Birgit Poopuu

Really proud to be here participating in and cheering on my amazing friends @birgitpoopuu.bsky.social @benjaminklasche.bsky.social as they launch the @securityhub.ee first conference at Tallinn University 🇪🇪

A black and white cat sits on a white blanket, staring in awe at a copy of the book Knowledge and Expertise in International Politics

A small brown dog looks approvingly at a copy of the book Knowledge and Expertise in International Politics

Co-edited by Berit and former @aberuni.bsky.social Interpol colleagues Katarzyna Kaczmarska, Xymena Kurowska, @birgitpoopuu.bsky.social and @andreawarnecke.bsky.social, the book explores the topic from different perspectives that centre actors, practice, contexts, structure and relations 2/3

Have a look at the workshop on Feminist Knowledge Production as Resistance in Times of Remilitarisation @birgitpoopuu.bsky.social and I are organising, and join us in Izmir, Turkey this July!
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Adding to my colleagues’ important remarks: we should not be friends with an apartheid state who has occupied Palestinian lands for over 70 years. Nor should we be a friend to a state that participates daily in settler colonialism: Israel daily goes against int law by creating new settlements.

Announcing “Between Peripheries”: CEEShub’s Inaugural Conference - CEEShub - Central and Eastern European Security Hub Submit your abstract to “Between Peripheries,” a conference on CEE–Global South security, postcolonial IR, and critical peace studies.

❗Our Call for Papers (Abstracts) is officially out! 1/2

👉Please follow the link below and click on the 'Call for Papers Open until 1 July 2025' hyperlink to fill out the information and upload your abstracts.

✨Call for Papers link: securityhub.ee/news/announc...

In solidarity ✊🏽

A soldier’s reflection: What if we focused on humanity, instead of national interests? - CEEShub - Central and Eastern European Security Hub This blog post is based on an exceptional student assignment for the course “Perspectives on Global Security” taught in the International Relations MA program at Tallinn University. Hans’ assignment w...

🙌We are so proud of our students!

✨Our MA student, Hans Kristjan, wrote a post "A soldier’s reflection: What if we focused on humanity, instead of national interests?" for #CEEShub, reflecting on the politics of security as a soldier in the #EstonianDefenceForces.

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As Israel continues with its genocide should be the title

Lucky students 💪🏾

Yes, Mohammed El-Kurd’s Perfect Victims ✊🏽

#isa2025 #ceeshub | CEEShub at Tallinn University ✨Our team has certainly been up to a lot since #ISA2025! Please take a moment to read what #CEEShub has done during March. 👉Our PI and co-director, Dr Birgit…

✨Our team has been very busy this March.

🙌 @birgitpoopuu.bsky.social, @benjaminklasche.bsky.social, and @tonicerkez.bsky.social have all been traveling, both virtually and physically, across Europe to deliver fantastic talks at #Striling and #Nicosia.

Info here: www.linkedin.com/posts/ceeshu...

Slowly, Ukrainian Women Are Beginning to Talk About Sexual Assault in the War Thousands of women may have been raped by Russian soldiers, experts say, but have kept quiet for fear of the stigma. But that is changing.

This is an incredibly significant article that vividly exposes the horrors of russian occupation. I deeply admire these women's immense courage in sharing their stories. May they find their way to healing. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/w...

Extraordinary scenes in Serbia’s capital Belgrade right now.

Around 500,000 people are on the streets in what may be the biggest protest in Serbian history. All demanding the resignation of President Vučić & his government.

What began as a student protest is now a full democratic uprising.
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I am very proud of Momodou Taal and other students on F-1 visas for suing Trump for his executive orders. A true show of bravery at a time when so many folks are cowering.

Columbia announced mass suspensions, expulsions, and degree revocations the same day it received a letter from the Trump administration telling them to do just that if they wanted to keep getting funding

Helyeh Doutaghi on X: "Suspended for Pro-Palestine Speech: My Statement on Yale Law School’s Embrace of AI-Generated Smears 1/3 https://t.co/9GomHHXTNO" / X Suspended for Pro-Palestine Speech: My Statement on Yale Law School’s Embrace of AI-Generated Smears 1/3 https://t.co/9GomHHXTNO

We at @BDSatISA stand in full solidarity with our brilliant colleague @Helyeh_Doutaghi in the face of punitive treatment at Yale on the basis of AI smears. Please read Helyeh's brilliant statement & take a stand in solidarity!

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Here's a beautiful edit of one of our actions at ISA! #EndScholasticide #EndGenocide #FreePalestine #DemocracyAtISA #MembersVote #BDSatISA #TheElephantInTheBallroom #PresidentsAddress

No conferencing as usual during genocide!
#EndScholasticide #FreePalestine #DemocracyAtISA #MembersVote #BDSatISA #TheElephantInTheBallroom #PresidentsAddress

No conferencing as usual during genocide!
#EndScholasticide #FreePalestine #DemocracyAtISA #MembersVote #BDSatISA #TheElephantInTheBallroom #PresidentsAddress

Open Letter to the International Studies Association on the targeting and harassment of our colleague Dr Catherine Charrett *** We invite scholars to sign this Open Letter *** Dear colleagues, We write as scholars working on gender, feminist and queer international relations, racism and (settler) colonialism, issues pertai...

International Studies people, please sign & share this open letter in support of our colleague:
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Censorship & Antidemocratic Governance at the ISA The International Studies Association (ISA) claims to be “an organization that is governed by and answerable to its membership.” However…

Censorship & Antidemocratic Governance at the ISA medium.com/@bdsatisa/ce...

Censorship & Antidemocratic Governance at the ISA The International Studies Association (ISA) claims to be “an organization that is governed by and answerable to its membership.” However…

Censorship & Antidemocratic Governance at the ISA medium.com/@bdsatisa/ce...

Censorship & Antidemocratic Governance at the ISA The International Studies Association (ISA) claims to be “an organization that is governed by and answerable to its membership.” However…

Censorship & Antidemocratic Governance at the ISA medium.com/@bdsatisa/ce...

Censorship & Antidemocratic Governance at the ISA The International Studies Association (ISA) claims to be “an organization that is governed by and answerable to its membership.” However…

Censorship & Antidemocratic Governance at the ISA medium.com/@bdsatisa/ce...

Last year, the Ambassador gave a speech at the opening of the "Unissued Diplomas" exhibition at the European Gallery of Tallinn University.

✨We are incredibly grateful to the Ambassador and the Ukrainian Embassy in Estonia for contributing their vital insights on this issue. 4/4