RIP Anton Pelinka. In meinem ersten Semester an der Universität Innsbruck besuchte ich seine Vorlesung Gründzüge der Politikwissenschaft. Die Vorlesung gab einen exzellenten Einblick in die Politikwissenschaft - von Wahlsystemen bis Julius Nyerere. www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

Last Friday (Sept. 19), @andduer.bsky.social, @mcortinaescudero.bsky.social, @yavuzmehmet.bsky.social and I had the great pleasure of hosting an excellent workshop at @unisalzburg.bsky.social on how to use Large Language Models #LLMs to boost International Relations research. A short 🧵1/4

📢 EPSS community updates!
 We’re excited to share some milestones and announcements with you 👇 epssnet.org/news/

EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026. 😵‍💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA. 👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things. A short 🧵

Ich habe Salzburg24 ein Interview zu den bevorstehenden Gesprächen zwischen Trump und Putin gegeben: www.salzburg24.at/news/salzbur...

The European Political Science Society is now accepting paper & panel proposals for its annual conference! 📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast
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🤔 Who shape's the EU's economic security measures? 🥁 @andduer.bsky.social, Gemma Mateo González & @loranevisart.bsky.social suggest that part of the answer is business interests 💼👇

Timely Roundtable on “Current Geopolitical Situation and the Implications for Europe” #EPSA2025 @stefwalter.bsky.social @andduer.bsky.social @catherinedevries.bsky.social @debremaria.bsky.social & Muhammet Bas

Come join us this morning to discuss the state of the world with Muhammet Bas, @debremaria.bsky.social , @catherinedevries.bsky.social , @andduer.bsky.social and myself. 🌍🇪🇺 🌍🇪🇺 🌍🇪🇺 🌍🇪🇺 🌍🇪🇺

🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨 We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community. 🔗 epssnet.org Here’s a thread with everything you need to know. 🧵

In this open access article, @yulengzeng.bsky.social (University of Groningen) and @andduer.bsky.social (@unisalzburg.bsky.social) examine how economic sanctions affect the relative military spending of targeted states, drawing on data from 166 countries between 1962 and 2015.

Happy to announce a new publication with @yulengzeng.bsky.social in the Journal of Peace Research. We show that sanction shocks lead to a short-term increase in *relative* military spending in the target states. The paper is available open access at: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

I can highly recommend applying for this position! Working with the amazing Salzburg colleagues in a great academic environment is an absolute pleasure. If you have questions about my past and present experiences as an IR PhD student in Salzburg, feel free to contact my anytime 🙂

Deadline on 2 June!

Happy to organize a workshop on LLMs and the study of IR in Salzburg at the @unisalzburg.bsky.social on Sept. 19 w/ @andduer.bsky.social @mcortinaescudero.bsky.social @yavuzmehmet.bsky.social Accommodation provided, financial support for travel possible. CfP here: markus-gastinger.eu/wp-content/u...

Nur weil Realismus drauf steht, ist nicht zwingend Realismus drin! Das hätte ich schon vor drei Jahren aufschreiben sollen. Besser spät als nie. Danke an die @zeit.de fürs Publizieren. Das Kernargument - stark eingedampft - im Thread 🧵 1/18

We are inviting applications for a 4-year PhD position in International Relations at the @unisalzburg.bsky.social. Requirement: MA in Political Science or a closely related social science Application deadline: 2 June 2025 For more details, see tinyurl.com/5ew3auby #Polisky #poliscijobs

We are inviting applications for a 4-year PhD position in International Relations at the @unisalzburg.bsky.social. Requirement: MA in Political Science or a closely related social science Application deadline: 2 June 2025 For more details, see tinyurl.com/5ew3auby #Polisky #poliscijobs

Ich habe mit @marlenesdl.bsky.social für ihren Podcast über das Ende der liberalen Weltordnung gesprochen. Danke für das interessante Gespräch!

I've seen many issues linked to trade agreements, but this seems a first... It should be clear by now that one cannot seriously negotiate with the current US administration.

Anybody tell him that the US could also try a different approach, i.e., put maximum pressure on Russia so it has an incentive to negotiate seriously? Everyone with a bit of an understanding of negotiations understood that the approach by the current US admin was not going to work

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In the fourth article, Andreas Dür (@andduer.bsky.social uer.bsky.social) develops a novel LLM-based methodology to measure the textual distance between EU trade agreements and explain their varied degree of legal alignment www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

This makes Trump's trade policy appear far more consistent than it actually is. There is no Realpolitik to destroying relations with Canada

This appeasement of Trump is indeed very short-sighted. It's better to stand up now than wait until the US occupies Greenland. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Yes

Frieden in der Ukraine wird es nur dann geben, wenn es ein effektives Gleichgewicht der Mächte gibt, das dazu führt, dass mit weiteren Angriffen inakzeptabel hohe Kosten verbunden sind. Mit einem Vertrag kann man eine imperialistische Macht nicht stoppen. www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

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Call for papers for the 11th Annual Conference of the Austrian Political Science Association, University of Salzburg, September 25/26, 2025. Come visit us in Salzburg and present your research! Go to www.oegpw.at/conference/ for more information and to submit your proposals.

I would wish SpaceX luck if Musk promised to be on the first spaceship to Mars...

Collective action problem... Trump and the people around him play divide and conquer, and the opposition fails to organize

Although Musk's problem is not his STEM background - one does not need a pol sci degree to understand the purpose of the EU (or of public administration, which he is destroying in the US)

And nobody but Trump & co is surprised

Dieses Argument ist nicht überzeugend: "So gibt es derzeit keine konkreten Hinweise darauf, dass Moskau plant, ein EU- oder Nato-Land anzugreifen." Wenn es schon konkrete Hinweise gäbe, wäre es reichlich spät, mit der Aufrüstung zu beginnen. Das dauert Jahre. www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

"free speech absolutism"

I agree. But the side that wins this showdown may take over the state that will be extremely weakened and lacking checks and balances.

Russia and North Korea come to mind... And the problem is: by the time Trump is done, there will be Vance, and at this stage it's difficult to imagine free and fair elections in 4 years.

"The poll finds U.S. voters harbor mixed — and at times inconsistent — opinions on the use of tariffs" - of course not new, but also because many Trump voters would have opposed tariffs just a few years ago

Gärtner übersieht, dass die historische Parallele zu Trumps Außenpolitik ein Bündnis mit der Sowjetunion gegen Westeuropa im kalten Krieg wäre. Trump muss auch gar nicht mehr aus der NATO austreten - sie existiert nur noch auf dem Papier www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

Kickl: "Die Wähler haben heute ... mit der AfD die einzige politische Kraft zur klaren Nummer zwei gemacht, die für Freiheit, für Wohlstand und für Souveränität eintritt" Genau, das erreicht man, wenn man sich Russland unterwirft... /s

For the liberal part of Europe, the answer to this question is clear. And yes, Europe needs to do much more to ensure its defence; but no, Europe is not "overreacting". I fear the 2 columnists have not yet understood the direction the US is moving foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/21/t...

Das wird leider noch viel zu wenig so gesehen - das müssten auch die Medien noch viel klarer kommunizieren. Die USA sind keine Demokratie mehr.

"convincing many listeners that America itself is now a threat to Europe": indeed, we need to treat the US under Trump as an adversary. The idea that we can somehow be on good terms with this administration is naive and dangerous. Better to take a clear stance now. www.ft.com/content/11f1...

I fear that in the past authoritarianism was "mostly boring and tolerable" bc there was a strong counterforce in the world. With that counterforce gone, there is less of a need to pretend to uphold certain norms and hence we'll see more that is maddening and intolerable

I see this very similar. Unfortunately, having all EU countries pull in the same direction on defence policy is impossible. EU Commission should participate as observer so that the intergov. approach is coordinated with what the EU does (e.g., in terms of industrial policy, allowing state aid etc.)

Die meisten dieser "Industriekapitäne" scheint nicht besonders gut informiert zu sein... www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

This is still too optimistic about US democracy given what we have seen in the past 3 weeks (Source: NYT)

Reminder: deadline for this 5-year position in IR in one week 👇

Surprised by this announcement. I didn't expect Trump to enter negotiations at this stage.

Tatsächlich selten dumme Aktion - die AfD kann sich nur bei ihm bedanken