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M. Kabir
M. Kabir
@mkabir.bsky.social
Ph.D in International Relations, faculty, research interests in alliances and the geopolitics of Asia-Pacific. Read non-fiction, history, and IR books. 💙 Rumi’s poetry, Stephen King📚& dystopian novels. 🚫 NO DMs PLEASE, I WON’T RESPOND 🛑
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In Serbia and Hungary, groundswells of youthful energy topple entrenched governments. 🔷 Organized mass movements are perhaps the best way to topple authoritarian regimes ! apnews.com/article/serb...
Russia committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in Ukraine by intentionally attacking energy infrastructure, leaving millions of people without electricity and heat in freezing temperatures, a U.N.-backed inquiry reported Monday. apnews.com/article/un-r...
Thank you 🙏 @georgewachsmuth.bsky.social for including me! I appreciate it! 💙🎉 go.bsky.app/DqZjodz
An intensifying arms race is gripping the Korean Peninsula, as both sides trade missile tests. . . North Korea is rapidly upgrading its conventional forces with the help of its military partnership with Russia, recently revitalized by the Ukraine war. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/w...
The European Union has awarded the International Criminal Court (ICC) its top human rights award, two weeks after US President Donald Trump vowed to dismantle the court through new sanctions. aje.news/o0ficc
Seven oil tankers caught fire or were damaged in the Strait of Hormuz overnight after being hit by Iran or striking naval mines, Tehran said Thursday, a markedly high number as tensions rise over concerns about a return to all-out war. apnews.com/article/iran...
Trump says Kim Jong-un has been “unthreatening and respectful,” but North Korea has not slowed its missile-testing spree. The Kim regime knows how to play this game well. . . 🤔 Learn more: bit.ly/4eIGq7v
Here is the story : Julio Herrera Velutini, a prominent Venezuelan, was seeking clemency. He got it not long after his daughter gave Ms. Habba, a lawyer close to President Trump, an extraordinarily lucrative job. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/u...
From France to Albania, social unrest is setting Europe's streets ablaze 🔷 I am afraid authoritarian ultra-right wingers and neofascists will take advantage of this chaos ! apnews.com/article/euro...
Ukrainian strikes set an oil export terminal and a depot ablaze in St. Petersburg on Sunday as Kyiv launched more than 1,000 drones at Russia in one of its largest aerial attacks of the war. 👍👍👍 apnews.com/article/russ...