What is the relationship military between the UK & Japan? Dr. Ra Mason has the answers in this recent talk, as part of the book launch of new book.... 📺 www.youtube.com/live/b8fVDHP...

Why is everyone crazy about immigration? Listen to East Angle 🌏 podcast 📻 hosts Ra Mason and Sherzod Muminov in conversation with our own Juvaria Jafri. And while you are it, follow them on their YouTube channel youtu.be/m3D8kyKAa1c?...

I'm hiring a part-time research associate (6 months, 0.35 FTE) for a new project on military exercises in the Indo-Pacific. @politicsuea.bsky.social Job details can be found below: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNU956/r...

Billions of people around the world headed to the polls in 2024. But a major report from our researchers reveals a decline in electoral quality in several prominent democracies, including the UK and the US. @politicsuea.bsky.social #Democracy #Politics #Voting #Elections #UKPolitics #USPolitics

A wonderful event co-organised with the European Institute for Asian Studies in Brussels, including a top-level panel discussion on the future of EU-Indo-Pacific cooperation 🌏🇪🇺 Our students also got the opportunity to work on policy briefs with interns from EIAS, and to discover Brussels of course 😊

If you are in Brussels on Monday 23, 4pm, do join this fascinating panel on Europe's security cooperation in the Indo Pacific amid shifting global dynamics 🌏 🔍 A delegation of @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social staff and students will be taking part. Details 👉 eias.org/event/securi...

Excellent conference organised by our post-graduate researchers (PhDs) last Friday 👩‍🎓 🤩 Thanks to Dr Sally Broughton Micova, Prof Sarah Barrow and everyone who helped in making it happen 🙏

As part of their Global Political Economy class, a group of @politicsuea.bsky.social students visited the city of London 🏙️ including the museum of the Bank of England 💷 a major investment bank 🏦 and the London Museum Docklands. Thanks to Dr Juvaria Jafri for organising such a fun instructive day! 🙏

Another edition of the world famous HUM Trophee of the Faculty of Arts & Humanities @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social where students and staff compete bi-yearly on the pitch in a friendly atmosphere. The @politicsuea.bsky.social did well but lost on penalties against an alliance of other schools ⚽🏆😎

🎙️Insights from the Digital Platforms Summit 2025 Sally Broughton Micova (CERRE Academic Co-Director & University of East Anglia) shares what she thinks is working in the #DSA — and what’s next. Explore our new research on protecting minors under the DSA 👉 rb.gy/ddy3nt #CERREDPS2025 #CERREInsights

“The conundrum of when classified information is not deemed top secret is at the heart of the recent ‘Signalgate’ controversy,” says Dr Kaeten Mistry @politicsuea.bsky.social in a piece for @theconversation.com 📱🔓 Read more: theconversation.com/signalgate-h...

The US system that classifies and protects secrets has emerged in a curious way since the 20th century.

In this piece originally published on @theconversation.com following 'Signalgate' and the leakage of classified military information by members of the Trump administration, Associate Prof in American History Kaeten Mistry unpacks the US secrecy regime🔏🕵️🇺🇸 www.ueapolitics.org/2025/04/08/s...

My humble piece on the latest developments in Turkey. It's impossible to capture everything in one piece but I tried to capture what's novel at this particular conjuncture. I tried to analyse Erdogan's actions beyond arrest of Imamoglu.

New blogpost on Eastminster ⚠️🚨⚠️ Our own PhD Researcher @arifekose.bsky.social analyses recent developments in Turkey 🇹🇷 including the imprisonment of Istanbul Mayor İmamoğlu and argues that Erdoğan aims at more than eliminating his strongest rival www.ueapolitics.org/2025/04/01/t...

He said it, hold him to it! 👇

Here's a major conference on "Electoral Reform: DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES AND GLOBAL PRACTICE" organised by my @politicsuea.bsky.social colleague @tobysjames.bsky.social It's online so easy to get to: Online workshop, 19-21st March 2025 www.electoralintegrityproject.com/electoral-re...

An exciting event organised by students, and for students with opportunities to meet and chat with local politicians from all sides of the political spectrum. Check it out!

Next event of the UEA politics society on climate politics in troubled times with our very own Dr Pierre Bocquillion (UEA) and Dr Alexander Etkind (CEU) on March 20th, 5:15pm in LT2 moderated by UEA SU Environment Officer. This event is part of the Climate Week @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social 2025

If you missed our own Ra Mason's booklaunch 📖 @agendapub.bsky.social on 'Okinawa: Great Power Competition and the Keystone of the Pacific' 🗾 at the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation 🇯🇵🇬🇧 watch it here for great insights on a key flashpoint in the Pacific: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbzv...

The UK government is committed to improving voter registration... In this new report funded by the JRRT, @paulbernal.bsky.social Bernal and I set out how this can be done with a move to automatic/direct registration.... www.jrrt.org.uk/wp-content/u...

New timely blogpost 📢 by UEA 2nd year student Harry Hodge who reflects on the implications of Trump 2.0 🇺🇸 for the EU 🇪🇺 arguing that this time it's different. Written before the recent spat between Trump and Zelinsky which only confirms the piece's conclusions... www.ueapolitics.org/2025/03/04/t...

We are delighted to welcome back on campus Adrian Ramsay, co-leader of the Green Party and Member of Parliament for Waveney Valley 🌱🗳️Adrian will talk about his journey from the benches of @politicsuea.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social to the benches of #Westminster Thu 13 March, 5.30pm, LT3

Current politics & IR students, do join the PPA module fair on Wed 5 March, 3.30pm in the LCR to meet your lecturer and ask any question yoiu may have about module choices for next year 😊

We are delighted to welcome back on campus Adrian Ramsay, co-leader of the Green Party and Member of Parliament for Waveney Valley 🌱🗳️Adrian will talk about his journey from the benches of @politicsuea.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social to the benches of #Westminster Thu 13 March, 5.30pm, LT3

In this new post on our blog Easminster, UEA student Alex Ashman asks: how likely is Moldova to join the European Union? 🇲🇩 🇪🇺 Following the controversial October 2024 referendum on EU membership in Moldova, it is a good time to reflect 🧐 Check it out! www.ueapolitics.org/2025/03/03/h...

Join us for a panel discussion with Retd Maj Gen Zahid Mahmood, Prof Lee Jarvis @leejarvis.bsky.social, Dr Suzanne Doyle on 'What the War on Terror leaves behind', 13:00-13:50, 5 March in-person on campus in Lecture Theatre 3 (LT3)

🌍 Exciting news! ClimateUEA has landed on Bluesky! 🚀 For over 50 years, UEA has led the way in climate research, bringing together experts to collaborate & drive discovery. Follow us to stay updated on groundbreaking research, events & the latest in climate science🌱 #ClimateAction #Sustainability

Why do initiatives aimed at supporting #PostGrad wellbeing often lack impact? This new blog from John Turnpenny looks political and operational challenges to support for #PGR wellbeing policyandpoliticsblog.com/2025/02/19/i... @politicsuea.bsky.social

Thinking about a future in Philosophy, Politics or Area Studies? UEA PPA alumni are returning to campus for a panel discussion @UEACareers about their journeys since graduating ✨sharing advice from one generation to the next! Book your place 👉 lnkd.in/e7ksMJe6

The Electoral Integrity Project works to improve the quality of elections through research 🗳️ It is advertising for two UEA based interns for students in PPA to support events in March @tobysjames.bsky.social More info: mycareercentral.uea.ac.uk/students/job...

Brilliant talk by our own Ra Mason. If you are around Warwick, don't miss it! 👇

Looking forward to hosting Ra Mason! Okinawa is vitally vitally important to security in the Indo-Pacific. To hear more about this, and the complicated domestic politics and history surrounding the Archipelago, join us, online or in-person, this Thursday. [email protected] for more information.

Weekend read alert 📢🗞️ New blogpost by UEA visiting student Vittoria Webb on the importance of strengthening the Erasmus+ programme post Brexit on our blog Eastminster. Check it out! www.ueapolitics.org/2025/02/08/t...

Next week join us on Wed 12 Feb, 1-2pm, in EFRY 01.02 for an exciting talk by Dr Caroline Kuzemko (University of Warwick) on 'Climate Politics: Can't live with it, can't mitigate without it' 🌍 @climateuea.bsky.social @tyndallcentre.bsky.social

Great start of our Spring Politics on Wednesday (POW!) seminar series earlier this afternoon with a talk by Jenna Marshall on 'Creole Fabians: Crafting a postcolonial world order' @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. More to come soon! 🤓

Book launch alert 📢On Thurs 6 March, 6–7pm our own Dr Ra Mason will be presenting his exciting new book @agendapub.bsky.social 📚 on 'Okinawa: Great Power Competition and the Keystone of the Pacific' at the Daiwa Foundation dajf.org.uk/event/okinaw...

Everything you always wanted to know about Brexit 5 years on, in a blockbuster report from @ukandeu.bsky.social, written by leading experts including our own Pierre Bocquillon & Andy Jordan (ENV) on energy & climate policy cooperation after Brexit 👇👇👇

The UEA Politics Society has a fantastic new term card of speakers and social events. Check it out! issuu.com/ueapolsoc/do...

Our 2022 book found that the Trump Administration 'largely acted as an accelerant for already existing causal processes in society, rather than providing a radical break with past politics' www.routledge.com/The-Trump-Ad... Trump 2.0 might not be the same... www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Want to learn more about the use of #data 📊📈 for politics & policy? Join our new cutting edge MSc in Data Science for public policy and politics recruiting for Sept 2025 @politicsuea.bsky.social Exciting new development! 🤩 www.uea.ac.uk/course/postg...

I write on @techpolicypress.bsky.social, PM suggests that AI will make public services “feel more human,” giving us the “precious gift of time.” But such claims are strikingly devoid of detail. How will AI achieve these sweeping outcomes? What are the trade-offs? www.techpolicy.press/the-uks-big-...

New podcast! @profafinlayson.bsky.social and I spend 3 hours discussing reactionary digital politics, the history of the online right and the politics of the platform economy. We also have a row about Bitcoin. It's all here, and in the feeds: culturepowerpolitics.org/2025/01/15/h....

Hi! This is the first post on Bluesky of the Politics & International Relations Department @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social 😀 Many more to come with news, brilliant research, exciting teaching developments etc