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James Pattison

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Prof. of Politics, Uni. of Manchester. Interested in ethical questions around global security, including R2P, war, & changing global order. And Leyton Orient.

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James Pattison @jamespattison.bsky.social · Feb 4

The Journal of Global Security Studies will be coming to BlueSky soon. Watch this space!

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James Pattison @jamespattison.bsky.social · 10d

Important paper on the Tigray War. Key points: Death toll likely to be larger than 800k and Ethiopia obscured the crisis, creating 'zone of invisibility' to reduce calls for international action : www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Tigray war: Modern geographies of mass violence and the invisibilization of populations

The war in Tigray, Ethiopia, which erupted in November 2020, has been marked by widespread atrocities, including organized massacres, the systematic u…

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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · Sep 6

🚨 #REF2029 update - Matthew Flinders and @ailsahenderson.bsky.social
provide an update on REF2029 sub-panel 19 - Politics and IR:

🎉 Pause button pressed & Sub-panel members appointed:
@usempire.bsky.social @rgwhitman.bsky.social @jamespattison.bsky.social @whitproject.bsky.social

Read here 👉

REF2029: Update on Politics and International Relations

Matthew Flinders and Ailsa Henderson provide an update on the timeline and panel remembers.

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Altmetric @altmetric.com · Sep 3

By a factor of 10.

And the number users who likely saw it in their feeds is higher over on Bluesky as well, which is remarkable.

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Attention counts for article:

2 blogs
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154 X users
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2 Facebook pages
bluesky
1254 Bluesky users

157 X users - with an upper bound of 4,056,809 followers.

So far, Altmetric has seen 1341 Bluesky posts from 1254 Bluesky users, with an upper bound of 4,785,712 followers.

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Journal of Global Security Studies @journalofgss.bsky.social · Feb 6

📌 We are now on BlueSky! 🌍✨ Stay tuned for the latest insights and cutting-edge research on global security. Follow us to keep up with the conversations shaping the future! #JOGSS

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Roland Paris @rolandparis.bsky.social · Feb 11

China and Russia can just sit back and watch as Trump accomplishes their strategic goals:
* creating chaos within the US and discrediting its democracy
* weakening core US alliances and partnerships
* convincing the rest of the world that the US can't be trusted

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Journal of Global Security Studies @journalofgss.bsky.social · Feb 11

🚨 Just 3 weeks until #ISA2025! 🚨

Are you an early career researcher or looking to publish with #JOGSS? Don’t miss our Meet the Editor session!

Join our own Ulrich Petersohn and editors from other #ISA journals for insights on getting published 📖

📅 Mon 3rd March | 4:00–5:45 PM
📍 Room 4M, Hilton

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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · Mar 20

Lots of people on here asking what can possibly be Labour’s strategy at the moment. So here is what key strategists are telling MPs who are saying the same…

(don’t shout at me if you disagree, take it up with them!)

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American Journal of Political Science (AJPS) @ajpseditor.bsky.social · Apr 15

The ethics of responding to democratic backsliding abroad by James Pattison is now available in Early View. @jamespattison.bsky.social ajps.org/2025/04/14/t...

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James Pattison @jamespattison.bsky.social · Jun 24

With global health budgets collapsing, @lukeglanville.bsky.social and I have a short reply up at BMJ Global Health. We argue that states must resist the pull of self-interest and short-termism. Ethical prioritisation means focusing on effectiveness and the worst-off.
🔗 www.bmj.com/content/387/...

Trump 2.0: what implications for global health?

The second Trump presidency will be disruptive for global health, so threats must be anticipated and opportunities seized argue Kent Buse and Martin McKee If the 2024 US presidential election was dif...

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Journal of Global Security Studies @journalofgss.bsky.social · Jun 24

From 2025, #JoGSS is run by a new editorial team headed by Ulrich Petersohn & @jamespattison.bsky.social.

Read their editorial to learn about the vision and goals shaping the journal's next chapter 👉 doi.org/10.1093/jogs...

The cover image of The Journal of Global Security Studies appears on the left. At the bottom, the journal’s homepage URL (https://academic.oup.com/jogss) and Bluesky handle (@journalofgss.bsky.social) are displayed in white text on a navy blue background. The background for the rest of the image features a firework held in a hand. Overlaid on this is the article title and author names: “JoGSS New Editorial Team Introduction” by Ulrich Petersohn and James Pattison.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · Jun 5

A fight in a madhouse about who is Napoleon...

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James Pattison @jamespattison.bsky.social · Apr 29

- Fulfilling this duty requires the eschewing of illiberal measures, given the risk of weakening the fight against global authoritarianism even further.

James Pattison @jamespattison.bsky.social · Apr 29

- The indirectness of this duty means that it should be viewed as weighty – and sometimes weightier than other emerging duties because it concerns the prerequisites required for the fulfilment of other duties.

James Pattison @jamespattison.bsky.social · Apr 29

- Just as states possess duties to tackle the ongoing and emerging threats posed by climate change, the misuse of AI, and pandemics, they also have a duty to confront global authoritarianism.

James Pattison @jamespattison.bsky.social · Apr 29

Here are the key points:
- This duty stems from states' domestic duties of self-defence, threats to democracy and human rights in other states, and more broadly the need for a conducive international environment in order to fulfil global responsibilities.

James Pattison @jamespattison.bsky.social · Apr 29

My new paper, "The duty to confront global authoritarianism", is now out in the European Journal of Political Theory.
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Journal of Global Security Studies @journalofgss.bsky.social · Apr 25

How do China and Russia employ economic coercion through subtle and less conspicuous means?

📘 @victoraferguson.bsky.social’s comparative study offers valuable insights into the mechanisms and strategic logic underpinning their sanctioning behaviour.

🔗 Open access: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...

“The Journal of Global Security Studies” cover image appears on the left. The journal's homepage URL (https://academic.oup.com/jogss) and Bluesky handle (@journalofgss.bsky.social) are provided in white text on a navy blue background at the bottom of the image. The background for the rest of the image features coins pouring out of a glass bottle. This is overlaid with the article title and author name(s): “Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Not: China and Russia’s Implementation of Economic Sanctions” by Victor A. Ferguson.

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James Pattison @jamespattison.bsky.social · Apr 17

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The ethics of responding to democratic backsliding abroad

The forthcoming article “The ethics of responding to democratic backsliding abroad” by James Pattison is summarized by the author below. The past decade has seen many previously liberal democratic …

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James Pattison @jamespattison.bsky.social · Apr 17

To do this, I consider three potential approaches. The first (the ‘complicity-based approach’) holds that states and other liberal democratic actors should avoid being causally involved in backsliders’ violations of democratic freedoms.

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James Pattison @jamespattison.bsky.social · Apr 17

further towards aligning with authoritarian global powers and weaken the prospects of collective action to tackle key global challenges.In “The ethics of responding to democratic backsliding abroad”, I consider how states should respond to democratic backsliding in other states.

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James Pattison @jamespattison.bsky.social · Apr 17

It might seem that it is vital for liberal actors to adopt a strong line. They should, the thought goes, react firmly to protect the civil and political rights of those affected to avoid being complicit, as well as to maintain their own integrity. Yet reacting robustly might push backsliding states

James Pattison @jamespattison.bsky.social · Apr 17

The past decade has seen many previously liberal democratic states weaken or abandon key aspects of their liberal democracies and take authoritarian turns. This poses a major dilemma for remaining liberal democratic actors. What should they do?

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James Pattison @jamespattison.bsky.social · Apr 17

I've written a short blog about my paper on responding to backsliding, available here: ajps.org/2025/04/14/t...

The ethics of responding to democratic backsliding abroad

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James Pattison @jamespattison.bsky.social · Apr 15

Really delighted to see this out

American Journal of Political Science (AJPS) @ajpseditor.bsky.social · Apr 15

The ethics of responding to democratic backsliding abroad by James Pattison is now available in Early View. @jamespattison.bsky.social ajps.org/2025/04/14/t...

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Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy & Technology @cmist-cmu.bsky.social · Apr 7

Why do states implement certain cyber strategies, and why might they change over time? CMIST’s Nadiya Kostyuk together with Evan Perkoski and Michael Poznansky argue that bureaucratic politics is an important factor. Read their latest in @journalofgss.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jogss/articl...

The Bureaucratic Politics of Cyber Strategy

Abstract. Why do states implement certain cyber strategies, and why might they change over time? We argue that an important but overlooked factor is bureau

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Victor Ferguson @victoraferguson.bsky.social · Apr 4

New open access article in @journalofgss.bsky.social on how China and Russia (similarly!) use economic sanctions. Using new data, I disaggregate 53 CN and 50 RU cases from 2000-23 to look at ~300 separate sanctions, examining 6 mechanisms of implementation and their dynamics. doi.org/10.1093/jogs...

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James Pattison @jamespattison.bsky.social · Mar 31

My paper on “The Ethics of Responding to Democratic Backsliding Abroad” is now out in AJPS (open access). It defends “a responsibility-based approach” that emphasises the challenges that backsliding poses to the fulfilment of global responsibilities. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

American Journal of Political Science | MPSA Journal | Wiley Online Library

The past decade has seen a marked shift as many previously liberal democratic states have backslidden, taking authoritarian turns. How should liberal actors respond to democratic backsliding by other...

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Journal of Global Security Studies @journalofgss.bsky.social · Mar 28

Curious about the latest research from our editorial team? 📖 Read @dingbatacus.bsky.social's article exploring how electoral turbulence and violence lead to gendered outcomes — and how they impact women's representation in legislative bodies 🗳️

Available open access 👇
doi.org/10.1177/1065...

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Journal of Global Security Studies @journalofgss.bsky.social · Mar 26

Read Christopher Whyte's research to explore the "subversion aversion paradox" in cyber-enabled influence operations (CEIOs). While CEIOs favour subtle tactics, states are more likely to adopt performative actions when chances of subversive success diminish.

🔍 Learn more: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...

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