Our IR201 LSE Summer School course on 'Power Shift: The West, the BRICS, and the Crisis of the Liberal International Order' will run on 13-31 July, taught again by my great colleague @rohanmukherjee.bsky.social and yours truly. Share this with any interested students!
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Given the tensions between the Trump administration and Pope Leo XIV, come along to our @lseir.bsky.social event to learn more about the 'Papacy in Global Politics', with @massimofaggioli.bsky.social, Dr Carmody Grey, and Prof.James Walters. Chaired by yours truly.
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Shared some thoughts with The i Paper on NATO and the challenge posed by Russia.
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White House these days.
scandal ➡️ scandalum/σκάνδαλον ➡️ stumbling block, trap, inducement to si n.
'every material representation of masculinity for 12 year old boys'.
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Great talking to @mariiazolk.bsky.social on TVP/Slawa about US-Israeli operations against Iran and their implications for regional and international security.
"C’è nei files abbondante materiale per mobilitare in chiave moralistica il pubblico più reazionario...ma ancora più catastrofiche potrebbero essere...le conseguenze per una sinistra che si mostri...del tutto disinteressata alle connessioni di potere e alle lezioni da apprendere".
'it is the very nature of that struggle that builds durable understanding.. students grow intellectually through doing the work of drafting, revising, failing, trying again, grappling with confusion and revising..This is the work of learning how to learn'
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Milan's mayor calls it as it is: a militia.
Usual start-of-the-year reminder.
I am not sure about this "spheres of influence" talk. Does Trump want the US to 'own' the Western hemisphere? Absolutely. Does he want Russia and China to run free and dominate their own neighbours? Not sure about that. The #nss2025 is also ambiguous on this point.
"the meaty hands of zealots". Couldn't have said it better. Sit tibi terra levis.
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We are hiring!
Assistant Professor (Education) in International Political Economy.
If you are a junior IPE scholar interested in this position and have any questions about the Education Career Track at the LSE, do not hesitate to contact me.
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-Beautiful, ain't it?
-What is?
-All of it.
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We are hiring!
Assistant Professor (Education) in International Political Economy.
If you are a junior IPE scholar interested in this position and have any questions about the Education Career Track at the LSE, do not hesitate to contact me.
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Big thanks to The Beaver, our student Shreya Gupta, and my colleague Toby Dodge for sharing their thoughts about what makes studying IR at the LSE so unique. @lseir.bsky.social
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A more powerful suggestion runs through the film though: that true revolutionary acts—those that prioritise revolutionary logics against personal survival or family needs — lie beyond the purview of the film's white characters. Only in Perfidia, Sergio, Avanti, and Willa the revolution lives on.
2.The distinctly American critical stance towards radical vanguardism, embodied by the French 75 group. A positive vision of resistance emerges only at the margins in Del Toro’s character and the local community's fight, but isn't the latter also a very American idea of legitimate resistance?
1.The references to Kubrick and Eyes Wide Shut: from the names of the characters (Lockjaw above all) to the juxtaposition of sex and violence; from the evil cabal of the Christmas (!) Adventurers and their parties ('apologies for all the *cloak* and dagger') to the tiger portrait behind DiCaprio.
It’s not Paul Thomas Anderson’s best film (that has to be 'There Will Be Blood'), but it’s certainly his most important, for all the reasons that various reviews and commentaries have already highlighted. Yet, despite all the ink spilled, I am surprised how two relevant aspects have been overlooked:
Big welcome to all our new IR undergraduate students! #LSE @lseir.bsky.social
