Gustav Meibauer
@meibauir.bsky.social
Asst Prof in International Relations, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen (@radboudpol.bsky.social) 🇳🇱; IR theory, foreign policy, communication, security, intervention; no-fly zones; he/him; posts in 🇩🇪/🇬🇧
Apropos, here's a recent scholarly take on trolling that makes for good reading.
I think the authors overemphasize the importance of plausible deniability for trolling, and underestimate its use for probing (if you get backlash, you double down rather than evade): doi.org/10.1017/eis....
I think the authors overemphasize the importance of plausible deniability for trolling, and underestimate its use for probing (if you get backlash, you double down rather than evade): doi.org/10.1017/eis....
International lulz: Exploring the strategic logic of trolling in diplomacy | European Journal of International Security | Cambridge Core
International lulz: Exploring the strategic logic of trolling in diplomacy
doi.org
December 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Apropos, here's a recent scholarly take on trolling that makes for good reading.
I think the authors overemphasize the importance of plausible deniability for trolling, and underestimate its use for probing (if you get backlash, you double down rather than evade): doi.org/10.1017/eis....
I think the authors overemphasize the importance of plausible deniability for trolling, and underestimate its use for probing (if you get backlash, you double down rather than evade): doi.org/10.1017/eis....
I don't want to oversell the scholarly insight of a flippant social media comment, but: Both things can be true at the same time, and that is because "trolling/owning the libs" etc. IS important to Trump administration policy/thinking.
December 5, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I don't want to oversell the scholarly insight of a flippant social media comment, but: Both things can be true at the same time, and that is because "trolling/owning the libs" etc. IS important to Trump administration policy/thinking.
Won't someone think of the manuscripts?!?!
November 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Won't someone think of the manuscripts?!?!
Ganz dünnes Eis, Dr. Stängel.
November 13, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Ganz dünnes Eis, Dr. Stängel.