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Tony Lang @proftonylang.bsky.social · Aug 18

Really enjoyed speaking with @kieranomeara.bsky.social and Dan Drury on @e-international.bsky.social on my intellectual journey in IR: eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Thinking Global Podcast – Anthony F. Lang Jr.

Anthony F. Lang Jr. speaks about universal values, International Political Theory (IPT), normativity, ethics, Grotius and more.

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Kieran O’Meara @kieranomeara.bsky.social · Aug 16

"'Security is mainly a matter of giving the intended aggressor fair warning of what he would be up against.' 'A definition of aggression...is a signpost for the guilty.' Discuss"

Martin Wight's June Examination for 'International Institutions' taught at LSE in 1949 @lseid.bsky.social

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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · Jun 28

@e-international.bsky.social podcast @ #BISA2025 🎉

The 4 E-IR podcasts recorded with us in Belfast have now been uploaded and you can listen to them all at the link down below - a huge thank you to the whole team 🌟

🎧 Listen here - buff.ly/JvVrHsD

@faloulah.bsky.social
@kieranomeara.bsky.social

E-IRxBISA Archives – E-International Relations

Roland Bleiker, the Keynote Speaker of the BISA Conference 2025, speaks about emotions and visuality in international politics, the conference, advice to young scholars and more.

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Kieran O’Meara @kieranomeara.bsky.social · Jun 18

Come join myself, @faloulah.bsky.social and Daniel Drury at the @e-international.bsky.social stand @mybisa.bsky.social conference in Belfast. Come have a chat and record with us LIVE for the Thinking Global Podcast!

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Kieran O’Meara @kieranomeara.bsky.social · Jun 16

This week, join @faloulah.bsky.social and myself of @e-international.bsky.social‬ recording LIVE from the @mybisa.bsky.social conference in Belfast. If you’re attending, come find us so we can record you and bring your research to our global listenership! #BISA2025

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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · Jun 12

Thinking Global, @e-international.bsky.social‬ podcast, is recording at #BISA2025 🎙️

Join @kieranomeara.bsky.social‬ @faloulah.bsky.social‬ & others to share your research, thoughts and impressions directly from #BISA2025! 🎉

Learn more! 👉 buff.ly/mHkyijl

@bisasee.bsky.social
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Kieran O’Meara @kieranomeara.bsky.social · Jun 4

We love a 5 ⭐️ review from a colleague 😂

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Kieran O’Meara @kieranomeara.bsky.social · May 30

Can’t wait! Come and find us @mybisa.bsky.social in Belfast!

BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · May 30

Thinking Global, @e-international.bsky.social‬ podcast, is recording and broadcasting at #BISA2025 🎙️

Join @kieranomeara.bsky.social‬ ‪ @faloulah.bsky.social‬ & others to share your research, thoughts and impressions direct from the conference to a global audience! 🎉

Learn more! 👉 buff.ly/2dBfZ4R

E-International Relations at BISA 2025

E-International Relations will be attending the 2025 British International Studies Association (BISA) Conference in Belfast and recording for our podcast.

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Kieran O’Meara @kieranomeara.bsky.social · May 20

Naturally, in the weeks leading up to his 24th birthday, Martin Wight takes notes in A.E. Taylor’s book on Socrates in Greek. 😂

Kieran O’Meara @kieranomeara.bsky.social · Apr 20

Eddie O'Meara, 2023-2025.
Sleep well, my gorgeous boy.

Kieran O’Meara @kieranomeara.bsky.social · Apr 13

Check out my opinion piece for @e-international.bsky.social. I argue that Trump's diplomatic conduct has not undermined Diplomacy as an institution of International Society; rather it has reminded us that it is contingent upon reciprocated practices. A 10-minute read!
www.e-ir.info/2025/04/13/o...

Opinion – Trump, Shattered Diplomacy and International Society

Trump’s break with traditional diplomatic norms is a potential pivot point where new expectations and possibilities for state behaviour may emerge.

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Kieran O’Meara @kieranomeara.bsky.social · Apr 7

E-International Relations is now on Bluesky for all of your #internationalrelations needs! Just go to: @e-international.bsky.social

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Kieran O’Meara @kieranomeara.bsky.social · Mar 28

My idea was to have a Friday afternoon where I did some easier work. 🤪

Kieran O’Meara @kieranomeara.bsky.social · Mar 7

What a day…
- Marking undergrad work.
- Writing a paper for a workshop.
- Abstract reviewing for @standrewsipt.bsky.social
- Tutoring
- Editing a podcast episode for E-IR

And

- Practically foxtrotting around the office to today’s soundtrack of… 😂

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Kieran O’Meara @kieranomeara.bsky.social · Feb 24

Turnout of #deutschewahl #Wahl2025 highest since reunification at 82.5%, but areas of AfD popularity visibly appear to be lower or below average (using @reuters.com data). If a ⚫️🔴/⚫️🔴🟢 coalition stagnates, the AfD have been placed in prime position to claim 'legitimate alternative' status. Worrying.

Kieran O’Meara @kieranomeara.bsky.social · Feb 21

In a single statement about Ukraine, J.D. Vance illustrates how little he understands of what national sovereignty entails conceptually. That said, as the overarching ideology dictates that all things can undergo commodification, maybe it was only a matter of time?

Cash 4 Norms all along.

Kieran O’Meara @kieranomeara.bsky.social · Jan 21

So happy to say that I will be chairing 2 Roundtables at the @mybisa.bsky.social conference in June in Belfast. The 1st on #openaccess #polsci and the 2nd on the future of the English School. Also, I will be presenting my paper to a BISA CRIPT panel on Pacifist International Theory. Come along! ☺️

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Kieran O’Meara @kieranomeara.bsky.social · Jan 16

The @thesun.co.uk really is a rag. Yesterday’s paper vs BBC on repealing the Legacy Act. “Labour’s hard left often side with terrorists.” 🥱🙄🙄 Just blatant rightist rubbish that forgot ‘news’ some time ago.

Positionality statement: I am a Liverpool @lfcr.bsky.social fan though, so..

Kieran O’Meara @kieranomeara.bsky.social · Jan 13

Once again I find myself in awe of Martin Wight’s style as a young writer. What a line:

“It is easy to make a bargain with the Devil, and impossible to see that he keeps it.”

Kieran O’Meara @kieranomeara.bsky.social · Jan 3

A student asked me "Does @just-stopoil.bsky.social believe they have had an effect?"
- Est. 4.4 Bn barrels of oil unlicensed for drilling due to action.
- That's 1.9 Mn tonnes of CO2e.
- That's 1,339,422 barrels of oil stopped per arrest.
- That's 24 Mn barrels per imprisonment.

Yes. Yes it does.

Kieran O’Meara @kieranomeara.bsky.social · Dec 22

Wight reminding me why his pacifist thought slaps! Here, talking about #pacifism, #internationalrelations, and British #Imperialism in India, responding to the then Bishop of Bombay Richard D Acland’s claim that pacifism exaggerates the sanctity of life and that imperialism is a Christian act - 1936

Kieran O’Meara @kieranomeara.bsky.social · Dec 21

Yesterday it was lovely to host a Christmas Party for my @uniofstandrews.bsky.social 1st year #InternationalRelations PhD colleagues and friends in my little flat. What an amazing bunch of scholars from all over the world! Merry Christmas all the academics in my phone! 😂 Have a great one! 🎄🎁🫂

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Kieran O’Meara @kieranomeara.bsky.social · Dec 12

Would anybody be interested in listening to a podcast series just looking at how international relations, conflict studies, post colonial thought, feminist thought, IR Theory and sport variously intersect?? If so, what would make you listen??

Kieran O’Meara @kieranomeara.bsky.social · Dec 2

X (twitter) is feeling more and more like 4chan with every day that passes.

Kieran O’Meara @kieranomeara.bsky.social · Nov 18

😂