Aleksandra Spalińska
@AleksandraSpal3
Non-state actors, world order, polity formation, neomedievalism. Poetry. Assist Prof, Polish Academy of Sciences; Research Associate, Sussex; Visit. Fellow, EUI
Delighted to say that at the upcoming RUTA Conference (@associationruta), I'll present my poetry project, "A Song of Sunrise and Blood: Cartographies of Terror, Endurance and Revival"! It covers my poems on Ukraine, mapping wartime terrors, grief, and resilience through verse.
'Global Challenges to Democracy' by Valerie J. Bunce, Thomas B. Pepinsky, Rachel Beatty Riedl and Kenneth M. Roberts. 📚 cup.org/45oPRFg 📚 The first comprehensive, cross-regional comparative study of democratic backsliding and resiliency around the world.
This book by Juan Linz focuses on threats to democracy that come from a disloyal opposition. Today many problems (democratic backsliding) originate in the government. Still the book is full of ideas for thinking about problems facing democracy & how to avert a crisis of democracy
How to break Russia's war economy. "The West’s ultimate goal must be to encourage the degradation of Russia’s military industry, reducing the overall threat from Russia by creating the conditions for further decline." @ChathamHouse chathamhouse.org/2025/07/russia…
Hugely useful timeline of the Thai-Cambodia border crisis. Makes pretty clear that the whole thing has been instigated by, and most often escalated by, Cambodia, notwithstanding tit-for-tat on the Thai side. Why is this crisis happening, and why now? 🧵 1/14
🧵A detailed timeline on escalations in the lead-up to yesterday's clashes between Thailand and Cambodia. Much of the escalation seems to stem from Cambodia, with their troops fortifying many sectors before the May 28 clashes and surging strategic assets immediately after. 🗺️ -…
Ukrainian mothers with their children are hiding in subways and bomb shelters from russian missiles and drones.
3/ Second, there’s a growing sense of betrayal. Before, when I would say I’m American, people would thank the United States for supporting Ukraine. Now, they just shrug. The gratitude has faded — replaced by quiet disappointment. They feel abandoned. Betrayed.
"Our society views women’s time as infinite like sand whereas we guard men’s time as if it’s finite like diamonds. Nowhere is this more obvious than the workplace.” -Eve Rodsky qz.com/women-workplac…
It’s out and available open access on line: bielefelduniversitypress.de/publikationen/…
📕 This looks really interesting: Kerry Goettlich, From Frontiers to Borders: How Colonial Technicians Created Modern Territoriality. @CambridgeUP coming out August 2025. cambridge.org/gb/universityp…
A Reuters investigation reveals Elon Musk deliberately sabotaged Ukraine’s 2022 counteroffensive by cutting off Starlink service at a critical moment.
Musk ordered shutdown of Starlink satellite service as Ukraine retook territory from Russia A previously unreported order by Elon Musk to cut satellite communications over a portion of Ukraine disrupted a counteroffensive by Kyiv in the autumn of 2022. Reuters investigated the…
Kerry Goettlich, From Frontiers to Borders: How Colonial Technicians Created Modern Territoriality - @CambridgeUP, August 2025 cambridge.org/gb/universityp…
sharing another syllabus, this time for my digital media studies course! excited to tackle topics like digital media infrastructures, histories, virality, surveillance, and creator culture with my students. as always, please feel free to share! docs.google.com/document/d/1bp…
🚨New First View Article🚨 "Whose age of anxiety? Provincialising ontological insecurity" by Alistair Markland is now available to read. And it's #OpenAccess! Check it out here 📄 ➡️ buff.ly/qStKjt2
Z tej perspektywy Warszawa wygląda nowocześniej niż większość miast w Europie.
Counting down to the publication of 2 fantastic new books this summer: Nautical Rutters & New Bodies of Knowledge in the Age of the First Globalization, 1400-1600 - out 6/8/25 Practices & Narratives of Early Modern Piracy - out 22/9/25 Pre-order them now! aup.nl/en/series/mari…
Very promising news on the next seven-year EU budget, with a proposed substantial increase for Horizon Europe including the ERC. We are analysing the other parts of this proposal in more detail. @Vonderleyen @EZaharievaEU research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/news/all-resea…
𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗮𝗽𝘀 This Atlas of World History is a useful source to learn about world history. Download: ia800103.us.archive.org/1/items/atlas-…
To what extent can drones be the primary determinants of victory in warfare? "The drone revolution: Towards a synthesis in the drone debate" by James Wesley Hutto & @DrJamesRogers gets at the heart of drone discourse. Read here: cambridge.org/core/journals/…
🚨 New BISA at 50 article out now! 🚨 🌟'BISA at 50: Reflections and perspectives - Personal takes on #BISA2025 🌟 w/ Helena Farrand Carrapico - BISA Secretary & Prof in IR and Criminology @NorthumbriaUni & @JulietDryden - BISA CEO 📚 Read now 👉 bisa.ac.uk/articles/bisa-…