It was a real pleasure to join Alexander Evans OBE at the @lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social in mid-October to discuss the themes of my new book ‘Empathy in Politics and Leadership’ (@yalebooks.bsky.social and @yalepress.bsky.social) #Empathy #Politics #Books youtu.be/BIchOmhWDGs?...

A new postdoc position is now available at the Center for European Studies at Harvard for 2026 2027, The Guido Goldman postdoctoral fellowship, named after our center's founder A great opportunity to work at Harvard for the year. Here is more information: ces.fas.harvard.edu/opportunitie...

🎁 Celebrate the festive season! Enjoy 30% OFF sitewide from Nov 17–Dec 7. Shop now: 📚UK → https://bit.ly/3JSxZuj 📚US → https://bit.ly/4hVGbGE

My book launches in North America on 18th November! Its a hopeful yet pragmatic account of how empathy can transform our politics, just in time for the holidays. You can get 25% off if you preorder with @tertuliabookshop.bsky.social It is a book collective for avid readers. #empathy #books

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

My new book ‘Empathy in Politics and Leadership’ is in this sale! 📚✨ This means it’s 50% off - so only £10 in hardback - for the month of November with code FIFTY. Check it out if you are looking for a more hopeful book on politics for the holiday season, as well as so many other great titles!

The latest in IR - Autumn book round up 📚 Check out the fascinating books our BISA members have published! 🎉 Including: Thomas Gregory, Rosie Walters, Dr Claire Yorke, University of Exeter Press Bloomsbury Politics & Area Studies and so much more! 🌟 Find out more here 👉 https://ow.ly/PqE450Xp8Xu

Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. Includes our obituary for Dick Cheney, discussion of his life and legacy and the day's other stuff with @terrystiastny.bsky.social and Robin Brant, and @claireyorke.bsky.social on her new book on the value of empathy in politics. monocle.com/radio/shows/...

Really looking forward to this conversation on Thursday about my new book on empathy and politics. You can find out more and register below 👇🏻

Breaking the Status Quo: What Could Empathy Mean for our Politics? Join @claireyorke.bsky.social discussing her new book, Empathy in Politics and Leadership with jennifernadel.bsky.social from @compinpolitics.bsky.social Monday 13th October, 6pm, KCL Register: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/book-...

Chris Elliot and I argue that it’s past time for the Australian War Memorial to update its Ben Roberts-Smith exhibits to give a full, unvarnished accounting of his crimes and their impact on victims. www.abc.net.au/religion/aus...

The latest from @empathystudios.bsky.social with advice for how we move forward and overcome divisions 🚀💙💛💜 www.empathystudios.com/post/a-diffe...

I love the idea of well-being as a guide for shaping what matters in societies. It puts people not profit or GDP at the centre of national metrics and highlights issues like health, security, cohesion, and sustainability as determinants of resilient societies. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

‘War is not a specialist hobby for people in uniform, nor a moral test we can pass and move on. It is a set of choices we all share responsibility for – choices that are as much about who we are as a nation as they are about the technical details.’ -Andrew Carr www.themonthly.com.au/september-20...

‘Both leaders need to learn from the past: racism does not diminish through rising GDP but through the willingness of politicians to argue against it’ Politicians need to articulate standards and boundaries for politics, and we need a clearer vision of the benefits of diverse, pluralistic societies

📩 Featured in this morning's Wonk Week email from @smfthinktank.bsky.social: our latest study, on feelings of powerlessness among the UK public – which shows Reform UK supporters feeling particularly lacking in power and influence Read the report ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/big-dec...

Thrilled to see the first reviews coming in for ‘Empathy in Politics and Leadership’. A huge thank you to Emma Sky for her kind endorsement and support. 💜 @yalebooks.bsky.social #empathy #empathyinpolitics

One month until my book on ‘Empathy in Politics and Leadership’ hits the shelves in the U.K.📚 At a time of divisions and growing tensions it offers a pragmatic and hopeful vision for how we can create better politics. #Empathy #Politics #leadership #Books uk.bookshop.org/p/books/empa...

New @therestpolitics.bsky.social LEADING with @timbernerslee.bsky.social the man who invented the internet. Fascinating insights into what went right and what went wrong and how we handle AI alastaircampbell.org/2025/09/153-...

As PNG marks 50 years of independence this week, it will sign a significant treaty with Australia today, that will see the two countries integrate their militaries. It builds on broader cooperation initiatives between the two, and will offer pathways to citizenship. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Sudan receives insufficient high-level diplomatic attention, action or media coverage – despite enduring the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, with 14 million people displaced.

Stopping this destructive practice that leads to massive biodiversity loss and involves a lot of waste in our food systems, would do a huge amount to protect and sustain maritime ecosystems and diversity, and have beneficial impacts for climate change.

‘Character is not a “nice to have”; it is a core driver of personal and business success.’ Edward Brooks, of the Oxford Programme for Global Leadership @ox.ac.uk writes in the @financialtimes.com on why virtues are as important as vision and skills for today’s leaders www.ft.com/content/e802...

New @therestpolitics.bsky.social LEADING - however had you think things are in Gaza, they’re worse. We speak to James Elder from @unicef.org who has worked in crisis zones all his life and says he has never seen anything as bad we this “war on children” alastaircampbell.org/2025/09/152-...

The first proof copy has arrived Down Under! Thank you @yalebooks.bsky.social 💜💙 Looking forward to seeing the final version on the shelves in London next month 📚 #Empathy #Politics #NewBooks #Leadership #books

This latest academic study suggests a new way of thinking about empathy could help close the ‘gap’ between reality and perception in the immigration debate theconversation.com/a-new-way-of... h/t @empathystudios.bsky.social @theconversation.com

David Byrne on championing joy and kindness in his new album - 'the most punk thing you can do right now is empathy.' www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

I think positive stories, hope and ideas for changes are so important at the moment so do check out this upcoming book Empathy in Politics and Leadership. Hopefully lots of people will read it and learn as it's great to work with leaders who show empathy

In today’s @smh discussing perhaps the most important issue within the Australia-US Alliance 👇 Do we have the same expectations on roles & responsibilities? What does this mean for Australian defence strategy & force design? 🔗 www.smh.com.au/national/if-... @nscanu.bsky.social @LowyInstitute

‘The legal position is therefore clear: yes there is provision for a state to leave the ECHR and the Refugee Convention. But doing so comes with both legal and political consequences.’ H/T @cbarnard.bsky.social ukandeu.ac.uk/leaving-the-...

Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s ex-president, is likely to be found guilty of attempting a coup. That makes the country a test case for how countries recover from a populist fever

Asking again why we have this 24-hour rolling coverage (and cosplay serious political and policy analysis) of a party that has 4 MPs. Why don’t we have the same for the Greens, for example, or Plaid Cymru? They both have 4 MPs www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...

‘Collective blame and indiscriminate violence are always the beginning of real moral corruption. A lot more work needs to be done to make audible the voices of actual individuals in the system, a lot more listening to the ordinariness of what they want and what they are afraid of.’ 💜

Denmark summons US charge d’affaires over alleged attempts to interfere with Greenland’s status – Europe live

“The toxic-empathy rhetorical framework, built for producing peace of mind for conservative debaters, threatens to render Christians insensitive to moral demands of Christianity that run contrary to conservative preferences,” Elizabeth Bruenig writes:

The Gaza Famine is the world’s famine. A preventable, predictable famine. Enough. Ceasefire. Open all crossings, north and south. Let us get food in, unimpeded and at massive scale.

At a time when politics feels bleak and frustrating, I wrote a book on empathy and politics to inject much needed hope into the conversation and offer some ideas for change. Out soon with @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social and available for preorder now 📚 #Empathy #Politics #Leadership

This article by Eloise Dennis @aspi-org.bsky.social promotes the importance of strategy empathy. This is what I teach in Australia, as empathy is integral to effective strategy, diplomacy, and foreign policy, and helps foster understanding and connection. www.aspistrategist.org.au/want-to-avoi...

James Baldwin didn’t believe in reform; he believed in revolution. “Anything less than a total social reckoning—a complete psychological makeover of white America—was worthless,” Louis Menand writes.

At a time when politics feels bleak and frustrating, I wrote a book on empathy and politics to inject much needed hope into the conversation and offer some ideas for change. Out soon with @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social and available for preorder now 📚 #Empathy #Politics #Leadership

🚨research internship opening! Come join us to work on cutting-edge Southeast Asian security research for 3 mths at our IISS Asia office in Singapore! 👇 Deadline: 17 Aug www.iiss.org/careers/jobs...

If you are interested in strategy & intellectual history, read this extended essay on the New Makers of Modern Strategy by @mpmfinch.bsky.social - journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Today I joined ABC News to discuss international diplomacy - including what Trump’s departure from the G7 meant, the implications for the Australian PM and his anticipated meeting, the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran, and the imperative to not lose sight of the continued crisis in Gaza.

‘Empathy is a kind of strength’ - former New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern on empathy, leadership, and new forms of power. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Tomorrow we are launching the Asia-Pacific Regional Security Assessment (APRSA) 2025! This Dossier examines the deeper drivers, emerging trends and future trajectories of the key security challenges and policies shaping the Asia-Pacific👇 🔗 www.iiss.org/publications...

It was great to join @aiianational.bsky.social last night to discuss empathy in politics. Despite many reasons to be despondent right now, the ‘age of empathy’ is evolving and is key to vibrant pluralistic democracies. Thank you Bryce Wakefield and team for a warm welcome and many great questions.

Attended a fantastic talk at @aiianational.bsky.social on #Empathy in politics by Dr @claireyorke.bsky.social from Deakin University. She argued that you cannot have a pluralistic society without empathy. Pre-order her book "Empathy in Politics and Leadership" at www.readings.com.au/product/9780...

Largely because of the smartphone, we’re in an era of declining attention spans, reading skills, numeracy and verbal reasoning. How do you buck the trend? www.ft.com/content/c42c...

Looking forward to speaking at this hybrid event @aiianational.bsky.social tonight on empathy in politics. Is the Age of Empathy over? Or is it evolving?

"After 30 years or so of walls coming down, rainbow coalitions being constructed, and even the harshest of economic measures such as austerity being ushered in under the mantra of “we’re all in this together”, the collective party seems to be over." 🖊️ @Aiannucci.bsky.social