Chair of IR, Univ. of Glasgow, currently at Germ.Gen. Staff College. Writing as independent scholar, views only my own.
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🤔 To what degree are citizens responsible for their government's actions, including the decision to go to war?
Professor @BeatriceHeuser will give the Saki & Michael Dockrill Lecture on 'The Civilian Conundrum in War'
🗓️ 24 January, 18:00 to 20:00 👇
eventbrite.co.uk/e/491620388…
🎙Have you listened to the latest episode of #GlobalSecurityBriefing? In the second instalment of the two-part seasonal special, our host @Eurasia21cntry and members of the @ISS_RUSI research group discuss key developments in the Middle East, Latin America and Africa. Listen now!
#ElseUry: my "Aryan" mother was brought up on the "Nesthäkchen" novels, about a cozened youngest child in the family (which she was too). Illustrates the deep integration of people of Jewish origin in German society. Don't ever underestimate the transfomative power of #ideology.
A German Jewish woman, Else Ury.
She was a writer from Berlin known primarily for her children's books from the 'Nesthäkche'n series.
She was murdered in a gas chamber at #Auschwitz II-Birkenau on 13 January 1943.
She was 65.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Else_U…
“Brexit has reduced Britain’s GDP by 5.5%, cut investment by 11% and slashed goods & services trade by 7% — Britons are also paying an extra £6 billion to eat because of Brexit”, points out @SadiqKhancityam.com/sadiq-khan-brexit…
Ahead of the next #FrancoBritish summit, why not find out how the French think about #Strategy ? See how André Beaufre set out how #Strategy should be made - in defiance of bureaucratic politics and inter-service rivalry
rusi.org/podcasts/talking-st…
🤔 To what degree are citizens responsible for their government's actions, including the decision to go to war?
Professor @BeatriceHeuser will give the 2022 Saki & Michael Dockrill Lecture on 'The Civilian Conundrum in War'
🗓️24 January, 18:00 to 20:00
eventbrite.co.uk/e/491620388…
❗️Инструкция «Как вести себя при обстреле», которая распространяется среди жителей Воронежа через платежки ЖКХ — это часть «обычной плановой работы», заявили в пресс-службе администрации города
Russian activist and founder of the group Left Resistance Darya Polyudova has been sentenced to nine years in prison for posting that Putin and other traitors should be executed.
Создательницу «Левого сопротивления» Дарью Полюдову приговорили к 9 годам колонии, сообщает SOTA. Ее коллега по «Левому сопротивлению» Кирилл Котов получил 3 года условно
vot-tak.tv/novosti/23-12-202…
Yeah, tell me about it - even having my own books sent to me, I pay £ 10-20 customs every time as the value can be googled (involves going to the port authority customs office at the other end of Hamburg).
"Malgré le fait qu’ils soient les alliés traditionnels de la Russie, les pays d’Asie centrale ont eu tendance à développer une politique étrangère multivectorielle"
Retrouvez l'analyse d’Hélène Thibault (@helthib) de l'Université @NUedukz sur #LeRubiconlerubicon.org/publication/li…
Concern/worry/anxiety among Russians for the Ukraine war is holding pretty steady, after a spike in Sept. and Oct. (presumably after Putin's mobilization order). 46 pct are very worried; 38 pct likely worried; 9 pct likely not worried; 5 pct totally not worried. @levada_ru
England has done Christmas almost forever. In #Scotland, however, it’s a different story.
The Scottish Presbyterian Church embraced the Reformation’s ban on Christmas so much that it discouraged festivities. It wasn't until 1958 that it became a national holiday in Scotland. 🎄
#Breaking - #India has successfully test fired an intercontinental nuclear capable ballistic missile #Agni5 with a notified range of 5,400 kilometers, here's a basic range map
Job Posting! 🚨 I am looking for a graduate student research assistant to help me with #wargaming research and design. This position is hourly / ~10 hours a week. Georgetown students only.
Link: docs.google.com/document/d/1…