After the terrorist attack, many wonder how Russia’s migration policy is changing. My response: no structural changes. Various Russian agencies involved in migration are exploiting the situation as an opportunity to steal each other’s corrupt pockets. 🧵See examples below:

SCSS#7, 16 April 2024 “Russia End State: Unravelling of Empire?” 
The summary of the latest George C. Marshall Center online workshop is now up on my blog; participants were me, Dmitry Gorenburg, Pavel Baev, David Lewis, Dr Elizabeth Buchanan and Graeme Herd chairing
inmoscowsshadows.wordpress.com/2024/04/17/scs…

Foreign Affairs published today the results of a most fruitful collaboration between Samuel Charap and yours truly, an article on the failed peace talks between Russia and Ukraine (March-April 2022). foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/talks-….

Russia continues to torture priests and destroy Ukrainian churches – IRF released new report

Exclusive on Times Radio - the heartbreaking story of the NHS consultant who has lost virtually his entire family in #Gaza and now wants to bring his orphaned nephew to the UK. The Home Office has so far refused and hasn’t issued a single visa to children injured in Gaza.

Announcing the Oxford Handbook of Illiberalism!

Many of you may have already seen some chapters come out, but the full book is nearing completion and will be out soon.

See abstracts of all chapters and links to all the texts here: illiberalism.org/the-oxford-han…

UNESCO says that Uzbekistan's government has broken its promises not to push ahead with demolitions in the historic city of Bukhara. Written appeals to officials in Tashkent appear to have been ignored eurasianet.org/unesco-says-uz…

Satellite images reveal that Russia is building new railway tracks in occupied Ukraine to improve their military logistics 🛰️⤵️

As Western allies stall on arming Ukraine to target the Crimean Bridge, Russians seize the opportunity and construct an alternative connection route.

The Conservative Party’s Disinformation Machine – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2024/03/26/the…

I will be ISA 2024 and am happy to speak to anyone interested in submitting a proposal/manuscript to our Routledge Books series ‘Identity, Ideology and Worldviews in Global Politics’ - please get in touch!

Great to join Neil Melvin Neil Melvin of RUSI on #GlobalSecurityBriefing to discuss Putin's unpredictable future and whether something called 'Putinism' might outlive him.

In my report for CNA, I look at Russia’s approach to the global nuclear order since the 1990s and what’s change since the war in Ukraine. The report also looks at Russia’s positions on the IAEA/NPT, deployment of NSNW to Belarus, and the CTBT. cna.org/reports/2024/0…

1/ It's 5 years from the day when Nursultan Nazarbayev relinquished his presidency. Since then, #Kazakhstan navigated some troubled waters: a difficult presidential tandem + #covid pandemic + #QandyQantar + war in Ukraine. A thread + a few reading suggestions on life after #NAN .

Russlands Krieg in der Ukraine geht weit über militärische Aggression hinaus. In den besetzten Gebieten zwingen Bürokraten die Einheimischen effektiv zu Gehorsam. Wie die Behörden vorgehen und welches Ausmaße die 🇷🇺 Kontrolle hat ››› datum.at/unter-moskaus-…
Von David Lewis

Grim situation in the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine ahead of Russian presidential 'elections' - from Shaun Walker
theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…

Russia Imprisoned My Friend, Oleg Orlov, For Telling It Like It Is themoscowtimes.com/2024/03/04/rus…

Come and work with us and all the excellent researchers on the #GI_ACE programme at Centre for the Study of Corruption !

jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/0f27296c-0…

'We appear to be witnessing the emergence of a united front against Washington that extends from the Baltic Sea to the Persian Gulf,' writes Iran expert Nikita Smagin for Carnegie Politika.
carnegieendowment.org/politika/91825

My new chapter in Marlene Laruelle's excellent Handbook of Illiberalism addresses the demise of 'liberal peace' and its replacement by 'illiberal peace' - and war
'Illiberal Peace? Illiberalism in Peacebuilding, Mediation, and Conflict Resolution' academic.oup.com/edited-volume/…

📢 Call for Conference Papers! #CFP
The Illiberal International

Abstracts due March 1
Conference planned for October 23

See details here: tinyurl.com/ycx8rfnd

#CFP forConf #conference #illiberalism