Matthew D. Stephen
@mstephen.bsky.social
Prof of IPE @ Helmut Schmidt Uni Hamburg, IR stuff, 🇳🇿, 🇩🇪, DFG Heisenberg Fellow, formerly WZB Berlin, rando
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Matthew D. Stephen
@mstephen.bsky.social
· Aug 27
The Diffusion of Global Power and the Decline of Global Governance | Ethics & International Affairs | Cambridge Core
The Diffusion of Global Power and the Decline of Global Governance
doi.org
New, somewhat bleak, piece from me on the decline of global governance:
doi.org/10.1017/S089...
Part of a Roundtable on Global Governance in Hard Times with @benjaminfaude.bsky.social, @ninareiners.bsky.social, @yoramhaftel.bsky.social, @stephofmann.bsky.social, John Karlsrud, & Julia Morse
doi.org/10.1017/S089...
Part of a Roundtable on Global Governance in Hard Times with @benjaminfaude.bsky.social, @ninareiners.bsky.social, @yoramhaftel.bsky.social, @stephofmann.bsky.social, John Karlsrud, & Julia Morse
I've said it before and I'll say it again: damn you HeinOnline. Damn you to hell
November 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I've said it before and I'll say it again: damn you HeinOnline. Damn you to hell
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It's interesting to watch the are we the baddies meme just sail over someone's head in real time.
I'm struck by this clip of former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz saying Holocaust education has backfired in part because people Palestinians as victims: "They think the lesson of the Holocaust is…you fight the big powerful people hurting the weak people."
www.reddit.com/r/JewsOfCons...
www.reddit.com/r/JewsOfCons...
From the JewsOfConscience community on Reddit: Former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz speaking to the Jewish Federation and lamenting that young people are learning the wrong lessons from Holocaust e...
Explore this post and more from the JewsOfConscience community
www.reddit.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
It's interesting to watch the are we the baddies meme just sail over someone's head in real time.
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Thrilled to see our latest paper published in @iojournal.bsky.social! 🥳
"Dollar Diminished: The Unmaking of US Financial Hegemony Under Trump" co-authored with Tobias Pforr (@eui-eu.bsky.social) and @fabianpape.bsky.social 🙂
doi.org/10.1017/S002...
"Dollar Diminished: The Unmaking of US Financial Hegemony Under Trump" co-authored with Tobias Pforr (@eui-eu.bsky.social) and @fabianpape.bsky.social 🙂
doi.org/10.1017/S002...
November 20, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Thrilled to see our latest paper published in @iojournal.bsky.social! 🥳
"Dollar Diminished: The Unmaking of US Financial Hegemony Under Trump" co-authored with Tobias Pforr (@eui-eu.bsky.social) and @fabianpape.bsky.social 🙂
doi.org/10.1017/S002...
"Dollar Diminished: The Unmaking of US Financial Hegemony Under Trump" co-authored with Tobias Pforr (@eui-eu.bsky.social) and @fabianpape.bsky.social 🙂
doi.org/10.1017/S002...
First day everyone's heard of Cloudfare, amiright?
November 18, 2025 at 1:19 PM
First day everyone's heard of Cloudfare, amiright?
When her professor emailed her feedback on an AI-written paper, she refused to open it. “It’s wasting his time because he’s editing a fucking machine,” Gwen said. “Whatever he has to say is meaningless to me anyway, because it’s not my writing.”
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thenewjournalatyale.com/2025/10/insi...
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thenewjournalatyale.com/2025/10/insi...
Inside Yale’s Quiet Reckoning with AI | The New Journal
Amid ChatGPT's rising popularity and a computer science cheating scandal, Yale students, professors, and administrators wrestle privately with the proper role of AI in education. What happens when eve...
thenewjournalatyale.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
When her professor emailed her feedback on an AI-written paper, she refused to open it. “It’s wasting his time because he’s editing a fucking machine,” Gwen said. “Whatever he has to say is meaningless to me anyway, because it’s not my writing.”
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thenewjournalatyale.com/2025/10/insi...
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thenewjournalatyale.com/2025/10/insi...
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Great opportunity at top German universities
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 12, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Great opportunity at top German universities
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Tolerating int'l law & norm violations enables their destruction. They must be clearly condemned & punished b/c the stakes are so high: "international law could seem “remote, esoteric, formal & complicated” but stressed prohibition on the use of force by states had made the world much more peaceful"
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Tolerating int'l law & norm violations enables their destruction. They must be clearly condemned & punished b/c the stakes are so high: "international law could seem “remote, esoteric, formal & complicated” but stressed prohibition on the use of force by states had made the world much more peaceful"
In a field in England
October 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
In a field in England
"Even the most advanced systems make small mistakes or slightly misunderstand directions, requiring a human to carefully review their work and make changes where needed."
Sounds a lot like working with student assistants...
www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...
Sounds a lot like working with student assistants...
www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...
Just How Bad Would an AI Bubble Be?
The entire U.S. economy is being propped up by the promise of productivity gains that seem very far from materializing.
www.theatlantic.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:25 AM
"Even the most advanced systems make small mistakes or slightly misunderstand directions, requiring a human to carefully review their work and make changes where needed."
Sounds a lot like working with student assistants...
www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...
Sounds a lot like working with student assistants...
www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...
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"‘Baleful influence’: a conceptual analysis of militarism" by Bryan Mabee and Srdjan Vucetic is out now in EJIR and available online.
You can read it here: t1p.de/4s6sq
You can read it here: t1p.de/4s6sq
October 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM
"‘Baleful influence’: a conceptual analysis of militarism" by Bryan Mabee and Srdjan Vucetic is out now in EJIR and available online.
You can read it here: t1p.de/4s6sq
You can read it here: t1p.de/4s6sq
Nice to see @wzb.bsky.social research making headlines
German study shows how far right sets agenda thanks to mainstream parties reshaping their communications to respond to what are initially fringe issues, boosting the spread of these ideas and signalling to voters that these ideas and stances were legitimate
shorturl.at/OFfig
shorturl.at/OFfig
German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds
Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Nice to see @wzb.bsky.social research making headlines
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This is what is left of Khan Younis, southern Gaza.
October 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This is what is left of Khan Younis, southern Gaza.
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The Department of Politics and IR (together with the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies and St Antony’s College) has opened an Associate Professor position in Latin America politics 🌎
Apply and become my departmental *and* college colleague:
Apply and become my departmental *and* college colleague:
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October 10, 2025 at 9:26 AM
The Department of Politics and IR (together with the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies and St Antony’s College) has opened an Associate Professor position in Latin America politics 🌎
Apply and become my departmental *and* college colleague:
Apply and become my departmental *and* college colleague:
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NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites
The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war
The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war
October 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites
The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war
The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war
Part of the decline of global governance is a relocation of governance from formal to informal institutions, where rules and accountability are lower.
A short piece by @stevebmann.bsky.social and myself
A short piece by @stevebmann.bsky.social and myself
👣 From #Ukraine to global finance, informal organisations are stepping into gaps left by traditional institutions.
⏩ With speed + flexibility, these informal bodies are quietly reshaping #InternationalOrder, write @stevebmann.bsky.social & @mstephen.bsky.social.
👉 bit.ly/3VPrHht
⏩ With speed + flexibility, these informal bodies are quietly reshaping #InternationalOrder, write @stevebmann.bsky.social & @mstephen.bsky.social.
👉 bit.ly/3VPrHht
Why the resurgence of power politics favours informal governance
From Ukraine to global finance, informal organisations are stepping into gaps left by traditional institutions at a time of great power competition. With speed, flexibility, and a lack of constraining...
bit.ly
October 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Part of the decline of global governance is a relocation of governance from formal to informal institutions, where rules and accountability are lower.
A short piece by @stevebmann.bsky.social and myself
A short piece by @stevebmann.bsky.social and myself
Lesenswert!
Hochaktuell sind die neuen WZB-Mitteilungen zum Thema Weltordnung, denn die Regeln, nach denen das globale Zusammenleben über Jahrzehnte funktionierte, gelten nicht mehr. Ein Heft über Krieg & Frieden, über Demokratie, Profit & Wissenschaft, über China, Amerika und die EU.
www.wzb.eu/de/publikati...
www.wzb.eu/de/publikati...
October 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Lesenswert!
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"konkrete Prognosen, insbesondere mit Verweis auf Jahreszahlen, seien in solchen Zusammenhängen grundsätzlich kaum seriös zu treffen."
Eine Prognose und ihre Geschichte: #Russland könnte bis 2029 in der Lage sein, #NATO Territorium anzugreifen, warnen Bundesverteidigungsminister Pistorius und ranghohe Militärs. Woher aber stammt diese Prognose und welche Informationen liegen ihr zugrunde?
www.tagesschau.de/investigativ...
www.tagesschau.de/investigativ...
Woher kommt die Russland-Prognose 2029?
Russland könnte bis 2029 in der Lage sein, NATO-Territorium anzugreifen, warnen Bundesverteidigungsminister Pistorius und ranghohe Militärs. Woher aber stammt diese Prognose und welche Informationen l...
www.tagesschau.de
September 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
"konkrete Prognosen, insbesondere mit Verweis auf Jahreszahlen, seien in solchen Zusammenhängen grundsätzlich kaum seriös zu treffen."
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tired: Great Man theory of history
wired: Broken Man theory of history
wired: Broken Man theory of history
September 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
tired: Great Man theory of history
wired: Broken Man theory of history
wired: Broken Man theory of history
DJT going strong to win the Muamar Gaddafi Cup for most deranged General Assembly address 🏆👏
September 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
DJT going strong to win the Muamar Gaddafi Cup for most deranged General Assembly address 🏆👏
Disappointed that New Zealand did not join in with this move, but hopefully it will come during the UN General Assembly meetings in the coming days 🇳🇿🇵🇸
BREAKING: The U.K., Canada and Australia officially recognize a Palestinian state, a significant shift away from alignment with the U.S.
U.K, Canada and Australia formally recognize a Palestinian state, breaking with the U.S.
The announcements Sunday marked a significant shift in foreign policy, with several other European nations and U.S. allies set to follow suit in the coming days.
nbcnews.to
September 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Disappointed that New Zealand did not join in with this move, but hopefully it will come during the UN General Assembly meetings in the coming days 🇳🇿🇵🇸
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The Trump regime is seeking "regime change in Europe" former Chatham House director Robin Niblet tells the New York Times.
This American-led global far right movement is turning into the Comintern of our times, warns Dutch historian @luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/w...
This American-led global far right movement is turning into the Comintern of our times, warns Dutch historian @luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/w...
September 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The Trump regime is seeking "regime change in Europe" former Chatham House director Robin Niblet tells the New York Times.
This American-led global far right movement is turning into the Comintern of our times, warns Dutch historian @luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/w...
This American-led global far right movement is turning into the Comintern of our times, warns Dutch historian @luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/w...
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I am calling for a moratorium on new tote bags. We all have more than enough tote bags already. Stop giving me tote bags at conferences. I do not want or need any more tote bags.
September 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I am calling for a moratorium on new tote bags. We all have more than enough tote bags already. Stop giving me tote bags at conferences. I do not want or need any more tote bags.