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Since May, 60,000 people have been displaced by so-called 'ethnic violence' in #Manipur. I took this photo last year on the border near Moreh. Armed groups smuggle weapons at this spot. They also grow poppies, hiding behind demands for a separate state. blogs.prio.org/2023/08/manipu…

If you are interested in the logic of @realDonaldTrump’s discourse on purchasing Greenland and acquiring Panama Canal, check out the article I wrote with @AshildKolas ‘From towers to walls: Trump’s border wall as entrepreneurial performance. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Sumedha Raikar Mhatre has written a feature for Mid-Day on our edited volume "Women's Empowerment in India" (co-edited with @SharanAnjoo) "Protest to policy: How women drive change" mid-day.com/news/opinion/a…

"Ukrainas venner, som nå bruker store summer både på våpenstøtte og for å holde landet i gang økonomisk, bør tenke mer på hvordan det å leve med krig endrer det ukrainske samfunnet." nupi.no/nyheter/de-ung…

Read @AshildKolas' blog post on her research: perspectivesblog.sagepub.com/blog/research/… Read the full #openaccess article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… @PRIOresearch @SageJournals @Alternatives_J

MUST READ: @AshildKolas examines the 'othering' of Muslims in Northeast Indian states Assam & Tripura, arguing that contemporary 'worlds of difference' within the region's identity politics can capitalize on & reproduce, but also resist colonial epistemic & institutional frames.

Photography Exhibition organised by Memories of the Himalayas in Patan Museum, Lalitpur: An Anthropologist's Early Glimpses of Nepal - Kathmandu Valley & Dolpo, 1960 - 1975, by Corneille JEST. memo-himalaya.fr/en/exhibition-…

BREAKING: Great Fear Among Norwegians of World War, PRIO survey shows. 41% believe it's likely a new world war will break out in next 10 years. 55% anticipate a new armed conflict in Europe. Read more: prio.org/news/3547

It was an unprecedented and historic moment that unfolded in #Bangladesh on 5 August 2024 when Prime Minister Sheik Hasina hastily fled the country in a military helicopter. What are the challenges ahead? blogs.prio.org/2024/08/victor…

🚨 New JIED Article! 🚨 "Norway’s Aid to Ukraine: Building Peace or Fueling Crime?" by @AshildKolas explores the complexities of Norway's NOK 75 billion aid package to Ukraine. Can it strengthen democracy without enabling crime? 🤔 Read here: doi.org/10.31389/jied.…

My new policy commentary on Norway's Aid to Ukraine is out in Journal of Illicit Economies and Development. The Norwegian government promises that its aid to Ukraine will be spent in line with Ukraine’s needs, but who decides what Ukraine needs? @LSEPress jied.lse.ac.uk/articles/10.31…

DIGeMERGE is hosting FORUM on DIGITAL EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION IN THE NORDIC COUNTRIES. Make sure to attend it on August 15. linkedin.com/events/forumon…

@Ashildkolas from @Jid_journal adds in the #DSA2024 session on Publishing Strategies: 1️⃣ Make your abstract, key words & title compelling! 2️⃣ Don't repeat what everyone else is saying. 3️⃣ But also speak to the relevant development studies debates. #PhDchat #phdlife

@MoonofA @Glenn_Diesen nytimes.com/1974/06/09/arc…

@Glenn_Diesen @Glenn_Diesen There is no 50-year petro dollar deal and there never was (any formal) one. It is fake news.

Tectonic shift in the financial world as Saudi Arabia will not renew its 50-year petro-dollar deal with the US - The petro-dollar system became the foundation for preserving the US dollar as the world's reserve currency after Nixon abandoned the gold standard - The US can "tax" the entire world by printing new money for itself and thus devalue the dollars the rest of the world holds. This is a great concern when the US is 35 trillion dollars in debt. - The US can weaponize the dollar through sanctions. This is becoming a greater problem as the US seeks to reassert its dominance, which involves using the dollar to weaken rivals and obtain geoeconomic obedience from allies. Washington's decision to seize the reserves of the Russian central bank may have been the final straw that eliminated trust in the weaponized US dollar. tbsnews.net/world/global-e…

The regions most affected by conflict last year: Africa (28 conflicts) Asia (17) Middle East (10) Europe (3) The Americas (1) Read more in our latest report: prio.org/news/3532

Who or what is driving the violence in #Jiribam?

@manipur_truth @AmitShah @PMOIndia @RahulGandhi @Jairam_Ramesh @ndtvfeed @EastMojo @BDUTT @ukhrultimes @htTweets Are these the "minority Christians" that Fiona Bruce MP, Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief, @DavidCampanale and the @BBC are trying to portray as victims?

Kukis attack on India & indigenous Meiteis has a pattern. First they burn down civilians' houses. Then their militants attack security forces. Moreh & Churachandpur had witnessed this. The same happened at #Jiribam. Here armed Kuki militants r on way to attack 2 police outposts!

My speech: "NATO's War on Ukraine" in Stockholm 28 May. - The full presentation by Ola Tunander (in Swedish) & myself (in English) can be found here: youtube.com/watch?v=3lbkGo… - My segment can be found here: youtube.com/watch?v=0zgq5H…

On the final day of the #ISCRAM conference in Münster, Germany, participants were invited to the 69,000-square-meter training center of the IdF-Institut der Feuerwehr Nordrhein-Westfalen, where fire fighters practice their rescue skills. #DIGeMERGE

What a day it was! GDSC WOW brought together over 200 GDSCs from Pune for an action-packed event filled with insightful workshops, captivating tech webinars, and exciting projects. A huge shoutout to everyone who participated and made this event a phenomenal success! #MITWPU