The German government is too afraid of public backlash to strengthen its military, writes @moritz-graefrath.com for @wpr.bsky.social. But right now is a particularly opportune moment to pursue decisive change. Three takeaways from his latest piece.

See my piece in @wpr.bsky.social for an overview of the recent military service debate in 🇩🇪 and why its resolution does not provide much ground for optimism ⤵️

Germany’s ruling coalition agreed to a new conscription framework. It doesn’t provide much grounds for optimism, @moritz-graefrath.com writes.

Trump's embrace of war is leading America to repeat past failures, writes @moritz-graefrath.com in his latest for The Critic. He argues that America best leverages its military strength when force is used sparingly.

1/ More nuclear weapons wouldn’t be such a bad thing, write Mark Raymond and IGA’s @moritz-graefrath.com in @foreignaffairs.com. This is, if US allies are the ones getting them, they explain. Three takeaways from their piece.

Canada, Japan, and Germany should get the bomb. Selective proliferation will benefit both the United States and its allies. My debut in @foreignaffairs.com w/ @profmarkraymond.bsky.social ⤵️

My colleague @moritz-graefrath.com and I argue in @foreignaffairs.com for selective nuclear proliferation to Canada, Germany and Japan. We make the case it will benefit all three, as well as the USA, and that it will also strengthen the increasingly brittle global order.

🗓️🗓️🗓️ EPSS Deadline is this week: Submit your proposal by November 7

Come work with me and the great climate community at Brown University, incl @jenniferhadden.bsky.social @timmonsroberts.bsky.social Please share widely! Deadline Jan 9, 2026.

Great opportunity for early-career scholars working on topics related to World War II at the National WWII Museum’s Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy. www.nationalww2museum.org/war/jenny-cr...

Blowing up a boat and killing 11 people and in the name of stopping a drug shipment is a depraved act of needless violence. If it's a drug shipment, stop it with the Coast Guard. www.reuters.com/world/americ...

Is it time for the United States and Europe to part ways? As public support for a US presence in Europe wanes, it’s time to rethink the relationship, writes IGA’s Moritz Graefrath. 3 takeaways from his new piece for The Critic 👇

We are witnessing the end of the transatlantic partnership. But breakup was long overdue. Check out my debut in The Critic ⤵️ thecritic.co.uk/the-end-of-t...

Please share widely! IR Theory Colloquium (IRTC) 2025-2026 Call for applications / Due July 31 IRTC is a monthly, 90-minute Zoom workshop for early career researchers, aimed at improving theoretical arguments and expanding the IR Theory community. More info below:

Power vacuums are a real thing. But Europe won’t be one. warontherocks.com/2024/09/u-s-...

Great to have my @ipq.bsky.social piece on why Europe should embrace, not fear, U.S. retrenchment featured on this list. Find it here: ip-quarterly.com/en/europe-us...

In 1945, American leaders prevented Europe from being overrun by the Red Army. Their strategic thinking provides a vital perspective on the current debate about US military presence on the continent. Read my latest in @engelsbergideas.bsky.social ⬇️

Eisenhower’s vision of European security | @moritz-graefrath.com engelsbergideas.com/notebook/eis...

Europe should embrace, not fear, U.S. retrenchment from the continent. Read my argument in @ipq.bsky.social ⬇️ ip-quarterly.com/en/europe-us...

The latest in our Europe's New Reality series: Europeans should embrace—not fear—a post-U.S. Europe, which offers the continent a window of opportunity, @moritz-graefrath.com argues. ip-quarterly.com/en/europe-us...

Excited to be a panelist at the OADII 2025 Symposium today. Looking forward to my conversation with Gen. Bussiere (Commander AF Global Strike Command) on the national defense landscape.

When @profsaunders.bsky.social and I wrote about the national security nightmare DOGE was creating, we did not have a powerful enough imagination www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

Spring break? Eisenhower archives!

Germany’s prospective chancellor wants to invest in European security but will have to overcome legislative opposition and navigate a strained relationship with Washington, writes @moritz-graefrath.com in the Foreign Policy Essay.

What do the results of the German election tell us about the future of U.S.-European relations? Find my analysis for @lawfare.bsky.social here: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

Brave to @jeffstein.bsky.social, WaPo's chief economics correspondent, for not wasting any time in stating what must be stated. Hopefully the first of many.

Beyond excited to announce that I will be joining the University of Oklahoma's (@ou.edu) College of International Studies as the Wick Cary Assistant Professor of International Security in Fall 2025! I can't wait to join my incredible future colleagues and work with CIS's amazing students!

🚨New Article🚨 “Political Spaces Beyond the Nation State: The Global Commons in International Security Studies” by Moritz S Graefrath & Marcel Jahn Read OPEN ACCESS here: academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...

Where not #OpenAccess, the articles in our 2023 volume are free to read until the end of this year - cup.org/3Vo2Ph1 With papers by @moritz-graefrath.com, @janinadill.bsky.social, @aysezarakol.bsky.social, @drjohnnygilmore.bsky.social, @victoriahui.bsky.social & more

smbc-comics.com/comic/chosen-2 Great powers declining and leaving behind power vacuums? Someone should write a book about that 😉

Does retrenchment regularly pave the way for rival gains? In my new article "The False Peril of Great Power Retrenchment," published in EJIS, I argue that it does not: doi.org/10.1017/eis.... #polisky

Happy to announce that my co-authored paper „Political Spaces Beyond the Nation State: The Global Commons in International Security Studies“ (with @graefrath.bsky.social) is now available at Global Studies Quarterly: doi.org/10.1093/isag...

🚨: How are the global commons governed? Are they all equally accessible? And how might policymakers safeguard them against national appropriation in the new era of great power competition? Check out our new article (OPEN ACCESS) in @gsqjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1093/isag...

Our article on concept formation and the question of how to choose between competing definitions in a non-idiosyncratic way has officially been assigned an issue! Check it out here: doi.org/10.1177/0048...

Marcus Holmes and Jeff Kaplow brought me on their podcast to talk about the new board game "World Order," its relationship to IR theory, and why you should back the Kickstarter now! Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/36Rm...

I’ve been part of the academic team involved in the development process and can confidently say: this lives up to the hype!

"World Order" is live on Kickstarter 🌎♟️ As someone who has been involved in the development of the game, let me tell you: this is the perfect fix for any and all IR-interested people with a like for board games! www.kickstarter.com/projects/heg...

In case you missed it: my commentary on the likely consequence of U.S. troop withdrawals from Europe is now out in War on the Rocks: warontherocks.com/2024/09/u-s-... polisky

🚨New publication🚨 In the first article drawn from my book project, I argue that "power vacuum" is not merely a popular buzzword but a concept with considerable theoretical promise! doi.org/10.1080/0955... polisky 🌐

Hi y’all 👋🏻 I’m a Max Weber postdoc at EUI and work on great power politics, grand strategy, and conceptual innovation. And I’m on the job market! For an example of my work, see this piece in International Theory: