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Global Studies prof at UC Santa Barbara, views own. Proud Mainer. Conflict, violence, statebuilding, protest, democracy & authoritarianism.
Websitehttps://kaithaler.com/
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The Mastodon political science community is scattered across multiple servers. That is fine!

However, one way to keep connected is by the use of *a group*

So, please, all political scientists, follow this group get all political science posts: @politicalscience

And tag the group to share with us all, if you want to spread messages across the entire political science community.

BUT it only works if people follow the group. So, please boost to spread the word! 🙏

#PoliSci #PoliticalScience

Now, as newly-free leaders like Suyen Barahona have highlighted, the task for the Nicaraguan opposition, mostly in exile, is to consolidate unity, something that has long been a struggle https://www.expedientepublico.org/suyen-barahona-exiled-from-the-country-is-committed-to-ending-this-cycle-of-dictatorships-in-nicaragua/
Suyén Barahona, is committed to “ending this cycle of dictatorships” in Nicaragua

Political opponent, Suyén Barahona affirmed that she felt a wave of emotions during her first day of freedom.

Expediente PĂşblico
A couple weeks on, my thoughts at Lawfare Blog on why the Nicaraguan government decided to release political prisoners, the Biden admin’s interests, & what happens now, with Ortega & Murillo unlikely to loosen repression or allow democratic freedoms anytime soon https://www.lawfareblog.com/nicaraguas-political-repression-will-continue-despite-prisoner-release
Nicaragua’s Political Repression Will Continue Despite Prisoner Release

One thing about the releases is clear: Ortega and Murillo do not provide charity.

Lawfare
Not a surprise for anyone paying attention, but now explicitly stated by the UN Group of Experts that Ortega & Murillo are responsible for continuing crimes against humanity in Nicaragua https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/03/nicaragua-crimes-against-humanity-being-committed-against-civilians
Nicaragua: Crimes against humanity being committed against civilians for political reasons, investigation says

GENEVA (2 March 2023) – Widespread human rights violations that amount to crimes against humanity are being committed against civilians by Nicaragua’s Government for political reasons, the Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua said in a new report that calls for the international community to impose sanctions on institutions or individuals involved.

OHCHR

Few things tell the story of the war in Ukraine like pictures do.

One year in, here's what NPR's photographer on the ground in Ukraine has seen:

https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2023/02/24/1158166110/photographing-a-year-of-war-and-resilience-in-ukraine

#Ukraine #UkraineWar

We are hiring for a postdoc position! Hannah's got the details over here: https://twitter.com/hlw_phd/status/1627782353325006848
Hannah L. Walker on Twitter

“📢📢ATTN: Recruiting a post-doc! 📢📢 Do you have strong computational skills? Experience with large, admin data? Interest politics, voting and CJ? Work w/ me, @ArielRWhite @jenniferdoleac @AlliPatter & @l_eckhouse @ the Expanding Engagement Lab: https://t.co/YRynYAdHgS”

Twitter
Nice photo essay in The Guardian from Timothy Akolamazima on tennis in Uganda https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/feb/15/uganda-tennis-scene-elite-grassroots-photo-essay
Net gain: Uganda’s small but lively tennis scene – a photo essay

The sport has long had colonial associations, and even after independence was reserved for the elite. Now enthusiasts like photojournalist Timothy Akolamazima hope to ignite a grassroots passion for the sport

The Guardian

“The government has guaranteed it will cover all successful Horizon Europe grants applied for by the end of March, but after watching the political wranglings for more than two years, many academics are now leaving the UK, saying they no longer believe their vital European research partnerships will be protected.”

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/feb/04/brexit-causes-collapse-in-european-research-funding-for-oxbridge-universities

Brexit causes collapse in European research funding for Oxbridge

Oxford and Cambridge universities, once given more than ÂŁ130m a year in total by European research programmes, are now getting ÂŁ1m annually between them

The Guardian
Last couple days of elections for the
@ISSS_ISA Int’l Security Studies Section
Governing Council. Please be sure to vote if you’re a member, & if you have questions about my candidacy, let me know! https://www.isanet.org/ISA/Sections/ISSS/Election
ISSS Officer Election

UCSB’s Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies is hiring for an executive director #GlobalStudies #InternationalAffairs https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02417
Executive Director of Orfalea Center (Academic Coordinator II)

University of California Santa Barbara is hiring. Apply now!