The #populist #right is a master of #flipsiding established #concepts. Michal Krzyzanowski, Natalia Krzyzanowska, @jensrydgren.bsky.social have edited a special issue with pieces analysing this practice, including my analysis of double flipsiding of #security www.tandfonline.com/toc/csos20/3...

Our new special issue is now published! "Conceptual Flipsiding and Reversal of Liberal-Democratic Notions: Discursive-Political Strategies in the Normalization of Nationalism, Populism, Neoliberalism, and the Far Right" www.tandfonline.com/toc/csos20/3...

I see many people raving about @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social speech in Davos. It was no doubt a good one, but a reference to the #EU #GlobalStrategy where @nathalietocci.bsky.social introduced #PrincipledPragmatism as a core concept would have been appropriate. #Davos #WEC

I am not sure why the #German #government is even seriously considering #Trump Peace Board plan. At least it's honest: crown the king, pay the money. And how the board in its composition is supposed to be more effective than the #UN, only Trump knows. #internationalorder #internationalorganisation

Hopefully of interest! @hugoekstrom.bsky.social @stenhansson.bsky.social @cat-tebaldi.bsky.social @thomasdiez.bsky.social @bolandeira.bsky.social @critdiscstuds.bsky.social @kurtsengul.bsky.social @journolinguist.bsky.social @discodiscourse.bsky.social @ylvahilda.bsky.social @paulari.bsky.social

Hopefully of interest! @hugoekstrom.bsky.social @stenhansson.bsky.social @cat-tebaldi.bsky.social @thomasdiez.bsky.social @bolandeira.bsky.social @critdiscstuds.bsky.social @kurtsengul.bsky.social @journolinguist.bsky.social @discodiscourse.bsky.social @ylvahilda.bsky.social @paulari.bsky.social

The statement by #EUHR @kajakallas.bsky.social on the US attack on #Venezuela is appalling. An attack on another country, whether by #Putin or #Trump, without #UNSC legitimisation is a gross violation of int'l law & needs clear condemnation, independent of what you think about the attacked regime.

Still need some reading for the winter break? Check out my latest piece on the "double flipsiding" of the #security #discourse out now as online first in a special issue of Social Semiotics edited by Michal Krzyzanowski, Natalia Krzyzanowska and Jens Rydgen www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Congratulations to #Erhürman and all my Turkish #Cypriot friends! Let's look to the future and see whether #Christodoulides is ready to dance

missed the plenary, made the point. @thomasdiez.bsky.social at #EWIS2025 on why international society needs to be studied from below — through the everyday, not just diplomacy. read more in the post ↓ #EverydayIR #EISA #InternationalStudies

War gerade in einem #ICE mit der Aufschrift "Wir rollen für #Europa". Oder so. Das ist doppelt falsch. In #Deutschland rollt man nicht mehr für Europa, sondern für #Grenzkontrollen. Und am Ende rollte der Zug gar nicht. Technischer Defekt an einer Tür. Branding allein nutzt halt auch nichts.

www.tagesschau.de/ausland/euro... The main German news programme asks whether #Schengen is dead because #Poland is introducing border controls on Monday. But it's #Germany who will have killed it.

Eine von vielen Fragen derzeit an Julia Klöckner: hätten Sie @cansinkoektuerk.bsky.social auch dann des Saales verwiesen, wenn sie ein T-Shirt mit "Ukraine"-Aufschrift getragen hätte? Oder "Israel"? @bundestag.de

🚨Publication alert🚨: My new article 'Towards Orchestrating Normative Power in the Climate Crisis' is now available (OA). It's part of a SI by Ian Manners on 'Normative Power in the Planetary Organic Crisis' #EU #NormativePower #ClimateCrisis #ClimateJustice journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Friedensforscher sehen USA als "Unsicherheitsfaktor"#Friedensgutachten

Wir haben einen Innenminister, der nicht bereit ist Rechtsstaatlichkeit zu akzeptieren und - selbst nach einer Gerichtsentscheidung - rechtsstaatlich zu handeln ... Der Weg ist höchst gefährlich. www.tagesschau.de/inland/zurue...

New book on #infrastructure and #international_relations out now - including my reflections on how infrastructural development has enabled (re)formations of #international_society. Check it out! @iratut.bsky.social @unituebingen.bsky.social link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Skytte prize winners speak out www.ft.com/content/939b...

Brave letter from three international students at Harvard on Trump’s assault on the university and the broader implications www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Can someone in the #EU or in the government of my country please find clear words of condemnation of what the #US #government is doing to its universities - and to the world? Imagine #Putin or #Erdoğan would be acting similarly. #standbyharvard @kajakallas.bsky.social @larsklingbeil.bsky.social

It was fun talking about infrastructures and global security at @unituebingen.bsky.social. Thanks for the invitation and curious questions and comments! @marcokrueger.bsky.social @kawezel.bsky.social @katharinakrause.bsky.social @thomasdiez.bsky.social

Amidst all the awfulness, it’s good to see two new books published on my Configurations series!

Sad news: Joe Nye has passed away. www.belfercenter.org/collection/r...

Are secessionist entities in the post-Soviet space mere puppets in the hands of the Kremlin or do they have bargaining power of their own? Our latest PhD, Maximilian Ohle, argues the latter, even if this power is highly constrained. #Abkhazia #Transnistria @unituebingen.bsky.social

So lange die Kirchen dazu aufgerufen haben, #CDU #CSU zu wählen, war das offensichtlich seelsorgerischer als sich gegen #Klimawandel und für #Geflüchtete einzusetzen. Es war nicht so geplant, aber grauenvoller hätte Julia #Klöckner den Tod von #Franziskus kaum kommentieren können

Resist any intrusion into the freedom of universities. Anywhere.

Wie kann es sein, dass ein Zug gerade eben noch pünktlich ist im #DBNavigator und dann von jetzt auf nachher 10 Minuten Verspätung hat? Wozu hat man die App überhaupt?? #RB74 @deutschebahn.com

"...One of the clearest signs that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has abandoned democratic accountability and embraced full autocracy is his quiet yet deliberate retreat from the economic populism that once underpinned his rule..."👇

⏰ Upcoming deadlines ⏰ 💸 Dissertation Support Grant applications are due on 11 April (in 3 days!) 🗳️ Members can vote in the Governing Board Elections until 21 April 📋 EWIS 2025 registration closes on 22 April

⭐I am looking for 2 PhD candidates w/ focus on qualitative representation research in my ERC project INCONEX at University of Salzburg! On the project: sites.google.com/view/inconex... Applications due: 2 May 2025 Full ad: sites.google.com/view/inconex... #EUsky #poliscijobs #qualitativemethods

Let me share something that has annoyed me. When I was asked to contribute to this CATS Network Perspectives in January, I scoured the web for analyses of the economic costs of the trade war that I suspected Trump would trigger, but I couldn’t find any.+ www.cats-network.eu/publication/...

My wonderful wife, Bettina Ahrens-Diez, was nominated unanimously yesterday to become the @spdde.bsky.social candidate for the next state #elections in March 2026 in the District of #Freudenstadt. Thank you, Freudenstadt, and fingers crossed!!!!

On the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, and considering current debates in some #NATO countries, we ought to remember that the Ottawa Agreement banning #landmines is one of the great achievements of international society! www.un.org/en/observanc...

Breaking: Die Politikwissenschaft nimmt das Konzept „Dumbest motherfuckers alive“ in den Fachjargon auf, um die Realität angemessen beschreiben zu können.

The #EU defined itself as a #normativepower. Core: a commitment to #ICC. Now #Hungary hosts #Netanyahu against whom #ICC has issued an arrest warrant. What do we hear from @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu? From member states? #Merz: #Netanyahu won't be arrested in Germany. Our #European dream is dead.

If you are concerned about security, support the Turkish people and not its terror government. You are hammering the last nails into the coffin of EU credibility. #freeimanoglu #justice @eppgroup.bsky.social @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @kajakallas.bsky.social

The #EU is paying the system of an unashamed autocrat that uses terror to suppress its people to hold back migrants. We need to stop that nonsense immediately. @cb-ekremimamoglu.bsky.social #türkiye

Interview today with my colleague Andreas Hasenclever and myself in our local newspaper. In all the discussion about arming ourselves, we need to ask which #peace and which #Europe er are fighting for #ukraine #russia #war www.swp.de/lokales/tueb... @iratut.bsky.social

Where is a strong #EU statement on what is happening in #Türkiye??? Why is there nothing in the @europeancouncil.bsky.social conclusions? #imamoglu #fightfordemocracy

First world problems. @lufthansa.bsky.social does a @bahn.de on me. Flight from Oslo cancelled. An involuntary night in Norway, missing an already paid night in Cologne, and a lot of hassle. KLM yesterday was on time, clean plane with drinks and snack.

At least someone is speaking up. #Türkiye #Imamoglu www.rnd.de/politik/klin...

One step closer to dictatorship. The people of #turkiye deserve better. #imamoglu

Es gibt eigentlich nur zwei Optionen: entweder die CDU hat die Weltlage komplett falsch eingeschätzt oder sie hat die Wähler*innen irregeführt. Wäre jedenfalls schön gewesen, die Erleuchtung wäre früher gekommen #schuldenbremse #cdu

The outrage about @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social's destruction of international institutions is absolutely justified. Problem is that too many in #EU admire such behaviour. Welcome to a new world in which liberalism and the rule of law don't count anymore.

@jdvance1.bsky.social is right. We need to think about what we are defending. Alas, there are limits to democracy, which is why it needs to be thought together with the rule of law. At the present juncture, we have to contemplate defending ourselves against a US government undermining liberal order

On Wednesday, January 22 @thomasdiez.bsky.social will welcome Dennis Schmidt, an assistant professor at @durhamuniversity.bsky.social 🎓 Join us and learn more about the relevance of International Law and institutions in times of crises.

Die Kunst, Israel und der Krieg in Gaza: Statt Gesinnungsprüfungen und Generalverdächtigungen brauchen wir Diskussionsräume schreiben Saba-Nur Cheema und Meron Mendel: https://www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2025/januar/der-nahostkonflikt-und-die-kunst-wider-die-logik-des-boykotts

In #Österreich könnte bald eine EU-feindliche & pro-Russische Partei den Kanzler stellen. Die Vergleichbarkeit mit 🇩🇪 ist zwar eher gering, aber dass konservative Parteien mit einer Annäherung an rechtsextreme Narrative und Politik kaum etwas gewinnen, könnte dann doch als Hinweis gewertet werden.