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The Trump regime is now using US Attorneys to intimidate academic journals by sending them letters demanding they explain how they ensure ‘viewpoint diversity.’ Journal editors should be public about this and coordinate to refuse to comply with these fascist tactics.

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My latest article on my current research project on UN special rapporteurs is finally out with @risjnl.bsky.social! I develop the notion of the plural professional, or actors who practice several professions at the same time & not necessarily harmoniously. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

submitted 61 days ago • 3 comments

Read my fascinating conversation w/ @rondeibert.bsky.social of @citizenlab.ca on the org's technical approach to finding spyware, why there is likely spyware that has not yet been discovered + more. Of spyware use under Trump: "We should all be prepared for the worst" therecord.media/ron-deibert-...

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www.aspistrategist.org.au/defence-not-... My new piece with Typhaine Joffe argues that the US response to Salt Typhoon should emphasize cyber defense investment, and should lead to reconsideration of persistent engagement as an overarching cyber posture.

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Urging Canadians not to "buy Canadian" so much as "buy not-US." We benefit from being integrated in a global trading order, and if the US is withdrawing from that, we have reason to strengthen trade with the rest of the world.

submitted 86 days ago • 20 comments

Terrific early-career researcher workshop with @internatltheory.bsky.social yesterday at #isa2025 Thanks to @davidawelch.bsky.social and @cearadau.bsky.social and Chris McIntosh for mentoring with me, and to all our terrific participants.

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Hello ISA folx! #ISA2025 Come to the OUP Book Stand, Monday 03/03, 16:00-17:00 to ‘Meet the Editors’ of the EISA-OUP ‘Voices in IR’ book series! Tell Laura Sjoberg, Anna Leander & me about your exciting IR projects - we are very friendly & we don’t bite @europeanisa.bsky.social @isanet.bsky.social

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Wow. Puts the lie to #USAID destruction being about eliminating waste and corruption. Instead, Trump/Musk’s actions have created staggering waste and loss.

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www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/w... Fascinating insight into how #DeepSeek “reasons” and its interaction with Chinese censorship policies.

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I am increasingly convinced that comparative politics (including especially me) has fundamentally misunderstood contemporary democratic backsliding. We are attending to elections and the rule of law, when the politics is more fundamental, about a vision for the state and society within it 1/x

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Please consider applying if you’re an early career researcher working on international relations theory, broadly understood. If you know of others who fit that description (students or peers!), we would be grateful if you could share the opportunity with them.

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Bitcoin 100K — but still, after 15 years, no legitimate use cases www.ft.com/content/31b9...

submitted 173 days ago • 111 comments

We said goodbye to our wonderful beagle, Pepper, late on Tuesday. She was sick most of this fall, but fought bravely. She came with us from Canada to Oklahoma, and brought incredible joy to our lives. There is a hole in our house now.

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The article on cyberspace and IR that I co-authored with Michiel Foulon (in @cspjournal.bsky.social) is apparently the journal's most read article of 2024 😮🎉 You can add to the tally by having a look here (open access): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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I'm on the committee of APSA International Relations Theory section Nuno P. Monteiro Best Dissertation Award. Dissertations submitted in the last 2 calendar years are eligible. Nominations due 3/31/25. More information here: www.apsanet.org/section53 Submit away!

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Great to see not 1 but 2 @cais-exeter.bsky.social member papers on the homepage of @internatltheory.bsky.social My 'Mesopotamian Trap' & @profalexp.bsky.social on Wlatz & Kant www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #IR #HistIR

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My thoughts in @bindinghook.bsky.social on why the hostage negotiation analogy falls short for understanding ransomware bindinghook.com/articles-bin...

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#OpenAccess - Failing the state self: on the politics of state shame - cup.org/3Osq6um - Zeger Verleye (@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social) #FirstView

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Can your article be published open access as a part of an agreement between your institution and Cambridge University Press? Find the #OpenAccess option right for you here - cup.org/3Qm0Nev In January 2024 International Theory became an #OA journal.

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Please consider applying, and share this opportunity with your professional networks!

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In a review of Chinese defense articles on AI's warfare implications, Sam Bresnick found that many Chinese experts fear "that the technology could lead to rapid, uncontrollable, and potentially catastrophic conventional—and even nuclear—escalations."

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Insanity. This is gift to Trump -- a stalling tactic that gives him and his allies on the board time to sow distrust and conspiracy theories as he litigates to count as few votes as possible in blue areas like Fulton County.

submitted 250 days ago • 38 comments

Delighted to see my colleague, Brieg Powell’s article up on the International Theory website. It’s a must read for anyone trying to make sense of the origins of ‘the international’, especially those dissatisfied with discoveries of pasts that look just like our present @internatltheory.bsky.social

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I will be at the International Studies Association conference in San Francisco this week. Feel free to ask me about the journal if you happen to see me!

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Please consider applying for this early-career IR theory workshop. 25 February deadline, instructions in the link below. Very grateful for any likes, shares, etc to get the word out! Polisky

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If you are at all interested in economic sanctions and/or weaponized interdependence then you’re really gonna want to check out the latest issue of International Security. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/economic-s...

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You can browse the latest articles from International Theory here - cup.org/48yfenw A Journal of International Politics, Law and Philosophy #FirstView

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New Polisky / IRTsky article with Justin Sherman in Contemporary Security Policy. We identify two variants of multilateralism (authoritarian/liberal), and demonstrate their existence in the global cyber regime complex.

submitted 583 days ago • 3 comments

We're pleased to announce the @goodauth.bsky.social fellows program for political scientists interested in writing for a public audience. This is a one-year opportunity with a $2500 stipend. Early-career scholars especially encouraged to apply! goodauthority.org/news/good-au...

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Ahoy-hoy, folks. I had a few minutes, so I created a new feed for IR Theory called, well, IR Theory. Keywords are IRTheory and/or IRTsky. It's a PoliSky subfeed, so there's no new list to sign up for. Give it a follow, if that's your kind of thing.

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I've started a list of PoliSky Sub-feeds. If you know of one (or started one) that should be added, please re-skeet the feed announcement and @profruback.bsky.social when you do. I'll add it ASAP. docs.google.com/spreadsheets... (@maaikeverbruggen.bsky.social, @profmusgrave.bsky.social )

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Polisky - please welcome @internatltheory.bsky.social

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