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Jan Eijking @janeijking.com · 2d

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Jonas Tallberg @jonastallberg.bsky.social · 4d

A timely collection of great articles on the UN, including my piece with @lisadellmuth.bsky.social on the legitimacy of the UN.

BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · 4d

Review of International Studies #freetoread articles for the UN's 80th anniversary! 🎉

Exploring all aspects of the UN from its creation to it's failures to measure up to its ideals and values 📚

Read here: https://ow.ly/P2FJ50X7NPZ
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Jan Eijking @janeijking.com · 8d

Another excellent piece by Geertje Bol @whpt.bsky.social 👇 www.the-tls.com/philosophy/c...

The erasure of women philosophers

Eileen O’Neill’s foundational article “Disappearing Ink: Early modern women philosophers and their fate in history” (1998) was revelatory for me as a

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Mary Jo MacDonald @maryjomacdonald.bsky.social · 8d

Geertje Bol on canon construction and history of women philosophers! www.the-tls.com/philosophy/c...

The erasure of women philosophers

Eileen O’Neill’s foundational article “Disappearing Ink: Early modern women philosophers and their fate in history” (1998) was revelatory for me as a

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · 8d

"Democratische politiek vraagt niet alleen de kunst van het compromis, maar ook de kunst van het principiële conflict dat legitimiteit en betekenis geeft áán dat compromis."

Cruciale op-Ed van @leoniedejonge.bsky.social & @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social voor Nederlandse "middenpartijen"

Opinie | Hoe Nederland een katerkabinet kan voorkomen

Verkiezingen: Goede bedoelingen van partijen alom, in aanloop naar de verkiezingen. Maar toch dreigt een kater na 29 oktober. En die kan zich bij de verkiezingen dáárop wreken, schrijven Léonie de Jon...

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Jan Eijking @janeijking.com · 8d

Another excellent piece by Geertje Bol @whpt.bsky.social 👇 www.the-tls.com/philosophy/c...

The erasure of women philosophers

Eileen O’Neill’s foundational article “Disappearing Ink: Early modern women philosophers and their fate in history” (1998) was revelatory for me as a

www.the-tls.com

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Jan Eijking @janeijking.com · 10d

Thank you! 😀

Jan Eijking @janeijking.com · 10d

Thanks Juanita! 😊

Jan Eijking @janeijking.com · 10d

First day on the new job! Sad to leave @politicsoxford.bsky.social after eight years, but really excited to join @uantwerpen.be as @ec.europa.eu Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow to start a new project on luxury and global order. cordis.europa.eu/project/id/1...

"Whether private-jet carbon emissions, haute couture, or the diamond trade: how we judge luxury is surprisingly closely tied to how we view global order. So what role exactly does luxury play in moder...

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Jan Eijking @janeijking.com · 12d

Meine Analyse zum 80. Jubiläum der Vereinten Nationen für die Oktober-Ausgabe der @blaetter.bsky.social: www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2025...

80 Jahre UNO: Auf dem Weg in die Bedeutungslosigkeit?

Am 24. Oktober feiern die Vereinten Nationen ihr 80. Jubiläum – doch Anlass zum Feiern gibt es kaum. Das UN-System befindet sich in einem bespiellos schlechten Zustand. In der aktuellen Krise zeigen s...

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Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik @blaetter.bsky.social · 16d

📬 Ab heute im Briefkasten: Die Oktober-»Blätter«!

Mit Texten von: Seyla Benhabib, Eva Illouz, Anne Brorhilker, @davidbegrich.bsky.social, @lassessostehen.bsky.social, @rosaburc.bsky.social, Helena Kreiensiek, @annajik.bsky.social, Bernd Greiner u.v.m.

👉 www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2025...

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Jan Eijking @janeijking.com · 12d

Meine Analyse zum 80. Jubiläum der Vereinten Nationen für die Oktober-Ausgabe der @blaetter.bsky.social: www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2025...

80 Jahre UNO: Auf dem Weg in die Bedeutungslosigkeit?

Am 24. Oktober feiern die Vereinten Nationen ihr 80. Jubiläum – doch Anlass zum Feiern gibt es kaum. Das UN-System befindet sich in einem bespiellos schlechten Zustand. In der aktuellen Krise zeigen s...

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Samuel Moyn @samuelmoyn.bsky.social · 12d

Tim is the best. All in. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/o...

Opinion | Democrats Are in Crisis. Eat-the-Rich Populism Is the Only Answer.

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Jan Eijking @janeijking.com · 15d

Very cool work!

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Gert Huskens @gerthuskens.bsky.social · 15d

🔗 thelausanneproject.com/2025/09/26/p...

From obscure Belgian ophthalmologist to one of the contested sanitary experts.

In this blog on Dr. Pierre-Joseph Dutrieux’s cholera mission in 1883 Egypt, I demonstrate how networks, empires and epidemics intertwine.

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Jan Eijking @janeijking.com · 15d

Who on Earth thought it’s time for a Tony Blair comeback www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Washington backing plan for Tony Blair to head transitional Gaza authority

Reported proposal for international body to oversee Gaza for up to five years counters UN-backed plan for faster transition to Palestinian rule

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 15d

The success of the far right is not only measured in votes and seats but in its impact on rhetoric, policy and ideology. The fact that a (nominally) social democratic head of government with a huge majority choses to say and do this is maybe the biggest success of the far right in Europe yet.

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Jan Eijking @janeijking.com · 15d

Who on Earth thought it’s time for a Tony Blair comeback www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Washington backing plan for Tony Blair to head transitional Gaza authority

Reported proposal for international body to oversee Gaza for up to five years counters UN-backed plan for faster transition to Palestinian rule

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Thea Riofrancos @triofrancos.bsky.social · 18d

Today is publication day!

EXTRACTION: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism is officially out with @wwnorton.com - find it at a bookstore near you or order online💚📚 wwnorton.com/books/978132...

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Jan Eijking @janeijking.com · 22d

"Industry delegates outnumbered climate experts by 14 to one at the recent “environmental protection” meeting of the UN International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)"

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Revealed: ‘Corporate capture’ of UN aviation body by industry

Exclusive: Industry delegates outnumbered climate experts by 14 to one at recent ICAO meeting, thinktank says

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Jan Eijking @janeijking.com · 22d

Trump's move to classify Antifa as terrorist organisation explicitly named in Dutch motion to do the same – on the same day, notably, as burqa ban extended further. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Tweede Kamer stemt voor uitbreiding boerkaverbod en wil Antifa als terroristische organisatie aanmerken

De Tweede Kamer heeft donderdagavond, aan het einde van de tweede dag van de Algemene Politieke Beschouwingen, een VVD-motie aangenomen voor een ‘boerkaverbod’ in de „gehele openbare buitenruimte”. Si...

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Jan Eijking @janeijking.com · 25d

Für das AufRuhr Magazin der @stiftungmercator.bsky.social habe ich mit Funda Tekin und Marko Trosanovski zum Thema Rechtsstaatlichkeit und EU-Erweiterung gesprochen: www.aufruhr-magazin.de/europa/eu-er...

EU-Erweiterung: Rechtsstaatlichkeit ist für Beitritt weiterhin wichtig

Diskussionsthema EU-Erweiterung: Die Rechtsstaatlichkeit von Beitrittsländern ist weiterhin eine wichtige Voraussetzung. Über Chancen und Risiken.

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Jan Eijking @janeijking.com · 23d

"Are the Tates really that bad, though?" is an incredibly low point even by Spectator standards

Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 23d

you know I wouldn't say I had high hopes for "the Spectator interviews the Tate brothers" anyway but somehow the piece is worse than I thought it would be

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Jan Eijking @janeijking.com · 22d

The original report: influencemap.org/report/ICAO-...

Corporate Capture and the UN International Civil Aviation Organization

Updated InfluenceMap analysis of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)’s climate negotiations reveals insufficient transparency, and the development of policies disproportionately refle...

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Jan Eijking @janeijking.com · 22d

"Industry delegates outnumbered climate experts by 14 to one at the recent “environmental protection” meeting of the UN International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)"

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Revealed: ‘Corporate capture’ of UN aviation body by industry

Exclusive: Industry delegates outnumbered climate experts by 14 to one at recent ICAO meeting, thinktank says

www.theguardian.com

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 22d

An actual quote from the Secretary of State for Business and Trade

Too often people go to university to ‘explore research and knowledge’

Look forward to Wes S saying 'too often people go to hospital to have operations' or Heidi Alexander saying 'too often people go to the station to catch a train'

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