📣 Professor Fawaz Gerges has written a new opinion piece for @theguardian.com titled “Trump’s war has backfired spectacularly: Iran is now more influential than ever.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #Iran #AcademicSky #PoliSKy @lsemiddleeast.bsky.social

📣 Join us for the upcoming event "Papacy in Global Politics: Pope Leo XIV and Peacemaking Today" with Professor @massimofaggioli.bsky.social, Professor Carmody Grey, Professor James Walters, and Dr @lucatardelli.bsky.social. 🔗 Find out more: www.lse.ac.uk/internationa... #AcademicSky #PoliSKy

Read or PhD candidate @ailbhe-c.bsky.social's latest research article, “The holy war on reproductive rights: the Russian Orthodox Church as an anti-abortion lobbyist in contemporary Russia," published in Post-Soviet Affairs. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1060... #AcademicSky #PoliSky

A look back at our conversation with H.E. Pedro Serrano on “#Europe in a Post-Liberal World,” with insights from Dr Federica Bicchi, Dr Spyros Economides, and Professor Karen E Smith. ✍️ Read the event report: bit.ly/4sORjsS 🎧 Listen to the podcast: bit.ly/4vwuU62 #AcademicSky #PoliSky

🎉 Huge congratulations to our PhD candidate Manas Chawla on being named to this year’s Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list in the Social Impact category! 🔗 Check out his full profile: www.forbes.com/profile/mana... @forbes.com #PoliSky

📄 Read our Visiting Senior Fellow Silvia Pepino's new article titled "Geopolitics is back in Markets, and #Markets are back in #Geopolitics" on the Department of International Relations blog. blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa... #AcademicSky #PoliSky

Professor Fawaz Gerges appeared on Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow to discuss the prospects of a deal between #Iran and the #US. 🎥 Watch the full interview: bit.ly/4tpACp6 @lsemiddleeast.bsky.social

Throwback to our “Decentering Emissions: How the Developing World Can Shape the Climate Change Agenda” event with Dr @ndubash.bsky.social, Dr @kasiapaprocki.bsky.social, and Professor @robertfalkner.bsky.social. ✍️ Read the event report: bit.ly/429RYdh 🎥 Watch the full lecture here: bit.ly/4cfGlrp

Given the tensions between the Trump administration and Pope Leo XIV, come along to our @lseir.bsky.social event to learn more about the 'Papacy in Global Politics', with @massimofaggioli.bsky.social, Dr Carmody Grey, and Prof.James Walters. Chaired by yours truly. www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

📣 Dr @rohanmukherjee.bsky.social has edited a special issue of the journal Indian Politics & Policy. He also authored the issue’s introduction, “Domestic Change and Foreign Policy in Contemporary #India,” available here: bit.ly/4tQ0OZO 🔗 Explore the full special issue here: bit.ly/41xbtwo #PoliSky

You didn't think I'd co-edit a volume (w/ @erdfraeuleinma.bsky.social & Ana Barclay) without sneaking my name in the title, did you? CfP for @millennjournal.bsky.social Vol 55 on The Global Politics of Liminality is live: we'd love to hear from you! ⏰ Due: 17 June 📍 @lseir.bsky.social, 2-3 Nov 2026

“This is no longer an Iran war. This is a region-wide war.” On this week’s Deep Dish episode, @lseir.bsky.social's @fawazgerges.bsky.social joins Council President and CEO @leslievinjamuri.bsky.social to share why he believes the Middle East is entering a much more dangerous phase. bit.ly/4mdmc8M

📣 Check out Dr David K Johnson’s research article, "Reconstructing imperialism: From the new imperialism to the new geopolitics" published in @risjnl.bsky.social. 🔗 Read the full article to find out more: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📰 Read our PhD candidate Kazimier Lim’s article in The Interpreter by @lowyinstitute.bsky.social. His piece explores how threats to Gulf airports could disrupt global supply chains, reshape perceptions of regional stability, and redefine modern coercive power. bit.ly/4d9wEvm #PoliSky #Iran

🎥 Professor Fawaz Gerges appeared on DW News to discuss mediation efforts in the US–Iran war and evaluate the prospects for meaningful diplomatic progress. Watch the full interview to learn more: www.youtube.com/live/XVltCl6... #Iran #US @lsemiddleeast.bsky.social

📑 Read Professor @robertfalkner.bsky.social's publication, "Historicizing Global Environmental Politics," published in a special issue of @gepjournal.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1162/GLEP...

📢 Join us for our final event of the term, “Europe after ‘the West’?” featuring @dimitarbechev.bsky.social, @benjudah.bsky.social, @sebastienmaillard.bsky.social, Karen E Smith, and Teona Giuashvili. 🔗 Find out more: www.lse.ac.uk/internationa... #AcademicSky #PoliSky #Europe

2026 master’s essay competition runner-up: Kristýna Šimonová of @lseir.bsky.social writes that at 250, the world’s oldest democracy is autocratising at a global cost that its citizens have the power to stop blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

🎥 Our Visiting Senior Fellow Dr @amr73.bsky.social spoke with @france24.com about Iran's new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, and the continuation of the regime. 🔗 Watch the full interview to learn more: youtu.be/Aw2GVKHhsRc?... #AcademicSky #PoliSky #Iran

📣 Read our PhD candidate Alexander Jake Davies’ new article, "Why America Will Succeed in an Age of AI‑Enabled Killer Robots," published on the @lseusablog.bsky.social blog. 🔗 blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20... #US #AcademicSky #PoliSky

📄 Dr @nikhil-kalyanpur.bsky.social has published a new article titled "Twilight of the oligarchs" in the @ripejournal.bsky.social. As billionaires play an ever more visible role in shaping politics at home and abroad, this piece offers a new perspective on understanding their power. bit.ly/3OXcOcP

🎧 Listen to the Global Taiwan Institute's podcast, where our IRD Fellow @mariahtthornton.bsky.social discusses her research on political warfare in #Taiwan. Full episode is available here: globaltaiwan.org/podcasts/gti... #AcademicSky #PoliSky

📢 Join us for today's event: "Judging under Constraint." During this event, Theresa Squatrito will present her new book, which examines deference by international courts. #AcademicSky #PoliSky

📰 Read Dr @stephrschwartz.bsky.social’s co-authored article titled “Why Tanzania’s mass repatriation of Burundi refugees must be stopped” in @newhumanitarian.bsky.social. 🔗 Check out the full article to learn more: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2026... #AcademicSky #PoliSky #Tanzania

Last month, we hosted a book launch with @lseir.bsky.social for Daniel Neep's latest book, 'A History of Modern Syria' 📚 We were joined by discussant Charles Tripp and chair @jasminekgani.bsky.social. You can listen to the event recording here: soundcloud.com/lsemiddleeas...

Interested to learn more about how #Taiwan resists #disinformation & propaganda from #China? Next Tues 10 March 17:00 I will be presenting at @soastaiwanstudies.bsky.social about my PhD research on Taiwan's whole-of-society resistance. 👉 www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/... @lseir.bsky.social

📰 Our Visiting Fellow Dr Irene Morlino has published a new policy piece, “After the #NATO Summit: Where to for European #Security and NATO?” in the European Military Forum. 🔗 Read the full report to dive into her analysis: eeas.europa.eu/sites/defaul... #AcademicSky #PoliSky

📣 Read Dr Anna Getmansky’s co-authored research article titled "Red lines versus negotiables: how exposure to wartime violence influences support for peace settlements in #Ukraine" published in @psrm.bsky.social. 🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #PoliSky #AcademicSky

📣 Our Visiting Senior Fellow Dr @amr73.bsky.social has been interviewed by @theipaper.com on Iran’s political future following the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. 🔗 Read the full article: inews.co.uk/news/world/w... #AcademicSky #PoliSky #Iran

Join us for the launch of Dr Elif Kalaycioglu's new book, The Politics of World Heritage: Visions, Custodians, and Futures of Humanity 📖 🔗 Register here: https://www.lse.ac.uk/events/world-heritage #AcademicSky #PoliSky

Read our PhD candidate Chloé Raïd's new research article, "Middle East Studies Beyond the Middle East Archive – Promises, Predicaments and Practices of MENA research in Western Governmental Archives" in MELA Notes. 🔗 escholarship.org/uc/item/8r42... #AcademicSky #PoliSky

Should China be invited to this year’s G7 summit? Over focus on the G7 risks misreading the real landscape of influence and missing chances for meaningful cooperation with China – Kenddrick Chan @lseideas.bsky.social @odid-qeh.bsky.social & Chris Alden @lseir.bsky.social @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social

This week’s Munich Security Conference will once again put the transatlantic relationship under the spotlight. As the US grows increasingly unreliable, European leaders must now lay the foundations for an independent Europe. ✍ Teona Giuashvili @lseir.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Read our PhD candidate Partha Moman’s article, "With AUSSOM’s Funding Challenges Here to Stay, What Are the Options for the Mission’s Future in Somalia?" published by @ipinst.bsky.social's Global Observatory. 🔗 Read more: theglobalobservatory.org/2026/01/with... #AcademicSky #PoliSky #Somalia

My new article "Kant as Methodology: Race, White Ignorance, and Intellectual Responsibility" is now out in Critical Philosophy of Race (Penn State University Press). Open Access copy here: jasminekgani.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... (summary of core arguments in thread below) @lseir.bsky.social

Our Visiting Senior Fellow Dr @amr73.bsky.social appeared on @france24.com to discuss the current geopolitical situation and the new round of US–Iran talks in Oman. 🎥 Watch the full interview here: youtu.be/QuD8pPI2DlI?... #Iran #AcademicSky #PoliSky

NEW: An interview with Theresa Squatrito @lseir.bsky.social about her book, Judging under Constraint @universitypress.cambridge.org. Making decisions on issues from war crimes to climate change& antitrust cases, "it’s important for us to understand how these courts arrive at their decisions."

How has American trade diplomacy changed under Donald Trump? Stephen Woolcock @lseir.bsky.social outlines the recent history of trade diplomacy in the US, how it shapes outcomes and the impacts of Trump's approach on @lsebr.bsky.social

📢Join Pedro Serrano, the European Union Ambassador to the United Kingdom, at this event to discuss Europe in a post-liberal world. Find out more: www.lse.ac.uk/internationa... #AcademicSky #PoliSky #EU

📢Join us for the launch of Professor Paul Dixon’s new book, The Militarisation of British Democracy: The Iraq and Afghanistan Wars and the rise of authoritarianism. Find out more: www.lse.ac.uk/internationa... #AcademicSky #PoliSky

Professor Fawaz Gerges discusses US–Iran tensions and the risk of a potential #US attack in a new interview with Deutsche Welle. 🎥 Watch the full interview: youtu.be/UMQa-nyXOJ0?... @lsemiddleeast.bsky.social #AcademicSky #PoliSky #Iran

🗞️ Dr @stephrschwartz.bsky.social spoke with @france24.com about Minnesotans' efforts to capture what’s happening during ICE operations. 🔗 Read the article to find out more: www.france24.com/en/americas/... #AcademicSky #PoliSky #US

📄 Dr Patrick Gill-Tiney spoke to The i Paper about the consequences of a peace deal that favours Putin. 🔗Read the full article to learn more: bit.ly/4rkJbA4

📣 Professor Peter Trubowitz and Professor Charles Kupchan co-authored an article for @foreignaffairs.com titled "A Middle Way for American Foreign Policy." 🔗 Read the full piece here: www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state... #US #AcademicSky #PoliSky

📣 Professor Chris Alden @lseideas.bsky.social and our MSc International Relations alumnus Kenddrick Chan have co-written a chapter, "China and the G7," in The Elgar Companion to the #G7. 🔗 Read the full chapter to learn more: www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/b... #China

“Fawaz Gerges's latest book might be his lifetime masterpiece,” writes Dr Silvia Colombo. Read the full review of Professor Fawaz Gerges' new book, The Great Betrayal: The Struggle for Freedom and Democracy in the #MiddleEast. 🔗 bit.ly/3NqkmEb @lsemiddleeast.bsky.social #AcademicSky #PoliSky

This was a brilliant talk by @ndubash.bsky.social - I will be thinking a lot about his conclusions on the implications to re-orienting climate policy around self-determination. Thanks to @robertfalkner.bsky.social for organizing, @gsos-lse.bsky.social for hosting! Podcast recording will be up soon.

📢 Don’t miss our upcoming event with @gsos-lse.bsky.social, “Decentering emissions: how the developing world can shape the #climatechange agenda,” featuring @ndubash.bsky.social, @robertfalkner.bsky.social, and @kasiapaprocki.bsky.social. 🔗 www.lse.ac.uk/internationa... #AcademicSky #PoliSky

Can Europe prevent the United States from seizing Greenland? Björn Alexander Düben @lseir.bsky.social argues European allies must establish a credible military deterrence to prevent a strategic folly that would destroy NATO @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social

📑 Read our PhD Candidate Kristine Baekgaard's new report with the @apc.org titled "The missing link: Cybersecurity and technology-facilitated gender-based violence in the Women, Peace and Security agenda." 🔗 Full report: bit.ly/45Y6BTk #AcademicSky #PoliSky