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Absolutely thrilled about the publication of the new edition of GLOBALE MONARCHIE by the German Federal Agency for Civic Education (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung). Very affordable! The English translation of the book is in progress...: www.bpb.de/shop/buecher... @lsehy.bsky.social @bpb.de

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Realism, ideology, and exile - https://cup.org/3OnrUbp

"This article reconceptualizes the realist relationship with ideology in terms of a recurring experience of ideological exile"

- @lefteleven.bsky.social

#FirstView

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An image of the first page of Dunn's article available via the link

Now online and open access! An autobiographical essay by John Dunn (Cambridge) entitled "The History of Political Thought as Window on the World" @global-ih.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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It's helping more people discover what makes Sussex an exciting place to be — celebrating ideas, research, collaboration and the difference we make.

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Axis of Empire: A History of Iran–US Relations by Afshin Matin-Asgari Book Launch: Axis of Empire: A History of Iran–US Relations by Afshin Matin-Asgari (California State University, Los Angeles)

Join us on 22nd April, to launch the timely Axis of Empire:
A History of Iran–US Relations by Afshin Matin-Asgari (California State University, Los Angeles).

The book launch is hybrid and will take place at 5pm. For anyone on campus, please come to Fulton 102.

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Come and join our PG, ECR development day on 2 June w/ Juanita Elias, Nick Caddick, The Conversation UK, @julietdryden.bsky.social & more! 🎉

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Very glad to see this article out in the world. In it, I argue for a critical reading of realism's political history, in terms of exile and how realists historically experienced it. /1

Looks like an interesting contribution to the literature on classical realism @lefteleven.bsky.social 👇

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In the Shadow of the Damoclesian Border Abstract. In the contemporary international order, control of borders is the central totem of statehood. The call to “take back control” of borders was the

New paper!

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What does “taking back control of borders” feel like when you are the one being bordered?

When the state grabs you by the balls: reintroducing military service and corporeal power in Germany This essay reflects on an intimate encounter with the German state: the compulsory medical examination that all male teenagers underwent as part of military conscription until its suspension in 201...

Germany reintroduced a soft form of military service in 2026. While service remains voluntary, all male 18‑year‑olds must undergo military medical tests, including a testicle check. But what is this sovereign touch about? Spoiler: it offers little medical value but plenty of sociological insight.

When the state grabs you by the balls: reintroducing military service and corporeal power in Germany This essay reflects on an intimate encounter with the German state: the compulsory medical examination that all male teenagers underwent as part of military conscription until its suspension in 201...

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... new paper on military service in Germany by my colleague @davidbrenner.bsky.social

Geopolitical Imaginations and Global Histories of International Thought: Adventures in Time and Space1 Abstract. Much is said today of geopolitics, but little is understood about its global intellectual history. Introducing this special issue, we map out an

Thrilled to share our open-access 'Geopolitical Imaginations and the History of International Thought', co-authored with @lucianashworth.bsky.social, and introducing our special forum with @gsqjournal.bsky.social

Geopolitics is dead. Long live geopolitics.

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A Spatial Conversion? The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere and Japanese Imperial Geopolitics Abstract. In contemporary contexts, geopolitics is generally understood as great-power rivalry. Historically, however, a crucial aspect of geopolitics, und

Spatial Conversion? The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere and Japanese Imperial Geopolitics by Atsuko Watanabe. Part of a very interesting looking special forum by @antoniofdo.bsky.social and Luke Ashworth. url: academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...

Global Divisions: The Spatial Imagination of Barbara Ward Abstract. The article examines the international thought of the British economist Barbara Ward (1914–1981) through her spatial imagination. It argues that

My new article on Barbara Ward's global thought is out open access. It's part of a fascinating special issue on geographical imaginaries edited by Antonio Ferraz and Luke Ashworth @gsqjournal.bsky.social
Global Divisions: The Spatial Imagination of Barbara Ward
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🏅 Barbara W. Tuchman Prize for Best Paper in Historical IR by a Graduate Student

Committee: Jelena Subotic (Chair), Or Rosenboim, Thomas Müller

The award goes to ... 🥁

Hermann Derwanz, “The contested origins of the GATT: Imperialism, Anti-Imperialism, and the making of multilateral free trade”

Putting geopolitics in its place: Gibraltar and the emergence of strategic locations Gibraltar has long been understood as a strategic location. In this paper I examine the historical emergence of this seemingly common-sense fact, turn…

If you are interested in choke points, perhaps check out my 2021 paper:
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Jürgen Habermas: Ein leidenschaftlicher Aufklärer, bis zuletzt Jürgen Habermas war ein politischer Denker, der unermüdlich kämpfte: gegen die Irrationalität, für Vernunft und die bedrohten westlichen Werte. Ein Nachruf

Jürgen Habermas war ein politischer Denker, der unermüdlich kämpfte: gegen die Irrationalität, für Vernunft und die bedrohten westlichen Werte. Ein Nachruf

Jürgen Habermas ist heute im Alter von 96 Jahren in Starnberg verstorben.

Vielen Dank, Thorsten 😊

Thank you, Talbot 😊

New article available #OpenAccess:

Public intellectual and the prison of theory: John J. Mearsheimer

Authored by Haro Karkour

#IR #Theory #Mearshheimer #Intellectual #Responsbility

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Thank you, Karl 😊

Thank you, Ty 😊

Thank you, Duncan 😊

@seanmolloyir.bsky.social thank you 😊

Thank you, Eric 😊

Thank you @hist-isanet.bsky.social! 🙏

@harokarkour.bsky.social and my paper on racial justice and the national interest in classical #realism won the Merze Tate Prize for the Best Article in Historical IR

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Find the article here (OA) 👇

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According to the committee, a "valuable contribution" that "deserves to be read not only by historical IR scholars, but also by IR scholars interested in classical realism or race and racism more generally".

Congratulations! 🎉

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