"Die Minibomben wurden unter unbekannten Umständen in unbekannten Umgebungen gezündet. Das ist die Definition von willkürlich" www.deutschlandfunk.de/explosionen-...

Pager-Explosionen im Libanon und das Völkerrecht

Im Libanon sind massenhaft Kommunikationsgeräte detoniert. Ziel war offenbar die Hisbollah - doch es gab auch zivile Opfer. Sind solche Angriffe erlaubt?

The United Arab Emirates is expanding a covert campaign to back a winner in Sudan’s civil war. Waving the banner of the Red Crescent, it is also smuggling weapons and deploying drones. How a U.S. Ally Uses Aid as a Cover in War www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/w...

Pretty proud of this great special issue on Islamist armed groups in protracted conflicts I helped edit and shepherd. I think we break some theoretical ground in the framing essay and the six articles are top-notch. Read all about it! abuaardvark.substack.com/p/islamists-...

Islamists in the MENA Warscape

Our new special issue on Iraq, Syria and MENA warscapes and a new book on Syria join the MENA Academy

Mit der „Politik der ausgestreckten Hand“ versuchte Präsident Bazoum (2021–2023) der verschlechterten Sicherheitslage in Niger zu begegnen. Unsere Lisa Tschörner beleuchtet, unter welchen Bedingungen Dialog mit dschihadistischen Gewaltakteuren gelingen kann.👇 www.megatrends-afrika.de/publikation/...

Dialog mit Dschihadisten in Niger: Potentiale und Grenzen eines gescheiterten Versuchs

Dschihadistische Gewalt hat in der Sahelregion im letzten Jahrzehnt stark zugenommen. Neben militärischen Antiterroroperationen suchte Nigers...

Germany has stopped approving war weapons exports to Israel, source says Kudos to @ecchr.bsky.socialwww.reuters.com/world/german...

Exclusive: Germany has stopped approving war weapons exports to Israel, source says

Germany has put a hold on new exports of weapons of war to Israel while it deals with legal challenges, according to a Reuters analysis of data and a source close to the Economy Ministry.

Islamists in the MENA Warscape - I edited and co-authored framing essay for this awesome new journal special issue. Check out all the details and links (our piece is open access): abuaardvark.substack.com/p/islamists-...

Islamists in the MENA Warscape

Our new special issue on Iraq, Syria and MENA warscapes and a new book on Syria join the MENA Academy

A plan to liquidate northern Gaza is gaining steam As Israeli ministers, generals, and academics bay for a decisive new phase in the war, this is what Operation Starvation and Extermination would look like. www.972mag.com/northern-gaz...

A plan to liquidate northern Gaza is gaining steam

As Israeli ministers, generals, and academics bay for a decisive new phase in the war, this is what Operation Starvation and Extermination would look like.

Nicht, dass man auf Bittners Ansichten ernsthaft eingehen müsste, sondern nur weil Du hier Buchempfehlungen machst: habe neulich das hier gelesen und kann es sehr empfehlen, über den zwangsverordneten Opiumanbau und mit Krieg erzwungenen Handel mit Opium, der für das Empire des 19. Jh. zentral war.

First significant decline in the Libyan dinar's black market rate today since the crisis over the central bank erupted. Unless solution is found soon, that decline is likely to accelerate and shortages of goods will appear, with potentially disastrous socioeconomic consequences.

Amid reports that Saddam Haftar and Ibrahim Dabeiba are negotiating a deal that would see Farhat Bengdara being appointed as governor of the Central Bank of Libya, Bengdara is meeting with White House and State officials in DC. Ominous.