This looks great 👇 #HistIR

New postdoctoral funding programme on "utopia" by @gerda-henkel-stiftung.de looks excellent: 👇 (Call in English: www.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/en/prospect_...)

Permanent job (teaching focus) in International Law and Politics at KCL #polisky #HistIR 👇 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQD066/l...

Next Dutch gov (slogan: “positive energy”) will be “minority cabinet“ of D66, VVD, CDA. They’re confident that funds for, say, new defence spending goals can be obtained by slashing healthcare & social services. Presumably education too, though no mention of that. Austerity, but with good vibes!

The essentialism of talking about "a generation" aside, asking universities to cater to people who don't want "text heavy" is like asking carpenters to start recruiting more semioticians

Ondanks sterk oplopende internationale spanningen gaat Nederland het experiment van een minderheidskabinet aan. Het anti-Europese, Trump-gezinde JA21 krijgt daarmee onherroepelijk meer invloed, met dank aan een roekeloze VVD.

This is a good essay on the history of the Monroe Doctrine.

The winter issue of Dissent is live! I wrote an essay for them about Mamdani and the case for why the left should embrace bureaucracy and public service. dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...

Nice job opening at Leuphana www.leuphana.de/en/universit...

bet you didnt have BlackRock presiding over Trump's destruction of Fed independence on your bingo cards

🚨 FINAL WEEK 🚨 The deadline for our latest ECR paper prize is THIS FRIDAY! The prize is a collaboration between the BISA African and International Studies working group and RIS. More Info 👉 buff.ly/cIOqnwG

Wait, are you telling me that the law isn’t apolitical? www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...

Now in #paperback, The Life and Death of States by Natasha Wheatley is an intellectual #history of sovereignty that reveals how the Habsburg Empire became a crucible for our contemporary world order. Read a free preview and save 30% with code PUP30: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb... #ReadUP

Ik sprak met de @demorgen.be over het kabinet-Jetten: business as usual in veel opzichten www.demorgen.be/nieuws/er-zu...

Next Dutch gov (slogan: “positive energy”) will be “minority cabinet“ of D66, VVD, CDA. They’re confident that funds for, say, new defence spending goals can be obtained by slashing healthcare & social services. Presumably education too, though no mention of that. Austerity, but with good vibes!

"D66, VVD en CDA zijn het erover eens dat het geld opgehaald kan worden door te bezuinigen op de zorg en sociale zekerheid." Niemand had dit kunnen voorspellen. www.volkskrant.nl/politiek/d66...

New Review of International Studies article out w/ Bart-Jan Zandee & Salvador Santino Regilme 🎉 'Why did the Netherlands apologize? Slavery, justice, and the political conditions of state apologies in Europe' in their new article and video abstract! 📚 👉 https://ow.ly/mxgw50XSNkm

This interview with John Bew is illuminating for those interested in the recent history of British foreign policy samf.substack.com/p/interview-...

WSJ editorial scoffing at international law: "Democrats and foreign leaders are claiming that President Trump’s arrest of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro is illegal—at least as international law is interpreted by the reigning complex of professors, NGOs and multilateral bureaucrats." 1/3

The essentialism of talking about "a generation" aside, asking universities to cater to people who don't want "text heavy" is like asking carpenters to start recruiting more semioticians

The same government that three days ago refused to take a stance now proudly lets us know that “The UK and U.S. defence and security relationship is the deepest in the world”

Deze beschamende kop, waarin desinformatie werd herhaald, is nu aangepast - maar zonder dat (zoals het hoort) in het artikel te vermelden. En er staat nog steeds foutief dat de agent vóór haar auto stond tijdens het schieten. Hij stond ernaast, zoals nota bene in de video in het artikel te zien is.

The same government that three days ago refused to take a stance now proudly lets us know that “The UK and U.S. defence and security relationship is the deepest in the world”

Van der Burg is het ultieme bewijs waarom Den Haag niet moet bezuinigen op het onderwijs, en in het bijzonder niet op het geschiedenisonderwijs.

Worry not — the guardians of the rules-based international order are “waiting for the facts” and “monitoring the situation”

Perspectives on Politics did a review forum on "Erased" without telling me. 🫣 @poppublicsphere.bsky.social Thanks so much to Sandra Whitworth, Brooke Ackerly, Shruti Balaji, Jenna Marshall, Laura Sjoberg, Peter Kristensen, and Ann Tickner for their thoughtful readings. A link to each one below.

WSJ editorial scoffing at international law: "Democrats and foreign leaders are claiming that President Trump’s arrest of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro is illegal—at least as international law is interpreted by the reigning complex of professors, NGOs and multilateral bureaucrats." 1/3

Europe’s failure to condemn Trump’s illegal aggression in Venezuela isn’t just wrong – it’s stupid. My piece @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

CFP: OXFORD GRADUATE CONFERENCE IN POLITICAL THEORY! Welcoming submissions in any area of political theory—including critical theory, analytic political philosophy, and the history of political thought. Submit by 31 January: forms.gle/v6Zv1cH7a6Da...

Time to read this one again #HistIR

“Arrest operation” has a similar effect as “special military operation”: military intervention abroad is framed in terms of policing — to make it seem less … abroad

New Review of International Studies and video abstract by Thomas Davies 🎉 'Fan club world politics: Reinterpreting international relations beyond the state' Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR 🌟 Find both the video and full article here 👉 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0260210525101605

New Special Issue in @the-peio.bsky.social: Public Opinion and International Organizations. In the SI intro, we map the field, place the SI papers & identify ways forward: rdcu.be/eXt2R with @jonastallberg.bsky.social, 🙏 @adreher.bsky.social, reviewers & SI authors #Polisky #InternationalRelations

“Those who advocate for international law may now find themselves appealing to a vanishing world order in which Venezuela is the latest burial in an already crowded graveyard.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

“Those who advocate for international law may now find themselves appealing to a vanishing world order in which Venezuela is the latest burial in an already crowded graveyard.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

On twitter, Macron is pretending that a popular uprising finally removed Maduro, what shameful gaslighting, and a joke of European strategic autonomy

Worry not — the guardians of the rules-based international order are “waiting for the facts” and “monitoring the situation”

Trying to force regime change through violence could leave Venezuela “even worse off than it is today,” argues @philgunson.bsky.social. “No matter how bad Maduro’s regime is, some of Venezuela’s possible futures could well be worse.”

'A timely, provocative analysis of the nature of power in supposedly democratic polities'.💥 First review of Elites and Democracy is in, from Kirkus Reviews!🎉 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

Time to read this one again #HistIR

How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“Saint-Simon est oublié, mais son idée reste opérante dans le contexte de polycrise — où l’ancien pèse sur le nouveau de tout son poids.” Very interesting piece by @picharbonnier.bsky.social on the “neo-Saint-Simonians”👇 legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/12/1...

Remplacer la démocratie par un système politique où trônent les ingénieurs ? C'est l'idée commune aux deux super-puissances rivales, les USA et la Chine. Pour Le Grand Continent j'analyse cette réinvention de Saint Simon : le dogme de l'efficacité. legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/12/1...

Petition to save Ghent‘s best arthouse cinema, Studio Skoop 👇 petitie.be/petitions/st...

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#OpenAccess from @risjnl.bsky.social - Oligarchic sovereignty: Technology and the future of global order - https://cup.org/3KZzRly - @maharafiatal.bsky.social, @jacktaggart.bsky.social, @sethschindler.bsky.social#OpenAccess Sarah Logan et al

📣 One week Left! 📣 We still accepting submissions for the Colonial, Postcolonial and Decolonial Paper Prize for Early Career Scholars 2026, which is a collaboration between RIS and the BISA CPD working group! Find out more ⤵️ buff.ly/3TsqMig

🚨New First View Article🚨 "Settler imperial ordering: Settler colonialism and the production of hierarchical sovereignties" by Federica Caso is now available #OpenAccess! 📄 ➡️ buff.ly/4h9qUla