It's Friday and time for another short 🧵 with suggestions of interesting things to read and listen to for the weekend. First, a podcast from @newlinesmag.bsky.social about the protests in #Iran 1/5 newlinesmag.com/podcast/what...

Our amazing student-led diversity working group, ably supported by @lucytaylor12.bsky.social iensures that the Lunar New Year and Ramadan do not go unmarked in the department. 1/2

🧵 On Monday, 16 February a launch event was held at the Central European University in Vienna to mark the publication of the book Knowledge and Expertise in International Politics, edited by Berit Bliesemann de Guevara, Katarzyna Kaczmarska, Xymena Kurowska, Birgit Poopuu and Andrea Warnecke. 1/2

Read the latest in @uk.theconversation.com on #Ukraine by our colleague @jgmaber.bsky.social

🧵 On Saturday the Department held a student conference, giving undergraduate, MA and PhD students the chance to present their work. Speakers were asked to address the topic "Seismic Shifts in Global Politics?" and offered insightful analysis on a variety of aspects. 1/2

It's Friday and time for a short 🧵 with links to thought-provoking things to read and listen to over the weekend. We start with the report published in advance of this weekend's Munich Security Conference, titled "Under Destruction". 👀 1/5 securityconference.org/en/publicati...

Read the latest article by our colleage @analispolitik.bsky.social, a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Post Doctoral Fellow in the Department, about Indonesia's ambitious foreign policy www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...

📺 Watch our colleague @guttmannaviva.bsky.social interviewed on Swiss tv - in German with English subtitles - about Swiss politicians being spied on! 1/3 www.srf.ch/news/schweiz...

It's Friday and time for a short 🧵with recommendations of interesting things about topical issues to read and listen to over the weekend. Enjoy! 1/6

Congratulations to our colleague Dr Elin Royles, whose research is cited in this report just published by @senedd.wales "Mission Cymru: Principles for International Relations" laiddocuments.senedd.wales/cr-ld17775-r...

Dr Jan Ruzicka gave the first staff presentation of 2026 to the International Politics Research Seminar, talking about his research into nuclear learning and Russian nuclear threats. It was a fascinating talk followed by plenty of questions and discussion.

🎉 Congratulations to our colleague @guttmannaviva.bsky.social for another review praising her new book, Operation Wrath of God. 📚 (see next post for a quote from the review) 1/2 www.thecipherbrief.com/kilowatt-of-...

Dawn over Aberystwyth University's bell tower. Or, as it sometimes known, the Stanley Knife.

Last night we were fortunate enough to have a guest lecture from Professor Andrew Cottey of @ucc.ie, who spoke on the topic "Escalation Dynamics in the Russia-Ukraine War: between Great Power peace and World War Three". It was a fascinating talk and it was followed by a lively Q&A session.

🎉 Congratulations Dr Emily Moss for successfully defending her thesis on NATO and counter-terrorism yesterday. It was examined by Dr David Brown (Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst) & @jgmaber.bsky.social. Congratulations also to the supervisors @alshepherd.bsky.social & @equusonthebuses.bsky.social

🗓️ Tomorrow at 4:30pm in the Main Hall: To get the new semester off to a great start, Professor Andrew Cottey (Department of Government and Politics, University College Cork) will speak on the prospects for peace in #Russia's war against #Ukraine: "Between Great Power Peace and World War Three"

It's that time of the year again - time for final year undergraduates across the land to fill in the National Student Survey #nss The giant Aberquack duck will be at the Refreshers' Fair at the Students' Union today to encourage students to fill in the survey and join some fun activities

It's been quiet this week on our social media channels as staff have been busy marking and getting ready for the start of semester 2 teaching on Monday. But here are some suggestions for some thought-provoking things to read and listen to over the weekend - a short 🧵. 1/6

Campus rainbow as seen from the battlements of @interpolaber.bsky.social this afternoon

Congratulations Dr Abu-Bakare! 🎉

It's Friday and time for a short 🧵 with some recommendations for things to listen to and read about global politics this weekend. First up, this @prospectmagazine.co.uk podcast with Isabel Hilton, tackling Trump's foreign policy 1/5 www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/pro...

Brilliant event going on today in #sbarcIspark with @iwa-wales.bsky.social, @carnegieuk.bsky.social, @copronetwales.bsky.social and CWPS reflecting on 10 years of the #FutureGenerationsAct, involving WISERD co-director, Anwen Elias @interpolaber.bsky.social

🎙️ Our colleague Berit Bliesemann de Guevara was interviewed for the podcast Vienna Dialogue: Coffee and IR about unarmed civilian protection in conflict zones, and shared insights from the research network Creating Safer Spaces open.spotify.com/episode/5fa8...

This has been remarked upon in the department... 👀

Reminder: if you are in Cardiff tomorrow and want to attend, the link for registration is in the thread below! ⬇️

🎉 New publication! Congratulations to our colleague Professor Berit Bliesemann de Guevara on the publication of Knowledge and Expertise in International Politics (Oxford University Press). A short 🧵(thanks to Berit for the animal models in the photos) 1/3 global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Our head of department, Alistair Shepherd, will be speaking at this event, organised by the Centre for Geopolitics on Thursday, 15 January in Cardiff. (More details and link in the next post) 1/2

🎉 New publication: Congratulations to our colleague and Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow Dr Ahmad Umar, who is the co-author (with Alfin Basundoro) of the chapter on Indonesia in the recently-published Palgrave Geopolitical Atlas, edited by Brian Fong. link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/...

📣 New publication! Berit Bliesemann de Guevara Berit Bliesemann contributed to a published Round Table, which aims to shed some light on peacebuilding in today's fast-evolving conflict landscape. (link to article in next post) 1/2

Apologies - forgot to include a thank you to our colleague @guttmannaviva.bsky.social for taking and sharing the photo

Term starts again tomorrow after the winter break, and #Aberystwyth has laid on some snowfall to greet the returning students! ☃️ Happy New Year, everyone!

University term finished on Friday and the students have scattered far and wide for the holidays, but before that the Interpol society and the student diversity working group held a joint "Worldly Winter Party" event, meeting for an evening of crafting and a quiz with hot chocolate and biscuits.

🧵 On Friday and Saturday, the department held its annual student #crisisgames. Following its long tradition of choosing topical issues, this year's crisis was set in the Baltics. 1/4

One for the French speakers - @france24.com has a new article out by Sebastian Seibt about @guttmannaviva.bsky.social's new book, Operation Wrath of God www.france24.com/fr/europe/20...

🧵 This week @gillianmcfadyen.bsky.social used Lego Serious Play to get the second year undergraduates taking the module International Politics and Global Development to explore and express ideas around Post-Development. 1/3

As PhD students that have passed through @interpolaber.bsky.social know, the IPRS can be a pretty daunting experience. But this was actually the perfect opportunity to explore the connections between seemingly very different projects on #IPCC #Science #Politics and @camamazon.bsky.social. Thank you!

Yesterday @hannahhughes.bsky.social presented her research into the IPCC and the relationship between knowledge and politics in theory and practice at the department's International Politics Research Seminar, including her reflections on attending COP30 in Brazil.

Happy to chat with Aberyswyth students (albeit remotely)- great questions and lots of interest in what’s going on this side of the pond.

Yesterday second year undergraduates taking the module "People and Power" were lucky enough to have @ninajankowicz.com as their guest speaker, on the subject of disinformation in the US media and politics. Nina gave a fascinating talk and answered the students' questions comprehensively.

A funded PhD at Interpol in Aberystwyth - ah that takes me back!

Reminder: PhD studentships available! Are you interested in studying for a PhD in the department? Funding is available from the ESRC through the Wales Graduate School for the Social Sciences. The application deadline is 11 December. See the link below for details www.aber.ac.uk/en/interpol/...

📺 Postdoctoral Fellow Dr Ahmad Umar was recently interviewed on Cairo News TV (Al-Qahera News TV), a TV station based in Egypt 1/2 www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

Last night Professor Sharon Weiner gave a fantastic Kenneth Waltz Memorial Lecture about her research into decision making in the event of a nuclear crisis. Welcomed by Faculty Pro Vice Chancellor Patrick Finney and introduced by Jan Ruzicka, Prof Weiner delivered a memorable - and disturbing - talk

Tonight! Free and open to the public but please register in advance: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Congratulations to @guttmannaviva.bsky.social whose new book, Operation Wrath of God, was launched at @kcsi.uk in London 🎉 📚

Tonight! Please do come along if you are in Aber - it's going to be a fascinating, important and topical event ⬇️

📣 Centre for Welsh Politics and Society & WISERD Annual Lecture: ‘Devolution Generation: The Birth and Bedding in of the Senedd’ delivered by Lee Waters AM. Thursday 27 Nov, 18:30 (drinks reception from 18:00) Main Hall, International Politics Bldg. See 🧵 below for details & registration 1/3

🎙️ Earlier this morning @devries.fr and I spoke to Emma Nelson on Monocle Radio's The Globalist, trying to make sense of the latest news on the 28 point "peace plan" for #Russia's war against #Ukraine. The segment begins 2 minutes and 45 seconds into the recording monocle.com/player/?uuid...

📣 🧵 This year’s Kenneth N. Waltz Annual Lecture, "Deterrence, Nuclear Strategy, and the Realities of Human Choice" will be given by Professor Sharon Weiner (American University, Washington, DC) on Wednesday, 26 November at 6pm in the Main Hall, International Politics Building. 1/4

It’s good that we’ve got to see much of the dynamic climate politics in the city of Belém because it’s been very difficult for observers to follow the inside preparation of final texts this second week