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Matthis @ Real Scientists DE @realscientists.de · 5d

Eine prägnante Einführung in die Thematik der sicherheitspolitischen Zeitenwende in Deutschland findet man auch in diesem schlanken Sammelband, in dem @malteriemann.bsky.social und ich ein veritables Who's Who an Sicherheitsexperten und -expertinnen versammeln konnten.

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Matthis @ Real Scientists DE @realscientists.de · 5d

Zum Tag der Deutschen Einheit und angesichts der andauernden Streitigkeiten zur Wiedereinsetzung der Wehrpflicht, ein paar Gedanken zur 'Zeitenwende' und zur 'temporalen Sicherheit' Deutschlands, zu der ich gegenwärtig mit dem Kollegen @malteriemann.bsky.social /1

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Bundeswehr: Union stoppt vorerst Wehrdienstgesetz von Boris Pistorius

Der Streit über den neuen Wehrdienst droht in der Koalition zu eskalieren. Die Unionsfraktion blockiert das Gesetz von Verteidigungsminister Pistorius im Bundestag. Der Frust auf beiden Seiten nimmt z...

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Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · 9d

When I was a teenager there was a bus direct from my hometown in Germany to London - we had a British army base, and this direct bus connection was one of the benefits of that. One summer I went on that bus to go volunteer in an old people's home in Southend-on-Sea. I had just turned 18 and was... 🧵

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Matthis @ Real Scientists DE @realscientists.de · 10d

[Admin] Die Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik der USA und die Zeitenwende in Deutschland! Begrüßt unseren neuen Kurator @gloefflmann.bsky.social‬! realscientistsde.blogspot.com/2025/09/die-...

Die Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik der USA und die Zeitenwende in Deutschland! Georg Löfflmann ist jetzt bei Real Scientists DE!

Diese Woche freuen wir uns auf unseren Kurator Georg Löfflmann ( @gloefflmann.bsky.socia l Georg ist Lecturer für US-Außenpolitik im Departm...

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Malte Riemann @malteriemann.bsky.social · Aug 14

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · Aug 7

#OpenAccess from @ejisbisa.bsky.social -

‘If I could turn back time’: Temporal security narratives, ontological disruption, and Germany’s Zeitenwende - cup.org/3J64Gnq

- @gloefflmann.bsky.social & @malteriemann.bsky.social

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Georg ‘Maverick’ Löfflmann @gloefflmann.bsky.social · Aug 7

Some exciting news to share: our new article ‘If I could turn back time’: Temporal security narratives, ontological disruption, and Germany’s Zeitenwende, co-authored by @malteriemann.bsky.social and myself, has just been published open access in @ejisbisa.bsky.social! We conceptualize Zeitenwende

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Georg ‘Maverick’ Löfflmann @gloefflmann.bsky.social · Aug 7

Der Artikel ‘If I could turn back time’: Temporal security narratives, ontological disruption, and Germany’s Zeitenwende von @malteriemann.bsky.social und mir, der jetzt open access in @ejisbisa.bsky.social online erschienen ist, begreift die Zeitenwende als eine narrative „Neutaktung“

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.bsky.social · Jul 30

Update: My article on German #pacifism and the #Zeitenwende has just been published online in Defense & Security Analysis. Here's the link to free eprints:

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Malte Riemann @malteriemann.bsky.social · Jul 30

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Georg ‘Maverick’ Löfflmann @gloefflmann.bsky.social · Jul 29

Proofs done, new article coming out soon. And it’s a real banger! Another intellectual partnership in crime with @malteriemann.bsky.social. And will be open access too!

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EJIR @ejir.bsky.social · Jul 10

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“The mercancy concepts conditions of possibility: effeminacy, modernity and the international” by @malteriemann.bsky.social

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · Jul 2

I have had death threats for my work on trans rights. I have been stalked. I have had people try and have me thrown out of my University. I am by no means alone, and lots of trans-inclusive academics have spoken publicly about the violence and harassment they face. But no mention of that here.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jul 2

UK universities have failed to protect gender-critical academics, report finds

Report’s author raises ‘stark concerns about barriers to academic freedom’ UK universities have failed to protect gender-critical academics from bullying and career-threatening restrictions on their research, according to a report. The report, by Prof Alice Sullivan of University College London, recommends that students and staff “taking part in freedom-restricting harassment should face consequences commensurate with the seriousness of the offence”. Continue reading...

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Emmy Eklundh @emmyeklundh.bsky.social · Jun 30

A must-read by @cburchett.bsky.social

Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social · Jun 30

📣New interview📣

@cburchett.bsky.social discusses the weaponisation of anti-antisemitism by far-right parties and its role in their Islamophobic discourse.

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Interview: On the weaponisation of anti-antisemitism by the far right (Claire Burchett) - Reactionary Politics Research Network

This interview is based on Claire Burchett's thesis 'Everyday victimhood on social media The discussion of Jews and (anti-)antisemitism in the populist radical right online space in France, Germany, a...

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Ben Whitham @drbenwhitham.bsky.social · Jul 1

Labour government ministers told tech companies they want their help to create a "prison outside of prison" www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Exclusive: Shabana Mahmood told companies she wanted ‘deeper collaboration’ to tackle prisons crisis

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Georg ‘Maverick’ Löfflmann @gloefflmann.bsky.social · Jun 11

Passend zum Thema #Manifest, wird es demnächst einen Artikel von @malteriemann.bsky.social und mir in @ejisbisa.bsky.social geben mit dem Titel: ‚If I could turn back time’: Temporal Security Narratives, Ontological Disruption and Germany’s Zeitenwende. Darin setzen wir uns auseinander mit der

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Malte Riemann @malteriemann.bsky.social · May 9

Hä, das Eisen
@eisenbremen.bsky.social nicht drauf! Amateur

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Georg ‘Maverick’ Löfflmann @gloefflmann.bsky.social · May 8

Happy to announce that our manuscript titled "'If I could turn back time’: Temporal Security Narratives, Ontological Disruption and Germany’s Zeitenwende, co-authored by @malteriemann.bsky.social and myself, has been accepted for publication in @ejisbisa.bsky.social. Watch this space.

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Malte Riemann @malteriemann.bsky.social · Mar 13

Deswegen läuft das ja bei uns … minus mal minus

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Malte Riemann @malteriemann.bsky.social · Mar 13

Und jetzt husch husch wieder zurück an die Revisions Mr Useless

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Malte Riemann @malteriemann.bsky.social · Mar 13

Halt die Fresse!

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Universiteit Leiden @unileiden.bsky.social · Mar 10

Medewerkers van Universiteit Leiden trappen vandaag de estafettestaking af van de Nederlandse universiteiten tegen de kabinetsbezuinigingen op het hoger onderwijs. Volg de staking in ons liveblog. www.universiteitleiden.nl/nieuws/2025/... #WOinactie #staking

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · Mar 4

I regret to inform you that it is very bad news when things are going worse than <checks notes> <Steve Levitsky> expected

This Is Going Even Worse Than Steven Levitsky Expected

The venerable democracy scholar discusses how Trump is bringing “competitive authoritarianism” to America.

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Georg ‘Maverick’ Löfflmann @gloefflmann.bsky.social · Mar 2

Made it to Chicago for #ISA2025? Can’t sleep because of the jet lag? Then join us for a Saturday morning panel on strategy and ontological security. I’m presenting a paper on Germany’s Zeitenwende and the narrative reordering of temporal security, a coproduction with @malteriemann.bsky.social

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.bsky.social · Feb 28

Jesus Christ, this is beyond bad. Nato is de facto over. No one in their right mind can expect this president to come to the aid of anyone, ever. Or to honor any deals.

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