Zora Hauser

7 years of research went into my book on how the mafia embedded itself in some of the world’s most stable democracies. Thrilled that @Narcomania read it — and turned it into this brilliant long read by @unherd 👇 unherd.com/2025/08/how-th…

In einer ausführlichen Studie haben @zorahauser, Niles Breuer und ich den ISPK in der Türkei untersucht. Wir erklären, wie Istanbul zu einem so wichtigen Drehkreuz für die Gruppe werden konnte. Aber auch, weshalb so viele Anschläge dort gescheitert sind.5/ tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

This is real, the President has just posted this

Impersonation as a military tactic is as old as war itself. It persists because humans are deeply dependent on identities for cooperation, Diego Gambetta and @Hegghammer explain. bit.ly/3OUR5Pl

Roberto Mazzarella stand auf Platz vier der meistgesuchten Mafiosi Italiens. Jetzt konnte er verhaftet werden. In seinem Versteck hat es sich der 48-Jährige offenbar gut gehen lassen. #ref=rss" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">spiegel.de/panorama/itali…

NEW: Journalists got access to recordings of multiple phone calls in which Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó provided his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, with strategic information on critical EU issues and coordinated efforts to unsanction companies, banks, and oligarchs’ relatives. Read more: occrp.org/en/scoop/hotli…

A drone maker backed by President Donald Trump's two oldest sons is trying to sell to Gulf countries while they are under attack by Iran and dependent on the U.S. military led by their father. to.pbs.org/4taiYWh

Exklusiv @derspiegel & @reportmainz: Die EU will zur Verteidigungsallianz werden – und setzt dabei auf Artikel 42.7., die sogenannte Beistandsklausel aus dem EU-Vertrag. Sie soll noch im April trainiert werden. Das geht aus einem vertraulichen Protokoll hervor. (1/7)

In the new issue of Perspectives on Terrorism, I try to make sense of how terrorism in Europe has changed -- and what has changed it. 👇 @Perspectives_T pt.icct.nl/sites/default/…

How did Gramsci write all those books if he was in prison with no AI

📝 NEW POLICY BRIEF | A Farewell to Arms? Challenges and Preconditions for Hezbollah’s Demilitarisation Read @inna_veleva's brief on why sustainable demilitarisation must be a social contract rather than a technical fix. 🔗bit.ly/4bCI9dH @XCEPT_Research

It's not just oil and gas that are disrupted: 22% of the world’s traded urea, 24% of its aluminium, a third of its helium and 45% of its sulphur comes from the Gulf. - refineries in Asia are slashing production, and those in the Gulf can't export anything: if Hormuz stays blocked, some regions will be critically short of jet fuel and petrol within weeks - manufacturing is under strain: Asian plastics makers are declaring force majeure; aluminium prices are at their highest level in four years - roughly a third of the world's helium, a vital input for semiconductor manufacturing, comes from Qatar; the plant has shut down - fertilizer prices are up 35-40% just as the spring planting season begins in the northern hemisphere economist.com/finance-and-ec…

🚨🇨🇴 BREAKING: Petro says Ecuador bombings have left “27 charred bodies” in Colombia, urges U.S. intervention 🔸Here’s what to know: 1. Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said Tuesday that bombings in Colombia, near the Ecuador border, have left 27 people burned to death, adding the official explanation from Quito “is not credible.” 2. Petro said a bomb recovered near homes “was dropped from a plane,” and does not match weapons used by armed groups or Colombia’s military, which he said did not authorize any strike. 3. “I asked him to call the president of Ecuador because we don’t want to go to war,” Petro said, referring to a request for Donald Trump to intervene. 4. Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa rejected the accusation from his leftist counterpart, saying military operations—supported by “international cooperation”—are being carried out within Ecuador’s territory against organized crime and illegal mining groups, some of them linked to Colombia. (See post on reply for more details on the operation) 5. Colombian media have published images of a large aerial bomb found near the border, supporting Petro’s claim it was air-dropped. (See below) 6. Separate reporting by Revista RAYA has documented similar unexplained bombings in Nariño in recent weeks, leaving dozens dead with no group claiming responsibility. 7. The dispute unfolds amid a deepening trade war that began in late January 2026, when Ecuador imposed tariffs of up to 50% on Colombian goods. Colombia responded soon after with 30% tariffs and halted electricity exports.

This is the foreign policy equivalent of, you can't dump me i dumped you first.

Pope Leo asked me to meet him in a private audience at the Vatican today I presented him with documents and evidence detailing decades of abuse inside Opus Dei and urged him to launch a full independent investigation into the group A THREAD 🧵

Meine Kollegin @inna_veleva hat sich auf schiitische Milizen im Irak spezialisiert. Sie meint: „Auf Telegram wimmelt es von solchen Schattengruppen. Sie existieren oft nur für kurze Zeit. Ihr Zweck ist es, die Urheberschaft einer bestimmten Miliz zu verschleiern". 5/

Welches Gesicht hat der asymmetrische Krieg des Iran in Europa? Bisher erwarteten Beobachter meist iranische „Schläfer“, Hisbollah-Anhänger oder kriminelle Netzwerke. Doch die ersten zwei mutmaßlichen Anschläge zeichnen ein anderes Bild. 1/

On avg. across #OECD countries, women earn 10.3% less than men. A full-time working woman earns about 90 cents for every dollar earned by a man, based on median wages. A slight improvement from 2010, when the gap was 14%. 🔗 brnw.ch/21x0vi9 | #OECDgender #IWD2026

UK interior minister Mahmood cancelled all Sudanese student visas yesterday, because she thought that too many Sudanese students with UK visas have applied for asylum in 2025 (120 applications). Scholarship-winning Sudanese students are posting rejection letters online.

Estados Unidos advirtió a varios gobiernos de Latinoamérica que está listo para iniciar una ofensiva contra los carteles de droga si lo considera necesario. El anuncio lo hizo el secretario de Guerra estadounidense, Pete Hegseth, durante una conferencia realizada en Miami. 🇺🇸🌎⚠️ Según el funcionario, Washington prefiere actuar en conjunto con los países de la región, pero aseguró que su país está preparado para avanzar por su cuenta si las amenazas relacionadas con el narcotráfico continúan creciendo. Hegseth hizo estas declaraciones durante la conferencia “Américas contra los carteles”, realizada en la sede del Comando Sur en Florida. Allí también pidió a los gobiernos latinoamericanos reforzar las acciones contra grupos vinculados al narcotráfico.

EXCLUSIVE: 1/In 1996, US neocons wrote an Israeli blueprint for Netanyahu: reshape the Middle East by force - targeting 7 countries including Iran. It drove the post-9/11 forever wars. @BylineTimes reveals: same network is now influencing Trump. bylinetimes.com/2026/03/04/tru…