🌍 Call for Proposals 2025–26 🌍The Scottish Council on Global Affairs (SCGA) invites Scotland-based researchers to take part in our new project: The State of the World. With the upcoming Scottish elections on the horizon, this initiative will take stock of global challenges shaping Scotland today.

Now with an issue #! @jkaarbo.bsky.social and I make the case for more research on the individual in IPE, and for more love between FPA & IPE. We look at taxes and personality profiles in South America to illisutrate out points. The profits of personality www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Our #UofGSpotlight episode Trump 2.0: What’s Next? hit 41,000+ listens!🎙️🌎 Revisit what was predicted and compare it to what’s unfolding now by listening to the episode with our guests @michaelfrazer.bsky.social & @jkaarbo.bsky.social. Listen here 🔗 open.spotify.com/episode/71pi...

A 'timely' article on US foreign policies toward Iran's nuclear programme. @risjnl.bsky.social

Happy to be one of the many contributors, with @cristiancantir.bsky.social, to this new, very comprehensive Handbook of IR. Thanks @cameronthies.bsky.social

In our new blog, @juliacalvert.bsky.social and I discuss the role of Trump's personality in his tariffs, linking it to our recent @ripejournal.bsky.social article on the neglect of leader psychology in international political economy. www.duckofminerva.com/2025/05/trum...

2 new lecturer positions in the Middle East and Africa in the School of International Relations @standrewsir.bsky.social at the University of St Andrews: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...

Calling all scholars with expertise in the Middle East and Africa! Interested in joining us at the School of International Relations at St Andrews? If so, check out these (permanent) posts: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... For background and analysis of the "pandemic treaty" see our Insight report and related podcast at scga.scot/2024/02/14/g... #WHO #pandemic

My latest on @uk.theconversation.com Keir Starmer’s mindset is unlike other PMs — and that could matter when facing Trump. 🧠 A political psychology perspective @edinburghpir.bsky.social #PoliticalPsychology #Starmer #Trump #leaders

Save the date! Looking forward to participating in this webinar, with @drcanbolat.bsky.social @oz7777.bsky.social and @isanet.bsky.social isanet-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Great piece on the importance of political leaders’ personalities, by the brilliant @consuelothiers.bsky.social !!

Happy to talk with @cglgsta.bsky.social about my research! @standrewsir.bsky.social

@juliacalvert.bsky.social & I argue the importance of leaders in International Political Economy, examining windfall profit taxation in Ecuador & Peru, in @ripejournal.bsky.social

It was great to talk to @adamjamesquinn.bsky.social in the Political Worldview podcast. In the episode, we discussed the ongoing Gaza war and its impact across the region

👇 EVENT THIS WEEK 👇 The CGLG's in-residence fellow, Julie Kaarbo @jkaarbo.bsky.social, is hosting a discursive seminar on Egypt's changing identity and foreign policy. All St Andrews students and staff are welcome to attend! 🕐 Wed 12th, 11:00–12:00 🚩 Arts Seminar 8 📩 RSVP [email protected]

Trump's proposal of forcibly displacing Palestinians of Gaza to the Sinai Peninsula puts Egypt on edge. I offer my reflections on what's at stake for Egypt in The Conversation theconversation.com/egypt-on-edg...

That’s a wrap for the @isanet.bsky.social 2025 conference Great to see everyone and nice to have 5 former/current PhD students in a row at the @fpa-isa.bsky.social business meeting!

Off to a great start at #ISA2025 @isanet.bsky.social. Seeing familiar faces makes Chicago’s weather milder, too. 🤓 @bariskesgin.bsky.social @jkaarbo.bsky.social @consuelothiers.bsky.social @isanetexdir.bsky.social

"What we likely have now is a more extreme and experienced version of Trump 1.0". Read IA’s latest blog post, where @jkaarbo.bsky.social gives the verdict on whether Trump has changed since his first presidency 👇 medium.com/internationa...

FYI, you can subscribe to our podcast on: Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g... Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/7d003Lw... or directly from the feed at Podbean: goodauthority.podbean.com

Pleased to share my blog piece with International Affairs @iajournal.bsky.social, linking my current Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.bsky.social research on how leaders change, my previous IA article on breaking bad, and Trump 2.0 medium.com/internationa...

Delighted to welcome Leo Varadkar on ‘St Andrews and the SCGA: Looking at how nations like Scotland and Ireland can provide a hub for discussion on international affairs" with @johnswinney.bsky.social- as Chair of @scga.scot passes from @uofglasgow.bsky.social to @uniofstandrews.bsky.social

Terrific evening in St Andrews to mark transfer of @scga.bsky.social leadership from @uofgnews.bsky.social to St Andrews. Great speech on small nation leadership from former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar & great double act with First Minister @johnswinney.bsky.social.

Have you listened to the latest episode of the #UofGSpotlight podcast? @profnicolamcewen.bsky.social asks @jkaarbo.bsky.social, how serious are Trump's claims about Canada, Panama, and Greenland? 🎙️🌎 Tune into the episode for the full discussion! 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/71pi...

💥4000 downloads over the weekend! 💥 Have you already listened to our latest episode of #UofGSpotlight on the return of Trump? 🎧 Tune in: www.uofgspotlight.com Featuring hosts @profnicolamcewen.bsky.social & @kezdugdale.bsky.social with guests @michaelfrazer.bsky.social & @jkaarbo.bsky.social.

Very much looking forward to the online roundtable "A World Order Out of Balance? Power, Populism, and the Shaping of Tomorrow’s Global Order", organized by @europeanisa.bsky.social @isanet.bsky.social eisa-net.org/online-event...

great to speak with @profnicolamcewen.bsky.social at Glasgow's Centre for Public Policy on Trump 2.0

NEW #UofGSpotlight podcast🚨 Hosts @profnicolamcewen.bsky.social and @kezdugdale.bsky.social are joined by expert guests @michaelfrazer.bsky.social and @jkaarbo.bsky.social to discuss the return of President Donald Trump and what's next for US and global politics. 🎧 www.uofgspotlight.com

New article out now with the @ejir.bsky.social on "Ontological security crisis and role conception change: the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the European Union’s role conceptions“ available via open access here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

@ukdefencejournal.org.uk @defensenews.bsky.social @europeansecurity.bsky.social @euiss.bsky.social @munsecconf.bsky.social

Here's a @goodauth.bsky.social explainer on when and how the president can deploy the military on domestic soil. Unexpectedly necessary clarification: this is about the US, not South Korea. goodauthority.org/news/can-the...

Deadline to apply: 6th January 2025. More details: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

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In our latest podcast, Dr Ilia Xypolia, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at University of Aberdeen; and Dr Zana Gul, Lecturer in International Politics at University of Stirling discuss their SCGA-funded project on the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne, its aftermath and its lessons.

A Global Perspective on National Security: Announcing the National Security and Defence Documents Dataset scga.scot/2024/09/25/n...

Workshop Report: Conflict and Peacemaking in the Era of Global Fragmentation scga.scot/2024/10/02/c...

SCGA Report: Networking nuclear research in Scotland and the UK scga.scot/2024/10/23/s...

Here a starter pack for people working on foreign policy. Contact me to add you. go.bsky.app/GysdG6U

Deadline to apply is 16th October. Links: Senior Lecturer: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... Lecturer: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

📢 Excited to share my latest commentary, 'Milei’s Leadership Examined,' in @GlobalAmericans. Discover how Javier Milei's personality could shape Argentina's foreign policy and the potential global implications #Milei #Argentina Read here 👇🇦🇷 theglobalamericans.org/2023/12/mile...

📢 Ever wondered how emotions shape international rivalries? My latest research in Foreign Policy Analysis Journal dives into the Bolivian-Chilean rivalry, revealing the crucial role of leaders' emotions in shaping foreign policy decisions. Read it here (open access) academic.oup.com/fpa/article/...

This month sees 75th anniversary of United Nations Genocide Convention. @scga.bsky.social talks with Prof Christian Tams of the Glasgow Centre for International Law & Security about its origins, development, challenges & ongoing relevance bit.ly/UNGC75 www.un.org/en/genocidep...

In our latest Global Affairs podcast, Ben Martill, senior lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Edinburgh joins us to look at UK-EU foreign policy relations post #Brexit and prospects for the future. #globalaffairs #foreignpolicy podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/u...

Juliet Kaarbo, Kai Opperman & Ryan Beasley: "He would not have brought together European and other allies in a multilateral front against Russia, due to mutual animosity and suspicion." ... and that's just the first in the list. www.duckofminerva.com/2023/09/what...