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Oliver Turner @oturner.bsky.social · 11d

Meanwhile, outside the UK...

Oliver Turner @oturner.bsky.social · Jul 7

Just me, or would it be a bit daft to collectively threaten a group of big states with very few common worldviews beyond a dissatisfaction with American hegemony and the feeling that it abuses its power?

Reuters @reuters.com · Jul 7

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Trump tariffs live: US President threatens BRICS with extra 10% levy

President Donald Trump said the U.S. will impose an additional 10% tariff on any countries aligning themselves with the "Anti-American policies" of the BRICS group of developing nations.

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Oliver Turner @oturner.bsky.social · Jul 5

At the end of his first term Obama said in a CBS interview that he had focused on policy and not enough on getting the narrative right. Arguably of course he never did. With Reform doing the opposite and flying high, a Trumpian UK takeover are real unless Labour radically improves its storytelling

Adam Payne @adampayne26.bsky.social · Jul 5

Labour's 1st year: the comms problem

Government's most well-known decision is cutting winter fuel, which is also its most unpopular

Its least well-known decision is NHS investment, which is its most popular

Exc @thinksinsight.bsky.social research for PolHome

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Lauren Rogers @laurenrogers.bsky.social · Jun 13

Luke and I wrote a paper!

Two years ago, the Sycamore Gap Tree was cut down in the dead of night. Responses to this "act of vandalism" made us think about the role of nature in ontic space, and dualism between human and non/human allows for destruction of nature.

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Oliver Turner @oturner.bsky.social · Jun 13

They'd have been barking mad to reject this article, but congrats all the same. You guys ain't no saps!

Oliver Turner @oturner.bsky.social · Jun 12

Oh my word...😃

Mel Brooks @officialmelbrooks.bsky.social · Jun 12

I told you we’d be back

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Chris Marshall @chrismarshll.bsky.social · Jun 4

"I don't know what I get paid - but it's a lot!" is not a great look for someone presiding over job cuts.

Holyrood @holyroodmag.bsky.social · Jun 4

"You still don't know how much you're being paid, just that it's a lot of money?"

Douglas Ross questions the principal of the University of Edinburgh, Professor Sir Peter Mathieson, about his reported £418k salary.

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Anne-Marie Houde @annemhoude.bsky.social · Jun 4

Honoured to be this year’s winner of the @epir-bisa.bsky.social @mybisa.bsky.social best thesis prize, and to share this recognition with the amazing @ubaspehlivan.bsky.social ⭐️ Thank you to the judges!

Emotions in Politics and IR (EPIR) BISA Working Group @epir-bisa.bsky.social · Jun 3

🎉 We’re thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025 EPIR Thesis Prize!
🏆 Winners: Anne-Marie Houde & Uygar Baspehlivan
🎖 Honourable Mention: Shambhawi Tripathi
Their theses impressed our judges with originality, critical insight, and innovative methods. Congratulations to all! 👏

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Oliver Turner @oturner.bsky.social · May 30

Nice work Karl!

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Linus Hagström @linushagstrom.bsky.social · May 30

Very happy that @profgustafsson.bsky.social and I have been awarded the Jacqui Briggs Prize for best article published in @ecprinterestgroups.bsky.social journal European Political Science in 2024. The statements by the jury and the editor can be read here: ecpr.eu/News/News/De...

Announcing the winners of the 2024 Jacqui Briggs EPS Prize

European Consortium for Political Research

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Oliver Turner @oturner.bsky.social · May 30

Awesome news Linus, congrats!

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Citizen Participation @oliverescobar.bsky.social · May 29

📺 The video of my inaugural lecture is now available 👉🏼 www.sps.ed.ac.uk/inaugural-le...

We had some laughs and brightness, as well as some heavier/darker moments, as befits a lecture about #democracy in troubled times.

Thanks to everyone who made the occasion and the professorship possible 🙏🏼

Inaugural Lecture, Professor Oliver Escobar: "Democracy as if the future mattered: Can democratic innovation change the world?"

We are undergoing an unprecedented global democratic recession, but also a period of democratic innovation. What is at the heart of this apparent contradiction? Can democracy evolve to improve the prospect of desirable futures for people and planet?

The world faces social, political, economic and ecological crises, and there is doubt that traditional forms of democratic governance can cope or even survive. In this context, what can the field of democratic innovation offer to the task of sociopolitical reimagining and change? The field is advancing globally, based on the premise that the challenges of our time require mobilising the collective intelligence and capabilities of citizens and communities.

In this inaugural lecture, Oliver Escobar will offer a critical but optimistic take on democratic innovation. He will argue that the next decade will be crucial for the future of democracy and for the democracy of the future. And that we all have a role to play.

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Andy Hom @therealisthom.bsky.social · May 27

Are you short of a listen or interested in the links b/t IR theory & political ideology? @risjnl.bsky.social has just the thing for you - a new pod on our recent editor's selection, featuring our @sebkaempf.bsky.social interviewing (also our) Ben Martill:
www.buzzsprout.com/2395572/epis...

Editor's Selection: Theory/Ideology with Benjamin Martill - Review of International Studies – The podcast

Creating conversations across articles, identifying linkages, bringing together articles that speak to similar topics is the purpose of our editor's selections. In this episode, Dr Benjamin Martill, o...

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Linus Hagström @linushagstrom.bsky.social · May 23

The Swedish Defence University advertises a postdoc focused on ”narrative geopolitics” - or how widespread and emotionally charged narratives influence international security, great power relations, and geostrategic rivalry. Deadline August 31:
fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Postdoc with a focus on narrative geopolitics

Description The postdoctoral position is part of the interdisciplinary research environment on narrative geopolitics, established with funding from the Swedish Armed Forces. The role involves interdis

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Oliver Turner @oturner.bsky.social · May 21

I assigned @flavialucenti.bsky.social's 2024 article on representations of the 'China Threat' to my course reading list this year, and in the student assignments...it was a hit! (A fraction of them pasted here). Not surprising, it's really good Check it out: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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jeremydieudonne.bsky.social @jeremydieudonne.bsky.social · Apr 17

I'll be in Bologna for #EISAPEC25! I will present two papers: "Of world-making and world-breaking: The discursive projections of international order", co-authored with @oturner.bsky.social and "Beyond Securitization: The Western Double Standard on Gaza", co-authored with @marionzhr.bsky.social!

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Oliver Turner @oturner.bsky.social · Apr 2

Full house for the inaugural professorial lecture of the brilliant @oliverescobar.bsky.social! Fantastic to hear all about his life, work, and achievements.

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Regan Burles @rmburles.bsky.social · Mar 25

I'll be speaking about 'Reanimating Geopolitics' at this exciting IPS Symposium in London next month:

DoingIPS @doingips.bsky.social · Mar 25

There's still time to register to the Spring Symposium 2025 on 'Haunting Histories' organised by the Research Group in IPS @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social. Incredible line up of speakers! Full details and registration link at:
www.doingips.org/symposium-2025

Symposium 2025 — DoingIPS

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Scott Brown @scottawbrown.bsky.social · Feb 1

A few years ago, I published this paper about the EU's handling of trade relations with the US under Trump. At the time, I did not anticipate that it would ever become relevant again.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The art of the deal? The EU’s strategic adaptation to Trump’s transatlantic trade policy - Journal of Transatlantic Studies

In 2003, the EU’s European Security Strategy called for the development of “strategic partnerships” with established and emerging powers to support and reinforce the advancement of European goals and ...

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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · Jan 14

GOP members complaining about reduction of military standards while using a chart that misspells the word military!

A group of men sit in front of a chart that incorrectly spells "military" as "miltary."

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Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · Jan 6

Here it is: a tribute to Emma Hutchison, my amazing wife and research collaborator. I hope it does justice to the brilliant scholar and the remarkable person she was. Sorry it took me a while after Emma’s passing to gather enough strength to honour her. www.rolandbleiker.com/tribute-to-e...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Dec 4

You can't have a democracy when one party does not accept election losses as legitimate

John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · Dec 4

% of Republican voters who say the recent election was run very or somewhat well

November 2020: 21%
November 2024: 93%

www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...

Bar chart showing a more than fourfold increase in the share of Republican voters who say the recent election was run very or somewhat well. 93% of GOP voters say this about the November 2024 election, up from just 21% who said this about the November 2020 election.

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Adrian Gallagher @adriangallagher.bsky.social · Nov 22

University of Leeds is offering scholarships for citizens of Gaza to study at undergraduate or postgraduate level. It is aimed at those who have been displaced as a result of the ongoing conflict in the region & are living in a different country (outside of the UK).

www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Nov 21

Mass X-odus: professionals desert Elon Musk’s network

https://www.ft.com/content/30510160-88d0-4d5f-9882-b79f131d3ada

Mass X-odus: professionals desert Elon Musk’s network

Creatives and freelancers miss opportunity and inspiration after decline of X

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Andy Hom @therealisthom.bsky.social · Nov 19

If you're interested in learning more about academic publishing, please join the @risjnl.bsky.social editorial team in a couple weeks for a webinar sponsored by @mybisa.bsky.social and @ceeisa.bsky.social -- all welcome (registration required)!

#polisky

www.bisa.ac.uk/events/writi...

Writing International Relations: A Publishing Webinar with the Review of International Studies

Review of International Studies (RIS) and the Central and Eastern European International Studies Association’s doctoral network are holding a publishing webinar

www.bisa.ac.uk

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