Trump: "See that nice drape? When that comes down right now you see a very very deep hole, but in about a year and half you're gonna see a very very beautiful building. In fact, it looks so nice I think I'll leave it and save money on the doors. I believe it will be the most beautiful ballroom."

Fascinating how tone deaf US political elites have been towards European anger. From Newsom among Dems who failed to beat Trump berating Euro diplomacy, Schumer rattling out domestic guff to Graham and Bessent telling Euros to stop being hysterical. Just speeds up European rejection of America

It is even worse than it looks

📣 New research: In a new paper, @bendassler.bsky.social, together with Angelo Gerber-Helm and @mirkoheinzel.bsky.social, analyses how newly created contender institutions navigate their pre-existing institutional environments: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Does #Trump 2.0 mean the decline of global governance and the resurgence of traditional great-power politics? The death of global governance is not inevitable but will depend on how major powers respond, argue @benjaminfaude.bsky.social and I in a recent article: doi.org/10.1007/s435... 👇

We have been thinking deeply about the resilience of global governance over the last years. It's great to see that our paper is now only one step away from publication. We offer a novel conceptualization of institutional resilience and theorize what makes global governance resilient. Stay tuned!

Happy to share a new paper in RIPE with Angelo Gerber-Helm & @mirkoheinzel.bsky.social! When and how do new IOs engage with their legacy contenders? Using 2016–2023 data, we uncover patterned AIIB–World Bank & ADB cooperation shaped by country context and BRI ties. OA ⬇️ doi.org/10.1080/0969...

📣 happy to see this new paper co-authored with Nadia El Ghali on the “inclusion trap” in multistakeholder institutions published in @jeppjournal.bsky.social. You can read it for free below⬇️

📘 The intro to the special issue "Victims of their own success? How successful liberal orders can become self-undermining" highlights how liberalism destabilises itself through excess, exploitation and exhaustion 👇 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Diese Warnung ist unmissverständlich. @francescabria.bsky.social & @josebautista.bsky.social haben das Vorgehen von US-Big-Tech kartografiert. Ihre Fazit: Ein autoritäres Netzwerk ist auch hier dabei den Staat zu privatisieren. Wir müssen #Palantir & Co den Stecker ziehen bevor es zu spät ist.

When authoritarians tell you they like authoritarianism, over and over and over and over and over again, believe them

I‘m sure these hundreds of US generals and admirals were very happy to be used as props in a campaign performance for Fox News by the former Fox News talking head and the former reality TV personality that never served, while being insulted as „decayed“ and „fat“. Brilliant move.

Author copies for Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social arrived today! If you re-post this by Sept 30 we'll put you in a drawing & send the winner a free signed copy anywhere they happen to be on the planet.

Exclusive: The White House is developing a plan that could change how universities are awarded research grants, giving a competitive advantage to schools that pledge to adhere to the values and policies of the Trump administration.

“It is a tragic and destructive irony that, in the name of national security, the United States is now injuring the allies that have contributed the most to its economic well-being while leaving China far less disadvantaged,” writes @adamposen.bsky.social.

Absolutely wild how we’ve normalized the use of extra-legal & unconstitutional threats to coerce the behavior of private institutions www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/u...

"If there were justice in the world, Musk would never be able to repair his reputation... Musk’s sojourn in government has revealed severe flaws in his character — a blithe, dehumanizing cruelty, and a deadly incuriosity. This should shape how he’s seen for the rest of his public life."

We are inviting applications for a 4-year PhD position in International Relations at the @unisalzburg.bsky.social. Requirement: MA in Political Science or a closely related social science Application deadline: 2 June 2025 For more details, see tinyurl.com/5ew3auby #Polisky #poliscijobs

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

Quite unusually among policy makers taking up the notion, his working definition is pretty well exactly right (or at least what Abe and I intended by it)

Insider trading in politics is state-sanctioned theft dressed up as “strategy.” They get the death toll early and use it to double portfolios. While we panic, they profit, turning bloodshed into stock tips. It’s not public service; it’s a heist with better PR. Incoming Punishment: A stern letter.

The world’s richest people added $304 billion to their combined net worth, the largest one-day gain in the history of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, after Trump pledged to pause tariffs for some countries

“We are bewildered,” said a senior fellow of the Institute of Security and International Studies at Chulalongkorn University in Thailand, a US treaty ally. “It’s worse now to be a U.S. ally than to be an adversary.” www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Great piece on the insane underlying "logic" of the MAGA tariffs. "There is some method to the madness - it's just a nonsensical method" www.ft.com/content/e025...

CORRECTION: No tariffs on Russia, but the penguins on the Heard and McDonald Islands are hit with 10% on all their feather exports www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Trump claims that European states charging VAT is a “tariff” on US goods! Where does this madness end? Eg. when I pay a 20% tip on a meal in an American restaurant, should I see this as a tariff on the eating service I am selling to America? 🤷‍♂️

Großartig aufbereiteter Einblick in den "Markt" wissenschaftlichen Publizierens ... www.zdf.de/play/shows/m...

There is a new encyclopaedia covering all things IR, compiled by Beate Jahn & Sebastian Schindler. It's got almost 200 entries from lots of great colleagues. I was happy to contribute an entry on "Institutions". Can't wait to dive into all the other entries ⬇️! 📚 be sure to check it out! 😊

What reforms can stabilise IOs in an era of shifting global power dynamics and increasing contestation? Read @heinkelmann-wild.bsky.social, Martijn Huysmans and my thoughts on @ecprtheloop.bsky.social 👇 They are based on our recent ISQ article, available OA here: academic.oup.com/isq/article/...

Already inserted in the lastest ISQ issue, in good company with @bendassler.bsky.social, Soo Yeon Kim, Evgeny Postnikov, @jp-singh.bsky.social and other IPE scholars

🎉 Excited to share our new paper in ISQ, with @jfmorin.bsky.social, @cbrandi.bsky.social & Jakob Schwab! We show how trade provisions can boost environmental treaties, pushing members to strengthen commitments ✍️ and attracting non-members to join 🤝. Open access 🔗 academic.oup.com/isq/article/...

Very good piece by @catherinedevries.bsky.social on the challenge now facing Europe www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Die Woche fing damit an, dass die USA in der UN sich auf die Seite der Russen schlugen und endete damit, dass im Oval Office die Ukraine vor den Bus geworfen wurde. Es hilft nichts: Die Europäer müssen nun mit den gigantischen Überforderungen klarkommen. Mein Kommentar www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...

"The technologies through which we see the public shape how we understand it. Our publics have been distorted by social media in ways that lower the odds that democracy will be a problem-solving system." - @himself.bsky.social www.programmablemutter.com/p/were-getti...

The Liberal International Order looks more precarious by the day. @bendassler.bsky.social @heinkelmann-wild.bsky.social‬ and Andreas Kruck write on the LSE USAPP Blog that preserving it will require giving key states more power to avoid undesirable institutional outcomes.

I’m in Munich and people keep asking me to decode Vance’s speech. OK: In Vance English “free speech” means “Let Musk run your elections” and “democracy” means “let Russia run your elections.” Now move on. 2025 is about what Europeans do, not what Americans say.

It was great fun working on this project with Tim @hhu.bsky.social & Martijn. Many thanks to all the amazing colleagues who contributed with their advice and feedback along the way!

#Trump 2.0 🇺🇸 ist ein Schock für die AnhängerInnen der Liberalen Internationalen Ordnung🇺🇳 Auf @ZEITONLINE.flipboard.com.ap.brid.gy argumentieren @bendassler.bsky.social, Andreas Kruck und ich, dass die #LIO durch "liberale Zurückhaltung" bewahrt werden kann: www.zeit.de/kultur/2024-...