Entrepreneur | Lecturer | Former Ambassador | Reaganite | Writing on diplomacy, history & power.
Muhamet Brajshori
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Liberal democracy isn’t over, it’s being tested. What can be crushed is illiberalism masquerading as democracy. The real fight isn’t democracy vs. decline, but democracy vs. distortion. #Hungary
In my latest book review, I discuss @gezimvisoka.bsky.social & @rameshg.bsky.social “Sub-State Recognition: The Politics of Recognition from Below”, a powerful challenge to the state-centric orthodoxy of recognition and a major contribution to sovereignty studies. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/RRISX...
Spoke at the “Bridges of Memory: Reconciliation and Transitional Justice in Post-Conflict Societies” conference in Prishtina.
A valuable discussion on the role of media, memory, and reconciliation alongside Anna Di Lellio, Dan Perry, and Davide Lerner, moderated by Tim Judah of the @economist.com.
My latest article has been published in Contemporary Arab Affairs, “Symbolic Membership and Aspirational Sovereignty: Palestine and the Politics of International Organization Participation” It explores how contested states use IO’s to advance claims to statehood & legitimacy. doi.org/10.1163/1755...
Appeared this week before the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs to discuss the security situation in the Western Balkans. It was a pleasure to join Ambassador Kryeziu & @gezimvisoka.bsky.social in an important discussion on regional stability. 🇨🇦🇽🇰
Memory is never neutral.
My review of Hofmeister’s Remembering Suffering and Resistance examines how the Serbian Orthodox Church shapes narratives of suffering, resistance, and national identity.
Published in @sudosteuropa.bsky.social Mitteilungen (2025).
I’m delighted to share that my latest article has been published in the Australian Journal of International Affairs:
“Beyond Recognition: The Adaptive Association Model and Postcolonial Sovereignty from the Cook Islands and Niue to New Caledonia.”
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🚨New online! "Beyond recognition: the adaptive association model and postcolonial sovereignty from the Cook Islands and Niue to New Caledonia", by Muhamet Brajshori. ⬇️
#AcademicPublishing #AcademicSky #InternationalRelations
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Published in Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies (Ahead of Print, 2025)
Read @lianafix.bsky.social on how Germany’s rearmament could foster competition and erode stability across Europe:
Muhamet Brajshori
"By debunking myths and addressing grievances, democratic leaders will not eliminate authoritarian nostalgia altogether...[but they can] make it harder for former dictators and their children to ride authoritarian nostalgia to high office."
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