@wlacher
Political scientist with a longstanding interest in violent conflict, Libya and the Sahel. Author, Libya's Fragmentation; co-editor, Violence and Social Transformation in Libya. Views my own. https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/researcher/wolfram-lacher
This is a chilling crime. A shame on our country. The Iranian ship was unarmed. The US knew this. The sailors were murdered by our navy, and the survivors were left to die at sea.
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Wieso tolerieren wir eigentlich die Macht von Milliardären? Fragt Adam Tooze @adamtooze.bsky.social
Am 12. Mai äußert Goiny „auch im Namen der Fraktion“ die „dringende Bitte“: „Bei Euch im Haus liegen noch von Joe bewilligte Projektanträge gegen Antisemitismus. Die sind alle geprüft, mit der Israelischen Botschaft verabredet und über unser Fraktionsticket finanziert.“
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Wer auf Demos "From the River to the sea" ruft, wird polizeilich verfolgt. Wenn radikale Christen den Spruch verwenden und damit das Existenzrecht Palästinas verneinen, werden sie von Berlins Polizeipräsidentin Slowik Meisel beehrt taz.de/Polizeipraes...
US military investigators believe it is likely US forces were responsible for the Minab school attack.
"If a US role were to be confirmed, the strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of US conflicts in the Middle East." www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Israel has just issued a demand that all of Beirut’s southern suburbs, an area roughly the size of central Berlin or lower Manhattan, run for their lives. Tens of thousands are forced to flee- again. Real fears that they will level much of southern Beirut- an area where more than 500,000 live.
“The drones that hover over the skies of Lebanon…collect large swathes of data — Wi-Fi, IP addresses, phone signals — which are then organized by AI…in what some scholars and activists say amounts to a “digital occupation.” Fascinating by @justinsalhani.bsky.social
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The piece @wlacher.bsky.social and I wrote for @dissentmag.bsky.social is now available in Arabic | The Demise of Conflict Studies
A lot of people say AI isn't very good for the world and its outputs are routinely unreliable, but these haters fail to see how it's revolutionizing how we incinerate schoolchildren.
ترجمة عربية لمقالتنا عن أفول دراسات الصراع
قطاع كامل متخصص في دراسات الوساطة، وحفظ السلام، ونزع السلاح، والعدالة الانتقالية، قد أصبح إلى حدّ كبير منتهي الصلاحية. ويتساءل الباحثان فولفرام لاخر وإيفان غيشاوا في مراجعة نقدية: هل كانت دراسات النزاع، منذ بدايتها ربما، علماً إمبريالياً؟
Quietly, calmly and forensically, BBC just dismantled the Trump communications shitshow on Iran.
No hyperbole, just laying out an unprecedented military, diplomatic and reputational shambles.
Worth a watch.
(🎥 BBC News/BBC Verify)
Wir leben in einer Zeit, in der das traditionell liberale Flaggschiff Deutschlands über den völkerrechtswidrigen Krieg eines antidemokratische Imperialisten, der sich einen Dreck um die Menschen im Iran schert, ein Pro und Contra macht.
The DFG (German Research Foundation) has a programme funding stays of up to three months at German academic institutions for researchers in early career phases and of all disciplines from MENA (www.dfg.de/en/news/news...) and Sub-Saharan Africa (www.dfg.de/en/news/news...).
A Russian LNG tanker has sunk in the Mediterranean between Libya and Malta after it was hit by explosions.
Russia accused Ukraine of targeting the Arctic Metagaz with "uncrewed sea drones" launched from the Libyan coast.
“Just another faceless three-digit number of Muslim children extinguished from existence and relegated to A11...” www.columnblog.com/p/corporate-...
Hat der Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien wirklich gerade die Empfehlung ausgesprochen, die nächsten Bücher
hier www.roter-buchladen.de
hier thegoldenshop.org
oder hier buchladen-weltkugel.de
zu bestellen? Respekt.
"Cancel your subscription. Using the free version? Delete the app, because your conversations still feed the machine. Then try an alternative, and tell at least one person why."
It is a sign that the administration has a rock solid and very legitimate justification for attacking Iran that the justification changes on a daily basis.
Manche scheinen Fragen an die Trump-Administration zu haben, was die Gründe und Ziele des US & israelischen Angriffs auf den Iran betrifft. Vielleicht sollten sie diese Fragen einfach stattdessen an die deutsche Regierung richten, denn die sagt ja, dass sie diese Gründe und Ziele kennt und teilt.
We are solidly back to the days of "WE are the civilized, makers and beneficiaries of the rules, and THEY are the uncivilized, entitled to no protections"
That mindset never really went away, some of just pretended it did. No denying it anymore
Russian-flagged sanctioned LNG tanker on fire off Libya, following suspected naval drone strike
Die Visual Investigations Unit der New York Times hat das Material zum US-israelischen Angriff auf die Schule in Minab mit 150 toten Schulkindern ebenfalls ausgewertet und dargestellt. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/w...
Fotos von der Grabstätte für die 150 getöteten Schulkinder im südiranischen Minab (insgesamt 165 Tote). Das Massenbegräbnis hat heute stattgefunden.
#OtD 3 Mar 2000 former dictator Pinochet returned to Chile a free man after being released by Labour home secretary Jack Straw instead of being extradited to Spain on torture charges. He got a hero's welcome, while protesters were beaten by police stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1021...
“This is an illegal 🇺🇸 & 🇮🇱 war,” Kuwaiti scholar Bader Al-Saif said on Al Jazeera just now.
“The Iranians are following a scorched earth strategy trying to bring everyone down w/ them. But this is not our war.”
Iran’s bombing of Gulf states, he stressed, is “illegal on all counts”
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EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war.
The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints.
One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…
Völlig irre Geschichte von Yossi & Daniel darüber, wie ein Mann, der wohl große Teile seiner Biografie erfunden hat, landesweite Empörung auslöste – durch ein fragwürdiges Narrativ, das von Kai Wegner und großen deutschen Medien bereitwillig aufgegriffen und verbreitet wurde
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We’re offering 3 funded #fellowships for a 3-month research stay (fall 2026) in Germany.
For #post-docs from African countries working on security, democracy, economic transformation, global order and science diplomacy.
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Spanien untersagt Militärflughäfen für US-israelische Angriffe auf Iran. Laut @flightradar24 verlassen 15 US-Jets Rota & Morón, mind. 7 landen in Ramstein. Außenminister Albares: keine Einsätze gegen UN-Charta. Die BuReg hat dagegen keinerlei Einwände gegen die Nutzung von Ramstein für die Angriffe.
The war on Iran likely brings a new oil price shock and windfall profits.
So, who stands to win?
Our research shows: Last time around (2022), the US reaped the largest fossil fuel profits of any country ($377bn). 50% went to the top 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A🧵
