📢 New blog by @halvardl.bsky.social & @bdecarvalho.bsky.social - Status and Resources in Polar Politics Possession remains the bedrock of polar politics. Denmark’s hold over Greenland is not justified by profits... but by the international weight it carries. 🔗https://bit.ly/3Ih0OzL

📢 Nouveau blog par @halvardl.bsky.social & @bdecarvalho.bsky.social - Statut et ressources dans la politique polaire La possession reste le fondement de la politique polaire. 🔗https://bit.ly/3Ih0OzL

On the road again with @halvardl.bsky.social for the next story of the #benvard status saga. Ottawa tomorrow. Looking forward to meeting @srdj.bsky.social and friends again.

Join us on Monday at 12pm for an event titled "Pole Possessions in International Relations: Status and Geopolitics in the Scrambles for Polar Pre-eminence" Featuring @nupinytt.bsky.social researchers @halvardl.bsky.social & @bdecarvalho.bsky.social, & chaired by @srdj.bsky.social > bit.ly/3VpAZQU

IR101 says anarchy leads to balance of power. What if it’s the other way around? My new ISQ article (OA!) rethinks two core IR concepts through conceptual history

Thrilled that my article on treason and political community is (finally) out with International Political Sociology! academic.oup.com/ips/article-...

As teased, now it exist for real! Buy early, buy often! Credits shared with @bdecarvalho.bsky.social

Welcome to @nupinytt.bsky.social, @swatisrivastava.bsky.social! Great Theory Seminar on an emerging tech world order!

Looking for some light summer reading? The below, co-written with @bdecarvalho.bsky.social is ready for pre-order. While the blurbs are outstanding, we will merely note that is is surely one of the most affordable introductions to International Relations out there! www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/adv...

A huge pleasure to welcome our great friend @srdj.bsky.social to @nupinytt.bsky.social again for a theory seminar on “The Anglosphere and the European Radical Right”! www.nupi.no/en/events/20...

Heads up IR friends: you have five days left to submit your abstract to NUPI'a inaugural theory conference! 250-500€ travel reimbursements, plus (most) food will be provided. www.nupi.no/en/events/20...

4/ 📄 Opera houses as status symbols @halvardl.bsky.social & @bdecarvalho.bsky.social examine opera houses as status symbols from the 16th century to today 🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Thrilled to announce that our special issue on status symbols in world politics is now out in the wild (and for a limited time free to read as well!) Read about our intro piece in @pauldavidbeaumont.bsky.social's thread below. Thread on each article in the SI coming very soon!

Join us for the Inaugural Business Meeting of the @isanet.bsky.social at 12:30 in Buckingham (Chicago Hilton)! #ISA2025 with @halvardl.bsky.social @isabelbramsen.bsky.social @bdecarvalho.bsky.social

Come meet our EIC @kristinhaugevik.bsky.social today SC13: 1:45 PM - 3:30 PM in Williford B, Chicago Hilton to discuss publishing in IR journals. With @risjnl.bsky.social @iojournal.bsky.social among others. #ISA2025

IR scholars working in/on the Nordic countries: Join us for the Inaugural Meeting of the Nordic Caucus (NOCA) of the @isanet.bsky.social at #ISA2025 (Sunday March 2, 12:30-13:30 in Buckingham, Chicago Hilton)!

The Call for Abstracts for the first ever NUPI (@nupinytt.bsky.social) Theory Conference in Oslo 22-24 September: "Constructivism in an Era of Geopolitics: Social Construction in Turbulent Times". With a keynote by the excellent Stefano Guzzini, and a roundtable tba. We hope to see you there!

A pleasure to welcome @tomlongphd.bsky.social to @nupinytt.bsky.social Theory Seminar!

Congratulations, @qbruneau.bsky.social !

The @isanet.bsky.social Convention is upon us; time for a happy countdown: Congratulations to @qbruneau.bsky.social for the 2025 Guicciardini Prize for Best Book in Historical IR for his masterful book, "States and the Masters of Capital" published with @columbiaup.bsky.social! Stay tuned for more..

The circus is back on the road again. Hit us up if you want us to come to your town. We typically don’t sing and dance, but we can talk for hours and there is a slide with Michael Jordan on it! With @bdecarvalho.bsky.social

Some afternoons are more productive than others! Just spent one recording a podcast with Whisky and IR, courtesy of @dhnexon.bsky.social and @profptj.bsky.social. Discussing Historical IR in the excellent company of @jcostalopez.bsky.social and @bdecarvalho.bsky.social Follow this space for more...

På norsk, om Grønland, mest rettet mot skole men kjent for å nå også våre folkevalgte. Hvor Hender Det? (med @bdecarvalho.bsky.social) www.nupi.no/skole/hvor-h...

Det er ingen geopolitiske grunner til at Trump skal ønske å ha kontroll over Grønland, skriver @halvardl.bsky.social, @bdecarvalho.bsky.social og @indraoverland.bsky.social i denne kronikken i @aftenposten.no. Dette handler om at Trumps politiske modus operandi er realitystjernens.

Grønland og Trump? Igjen? Har klusset litt i pressen med kollegaer @bdecarvalho.bsky.social og @indraoverland.bsky.social om dette. www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kro...

Thanks, @dr-mendenhall.bsky.social !

10/12 Elizabeth Mendenhall (University of Rhode Island) reviews "The Sea and International Relations" (@manchesterup.bsky.social, 2022), edited by @bdecarvalho.bsky.social & @halvardl.bsky.social (both Norwegian Institute for International Affairs) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A gentle reminder to all IR scholars out there: proposals for KICKASS SPECIAL ISSUES are due in about TWO WEEKS.

Paging all Nordic IR scholars out there! Norway currently represents 1/3 of the signatories. Will you let this aggression stand?

Ever searched the PDF program of the ISA without getting a single hit on “international relations”? Once you finally stumble across one, copy it, paste it and admire the answer: internaƟonal relaƟons…

When technology inadvertently boosts the message… 😄

Calling all IR researchers' based in Nordics: if you would like to improve Nordic collaboration and you are a member of the ISA, you will likely want to supprt this (we need 50 more signatures). It takes less than 1m, but do remember to click confirm on the email that follows.

Dear academic friends and members of the ISA. Please take a minute to read and sign this! www.openpetition.eu/petition/onl...

IR scholars: We've gathered the associations and groups we could find thus far. Shout out to be added. go.bsky.app/6S1gqpq

@hist-isanet.bsky.social is on here! Follow & spread the word #HistIR

Lists and starter packs galore! I have started one for Nordic IR. Do let me know if I should add you! Very much work in progress. bsky.app/profile/did:...

You are indeed right, @chrsjcksn.bsky.social. But very soon the festivities will be upon us, and it will be time for my very personal favorite, The Least Knobby Dot…

Reminder that before it’s ok to listen to Christmas music you have to listen to thanksgiving music

I will always take a lot of credit (also due to @bdecarvalho.bsky.social )for establishing a home for Historical International Relations. Now at www.isanet.org/ISA/Sections...

Cooperation and Conflict has just published its annual call for Special Issue proposals. Deadline is 15 December: journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/PD...

Some International Relations (IR) journals (including ourselves) that we've encountered on Bluesky. Shout out if you see more! go.bsky.app/MgB9mVd

Shameless self-promotion! Have you ever wondered why there is an opera house deep in the Amazon jungle? Why opera houses keep sprouting in countries with no tradition for opera? @bdecarvalho.bsky.social and I certainly wondered, and had our splendid Oslo opera house as a local source of inspiration.

Looking forward to seeing you all at #EISAPEC23!

Members of the CoCo editorial team will be at EISA in Potsdam this week! Look for one of these fancy badges - and seize the opportunity to talk to one of our editors about your work! @bdecarvalho.bsky.social @oyvinds.bsky.social @pauldavidbeaumont.bsky.social

Our 58-year old (journal) is expanding on new platforms!