The latest from Zakharova - “we won’t be talking to terrorists” shows that Moscow sees terrorism as a political tool mid.ru/ru/foreign_p...

The latest from me and brilliant Dr Magcamit on securitisation - “ Probing the humanitarian securitisation approach to great-power wars: from Bush’s ‘war on terror’ to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine” OPEN ACCESS www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Probing the humanitarian securitisation approach to great-power wars: from Bush’s ‘war on terror’ to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine

How do great-power leaders instrumentalise humanitarianism in sustaining the institutional and public mandate demanded by their war agendas? We examine the ‘humanitarian securitisation’ approach ad...

My new book review is out - if you are interested in the relations between the state and terrorist organisations in the Soviet block this is a must read! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Terrorism in the cold war: state support in eastern europe and the soviet sphere of influence

Published in Critical Studies on Terrorism (Ahead of Print, 2024)

My latest for the Conversation on the changes to how Russia does conscription. Would it affect the Russian public? Yes! Get it here theconversation.com/ukraine-war-...

Ukraine war: Russia toughens up draft law to round-up more people for the frontlines

Swathes of young Russians fled their country to avoid being sent to war in Ukraine, this summer could see a new exodus.

How Central Asia is becoming less dependent on Russia - read my article for the Conversation theconversation.com/ukraine-war-...

Ukraine war: why central Asian countries want to move away from Russian control

Russia has been rounding up central Asian migrant workers and sending them home.

Marking with the ginger one

Love receiving printed copies. My piece for the British Academy’s HEPI report 169 “The lives of early career researchers” on the struggles as an independent ECR Open access here www.hepi.ac.uk/wp-content/u...

Mike and I talked to BBC Radio Ulster this morning about the attack in Moscow and if we can expect to learn the truth from the investigation (around 8.40 am) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Nauryz kutty bolsyn, Aberystwyth!

Aber does not disappoint