg on July 11, 2026 📅 Submission deadline: April 26, 2026 to loy@orient.cas.cz 🔗 More info: shorturl.at/9zKKe #CFP #iran #afghani #Diaspora #workshop

Ukraine and Russia swapped 175 prisoners of war each today as a 32-hour ceasefire began on the occasion of Orthodox Easter. politico.eu/article/ukrain…

The #Iranian and #American expert teams, which entered the negotiations a few hours ago, are currently exchanging written documents on the issues. Another round of talks will likely be held tonight or tomorrow. #IranUSTalks

Iranian channels & Tasnim say Iran-US talks have moved beyond generalities and, on some issues, entered technical discussions. - Experts from both sides are now working on details. - A one day extension of the talks is possible, but not confirmed yet. Overall, it looks like a shift from political signaling to actual bargaining. #Iran #Iranwar

A Pakistani source tells Reuters the three-way talks were face-to-face between Witkoff, Wance, Kushner, Iran's Qalibaf, Araqchi, and Pakistan's army chief.

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A view of Sofia as seen by Austrian traveller Felix Kanitz who visited the Ottoman empire in the early 1870es.

How many Russians don't speak Russian. Author: Seva Bashirov

(Islamabad) -- The Iran discussions that @VP Vance is here for in Islamabad have begun, sources told @CBSNews.

#OnThisDay 1919 wurde die Internationale Arbeitsorganisation (IAO) / International Labour Organization (@ilo) gegründet. Ein Portal zu ihrer Geschichte gibt es hier: ilo.org/100/en/

Rumen Radev claims pro-EU forces aim to discredit the vote, as in Romania's annulled November 2024 after allegations of Russian influence. dlvr.it/TRx5q1 #Bulgaria #Election2024 #RumenRadev #ProEU #ElectionIntegrity

A very large delegation from Iran for the talks in Islamabad--no doubt meant to signal seriousness. Apart from Qalibaf and Araghchi, there's Ahmadian (former SNSC secretary), Bagheri Kani (deputy SNSC secretary and one-time foreign minister) and Hemmati (central bank governor and former economics minister). The full spectrum of economic, diplomatic, and security officials. My guess is they're coming for more meetings than just the sitdown with Vance, Witkoff and Kushner.

Countries at war with Bulgaria in September 1944.

Das ist mal ein politischer Coup: Ex-Präsident Rumen Radew hat eine Parteienkoalition zusammengeschustert, die nun mit mehr als 10 % Vorsprung vor der CSU-Partnerpartei GERB in den Umfragen gehandelt wird. Mal schauen, ob #Bulgarien dann bald mal eine stabile Regierung hat!

Russia designates Stanford University as an “undesirable organization,” making it a criminal offense for Russian citizens to engage with it

Okay, but what if the Ottoman Empire somehow survived World War One?