Jason Mosley

Resharing this paper from a year:

„The Bab-El-Mandeb to the Suez Canal is part and parcel of our national security. […] If Djibouti becomes the theatre of global war, given the presence of all these military bases including of China and America, then we are trapped.“

The United States Could Lose the Gulf Iran’s attacks on its neighbors are a reminder that the United States cannot protect them.

“Gulf states can no longer believe the United States can or will protect them from existential threats. And even as they are forced to openly cooperate with Israel in its war, they increasingly view it as a threat.” My new piece on the Gulf and the Iran war.

foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/05/i...

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Event flyer, including abstract & presenter bio.

Please join the Northeast Africa Forum on 10 March, 4pm UK time for the final seminar of the term.

Mark Lamont (Open) will discuss his research:
'The Great White Circumcisers of Kenya: A parable for polarised times'

*Hybrid event* Full details & webinar registration:
talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/2a9...

Remember: what Trump and his administration are doing is only possible because Congress and the Supreme Court have abdicated their proper constitutional functions of check and balance.

Iran war fallout for the Red Sea and the Horn of Africa: political analyst weighs up the risks Tehran’s presence in the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea is selective and opportunistic.

Iran war fallout for the Red Sea and the Horn of Africa: political analyst weighs up the risks

@fededonelli.bsky.social for @theconversation.com

theconversation.com/iran-war-fal...

Colonialism in Africa: archaeology offers a deeper view Archaeology offers a useful way to counter some biases.

Colonialism in Africa isn’t just a European story—new research uncovers its varied forms and deep roots within the continent itself. 📚

theconversation.com/colonialism-...

#ArtsCultureAndSociety

Illustration for the editorial - a microphone and pencil being put into a freshly dug grave.

Addis Fortune editorial: 'National Interest, Grand Narrative With a New Hobby of Sanctioning the Media'
Regulators sent a chill through the local newsrooms last week when they yanked the registration of Addis Standard
addisfortune.news/national-int...

Iran’s targeting of airport, ports and hotels in reaction to US strikes has forced Gulf nations onto front lines of a war they want no part in Qatar, the UAE and other Gulf nations have spent years cultivating an image of being an oasis of stability in the Mideast. The current war risks undoing all that work.

Helpful analysis from @kristianulrichsen.bsky.social for @theconversation.com

Iran’s targeting of airport, ports and hotels in reaction to US strikes has forced Gulf nations onto front lines of a war they want no part in
theconversation.com/irans-target...

UK to invoke ‘emergency brake’ to ban student visa applications from four countries Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan will be affected by the move

This is a shameful policy. Shabana Mahmood should reverse course or resign. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

RVI Field Courses offer intensive residential study of the Horn of Africa, the Great Lakes, Sudan and South Sudan.

Learn from leading regional and international experts and gain grounded insight into the region’s history, politics and culture.

Learn more: courses.riftvalley.net

Sudan accuses Ethiopia for the first time of involvement in its civil war Sudan has accused Ethiopia of allowing drones to be launched from its territory into Sudan to carry out attacks in February and March, the first time it has directly ​accused its powerful neighbour of...

Worrying.

Sudan accuses Ethiopia for the first time of involvement in its civil war
www.reuters.com/business/med...

@adamsandor.bsky.social gave me permission to post this here. This type of conversation is becoming ubiquitous in our field. We can't let this go on

This is trash. I respect our Oxfordshire Lib Dems as they are delivering progressive transport policy which favours walking, cycling and buses (see congestion charge).

But this national LD nonsense? No. Public Transport costs have risen far faster than driving, we need to rebalance.

Please join us for today's seminar. Details below 👇

Event flyer with abstract & speaker bios.

Cover of the book.

Please join the Northeast Africa Forum on 3 March for a book launch & discussion of:

Immunity on Trial: Ethiopian Courts, Chinese Corporations, and Contestations over Sovereignty

with author Miriam Driessen & discussant Hallelujah Lulie

*Hybrid event* Full details talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/3f3...

What does it mean to “do social science”? Is publishing papers the end goal of research or is it the process of inquiry, engaging with existing materials, proposing novel ways forward? Is “publish or perish” the purpose of higher education and social sciences or is it engaging with the world?

SEMINAR REPORT | RETHINKING ETHIOPIA II: YOUTH & POLITICS

Young essayists, scholars & practitioners debated their place in politics at the 2025 IPSS & RVI Peace Research Facility seminar, where five finalists presented their essays & engaged the audience.

Read more: tinyurl.com/Rethinking-E...

NEW REPORT | POLITICAL ECONOMY OF CASH AND MARKETS IN SUDAN

A new study by Omer Egemi and Calum McLean examines how war reshapes markets, cash assistance and livelihoods in #Sudan, and what this means for humanitarian action.

Read more: tinyurl.com/Political-Ec...

🆕 @edle100.bsky.social, @peteralalbrecht.bsky.social & Karuti Kanyinga examine Somali diaspora humanitarianism in Nairobi's Eastleigh & Mogadishu. They argue 'altruistic' acts of giving reinforce hierarchies, reciprocal obligations & claims to legitimacy.

🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0002...
@giga-hamburg.de

As I was saying. You cannot make policy without the support of MPs and you can’t expect the support of MPs when your publicly declared strategy is “antagonise people like you and the people who voted for you”

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I think the logical and likely response is that bourgeois supporters (who make up most Labour MPs, members and voters) will sacrifice Mahmood over migration.

A Labour leadership with both says "you must listen to these voters who don't share your values and take them seriously" and "you must NOT listen to *these* votes who *do* share your values - their preferred party should be dismissed as extremist" is headed for electoral disaster, and deservedly so.

Last day for submissions!

Fall in UK net migration threatens to carve deep hole in public finances Issue is expected to come under the spotlight in chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement

The migration doom loop at work: does anyone in government seriously think that a strategy designed to keep out skilled workers and students makes either economic or political sense?

://www.ft.com/content/7408ad00-e4eb-41c7-8849-36061bc0eac1

READ THIS! Superb article from @3arabawy.substack.com on the Sudanese army's colonial origins. The army survives by reproducing the racialized fragmentations pioneered by the colonial state. One of the best accounts of the army I've ever read! + 3arabawy.substack.com/p/egypt-empire

Western Sudanese marginalization, coups in Khartoum and the structural legacies of colonial military divide and rule, 1924-present This paper discusses the long-term history underpinning the tension between the “national” army and provincial “militias” that led to the outbreak of conflict in Sudan in April 2023. Sudan’s Britis...

Perhaps also of interest by Willow Berridge in @jeasjournal.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1753...

In case you missed it, Vol. 19(4) now online and shipping to subscribers. Featuring a special collection on "The Origins and Afterlives of Detention in Kenya"
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjea20/1...

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Immunity on Trial by Miriam Driessen - Paper Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

The book is available as an open access download (epub/pdf) from University of California Press:
www.ucpress.edu/books/immuni...