Everyone I know in Iran is waiting to see if the US will bomb them further into the stone age. Read this achingly beautiful letter from Zahra in Tehran to get a sense of what that feels like:"Where can they begin when every beginning might be an end?" open.substack.com/pub/naghmehs...

The #Iran war dominates the headlines, but the commentary overwhelmingly centers on strategy, energy flows, military posturing, escalation risks, and the regional balance of power. Amid the geopolitical noise, the lived realities of people caught within the conflict fade from the view. 1/6

Delighted to announce my edited volume, Sovereignty in Iran: Challenges to Eurocentrism from Ancient Iran to the Islamic Republic, @Edinburghup.bsky.social available for pre-order: lnkd.in/efUUStHD Early 30% discount: NEW30

5) 'The Competition over the Values of World Order: Iran’s Woman, Life, Freedom Movement and Israel’s "Operation Rising Lion"' by @shabnamholliday.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/mec/2025/09/...

You can find all our blogs here: blogs.lse.ac.uk/mec/ Thank you for reading and engaging with our work in 2025!

Will you take a stand on Saturday to protect the right of everyone to coexist safely and with dignity in Exeter? Read our full statement of solidarity: exeter.greenparty.org.uk/news/2025/10...

My piece on the #Iran-#Israel June War in LSE Blogs, @lsemiddleeast.bsky.social “. I explore the values of world order by juxtaposing #woman_life_freedom and Operation Rising Lion of the #Netanyahu government. blogs.lse.ac.uk/mec/2025/09/...

Competing values drive conflict and narratives, as with Israel and Iran's moral claims in their war. @shabnamholliday.bsky.social's new piece examines the values underpinning Netanyahu's 'Operation Rising Lion' through the prism of Iran’s Woman, Life, Freedom Movement blogs.lse.ac.uk/mec/2025/09/...

Book Launch: Oxford Handbook of International Political Sociology Interested in all things IPS? Join us for our online book launch featuring Co-Editor Ole Jacob Sending and Discussant Ingvild Bode on June 16 at 2 pm (CEST). Details for the @dvpw.bsky.social event: www.dvpw.de/gliederung/a...

Here's the text of the open letter protesting against the BBC's coverage of #Gaza. Robbie Gibb comes under particular scrutiny www.scribd.com/document/883...

Delighted that my chapter 'Historicizing the Global' in the weighty Oxford Handbook of International Political Sociology is now out in both print & ebook! Huge thanks to the editors Stacie Goddard, @georgelawson.bsky.social , & Ole Jacob Sending for the hard work doi.org/10.1093/oxfo...

A reminder in @polstudies.bsky.social of how long the #Iran - #Israel conflict has been in the making and the implications for global order. By @shabnamholliday.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

There are discussions regarding how & if Iran’s regime will evolve/survive. My article shows how the Islamic Republic reinvented itself following the largest protests it had seen at the time, 2009, & intensification in #Iran-#Israel relations under Ahmadinejad journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Looking for some in-depth analysis on Iran-Israel? My article, Populism, the International and Methodological Nationalism: Global Order and the Iran–Israel Nexus, looks at Islamic Republic constructions of Israel under Ahmadinejad & Rouhani: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

My article, ‘Beyond hegemony, world order as domination: Iran’s Green Movement and the nuclear sanctions regimes’, is now in print. It looks at #Iran- #Israel #US relations through Green Movement. shows how sanctions were detrimental to organic democracy. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Our latest issue is still free to access until the end of the month, so be sure to check out fantastic articles from @chrishesketh.bsky.social‬, @shabnamholliday.bsky.social, & more. buff.ly/KJ3teXT

Our article on Dialogue among civilisations has been published in @risjnl.bsky.social. Wastnidge & I show how Dialogue among Civilisations is an example of moving beyond the West/non-West bifurcation in a Global IR and is itself a blurring of ‘West’ & ‘non-West’ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🌡️ Toxic period products: the hidden health and environmental crisis Chemicals in period products pose health and environmental risks, yet UK regulations lag, leaving consumers uninformed and unprotected By Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social

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My article in Political Studies on the Islamic Republic of Iran’s perceptions of #Israel gives some historical context to current events and how it relates to world order: ow.ly/qKgo30nAIn7

go.bsky.app/8yfzmLa Let me know if you or someone you know should be added to this list! AncientBlueSky

I’m looking forward to presenting on #Iran’s role in #Russia’s invasion of #Ukraine at MESA next week. I’ll be part of Iran 1400 Project’s panel (iran1400.org), Vexing questions about the interplay of Iran’s regional and domestic politics. mesana.org/pdf/MESA2024...

Ahead of Tuesday’s election I wrote a piece on sectarianism in the US informed by work done by SEPAD on the Middle East. It highlights some worrying trends. t.co/29RPASpUOu

My article in Political Studies on the Islamic Republic of Iran’s perceptions of #Israel gives some historical context to current events and how it relates to world order: ow.ly/qKgo30nAIn7

A very positive review of Original Sin! @hurstpublishers.bsky.social stratheia.com/book-review-... "a seminal work... interweaving historical analysis with contemporary geopolitical discourse and making it accessible to a broader space-minded audience."

A book worth checking out if you have an interest in space security, now with review for more info! 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

@sainsburys.bsky.social i did the @greenpeaceeu.bsky.social #thebigplasticcount. 52% of my of my plastic is soft, much of that comes from my Sainsbury’s delivery. Is it necessary is it recyclable?

Our new article co-written with Edward Wastnidge on Global IR and how Iran’s complex history and Dialogue among Civilisations problematise the west/non-west bifurcation @risjnl.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Thinking about the idea of a western liberal world order and the extent to which it is built on consensus: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Thrilled to see my chapter "The Illiberal Global Politics of Religions and Civilizations" now online (first view). It is part of the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Illiberalism (ed. Marlene Laruelle). Terrific project! academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

Thinking about the idea of a western liberal world order and the extent to which it is built on consensus: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Latest article on Global IR is out @risjnl.bsky.social Edward Wastnidge & I show how Khatami’s Dialogue among Civilisations & Iran’s complex heritages challenges the west/non-west binary in IR www.bisa.ac.uk/articles/tow...

“How can we recentre just war thinking as a ‘lived’ theory?”   In the latest issue, Cian O'Driscoll finds the historic links between the theory of ‘just war’ and lived experience of war using existentialism as a conduit.   Read: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

polisky cpesky I have 2 open positions in my team Goethe Uni #Frankfurt: I am looking for - a PhD student - a student assistant. You should be interested in comparative politics, ideally with a focus in public policy, comparative political economy, welfare research, or education/social policy.

Congrats, looks super interesting! Looking forward to reading. Wrote something about the dialogue of civilizations with Dionigi here some years ago: doi.org/10.1177/1354...

Latest article on Global IR is out @risjnl.bsky.social Edward Wastnidge & I show how Khatami’s Dialogue among Civilisations & Iran’s complex heritages challenges the west/non-west binary in IR www.bisa.ac.uk/articles/tow...

Our new article co-written with Edward Wastnidge on Global IR and how Iran’s complex history and Dialogue among Civilisations problematise the west/non-west bifurcation @risjnl.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...