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Matthew D. Stephen

@mstephen.bsky.social

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Prof of IPE @ Helmut Schmidt Uni Hamburg, IR stuff, 🇳🇿, 🇩🇪, DFG Heisenberg Fellow, formerly WZB Berlin, rando https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=k0d0H2QAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao sites.google.com/view/matthewstephen https://www.china-hegemony.com/

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Matthew D. Stephen @mstephen.bsky.social · Aug 27

New, somewhat bleak, piece from me on the decline of global governance:

doi.org/10.1017/S089...

Part of a Roundtable on Global Governance in Hard Times with @benjaminfaude.bsky.social, @ninareiners.bsky.social, @yoramhaftel.bsky.social, @stephofmann.bsky.social, John Karlsrud, & Julia Morse

The Diffusion of Global Power and the Decline of Global Governance | Ethics & International Affairs | Cambridge Core

The Diffusion of Global Power and the Decline of Global Governance

doi.org

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samuel @quilombo.bsky.social · 5d

This is what is left of Khan Younis, southern Gaza.

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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 6d

The Department of Politics and IR (together with the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies and St Antony’s College) has opened an Associate Professor position in Latin America politics 🌎

Apply and become my departmental *and* college colleague:

my.corehr.com

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Matthew D. Stephen @mstephen.bsky.social · 7d

The new normal under the tyrant king

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

www.theguardian.com

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 8d

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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Matthew D. Stephen @mstephen.bsky.social · 8d

You win some, you lose some (a lot more actually)

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Matthew D. Stephen @mstephen.bsky.social · 9d

Part of the decline of global governance is a relocation of governance from formal to informal institutions, where rules and accountability are lower.
A short piece by @stevebmann.bsky.social and myself

The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 9d

👣 From #Ukraine to global finance, informal organisations are stepping into gaps left by traditional institutions.
⏩ With speed + flexibility, these informal bodies are quietly reshaping #InternationalOrder, write @stevebmann.bsky.social & @mstephen.bsky.social.
👉 bit.ly/3VPrHht

Why the resurgence of power politics favours informal governance

From Ukraine to global finance, informal organisations are stepping into gaps left by traditional institutions at a time of great power competition. With speed, flexibility, and a lack of constraining...

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Matthew D. Stephen @mstephen.bsky.social · 15d

Lesenswert!

WZB Berlin @wzb.bsky.social · 15d

Hochaktuell sind die neuen WZB-Mitteilungen zum Thema Weltordnung, denn die Regeln, nach denen das globale Zusammenleben über Jahrzehnte funktionierte, gelten nicht mehr. Ein Heft über Krieg & Frieden, über Demokratie, Profit & Wissenschaft, über China, Amerika und die EU.
www.wzb.eu/de/publikati...

Das Bild zeigt das Cover der Zeitschrift „WZB Mitteilungen – Quartalsheft für Sozialforschung“. Der Hintergrund ist ein klarer blauer Himmel. Rechts oben schwebt ein großer Luftballon in Form eines Baby-Darstellung einer bekannten politischen Figur mit orangefarbener Haut und gelben Haaren, der einen wütenden Gesichtsausdruck zeigt. Unten links befindet sich ein weißes Textfeld mit den Ausgabeninformationen: Ausgabe 3|25, September 2025, sowie die Webseite „wzb.eu“ in grün. Darunter steht der Titel des Hefts „Weltordnung“ und die Unterthemen „Regeln“, „Krieg“ und „China“.

Matthew D. Stephen @mstephen.bsky.social · 16d

Thanks for sharing!

Matthew D. Stephen @mstephen.bsky.social · 20d

That's a half truth!

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Christoph Harig @charig.bsky.social · 22d

"konkrete Prognosen, insbesondere mit Verweis auf Jahreszahlen, seien in solchen Zusammenhängen grundsätzlich kaum seriös zu treffen."

Florian Flade @florianflade.bsky.social · 22d

Eine Prognose und ihre Geschichte: #Russland könnte bis 2029 in der Lage sein, #NATO Territorium anzugreifen, warnen Bundesverteidigungsminister Pistorius und ranghohe Militärs. Woher aber stammt diese Prognose und welche Informationen liegen ihr zugrunde?

www.tagesschau.de/investigativ...

Woher kommt die Russland-Prognose 2029?

Russland könnte bis 2029 in der Lage sein, NATO-Territorium anzugreifen, warnen Bundesverteidigungsminister Pistorius und ranghohe Militärs. Woher aber stammt diese Prognose und welche Informationen l...

www.tagesschau.de

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 23d

tired: Great Man theory of history

wired: Broken Man theory of history

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Matthew D. Stephen @mstephen.bsky.social · 23d

DJT going strong to win the Muamar Gaddafi Cup for most deranged General Assembly address 🏆👏

Matthew D. Stephen @mstephen.bsky.social · 25d

Disappointed that New Zealand did not join in with this move, but hopefully it will come during the UN General Assembly meetings in the coming days 🇳🇿🇵🇸

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 25d

BREAKING: The U.K., Canada and Australia officially recognize a Palestinian state, a significant shift away from alignment with the U.S.

U.K, Canada and Australia formally recognize a Palestinian state, breaking with the U.S.

The announcements Sunday marked a significant shift in foreign policy, with several other European nations and U.S. allies set to follow suit in the coming days.

nbcnews.to

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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 25d

The Trump regime is seeking "regime change in Europe" former Chatham House director Robin Niblet tells the New York Times.

This American-led global far right movement is turning into the Comintern of our times, warns Dutch historian @luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/w...

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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 25d

I am calling for a moratorium on new tote bags. We all have more than enough tote bags already. Stop giving me tote bags at conferences. I do not want or need any more tote bags.

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Jannis J Grimm @jannisgrimm.bsky.social · 25d

Time to delete your academia.edu account!

Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 25d

Oh this is BAD.

The new TOC from academia dot edu.

You grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness…

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Thorsten Benner @tbenner.bsky.social · 28d

„There will be no Palestinian state,” declared Netanyahu last week. “This place is ours.”

It‘s getting harder to explain why this is so fundamentally categorically different from Putin‘s „There should be no Ukraine. This place is ours“.

www.ft.com/content/9b90...

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Matthew D. Stephen @mstephen.bsky.social · Sep 16

No, China isn't an existential threat to the international order

Steven Langendonk and I weigh in on China's goals for global governance and plea for sobriety

thediplomat.com/2025/09/what...

What China Wants With Global Governance

While increasingly widespread, the view of China as an existential challenge to the current world order reflects political alarmism more than sober analysis.

thediplomat.com

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · Sep 11

1/2 There’s nothing like a good dose of long term historical perspective to put white supremacist Great Replacement ideas & Christian Nationalists in their place. ‘Huge sections of global populations’ were only sealed off from each other 11,500 years ago after the last ice age.

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · Sep 10

Reliably excellent analysis of the Israeli attack on Qatar from @jricole.bsky.social. I've been following Juan's work for over 20 years now, and this is why.

www.juancole.com/2025/09/reas...

Top 4 Reasons Netanyahu Bombed Negotiators' Offices in Qatar

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) - The government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bombed the building being used by civilian Hamas negotiators in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday, in the midst of ongo...

www.juancole.com

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Matthew D. Stephen @mstephen.bsky.social · Sep 6

Norms and laws against the use of force and also genocide are good actually

Matthew D. Stephen @mstephen.bsky.social · Sep 5

This is how norms die (in this case the prohibition on the use of force)

Betcy Jose @betcy.bsky.social · Sep 5

""Every boatload of any form of drug that poisons the American people is an imminent threat." The definition of threat is being warped to the point of being meaningless. At this point, almost anything or anyone would would qualify.