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Lucas Knotter @lucaslitmanen.bsky.social · Dec 19

It's real! My book on de facto statehood and classical realism is now available as a possible Christmas present ;)! Very exciting!

www.routledge.com/A-Theory-of-...

Lucas Knotter @lucaslitmanen.bsky.social · 23d

@jeremymosesnz.bsky.social apparently 'human dignity' is all over this book haha - reminds of your piece (brill.com/view/journal...)!

Lucas Knotter @lucaslitmanen.bsky.social · 23d

Ah tino pai Russell - congratulations!

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Lucas Knotter @lucaslitmanen.bsky.social · Aug 20

It's done!

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Lucas Knotter @lucaslitmanen.bsky.social · Aug 5

This is the least salient issue here, but these barriers also look nothing like timtams...?!

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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · Jul 23

🌟Ep 4 of the @risjnl.bsky.social podcast! 🌟

Hosted by @sebkaempf.bsky.social this week is w/ Maria Mälksoo & her selection of articles conceptualising & applying ritual dynamics in the context of IR 🌎

Inc: @lucaslitmanen.bsky.social @simonkoschut.bsky.social

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Review of International Studies podcast - episode four

In the fourth podcast episode, Seb Kaempf discusses rethinking ritual dynamics with Maria Mälksoo.

buff.ly

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Lucas Knotter @lucaslitmanen.bsky.social · Jul 18

Could an explanation be that the most privileged people also see the least need to disclose such identity markers (see also pronouns)? I.e. those lower on the pay scale are also more likely to understand the intersectional importance of disclosing sex.or. and/or (dis)ability...? Just spitballing...

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Lucas Knotter @lucaslitmanen.bsky.social · Jul 18

Perhaps @fr33palest1ne.bsky.social and/or @winterchristine.bsky.social could be of help...?

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Lucas Knotter @lucaslitmanen.bsky.social · Jul 17

Gefeliciteerd Hilde!

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The University of Bath @uniofbath.bsky.social · Jun 19

📺 Watch: University of Bath on the rise within Global Top 150 in QS #WorldUniversity Rankings 2026

www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...

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Lucas Knotter @lucaslitmanen.bsky.social · Jun 10

I bet that if you'd ask GenAI to produce a movie about a US civil war, it would produce this movie - just acontextual imagery, content without meaning or takeaway. See also 'Warfare'. Watch 'Lee' if you want to watch a movie about war photography.

Lucas Knotter @lucaslitmanen.bsky.social · Jun 9

Excited to be back on King's College campus to attend the #aspirelaunch! 'Teaching-track jobs are so good that even men want to do them!' (Cathy Elliott)

Lucas Knotter @lucaslitmanen.bsky.social · May 20

Check out contributions from the likes of @msanjaume.bsky.social, Lesley-Ann Daniels, Janis Grzybowski, @dimitrisbouris.bsky.social, @irenefmolina.bsky.social, Megan Price, @georgekyris.bsky.social, Maurice Brisland, and Argyro Kartsonaki!

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Lucas Knotter @lucaslitmanen.bsky.social · May 20

My colleagues and I tried to grapple with similar questions last year in this @gsqjournal.bsky.social Special Forum academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic....

Contested Statehood in a Contested International Order: Furthering a Research Agenda

Abstract. This article serves as the introduction to this Special Forum on Contested Statehood in a Contested International Order. The articles in this Spe

academic.oup.com

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Lucas Knotter @lucaslitmanen.bsky.social · May 20

Really insightful piece on the potential ramifications of a Trumpian foreign policy.

'For independence movements, the new rules of secession mean a more volatile and uncertain future.'

Seva @seva.bsky.social · May 20

what does trump's foreign policy mean for separatists and secession movements around the world? our new piece with @ryan-griffiths.bsky.social argues breakaway regions could find new opportunities but also a lot more risks
www.foreignaffairs.com/world/new-pr...

The New Price of Statehood

Trump is a mixed blessing for the world’s separatists.

www.foreignaffairs.com

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Lucas Knotter @lucaslitmanen.bsky.social · May 14

Amazing image

Lucas Knotter @lucaslitmanen.bsky.social · May 8

Fair enough - I'd be in favour of those things in general, but I'm not sure shunning LLMs is the same as LLM-proof. Insofar we want to make our students LLM-proof (ie able to critique), I don't know if that happens with such kinds of assessment...

Lucas Knotter @lucaslitmanen.bsky.social · May 8

What does 'LLM-proof' mean? Because everyone agrees that unis should become 'LLM-proof' - the crux is what that means, which brings us back to square one...

Lucas Knotter @lucaslitmanen.bsky.social · May 3

If Peter Dutton himself losing his actual seat is not a message...

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Lucas Knotter @lucaslitmanen.bsky.social · Feb 19

Postgraduate study opportunity for Palestinian scholars at the University of Bath.

www.bath.ac.uk/campaigns/hi...

Lucas Knotter @lucaslitmanen.bsky.social · Jan 16

Classic Dutch facetiousness combined with classic 'safe haven NZ' trope. Classic Rutte foot-in-mouth awkwardness too.

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Lucas Knotter @lucaslitmanen.bsky.social · Dec 5

"The people's" response to this is pretty unequivocal indeed. Consensus is basically that the guy deserved it...

Lucas Knotter @lucaslitmanen.bsky.social · Dec 4

...or in other words... bsky.app/profile/luca...

Lucas Knotter @lucaslitmanen.bsky.social · Dec 4

Hard no to see a link between social media pile-ons on English Lit phds, and governments ending ALL hum/socsci funding...

Lucas Knotter @lucaslitmanen.bsky.social · Dec 4

Hard no to see a link between social media pile-ons on English Lit phds, and governments ending ALL hum/socsci funding...

Lucas Knotter @lucaslitmanen.bsky.social · Dec 3

After sound and colour, I feel that Xavier Guillaume owes us 'the smell of International security' ;)

Lucas Knotter @lucaslitmanen.bsky.social · Sep 9

Many thanks to the team at @9dashline.bsky.social for allowing me to comment on Aotearoa's supposed recent 'turn' in foreign policy!

www.9dashline.com/article/new-...

9DASHLINE — New Zealand foreign policy: From ‘independence’ to ‘realism’?

Written by Lucas Knotter. NZ’s supposedly ‘new’ foreign policy is thus neither truly independent, nor truly realist, nor prompted to safeguard Aotearoa’s public interest.