Thrilled to share that my article has been published @bjpir.bsky.social sky.social In this piece, I explain why reassuring allies is harder than deterring adversaries from invading those allies in the context of extended deterrence. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... [1/10]

Nominations for our annual BISA prizes have opened today! 🎉 Recognising excellence & achievement through research & teaching in the field of International Studies! 🌟 Open until the 3 February & presented at our annual conference find all info here 👉https://www.bisa.ac.uk/members/prizes

Just before Xmas, Laura C and I had career firsts: 2 PhD students successfully defended their theses on the same day, passing their vivas. Very many congrats to Dr Laura Rose Brown and Dr Charles Gray! And very many thanks to the internals (Louise and Olaf) and externals (Catherine and Kyle)

some journal/ed. data: as one of BJPIR's editors, so far I have processed 330 articles in an average of 19.73 days we are nearly 3/4 of the way through a 6-year term and the submission rate is increasing (a lot) this is furthered by our current impact factor (3.4) which ranks us 14th in IR

European responses to the Russia-Ukraine war - the whole special issue is now available here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/BPI/curr...

*NEW BLOG* What do the most-cited articles in PSA's journal BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social tell us about the (changing?) discipline(s) as PSA reflects on its 75th anniversary? ➡️ @profjackholland.bsky.social has narrowed it down to 48 most cited articles! ➡️ Find out which ones they are

BISA at 50: Reflections and perspectives – The new dimensions of foreign policy (1975!) with Professor Jack Holland 🌟 Looking back at the themes of the first BISA conference, which took place in 1975. 🎉 Read here now 👉 https://ow.ly/RqvL50Xqolq @julietdryden.bsky.social

Is Blue Sky popular with academics because you publish something and nobody reads it?

Lots of great #AUKUS research in @austjia.bsky.social, including a great forthcoming SI which will house this paper

European responses to the Russia-Ukraine war - the whole special issue is now available here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/BPI/curr...

This weekend is the LAST WEEKEND for #BISA2026 conference submissions! 🚨 Is International Studies ready for what comes next? New thinking, new directions 🎉 Make sure to submit your papers now 👉 https://conference.bisa.ac.uk/call-papers-0 VisitBrighton Simon Rushton @julietdryden.bsky.social

#Trump on #AUKUS: "full steam ahead".

🎉 We are OPEN now for abstract, roundtable and panel submissions for #BISA2026 🎉 'Is International Studies ready for what comes next? New thinking, new directions' 🌎 Submit here! 👉 buff.ly/kK9oIlM @visitbrighton.bsky.social @simonrushton.bsky.social @julietdryden.bsky.social

Been very impressed with the standard of papers and panels at #apsa2025 - happy to chat if you’re keen to submit to @bjpir.bsky.social Vancouver is also lovely - from flying in over the mountains to watching seaplanes taking off outside the conference Brutal jet lag making the 8am panels easy!

🎉 Our #BISA2026 call and homepage is OPEN NOW 🎉 Have a look at our call for papers down below - submissions for papers open on the 24th of September 🌟 We are so excited - more here 👉 conference.bisa.ac.uk @visitbrighton.bsky.social @simonrushton.bsky.social @julietdryden.bsky.social

I’ll be presenting tomorrow at 14.00 on Xi Jinping’s Global Security Initiative and then at 16.00 I’m on a Global IR panel talking about my forthcoming OUP book, Securing China: Worlding Security Studies #EISAPEC2025 come join!

Ordering breakfast in Bologna #EISAPEC2025

Strong opening panel at #EISAPEC2025!

I am excited to share that I'll be presenting three times next week as part of the @europeanisa.bsky.social Pan European Conference. Please reach out if you're an IR or Security Studies scholar with an interest in race and IR or anticolonial theory. It'll be my first time there #EISAPEC2025

📣 Have you heard? The BJPIR has achieved a new Impact Factor of 3.4! This achievement is also reflected in our rankings: 📌 14th out of 169 in International Relations 📌 36th out of 322 in Political Science Thank you for your support! @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

BJPIR is 14th in IR Thanks to a great team Will have a beer to celebrate

The British Journal of Politics and International Relations (BJPIR) has achieved an outstanding score of 3.4 for its impact factor for 2024! 🥳 It also achieved a ranking of 14/169 in the International Relations category, and 36/322 in Political Science 🎊 @bjpir.bsky.social #BJPIR #Impact

🌟 Nominations close tonight!🌟 Last chance to submit your applications to serve on the BISA Executive Committee 2025. Deadline - 11.59pm (UK time) TONIGHT. link - buff.ly/ErPLmMh @nickcaddick.bsky.social @juanitamarieelias.bsky.social @leejarvis.bsky.social @profjackholland.bsky.social

In Oxford today to visit a few libraries. Enjoying the guidance of previous readers!

BISA AspIRing Scholars Fund🌟 Just launched - a fund that will be entirely dedicated to providing vital grants for PhD students and early-career academics - every contribution, big or small, makes a huge difference! buff.ly/ba1kXbR @nickcaddick.bsky.social @leejarvis.bsky.social @bisasee.bsky.social

@emilyfaux.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BISA at 50: Reflections and perspectives part 2 just released w/ @profjackholland.bsky.social 🌟 buff.ly/4MDX3Ae Huge thank you to all our contributors - we are massively grateful! @usempire.bsky.social @rgwhitman.bsky.social @bisasee.bsky.social @bisa-ecpwg.bsky.social @gnobisa.bsky.social

Register for our 2025 Postgraduate and early-career development day! With panels including: @juanitamarieelias.bsky.social , @nickcaddick.bsky.socia l, @amnakaleem.bsky.social , @profjackholland.bsky.social and @drnickwright.bsky.social a must register 👉 buff.ly/hYKG2bu @uk.theconversation.com

IN NEW ISSUE: Enactors of the State: @profjackholland.bsky.social & Natalie Higham-James examine the everyday coproduction of security in the prevention of radicalisation. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/1XMno5B @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social #polsky @sagepub.com

📣 New BJPIR article out now! 'Reframing internationalism and patriotism: The Labour Party and the Ukraine–Russia war' by Jasper Miles 🧵 Find out more below and access the article in #OpenAccess here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

📈 Trending in BJPIR this week 'Vulnerable research: Reflexivity, decolonisation, and climate politics' by @ckweatherill.bsky.social Find the full article in #OpenAccess here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @oupolitics.bsky.social

⭐️Become a BISA trustee!⭐️ We are thrilled to announce that we have six trustee positions up for election to the BISA Executive Committee. Find further details here - www.bisa.ac.uk/news/call-no... @izbaron.bsky.social @unamcgahern.bsky.social #trusteeelection #executivecommittee

📚SHORTLIST ANNOUNCEMENT 📚 We are thrilled to announce our 2025 L.H.M Ling Outstanding First Book Prize 2025 shortlist! To read more about all the incredible books and their talented authors 👉 www.bisa.ac.uk/news/lhm-lin... #BookPrize #BookShortlist @rkrystalli.bsky.social

Come join us! Funded PhD project on popular culture and US foreign policy, supervised by Dr Ryan O'Connor, @dranthonymay.bsky.social, and myself @mybcu.bsky.social Further details here: www.bcu.ac.uk/research/our... Please share with anyone who might be interested!

📝 Don't miss this BJPIR article out now! 'Zeitenwende as a foreign policy identity crisis: Germany and the travails of adaptation after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine' by Tobias Bunde 🔓 Available in #OpenAccess here: https://buff.ly/4anfw1I @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

📈 Trending in BJPIR this week 'Imaginaries of trauma and victimhood: The role of the ‘China threat’ in Trump’s populism of the privileged' by Alexandra Homolar and Juan Alberto Ruiz Casado 🔓 Find the #OpenAccess article here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13691481241259383

📣 New BJPIR article out now! 'Storytelling in the Australian 2023 voice referendum campaign' by @ariadnevromen.bsky.social, @serrinrp.bsky.social and @michaelvaughan.bsky.social 🔓 Find the article in #OpenAccess here: https://buff.ly/3EQ1f1Q @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

Anyone else lose like 5% of their Google Scholar citations?

IN NEW ISSUE: Enactors of the State: @profjackholland.bsky.social & Natalie Higham-James examine the everyday coproduction of security in the prevention of radicalisation. Read OPEN ACCESS: https://buff.ly/418UVdc @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social #polsky

📣 Our new Special Issue is out now! BJPIR Volume 27 - Issue 1 includes: 🔹 8 articles including an introduction to: 'Foreign Policy Signaling in the Indo-Pacific: Responses to the US-China Rivalry in a Multipolar World' 🔹 Several articles available in #OpenAccess

If, like me, you are a UCU member and agree the union should stop wasting time and effort on a fruitless round of pay strikes at a time when tens of thousands of academic jobs are at risk, then please consider signing this open letter (link early on the document): ucucommons.org/2025/02/13/m...

Delighted to see our new article published! In it, Nick Robinson and I explore the value of children's books as a site of critical engagement with world politics, focusing on the forcible exclusion of unwanted individuals. Open access and free to read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Our colleagues in the Language@Leeds network will be hosting their first ever public showcase this April, focusing on ‘Language Research to Address Regional and Global Challenges’. It is free to attend but places are limited and booking is essential. ahc.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...

Just stumbled across this

Groups like Al Qaeda used to be the antithesis of older terrorisms like the IRA. Now they're often seen as equivalent. What's going on with our temporal imaginaries of terrorism? And why does it matter? New E-IR piece w/ Andrew Whiting & @michaellister.bsky.social: www.e-ir.info/2025/01/29/r...

What exactly is ontological (in)security? And what is ontological security's ethical, reparative, and transformative potential? In my new article in @internatltheory.bsky.social, I suggest drawing on Melanie Klein rather than Giddens to conceptualise these questions doi.org/10.1017/S175... 🧵👇

📢The #BISA2025 programme has been released & registration is open!! All submissions should have received an email notifying you about your status on the programme & details of registration/accommodation. Any queries email [email protected] @julietdryden.bsky.social @nickcaddick.bsky.social

Managed to listen to the @mybisa.bsky.social virtual conference keynote while running on a treadmill. There are definitely benefits to online. Good keynote too - important and enjoyable debate

The A-Z of IR 🖊️ @adriangallagher.bsky.social's new free resource 'The A-Z of International Relations' is back to highlight some key themes in International Relations! We're showcasing his content every week! For parts G & H, click here: www.bisa.ac.uk/articles/z-i... @polisatleeds.bsky.social

COVID-19 and the Limits of Critical Security Theory: Securitization, Cosmopolitanism, and Pandemic Politics Journal of Global Security Studies @profjackholland.bsky.social @leejarvis.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jogss/articl...