Daniel R. McCarthy
@drmccarthy.bsky.social
Associate Prof in IR at The University of Melbourne
Interests: STS, IR, Tech, Utopia, American National Security and Foreign Policy
Series Editor, Technology, International Relations and World Order, Routledge
Interests: STS, IR, Tech, Utopia, American National Security and Foreign Policy
Series Editor, Technology, International Relations and World Order, Routledge
Reposted by Daniel R. McCarthy
Look into your heart – you will find
There's nothin' there to hide
Take me as I am, take my life
I would give it all, I would sacrifice
Don't tell me it's not worth fightin' for
I can't help it, there's nothin' I want more
You know it's true:
Everything I do, I do it for you, oh, yeah
There's nothin' there to hide
Take me as I am, take my life
I would give it all, I would sacrifice
Don't tell me it's not worth fightin' for
I can't help it, there's nothin' I want more
You know it's true:
Everything I do, I do it for you, oh, yeah
Kristi Noem: "Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen"
January 28, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Look into your heart – you will find
There's nothin' there to hide
Take me as I am, take my life
I would give it all, I would sacrifice
Don't tell me it's not worth fightin' for
I can't help it, there's nothin' I want more
You know it's true:
Everything I do, I do it for you, oh, yeah
There's nothin' there to hide
Take me as I am, take my life
I would give it all, I would sacrifice
Don't tell me it's not worth fightin' for
I can't help it, there's nothin' I want more
You know it's true:
Everything I do, I do it for you, oh, yeah
Interesting discussion of conjunctural analysis below, including treatment of various approaches (Hall, Althusser). Helpful in understanding this often fuzzy method
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Interesting discussion of conjunctural analysis below, including treatment of various approaches (Hall, Althusser). Helpful in understanding this often fuzzy method
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Daniel R. McCarthy
His name is Liam Ramos, and he is 5. He was abducted from Minneapolis and trafficked to a detention camp in Texas.
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 21, 2026 at 11:27 PM
His name is Liam Ramos, and he is 5. He was abducted from Minneapolis and trafficked to a detention camp in Texas.
New article 👇: A 'journey to trust' for AI: Civil-military relations and epistemic authority in American socio-technical imaginaries'
Discusses epistemic trust creation for non-human experts and its potential impact on civ-mil relations
#polisky
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/JCNYS...
Discusses epistemic trust creation for non-human experts and its potential impact on civ-mil relations
#polisky
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/JCNYS...
www.tandfonline.com
January 18, 2026 at 9:21 PM
New article 👇: A 'journey to trust' for AI: Civil-military relations and epistemic authority in American socio-technical imaginaries'
Discusses epistemic trust creation for non-human experts and its potential impact on civ-mil relations
#polisky
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/JCNYS...
Discusses epistemic trust creation for non-human experts and its potential impact on civ-mil relations
#polisky
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/JCNYS...
Reposted by Daniel R. McCarthy
An epidemic of workforce demoralization? "Intensive AI use is demotivating and deskilling, fuelling boredom and mediocrity. We could even see a reverse ‘productivity J-curve’: short-term productivity gains rapidly overwhelmed by a deterioration in labour quality" newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
Cédric Durand, After AI — Sidecar
Legacies of the bubble.
newleftreview.org
January 15, 2026 at 2:47 PM
An epidemic of workforce demoralization? "Intensive AI use is demotivating and deskilling, fuelling boredom and mediocrity. We could even see a reverse ‘productivity J-curve’: short-term productivity gains rapidly overwhelmed by a deterioration in labour quality" newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
Reposted by Daniel R. McCarthy
CALL FOR SPECIAL ISSUES FOR AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE!
Do you have an idea for a special issue on a political science and/or international relations topic (including but not limited to Australian politics)? We want to hear from you - read below!
Do you have an idea for a special issue on a political science and/or international relations topic (including but not limited to Australian politics)? We want to hear from you - read below!
January 12, 2026 at 3:34 AM
CALL FOR SPECIAL ISSUES FOR AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE!
Do you have an idea for a special issue on a political science and/or international relations topic (including but not limited to Australian politics)? We want to hear from you - read below!
Do you have an idea for a special issue on a political science and/or international relations topic (including but not limited to Australian politics)? We want to hear from you - read below!
Gonna do something a bit weird and share an article I wrote 12 years ago on technology and the International, engaging ideas of the English School and the literature on UCD to consider the spatial dimensions of determinism
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
journals.sagepub.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Gonna do something a bit weird and share an article I wrote 12 years ago on technology and the International, engaging ideas of the English School and the literature on UCD to consider the spatial dimensions of determinism
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Just stumbled across this very interesting edited collection on state sovereignty and volume, posing a challenge to two-dimensional spatial concepts of sovereignty
#polisky
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
#polisky
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Voluminous States
Conceiving of sovereign space as volume rather than area, the contributors to Voluminous States explore how such a conception reveals and underscores the three-dimensional nature of modern territorial...
www.degruyterbrill.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Just stumbled across this very interesting edited collection on state sovereignty and volume, posing a challenge to two-dimensional spatial concepts of sovereignty
#polisky
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
#polisky
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Recent survey article on state formation in World Politics - extensive coverage of the literature
#polisky
blaydes.people.stanford.edu/sites/g/file...
#polisky
blaydes.people.stanford.edu/sites/g/file...
blaydes.people.stanford.edu
January 5, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Recent survey article on state formation in World Politics - extensive coverage of the literature
#polisky
blaydes.people.stanford.edu/sites/g/file...
#polisky
blaydes.people.stanford.edu/sites/g/file...
Reading on infrastructure again - article that is a couple of years old but a really great starting point for folks interesting in infrastructure and state building by Schouten and Bachmann
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Infrastructural frontiers: Terrains of resistance at the material edge of the state
This introduction to the special issue lays out some of the theoretical underpinnings of the notion of the ‘infrastructural frontier’. We begin by con…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Reading on infrastructure again - article that is a couple of years old but a really great starting point for folks interesting in infrastructure and state building by Schouten and Bachmann
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Went into the country for a break. No Internet. For two days.
Came back to 💥🔥🌎
At least there was no large scale nuclear exchange.
Came back to 💥🔥🌎
At least there was no large scale nuclear exchange.
January 4, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Went into the country for a break. No Internet. For two days.
Came back to 💥🔥🌎
At least there was no large scale nuclear exchange.
Came back to 💥🔥🌎
At least there was no large scale nuclear exchange.
Reposted by Daniel R. McCarthy
My forthcoming book—
For which I began research in 2006.
Is now posted on the website for Princeton University Press.
Cover will be added soon.
The King’s Slaves: The British Empire & the Origins of American Slavery
For which I began research in 2006.
Is now posted on the website for Princeton University Press.
Cover will be added soon.
The King’s Slaves: The British Empire & the Origins of American Slavery
The King's Slaves
A provocative account of how empire and absolutism institutionalized slavery in America
press.princeton.edu
December 18, 2025 at 11:14 PM
My forthcoming book—
For which I began research in 2006.
Is now posted on the website for Princeton University Press.
Cover will be added soon.
The King’s Slaves: The British Empire & the Origins of American Slavery
For which I began research in 2006.
Is now posted on the website for Princeton University Press.
Cover will be added soon.
The King’s Slaves: The British Empire & the Origins of American Slavery
Reposted by Daniel R. McCarthy
Agents with Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino shouted at a SE Asian woman walking outside Costco in Mt. Prospect, IL today.
The woman said in a flawless Midwestern accent, “They just asked me if I’m American. What the fuck?” chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
The woman said in a flawless Midwestern accent, “They just asked me if I’m American. What the fuck?” chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Border Patrol boss clashes with suburban mayor amid renewed Chicago area immigration blitz
The tense standoff between Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino and Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss came after federal agents detained a man at a gas station in the northern suburb, one of at least 10 arrest...
chicago.suntimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Agents with Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino shouted at a SE Asian woman walking outside Costco in Mt. Prospect, IL today.
The woman said in a flawless Midwestern accent, “They just asked me if I’m American. What the fuck?” chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
The woman said in a flawless Midwestern accent, “They just asked me if I’m American. What the fuck?” chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Reposted by Daniel R. McCarthy
It’s not just that Trump lied constantly during his speech tonight; I’m not sure he said a single thing that was factually correct.
December 18, 2025 at 3:16 AM
It’s not just that Trump lied constantly during his speech tonight; I’m not sure he said a single thing that was factually correct.
Interesting article on prestige projects in international relations
Austin Strange in ISQ
academic.oup.com/isq/article-...
Austin Strange in ISQ
academic.oup.com/isq/article-...
Validate User
academic.oup.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Interesting article on prestige projects in international relations
Austin Strange in ISQ
academic.oup.com/isq/article-...
Austin Strange in ISQ
academic.oup.com/isq/article-...
Some Americans seem to think non-Americans like America more than they actually do......
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan
Plan would apply to countries not currently required to get visas to the US, including Britain and France
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Some Americans seem to think non-Americans like America more than they actually do......
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Reposted by Daniel R. McCarthy
My School is hiring fixed term and ongoing lecturers in public policy. I have nothing to do with hiring but love working in Melbourne and happy to answer any Qs about working and living here.
Fixed:
url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/mCevCL7rxD...
Ongoing:
url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/nzQ8CMwvyg...
Fixed:
url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/mCevCL7rxD...
Ongoing:
url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/nzQ8CMwvyg...
Lecturer in Public Policy
Role type: Continuing ; Full-time Faculty: Arts Department/ School: School of Social and Political Sciences Salary: Level B - $124,656 -$148,023 p.a. plus 17% super Build on Melbourne's public polic...
url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:56 AM
My School is hiring fixed term and ongoing lecturers in public policy. I have nothing to do with hiring but love working in Melbourne and happy to answer any Qs about working and living here.
Fixed:
url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/mCevCL7rxD...
Ongoing:
url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/nzQ8CMwvyg...
Fixed:
url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/mCevCL7rxD...
Ongoing:
url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/nzQ8CMwvyg...
📣Job 📣
The University of Melbourne is hiring a Lecturer in Public Policy on a continuing position.
We have a warm and collegial politics department with particular strength in Pub Policy
#polisky #edusky
unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UoM_Ex...
The University of Melbourne is hiring a Lecturer in Public Policy on a continuing position.
We have a warm and collegial politics department with particular strength in Pub Policy
#polisky #edusky
unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UoM_Ex...
Lecturer in Public Policy
Role type: Continuing ; Full-time Faculty: Arts Department/ School: School of Social and Political Sciences Salary: Level B - $124,656 -$148,023 p.a. plus 17% super Build on Melbourne's public polic...
unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:32 AM
📣Job 📣
The University of Melbourne is hiring a Lecturer in Public Policy on a continuing position.
We have a warm and collegial politics department with particular strength in Pub Policy
#polisky #edusky
unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UoM_Ex...
The University of Melbourne is hiring a Lecturer in Public Policy on a continuing position.
We have a warm and collegial politics department with particular strength in Pub Policy
#polisky #edusky
unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UoM_Ex...
Reposted by Daniel R. McCarthy
The Range of the River invites us to rethink Asia's spatial history by uncovering the entwined histories of the Tibetan river system. Iftekhar Iqbal reimagines the river not as merely a tool of empire but as a dynamic force in itself, shaping a truly transregional Asia.
https://ow.ly/paFo50XAiwL
https://ow.ly/paFo50XAiwL
December 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Range of the River invites us to rethink Asia's spatial history by uncovering the entwined histories of the Tibetan river system. Iftekhar Iqbal reimagines the river not as merely a tool of empire but as a dynamic force in itself, shaping a truly transregional Asia.
https://ow.ly/paFo50XAiwL
https://ow.ly/paFo50XAiwL
Piece on the technosphere in Technology and Culture is good - check it out 👇 - Nice focus on relations of scale and power
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
Project MUSE - Socializing the Technosphere
muse.jhu.edu
December 1, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Piece on the technosphere in Technology and Culture is good - check it out 👇 - Nice focus on relations of scale and power
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
Interesting article development of visions of a 'protected Earth' 👇 To me it has strong utopian strains, specifically around the method used, although it is not framed in that way
#utopiainIR
direct.mit.edu/glep/article...
#utopiainIR
direct.mit.edu/glep/article...
The Global Politics of a Protected Earth
Abstract. The vision of humans living sustainably on a “protected earth” has a long history. Support for this vision has been surging in recent years, coming into sharp relief in 2022 when negotiators...
direct.mit.edu
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Interesting article development of visions of a 'protected Earth' 👇 To me it has strong utopian strains, specifically around the method used, although it is not framed in that way
#utopiainIR
direct.mit.edu/glep/article...
#utopiainIR
direct.mit.edu/glep/article...
Reposted by Daniel R. McCarthy
November 16, 2025 at 3:40 AM