Many thanks to Jaeyoung Kim for a very generous review of my book, Divergent Worlds, with Amitav Acharya in Contemporary Southeast Asia @yalepress.bsky.social bookshop.iseas.edu.sg/publication/...

Podcast! Wonderful chatting with Wrenn Yennie Lindgren, Senior Research Fellow @nupinytt.bsky.social on the passing of the liberal international order & what follows the end of American hegemony. (Southeast) Asian history can help us navigate our global future! www.nupi.no/en/news/navi...

NEW PUB: #DeepContestations of the Liberal International Order @academic.oup.com #OpenAccess @manjeetsp.bsky.social @ndeitelhoff.bsky.social @kathrynsikkink.bsky.social @scripts-berlin.eu @esrah.uni-hamburg.de @politikuhh.bsky.social @uni-hamburg.de @hugheshall.bsky.social

academic.oup.com/book/62001/c... New book OPEN ACCESS 👇🏻👇🏻 This chapter introduces #deepcontestation and explains the distinction between normal contestation, which permits gradual adaptation, and deep contestation, which rejects foundational norms and threatens systemic stability. @scripts-berlin.eu

Thrilled to share this: An alternative macrohistory of the LIO and the emerging decentered world order. Many thanks to the editors, David Lake, Thomas Risse, and especially @antjewiener.bsky.social! Open access: doi.org/10.1093/9780...

academic.oup.com/edited-volum... Please feel free to access The Oxford Handbook of Norms Research in International Relations edited by @sassangholiagha.bsky.social @philorchard.bsky.social @antjewiener.bsky.social 👇🏻👇🏻

Happy to announce the 1st ever @isanet.bsky.social conference in South Asia in August 2026. Hosted in Colombo, Sri Lanka, we welcome proposals from scholars based in and/or studying South Asian politics & international relations, but also broader global themes ofc www.isanet.org/Conferences/...

Truly thrilled and honored that our book is the co-winner of ISA's T. V. Paul Best Book in Global International Relations Award! @yalepress.bsky.social @isanet.bsky.social yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

What comes after American hegemony? If you are interested in this question & you are The Hague on December 10, come join us to hear about @manjeetsp.bsky.social & Amitav Acharya's book yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... More information about the event : www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20... 1/2

“The world without hegemony” — A long-form article based on my book with Amitav! Many thanks to Sam Haselby! @yalepress.bsky.social

Southeast Asian history shows us that there are other pathways to international order and that, contrary to Western modes of thinking, a hegemonic power is not required for stability

Delighted to see Emmanuel Destenay's review of 'Divergent Worlds' in International Affairs! Many thanks! @iajournal.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social

A very generous review of our book, 'Divergent Worlds: What the Ancient Mediterranean and Indian Ocean Can Tell Us about the Future of International Order' (co-authored with Amitav Acharya) by David Abulafia in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social! @yalepress.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S153...

Really looking forward to my book talk in Canberra next month @anubellschool.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social A huge thanks to Prof Evelyn Goh and to @tommychai.bsky.social!

Asian Security is in good hands with @lionelfatton.bsky.social looking after it! I also wanted to say a huge thank you to the Executive Editors, @devbo62.bsky.social, Leila Zakhirova, Amy Freedman, Andrew Oros, and Mike Chambers! I've enjoyed being the Managing Editor but on to new adventures now!

Happening soon! Tomorrow afternoon NZ time! Do join us for this GRADNAS Seminar to listen to Professor Amitav Acharya on his latest book!

A fantastic piece by Evelyn Goh! eastasiaforum.org/2025/06/01/n...

My copy is here! Amitav Acharya & I argue that the US-led liberal order is giving way to a multiplex, multiregional world order! The active agency of the Southeast Asian states is shaping such an order in the Indo-Pacific! Thanks to TV Paul & Markus Kornprobst! press.georgetown.edu/Book/The-New...

Happening in a couple of hours …

This is going to be exciting! Do join us if you can!

How can Asia’s histories reshape our theories of world politics? Join the next GRADNAS Seminar on Thurs 8 May, 8.30am AEST ➡️ events.humanitix.com/emerging-per... @friederdengler.bsky.social @manjeetsp.bsky.social Tommy Chai & Kayeon Roh

Really enjoying this so far :) Brilliant work from Amitav Acharya and @manjeetsp.bsky.social HT @judah-grunstein.bsky.social for the recommendation

In the book, Amitav and @manjeetsp.bsky.social compare the ancient Roman Med with the classical Indian Ocean region to make much deeper and similarly thought-provoking arguments about the limits of Western-centric IR theory in general, and hegemonic stability theory specifically. Highly recommend.

Just finished the fourth chapter, in which Amitav and @manjeetsp.bsky.social to my mind convincingly puncture a number of the self-perpetuating conventional wisdoms about the contemporary strategic landscape of the Indo-Pacific. 1/x

Here is a sneak peek of my book with Amitav Acharya! @yalepress.bsky.social Many thanks to @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social and to Peter Gordon!

From @manjeetsp.bsky.social and Amitav Acharya's co-authored Divergent Worlds. Not even finished with the introduction, and I already know I'm going to like this one.

Happening in a couple of days! Please join us on 25 March if you are in Wellington! @davidcapie.bsky.social @vicuniwgtn.bsky.social

Very excited about the launch of our book, 'Divergent Worlds' @yalepress.bsky.social on the 25th! Amitav Acharya will be in Wellington too, so do join us if you can (& register)! Many thanks to @davidcapie.bsky.social & the Centre for Strategic Studies! events.humanitix.com/book-launch-...

Looking forward to having Amitav Acharya as the 2025 Sir Howard Kippenberger Visiting Chair in Strategic Studies at the Centre for Strategic Studies @vicuniwgtn.bsky.social @davidcapie.bsky.social! Do join us (& register) for his exciting public lecture on 3 April! www.wgtn.ac.nz/strategic-st...

“It is all Indian art, but there are paintings created for rulers of Turkic descent in a peripatetic Indian court by Iranian artists working alongside Hindu artisans, under European stylistic influence, depicting Ethiopian warlords, Chinese vases or North American wildlife.”

Early discussion (& roasting?) of @manjeetsp.bsky.social & Amitav Acharya’s new book Divergent Worlds. Impressive contribution to historical IR, contemporary debates about international order, & lively discussion with a stellar panel

“Kumarajiva’s legacy is deeply entwined with the CCP’s broader objectives, from the Sinicization of Buddhism to legitimizing territorial claims and bolstering China’s historical and civilizational narrative.”

We are hiring! @vicuniwgtn.bsky.social Appointment at the Lecturer/Asst. Professor level, permanent position (eq of tenure). If you are interested in International Relations/International Security with an emphasis on Asia then join our team! DM/email me! ejye.fa.ap1.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Hi, am making the leap frm X to Bluesky w/my new book "Contesting Pluralism(s)..." w/Cambridge UP (Jan '25) It offers a new "key" to Turkey's political history&present... But also a timely framework and findings on how coalitions of pluralists everywhere can confront populist state capture...

IR Book of the Week! "Divergent Worlds" by @manjeetsp.bsky.social & Amitav Acharya. What should be the shape of a post-US led international order? Instead of relying on the "Roman-model", look to the ancient Indian ocean and its lack of a dominant state.

Feels great (and real)! I finally have my own copies :) - with Amitav Acharya @yalepress.bsky.social yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

1 of the major #IR books of 2025 is out early! Having read early drafts, highly recommend this key contribution from @manjeetsp.bsky.social & Amitav Acharya to the history & conceptualization of international orders and ordering, with lessons for a post-US order yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

Today is the day! Delighted that this is out! Co-authored with Amitav Acharya @yalepress.bsky.social 1/n yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

In a little over a week! Hybrid event, please attend if you are in Singapore or register for the webinar!

Absolutely delighted about the publication of UNCONQUERED STATES (Oxford University Press), which looks at the global history of non-European powers in the imperial age.

A great piece by @fengzhang.bsky.social:"a deeper and potentially more destabilising dimension of India-China rivalry. Some scholars call it a “positional rivalry” for leadership in Asia." Check out my book with Ganguly/Thompson on this Sino-Indian positional rivalry in Asia: doi.org/10.1017/9781...

Looking forward to my seminar with Amitav Acharya at ISEAS Singapore. Please register/attend! We think that the Indian Ocean before the arrival of European imperial powers provides a powerful model for a free and open Indo-Pacific! Thanks to Ian Storey! www.iseas.edu.sg/mec-events/a...

Sinocentric readings of Asia's past are often as flawed as earlier Eurocentric ways of thinking about history. Read @manjeetsp.bsky.social s piece for CASI's India in Transition on the interconnected Asian past of multiple centers. casi.sas.upenn.edu/iit/manjeet-...