Oliver Kaplan
@OliverKaplan
Prof @JosefKorbel @UofDenver | Author of RESISTING WAR | Nonviolent action & Colombianista | Research + Policymaking Ethics | @KorbelAsylum | part-time skier
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Did you ever wonder if more and more people are writing about Colombia or if this is just a wrong impression? New publication on the last 25 years of scholarship on Colombia’s civil conflict Journal of Civil Wars
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International relations scholars/scholarship has been called a 'cult of the irrelevant,' too focused on arcana, not engaged with real world policy discussions.
Is that true?
Based on a survey of ~1,000 IR scholars just published in Perspectives on Politics, we answer no.
A short 🧵
💡 Este jueves, mariano aguirre dará algunas claves para descifrar la nueva política internacional.
🗣️ Regístrate aquí para hacer parte de la discusión → forms.gle/jRyGgeaj8ZJyW8…
Emocionado poder compartir “Resistir la Guerra” con Madrid! FCE España Fondo de Cultura Económica - Colombia
My dear friend Rebecca Galemba is launching her phenomenal book tonight, Laboring for Justice, with a panel of former students, advocates, & workers who have been involved in direct action against wage theft over the 10 year book project — a brilliant model of scholar-activism.
How can we put a human rights lens on Venezuela negotiations? In our recent panel at University of Denver's Josef Korbel School school, Carolina Jimenez Sandoval argued that while an agreement must be acceptable for both parts, there can be no blank check for impunity.
Aquí puedes ver la conversación que sostuvimos con Carolina Jimenez Sandoval, Michael Penfold y Luis Vicente Leon en Josef Korbel School sobre el estado de las negociaciones entre el gobierno de Maduro y la Plataforma Unitaria.
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Join us tomorrow Weds 1/25 (12pm MT) Latin America Center-- in-person or online-- to hear our Francisco Rodríguez dialogue with experts Carolina Jimenez Sandoval Michael Penfold Luis Vicente Leon on the prospects for renewed negotiations with Venezuela
Zoom registration:
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Late last year, the Maduro government and an opposition coalition announced the
restart of negotiations. Do these talks hold a realistic prospect for a solution to the country's political conflict? Join Carolina Jimenez Sandoval, Michael Penfold, Luis Leon, MSc and me next Wed 1/25 at 12 pm MST.
Excited to share my first article! It analyzes the local council in the Syrian city of #Daraya , a rare case of Rebel Governance Network where civilians ruled rebels. Available #OpenAccess at Small Wars & Insurgencies.
Taylor & Francis Research Insights Humanistinen tiedekunta, Helsingin yliopisto University of Helsinki
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