Professor of Global Security @iddbirmingham. Author of East Africa after Liberation (2020) and (with @WilenNina) African Peacekeeping (2022).
Zoom, probably
Joined February 2020
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Check out this blog on my new (ish) book on East Africa’s post-liberation governments and regional politics!@AfricaDemocracy
#BookClub: What has changed in East African politic over the last fifty years? Jonathan Fisher's brilliant new book East Africa After Liberation answers this question and many more ... Get the short read here #Uganda #eritrea #Ethiopian #Rwanda @fisheridd democracyinafrica.org/bookcl…
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If they can handcuff a U.S. Senator for asking a question, imagine what they will do to you.
And so it - the most predictable thing that was ever going to happen - begins
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Call for papers: @fisheridd and I are convening a workshop on "Civilian Protests Against International Peacekeepers" for the inaugural @MYBISA - @isanet conference.
Pls submit your abstract if interested.
Deadline: 30 May 2025
More details here 👇
isanet.org/Conferences/BISA-…
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NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!!
Platforms are People Too: #Social #Media #Firms & #International #Relations
By @fisheridd & Idayat Hassan
doi.org/10.1017/S15375927250…
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Thoughts and prayers with Putin and his supporters, who are having something of Assad day.
Why has my “for you” become so utterly vile in the last few weeks? Anyone else seeing stuff that wouldn’t be “for them” in a million years?
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May I propose this a rule of discourse: the making of solemn parallels between minor, annoying measures, health or otherwise, by well-meaning democratic governments AND the liquidation of the entire Jewish people in Europe by the Nazis aka the Holocaust displays crass insensitivity, bad taste, preposterous self-pity and mountainous, moronic ignorance.
In a time when real history is constantly being distorted and misused, it cheapens it and justifies others to do so.
Please stop doing it
I am very sad indeed to hear about Nic van de Walle’s passing. His work and writing has always inspired me a very great deal, and his contribution to knowledge has been exceptional. His book with Michael Bratton was one of the works that made me want to be an academic.
Surprise! The continent that brought the world fascism and Nazism is…voting for fascists and Nazis. #electionseuropeennes2024
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Full house in the UN today w/ Uni of Birmingham students who work on research projects focused on peace & reconciliation. Samid Šarenkapić and Olga Chuyeve shared their insights on 🇧🇦 and 🇺🇦 lessons learned on #CRSV. #EndSVC #EndSVCstigma #peacebuilding
ALT 4 girls taking notes from the meeting
ALT A man talking to the students and a woman can be seen on video call on the tv above
ALT two girls at the meeting, one is speaking while the other listens.
ALT Students listening to the meeting while a presentation is shown on the tv behind them.
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New guidelines for publishing review essays and book reviews for African Affairs @AfrAfJournal .
If you have any question, send email to [email protected]
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Uncover the political dynamics of the world’s most complex development challenges – from rising inequality and the exclusion of some groups from vital goods and services to the climate crisis – in this pathbreaking new textbook. Order your copy now: ow.ly/5sJS50R0Z8A
ALT "The Politics of Development" book cover to the left with "Just published" to the right in dark purple. Purple background.
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It helps to know history. It gives you a sense of dignity and confidence amidst the propaganda of war and genocide. Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski demonstrates this here at the UN.
Minister @MSZ_RP @sikorskiradek podczas wczorajszego wystąpienia w #ONZ o prezentacji rosyjskiego ambasadora: Kijów nie jest klientem Zachodu. Kijów walczy o niezależność, a Ukraina ma demokratycznie wybrany rząd i nie jest zbrodniczym reżimem. To Rosja próbowała eksterminować Ukrainę i to nie pierwszy raz. Historia pokazuje, że często to Rosja była agresorem, a nie ofiarą.
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After Putin’s talk. I found Mongolian historic map. Don’t worry. We are a peaceful and free nation🌏
Just really, really need to stay awake for a few more hours to, you know, mark the passage of time 🫡
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Really happy to see the article, co-written with the brilliant @AriJerrems, published with @EuroJournIR. The title is: "The #afterlives of state failure: echoes and aftermaths of colonialism". It is open access! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
