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Write and research on Russia. Work at Aarhus University, but opinions my own, not those of employer.
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well, this is awkward. A few of my US colleagues were upset yesterday after I posted that it was inadvisable to travel to US for conferences.

submitted 8 minutes ago • 1 comment

No more Slavic conference for me in the US then. To make it worthwhile because employers/inviter will not cover full travel costs, I subsidise my legitimate research travel to US in particular with 'honoraria' = speakers fees. As in the classic song: 'gudbai, Amerika, O!'

submitted 17 hours ago • 0 comments

What is extra fun is when you google you get diametrically opposed advice. However, ESTA allows 'business trips'. Small print literally answers q: "Can I recieve compensation from a US entity?" with "Maybe."

submitted 19 hours ago • 0 comments

Putin and Erdoğan sitting on the second row and right now in the exam Erdoğan is asking for Putin's crib notes. Meanwhile at the back Trump throws spitballs to get Putin's attention. The invigilator is snoring oblivious at the front.

submitted 20 hours ago • 0 comments

Over-egged but as OP says later, we will never see 1995 again.

submitted 22 hours ago • 0 comments

The answer of course,is no. Law of rhetorical headlines, etc.

submitted 22 hours ago • 0 comments

Putin: you want us to stop hitting energy infrastructure? Trump: Yes Putin: Schools and hospitals are still ok though right? Just energy? Trump: Yes Putin: OK Trump: Peace in our time.

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

Very excited to dig into @jeremymorris.bsky.social latest!

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

where will Russia attack?

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Interesting findings from this 👇 new Bank of Finland paper: Western sanctions "have had no serious influence on Russia's ability to produce military goods in quantity" -- though "they may have had an impact on the types and modernity of what has been produced." publications.bof.fi/bitstream/ha...

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“it is unclear whether there may be implications also for domestic travel within the United States as the federal policy landscape continues to evolve" www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

I missed the launch of this. Really looking forward to reading it!

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Why would anyone willingly go to the USA now? I've experienced enhanced security at the border because the official didn't understand what an academic conference was. Lord know how easily a trip could turn out badly now.

submitted 3 days ago • 10 comments

"by taking constellations of micropolitical life seriously, we can anticipate changes at the macro level that otherwise defy explanation to those observers satisfied only with the actions of elites or the self-anointed." t.co/5UR83bAOjh

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" it looks very much like people will be left gravely disappointed and resentful whatever the outcome of the negotiations. Furthermore, it is revealing to hear from Muscovites the old chestnut that Russians are a stoic nation while people in the capital have lived a life wrapped in cotton wool..."

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Musk seems depressed, lonely, friendless, hated by several children, frequently drugged up and angry. Oh, and found out to be a complete intellectual fraud. What a ghastly bloke. But no more so than many academic managers we have all worked for.

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

'the art of the deal'

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

When dealing with cognitive dissonance, people reveal their true feelings about the difficult, gradually worsening economic circumstances in Russia during the fourth year of war. My piece for Moscow Times today. www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/03/10/w...

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

In the name of efficiency, Elon Musk fired the guy who's job it is to turn Twitter off and on again at the plug.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

More book-related stuff - trying to summarise here in very very general terms what the book is about: "What should ordinary people do with their feelings of despair and helplessness in the face of naked power grabs by cynical figures? This is the question many civic-minded Russians face."

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Thanks to Mark for the generous endorsement of my book here - towards the end of this podcast.

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment