In 2016, we asked Ian Jack to write about Trident for The Guardian Long Read, and he produced this masterpiece —which makes very clear, over 10000 words, that the purpose of “our nuclear deterrent” has little to do with keeping us safe.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/f…

The First Minister of Scotland unequivocally supports nuclear disarmament 👇

Proud moment as fellow alumni Palestinian Dr. Abu-Sittah becomes Rector University of Glasgow & addresses students “Our revenge will be the laughter of our children” dedicates his victory to over 40,000 dead in Gaza, members of his family & colleagues murdered by the state of Israel 🇵🇸❤️

1/3 Academic/expert colleagues: I've just started writing my new book on the contestation of the 'nuclear taboo,' and I want to make sure to cite your latest work there. If you have any new relevant articles/preprints/chapters—or will have them in the next 6 months or so—I'd ...

🧵I've written about what it is like to be the only UK daily paper consistently speaking up for Palestine, and the frustration of seeing journalists stick their heads in the sands/deliberately mislead about Gaza for months.

thenational.scot/news/24234721.…

⁦Rhys Crilley⁩ spotted in the wild in the ⁦ISA⁩ #ISA2024 exhibit hall! Congratulations again 🥳

Two years on Jasmine K Gani and I reflect on the publication of our International Affairs 'Race & Imperialism in IR' w/ a symposium that prompts us to consider this current moment through terms of GLOBAL demands for justice & equality duckofminerva.com/2024/04/introd…

“If the UK government were to decide not to allow those to go, then the Israeli war on the Palestinians would grind to a halt.”

Anna Stavrianakis International Relations Professor at Sussex says the UK supplies 15% of components for every Israeli F35 fighter jet.

#Newsnight

I'm only a few pages into Annie Jacobsen's new book, and wow, it is essential reading for anyone interested in nukes...

This is a horrific story about the role of AI in Israel's assault on Gaza.

But it's also a story about the callousness of Israeli officials who relied upon AI & decided it was ok to bomb Palestinian family homes thereby killing so many civilians.

I'm not at #ISA24 but my book is!

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'fight one nuclear war while deterring another' - wait, I thought that nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought

They communicated their route to the IDF, and in return they got a guided munition literally straight through the logo identifying them as humanitarian aid. I don’t think there’s any way of spinning this other than a deliberate targeting of people preventing starvation.

For Tribune, I’ve written about the election of Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah at Glasgow University & why his landslide victory is so important.

tribunemag.co.uk/2024/04/the-pa…

🚀 It's Release Day! 🚀 Norma Rossi School of International Relations and I ISGA The Hague UniLeiden FGGA have co-edited a new Sage Politics textbook on Security Studies. Thank you to all our authors and practitioners for making this possible! 🙏🙏🙏

🚨Deadline today 🚨

One-page EoIs for this competition to match academics with editorial cartoonists to turn academic research into cartoons

British MPs demand a suspension of arms sales to Israel, citing two previous instances where the UK has suspended licences, in 2009 and 2014. A thread on UK govt institutional mendacity /1

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