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On @ecprtheloop.bsky.social I present key insights from my recent @ausjpolsci.bsky.social article on transnational populist publics. The blogpost includes examples that didn’t fit into the main piece, and shows how leaders like Trump and Meloni are now global icons for the PRR.
🔮 #FutureOfPopulism No.97
🤳 Brought together by a shared ideology, #Populist audiences on social media are becoming increasingly global.
🌍 Using @ausjpolsci.bsky.social research, @fravittonetto.bsky.social discusses why we can now start talking about transnational populist publics.
👉 bit.ly/3M1voyU
🤳 Brought together by a shared ideology, #Populist audiences on social media are becoming increasingly global.
🌍 Using @ausjpolsci.bsky.social research, @fravittonetto.bsky.social discusses why we can now start talking about transnational populist publics.
👉 bit.ly/3M1voyU
🔮 Populist publics are becoming increasingly transnational
Brought together by a shared ideology, converging around global events, and united in their support for radical-right leaders, populist audiences on social media are becoming increasingly global. Fran...
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November 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
On @ecprtheloop.bsky.social I present key insights from my recent @ausjpolsci.bsky.social article on transnational populist publics. The blogpost includes examples that didn’t fit into the main piece, and shows how leaders like Trump and Meloni are now global icons for the PRR.
☢️ #NuclearPoliticsParadox No.29
🌍 African states have long championed #disarmament, yet frustration is growing over slow progress.
📝 Robin E. Möser argues that African experiences offer lessons to revitalise inclusivity ahead of the 2026 #NPT Review Conference.
👉 bit.ly/4imw2D6
🌍 African states have long championed #disarmament, yet frustration is growing over slow progress.
📝 Robin E. Möser argues that African experiences offer lessons to revitalise inclusivity ahead of the 2026 #NPT Review Conference.
👉 bit.ly/4imw2D6
☢️ Africa’s disarmament experience holds lessons for a stalled nuclear debate
African states have long championed nuclear disarmament, from resisting colonial-era testing to advancing the Pelindaba and Prohibition Treaties. Yet frustration is growing over the slow pace of progr...
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November 28, 2025 at 10:39 AM
☢️ #NuclearPoliticsParadox No.29
🌍 African states have long championed #disarmament, yet frustration is growing over slow progress.
📝 Robin E. Möser argues that African experiences offer lessons to revitalise inclusivity ahead of the 2026 #NPT Review Conference.
👉 bit.ly/4imw2D6
🌍 African states have long championed #disarmament, yet frustration is growing over slow progress.
📝 Robin E. Möser argues that African experiences offer lessons to revitalise inclusivity ahead of the 2026 #NPT Review Conference.
👉 bit.ly/4imw2D6
📊 @wedmonds98.bsky.social argues that the UK’s means-tested approach to #SocialHousing is permitted by a culture that criminalises poverty.
🏠 A look through the history of UK social housing shows that the government should adopt a humane, universalist approach.
👉 bit.ly/3XmxRX2
🏠 A look through the history of UK social housing shows that the government should adopt a humane, universalist approach.
👉 bit.ly/3XmxRX2
The failure of social housing in the UK and the abandonment of the the poor
Will Edmonds argues that the UK’s targeted, means-tested social housing is permitted by a culture that criminalises poverty, and has enabled tragedies like the Grenfell fire. A look through the histor...
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November 28, 2025 at 9:26 AM
📊 @wedmonds98.bsky.social argues that the UK’s means-tested approach to #SocialHousing is permitted by a culture that criminalises poverty.
🏠 A look through the history of UK social housing shows that the government should adopt a humane, universalist approach.
👉 bit.ly/3XmxRX2
🏠 A look through the history of UK social housing shows that the government should adopt a humane, universalist approach.
👉 bit.ly/3XmxRX2
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Julia Langbein, head of research on economic intgeration at ZOiS) and Laszlo Bruszt (@weareceu.bsky.social) share insights from their current research into the risks of the adoption of #EU market rules in the accession process ⤵️
🧭 #EUEnlargementDilemmas No.32
🌍 Based on @jeppjournal.bsky.social research, L Bruszt & J Langbein argue that #EU market rules, when applied to weaker economies, can trigger damaging side effects. Unless managed, these risks threaten not just candidate countries but the EU itself.
👉 bit.ly/4a3IGEV
🌍 Based on @jeppjournal.bsky.social research, L Bruszt & J Langbein argue that #EU market rules, when applied to weaker economies, can trigger damaging side effects. Unless managed, these risks threaten not just candidate countries but the EU itself.
👉 bit.ly/4a3IGEV
🧭 The negative consequences of rule transfer in EU enlargement
László Bruszt and Julia Langbein argue that EU market rules, when applied to weaker economies, can trigger damaging side effects. Unless anticipated and managed, these risks threaten not just candidat...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Julia Langbein, head of research on economic intgeration at ZOiS) and Laszlo Bruszt (@weareceu.bsky.social) share insights from their current research into the risks of the adoption of #EU market rules in the accession process ⤵️
🔮 #FutureOfPopulism No.97
🤳 Brought together by a shared ideology, #Populist audiences on social media are becoming increasingly global.
🌍 Using @ausjpolsci.bsky.social research, @fravittonetto.bsky.social discusses why we can now start talking about transnational populist publics.
👉 bit.ly/3M1voyU
🤳 Brought together by a shared ideology, #Populist audiences on social media are becoming increasingly global.
🌍 Using @ausjpolsci.bsky.social research, @fravittonetto.bsky.social discusses why we can now start talking about transnational populist publics.
👉 bit.ly/3M1voyU
🔮 Populist publics are becoming increasingly transnational
Brought together by a shared ideology, converging around global events, and united in their support for radical-right leaders, populist audiences on social media are becoming increasingly global. Fran...
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 10:35 AM
🔮 #FutureOfPopulism No.97
🤳 Brought together by a shared ideology, #Populist audiences on social media are becoming increasingly global.
🌍 Using @ausjpolsci.bsky.social research, @fravittonetto.bsky.social discusses why we can now start talking about transnational populist publics.
👉 bit.ly/3M1voyU
🤳 Brought together by a shared ideology, #Populist audiences on social media are becoming increasingly global.
🌍 Using @ausjpolsci.bsky.social research, @fravittonetto.bsky.social discusses why we can now start talking about transnational populist publics.
👉 bit.ly/3M1voyU
🦋 #ScienceOfDemocracy No.126
🚦 This new phase in the series sets an insightful agenda for overcoming the gridlock in democracy studies.
🗣️ Peter A. Kraus argues that the ultimate + inescapable challenge in developing a democratic epistemics is the politics involved.
👉 bit.ly/3Kk67PN
🚦 This new phase in the series sets an insightful agenda for overcoming the gridlock in democracy studies.
🗣️ Peter A. Kraus argues that the ultimate + inescapable challenge in developing a democratic epistemics is the politics involved.
👉 bit.ly/3Kk67PN
🦋 Democratising democracy science: challenges, chances, and aporias
This new phase in the Science of Democracy series sets a brisk and insightful agenda for overcoming the gridlock in democracy studies. While he embraces its key points, Peter A. Kraus argues that the ...
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November 27, 2025 at 9:27 AM
🦋 #ScienceOfDemocracy No.126
🚦 This new phase in the series sets an insightful agenda for overcoming the gridlock in democracy studies.
🗣️ Peter A. Kraus argues that the ultimate + inescapable challenge in developing a democratic epistemics is the politics involved.
👉 bit.ly/3Kk67PN
🚦 This new phase in the series sets an insightful agenda for overcoming the gridlock in democracy studies.
🗣️ Peter A. Kraus argues that the ultimate + inescapable challenge in developing a democratic epistemics is the politics involved.
👉 bit.ly/3Kk67PN
⚖️ Chad's 20-year prison sentence for #SuccèsMasra reveals how African courts have become weaponised against dissent.
🤫 Across #Africa, writes Michael Asiedu, #Authoritarian regimes are using fabricated charges to silence opponents, masking the repression behind democratic facades.
👉 bit.ly/49t7ztz
🤫 Across #Africa, writes Michael Asiedu, #Authoritarian regimes are using fabricated charges to silence opponents, masking the repression behind democratic facades.
👉 bit.ly/49t7ztz
When courts become weapons: how Chad jailed its opposition leader
Chad's 20-year conviction of opposition leader Succès Masra reveals how African courts have become weaponised against dissent. Across the continent, writes Michael Asiedu, from Benin to Uganda, author...
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November 21, 2025 at 11:25 AM
⚖️ Chad's 20-year prison sentence for #SuccèsMasra reveals how African courts have become weaponised against dissent.
🤫 Across #Africa, writes Michael Asiedu, #Authoritarian regimes are using fabricated charges to silence opponents, masking the repression behind democratic facades.
👉 bit.ly/49t7ztz
🤫 Across #Africa, writes Michael Asiedu, #Authoritarian regimes are using fabricated charges to silence opponents, masking the repression behind democratic facades.
👉 bit.ly/49t7ztz
🌊 #IlliberalWave No.44
🗣️ People are talking more and more about #Fascism, and often confusing it with #Populism.
💡 @kennypd.bsky.social discusses the features of fascism and argues that we need to understand how it stands out.
👉 bit.ly/4r1mjGe
🗣️ People are talking more and more about #Fascism, and often confusing it with #Populism.
💡 @kennypd.bsky.social discusses the features of fascism and argues that we need to understand how it stands out.
👉 bit.ly/4r1mjGe
🌊 The nature of fascism and why it differs from populism
People are talking more and more about fascism, and often confusing it with populism. Paul D. Kenny argues that we need to understand how fascism stands out. It has never been just a matter of words o...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM
🌊 #IlliberalWave No.44
🗣️ People are talking more and more about #Fascism, and often confusing it with #Populism.
💡 @kennypd.bsky.social discusses the features of fascism and argues that we need to understand how it stands out.
👉 bit.ly/4r1mjGe
🗣️ People are talking more and more about #Fascism, and often confusing it with #Populism.
💡 @kennypd.bsky.social discusses the features of fascism and argues that we need to understand how it stands out.
👉 bit.ly/4r1mjGe
🧭 #EUEnlargementDilemmas No.32
🌍 Based on @jeppjournal.bsky.social research, L Bruszt & J Langbein argue that #EU market rules, when applied to weaker economies, can trigger damaging side effects. Unless managed, these risks threaten not just candidate countries but the EU itself.
👉 bit.ly/4a3IGEV
🌍 Based on @jeppjournal.bsky.social research, L Bruszt & J Langbein argue that #EU market rules, when applied to weaker economies, can trigger damaging side effects. Unless managed, these risks threaten not just candidate countries but the EU itself.
👉 bit.ly/4a3IGEV
🧭 The negative consequences of rule transfer in EU enlargement
László Bruszt and Julia Langbein argue that EU market rules, when applied to weaker economies, can trigger damaging side effects. Unless anticipated and managed, these risks threaten not just candidat...
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 9:35 AM
🧭 #EUEnlargementDilemmas No.32
🌍 Based on @jeppjournal.bsky.social research, L Bruszt & J Langbein argue that #EU market rules, when applied to weaker economies, can trigger damaging side effects. Unless managed, these risks threaten not just candidate countries but the EU itself.
👉 bit.ly/4a3IGEV
🌍 Based on @jeppjournal.bsky.social research, L Bruszt & J Langbein argue that #EU market rules, when applied to weaker economies, can trigger damaging side effects. Unless managed, these risks threaten not just candidate countries but the EU itself.
👉 bit.ly/4a3IGEV
🔋 From F-35 jets to Tesla batteries, the US’s reliance on rare earth elements runs deep.
🚢 China supplies 70% of US imports + repeatedly plays this ace in times of tension. Yet, writes Mariam Mumladze, interdependence + limited alternatives complicate the standoff.
👉 bit.ly/4o4nNNk
🚢 China supplies 70% of US imports + repeatedly plays this ace in times of tension. Yet, writes Mariam Mumladze, interdependence + limited alternatives complicate the standoff.
👉 bit.ly/4o4nNNk
Why rare earths are central to US-China relations
From F-35 jets to Tesla batteries, Washington’s reliance on rare earth elements (REEs) runs deep. China, which refines more than 99% of the world’s heavy REEs and supplies 70% of US imports, has repea...
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November 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
🔋 From F-35 jets to Tesla batteries, the US’s reliance on rare earth elements runs deep.
🚢 China supplies 70% of US imports + repeatedly plays this ace in times of tension. Yet, writes Mariam Mumladze, interdependence + limited alternatives complicate the standoff.
👉 bit.ly/4o4nNNk
🚢 China supplies 70% of US imports + repeatedly plays this ace in times of tension. Yet, writes Mariam Mumladze, interdependence + limited alternatives complicate the standoff.
👉 bit.ly/4o4nNNk
☢️ #NuclearPoliticsParadox No.28
⚡ A #NuclearWar between great powers would mean the collapse of human civilisation and could lead to the breakdown of society.
🚨 Rhys Lewis-Jones argues that we face an existential #NuclearThreat that demands deliberate and urgent action.
👉 bit.ly/47LDtjF
⚡ A #NuclearWar between great powers would mean the collapse of human civilisation and could lead to the breakdown of society.
🚨 Rhys Lewis-Jones argues that we face an existential #NuclearThreat that demands deliberate and urgent action.
👉 bit.ly/47LDtjF
☢️ Nuclear deterrence or nuclear collapse?
A nuclear war between great powers would mean the collapse of human civilisation – and could lead to the irreversible breakdown of global society. Rhys Lewis-Jones argues that humanity faces an existe...
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November 18, 2025 at 10:39 AM
☢️ #NuclearPoliticsParadox No.28
⚡ A #NuclearWar between great powers would mean the collapse of human civilisation and could lead to the breakdown of society.
🚨 Rhys Lewis-Jones argues that we face an existential #NuclearThreat that demands deliberate and urgent action.
👉 bit.ly/47LDtjF
⚡ A #NuclearWar between great powers would mean the collapse of human civilisation and could lead to the breakdown of society.
🚨 Rhys Lewis-Jones argues that we face an existential #NuclearThreat that demands deliberate and urgent action.
👉 bit.ly/47LDtjF
🗳️ The recent #DutchElections + the #DigitalID vote in Switzerland revealed the major influence of the expat diaspora.
📈 National parties, argue @adrianfavero.bsky.social & @gillespittoors.bsky.social, need to harness the power of transnational orgs to mobilise non-residents voters.
👉 bit.ly/3X2fMxq
📈 National parties, argue @adrianfavero.bsky.social & @gillespittoors.bsky.social, need to harness the power of transnational orgs to mobilise non-residents voters.
👉 bit.ly/3X2fMxq
National parties' strategies for mobilising expat voters
The recent Dutch parliamentary elections and the popular vote on electronic ID in Switzerland revealed the considerable influence of the expat diaspora, which adds crucial votes to overall election re...
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November 18, 2025 at 9:28 AM
🗳️ The recent #DutchElections + the #DigitalID vote in Switzerland revealed the major influence of the expat diaspora.
📈 National parties, argue @adrianfavero.bsky.social & @gillespittoors.bsky.social, need to harness the power of transnational orgs to mobilise non-residents voters.
👉 bit.ly/3X2fMxq
📈 National parties, argue @adrianfavero.bsky.social & @gillespittoors.bsky.social, need to harness the power of transnational orgs to mobilise non-residents voters.
👉 bit.ly/3X2fMxq
🤝 Once seen as brothers in faith, #Syrians are now at the centre of #Türkiye's sharpest debate: return. Süleyman Güngör explores the hardship and social fatigue that have turned an act of solidarity into a question of justice, identity and survival.
➡️ bit.ly/3K1BONH
➡️ bit.ly/3K1BONH
From compassion to fatigue: Türkiye's refugee return debate
Once seen as brothers in faith, Syrians are now at the centre of Türkiye's sharpest debate: return. Economic hardship, social fatigue, and Europe’s moral outsourcing have turned an act of solidarity i...
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November 17, 2025 at 9:32 AM
🤝 Once seen as brothers in faith, #Syrians are now at the centre of #Türkiye's sharpest debate: return. Süleyman Güngör explores the hardship and social fatigue that have turned an act of solidarity into a question of justice, identity and survival.
➡️ bit.ly/3K1BONH
➡️ bit.ly/3K1BONH
💰 #NATO has agreed to a historic 5% defence spending target. But @osmansabrikiratli.bsky.social of @ecprsgir.bsky.social presents 🆕 evidence revealing that what Americans truly care about goes beyond the numbers. In fact, democratic allies may have more leeway than they realise.
👉 bit.ly/3JXqqlX
👉 bit.ly/3JXqqlX
What Americans really think when European allies don’t cooperate
NATO recently agreed to a historic 5% defence spending target. But Osman Sabri Kiratli presents new experimental evidence revealing that what Americans truly care about goes far beyond the numbers. In...
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November 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM
💰 #NATO has agreed to a historic 5% defence spending target. But @osmansabrikiratli.bsky.social of @ecprsgir.bsky.social presents 🆕 evidence revealing that what Americans truly care about goes beyond the numbers. In fact, democratic allies may have more leeway than they realise.
👉 bit.ly/3JXqqlX
👉 bit.ly/3JXqqlX
🧭 #EUEnlargementDilemmas No.31
🌐 Geopolitical conflict exposed the double-edged nature of European discourse.
🗣️ Now, argue Tom Hunter, Natasha Wunsch & Marie-Eve Bélanger, language has become #EUstrategy, shaping what is possible.
👉 bit.ly/4p4PMgI
🌐 Geopolitical conflict exposed the double-edged nature of European discourse.
🗣️ Now, argue Tom Hunter, Natasha Wunsch & Marie-Eve Bélanger, language has become #EUstrategy, shaping what is possible.
👉 bit.ly/4p4PMgI
🧭 The geopolitical turn in enlargement discourse
Tom Hunter, Natasha Wunsch and Marie-Eve Bélanger argue that Russia’s war has exposed the double-edged nature of European discourse. The EU has long sustained itself through words; now language has be...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:31 AM
🧭 #EUEnlargementDilemmas No.31
🌐 Geopolitical conflict exposed the double-edged nature of European discourse.
🗣️ Now, argue Tom Hunter, Natasha Wunsch & Marie-Eve Bélanger, language has become #EUstrategy, shaping what is possible.
👉 bit.ly/4p4PMgI
🌐 Geopolitical conflict exposed the double-edged nature of European discourse.
🗣️ Now, argue Tom Hunter, Natasha Wunsch & Marie-Eve Bélanger, language has become #EUstrategy, shaping what is possible.
👉 bit.ly/4p4PMgI
🔮 #FutureOfPopulism No. 96
📱 Why do politicians flood social media with pets, food + everyday objects?
🍌 @lanihart.bsky.social & @zeaszebeni.bsky.social argue these are examples of #BananaPopulism, where politicians build emotional connections with voters through mundane imagery.
➡️ bit.ly/3WWV9Tc
📱 Why do politicians flood social media with pets, food + everyday objects?
🍌 @lanihart.bsky.social & @zeaszebeni.bsky.social argue these are examples of #BananaPopulism, where politicians build emotional connections with voters through mundane imagery.
➡️ bit.ly/3WWV9Tc
🔮 Banana populism: when politics gets absurd (and why it works)
Why did Viktor Orbán bring pickles to Parliament? What made Kamala Harris lean into 'brat summer'? And why do politicians flood social media with pets, food, and everyday objects? Ilana Hartikainen an...
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November 13, 2025 at 9:35 AM
🔮 #FutureOfPopulism No. 96
📱 Why do politicians flood social media with pets, food + everyday objects?
🍌 @lanihart.bsky.social & @zeaszebeni.bsky.social argue these are examples of #BananaPopulism, where politicians build emotional connections with voters through mundane imagery.
➡️ bit.ly/3WWV9Tc
📱 Why do politicians flood social media with pets, food + everyday objects?
🍌 @lanihart.bsky.social & @zeaszebeni.bsky.social argue these are examples of #BananaPopulism, where politicians build emotional connections with voters through mundane imagery.
➡️ bit.ly/3WWV9Tc
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Ever feel like politics online is… off?
Like everyone’s debating, but no one’s actually there?
New piece for @ecprtheloop.bsky.social on the Dead Internet Theory and how we might be building a simulation of democracy itself.
🔗 theloop.ecpr.eu/the-dead-int...
#DeadInternet #academicsky #democracy
Like everyone’s debating, but no one’s actually there?
New piece for @ecprtheloop.bsky.social on the Dead Internet Theory and how we might be building a simulation of democracy itself.
🔗 theloop.ecpr.eu/the-dead-int...
#DeadInternet #academicsky #democracy
The 'Dead Internet Theory' and the rise of synthetic politics
The Dead Internet Theory, once dismissed as 'paranoid fantasy', now offers a disturbingly useful framework for understanding digital politics. Mimi Mihăilescu argues that the theory's growing credibil...
theloop.ecpr.eu
November 11, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Ever feel like politics online is… off?
Like everyone’s debating, but no one’s actually there?
New piece for @ecprtheloop.bsky.social on the Dead Internet Theory and how we might be building a simulation of democracy itself.
🔗 theloop.ecpr.eu/the-dead-int...
#DeadInternet #academicsky #democracy
Like everyone’s debating, but no one’s actually there?
New piece for @ecprtheloop.bsky.social on the Dead Internet Theory and how we might be building a simulation of democracy itself.
🔗 theloop.ecpr.eu/the-dead-int...
#DeadInternet #academicsky #democracy
🦋 #ScienceOfDemocracy No.125
🙋♀️ Who should decide what counts as democratic, and how? Such a challenge raises ethical, practical, and philosophical difficulties.
☄️ Leonardo Fiorespino questions the ethical issue and introduces 'the asteroid belt of democracies'.
👉 bit.ly/3JsRmtS
🙋♀️ Who should decide what counts as democratic, and how? Such a challenge raises ethical, practical, and philosophical difficulties.
☄️ Leonardo Fiorespino questions the ethical issue and introduces 'the asteroid belt of democracies'.
👉 bit.ly/3JsRmtS
🦋 Epistocracy, DemEarth, and the asteroid belt of democracy
Who should decide what counts as democratic, and how? This series argues that such a challenge raises an ethical, a practical, and a philosophical difficulty. Leonardo Fiorespino questions the ethical...
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November 12, 2025 at 10:41 AM
🦋 #ScienceOfDemocracy No.125
🙋♀️ Who should decide what counts as democratic, and how? Such a challenge raises ethical, practical, and philosophical difficulties.
☄️ Leonardo Fiorespino questions the ethical issue and introduces 'the asteroid belt of democracies'.
👉 bit.ly/3JsRmtS
🙋♀️ Who should decide what counts as democratic, and how? Such a challenge raises ethical, practical, and philosophical difficulties.
☄️ Leonardo Fiorespino questions the ethical issue and introduces 'the asteroid belt of democracies'.
👉 bit.ly/3JsRmtS
☢️ #NuclearPoliticsParadox No. 27
🔀 United in criticising Washington + trading weapons, China & Russia diverge sharply on #NuclearDoctrine.
M Mumladze shows how shared opposition to the West conceals deeper strategic differences, exposing the limits of their no-limits partnership.
👉 bit.ly/4oKSdoX
🔀 United in criticising Washington + trading weapons, China & Russia diverge sharply on #NuclearDoctrine.
M Mumladze shows how shared opposition to the West conceals deeper strategic differences, exposing the limits of their no-limits partnership.
👉 bit.ly/4oKSdoX
☢️ Moscow brandishes threats, Beijing clings to caution
China and Russia march in unison on the global stage. Behind the choreography, however, lies a partnership of limits and unequal leverage. United in criticising Washington and trading weapons, the two...
bit.ly
November 12, 2025 at 9:28 AM
☢️ #NuclearPoliticsParadox No. 27
🔀 United in criticising Washington + trading weapons, China & Russia diverge sharply on #NuclearDoctrine.
M Mumladze shows how shared opposition to the West conceals deeper strategic differences, exposing the limits of their no-limits partnership.
👉 bit.ly/4oKSdoX
🔀 United in criticising Washington + trading weapons, China & Russia diverge sharply on #NuclearDoctrine.
M Mumladze shows how shared opposition to the West conceals deeper strategic differences, exposing the limits of their no-limits partnership.
👉 bit.ly/4oKSdoX
💻 The #DeadInternetTheory offers a disturbingly useful framework for understanding #DigitalPolitics.
🤖 @kagegirl.bsky.social argues that the theory's growing credibility masks deeper questions about whether we're overestimating #AI's political power.
👉 bit.ly/3JN0edQ
🤖 @kagegirl.bsky.social argues that the theory's growing credibility masks deeper questions about whether we're overestimating #AI's political power.
👉 bit.ly/3JN0edQ
The 'Dead Internet Theory' and the rise of synthetic politics
The Dead Internet Theory, once dismissed as 'paranoid fantasy', now offers a disturbingly useful framework for understanding digital politics. Mimi Mihăilescu argues that the theory's growing credibil...
bit.ly
November 11, 2025 at 9:26 AM
💻 The #DeadInternetTheory offers a disturbingly useful framework for understanding #DigitalPolitics.
🤖 @kagegirl.bsky.social argues that the theory's growing credibility masks deeper questions about whether we're overestimating #AI's political power.
👉 bit.ly/3JN0edQ
🤖 @kagegirl.bsky.social argues that the theory's growing credibility masks deeper questions about whether we're overestimating #AI's political power.
👉 bit.ly/3JN0edQ
❓ How do small and medium-sized states safeguard their sovereignty and national interests amid intensifying great-power rivalry and fragmented international order?
💭 John Karlsrud, Maryna Rabinovych & Marianne Riddervold introduce the concept of diplomatic resilience.
👉 bit.ly/47PazOw
💭 John Karlsrud, Maryna Rabinovych & Marianne Riddervold introduce the concept of diplomatic resilience.
👉 bit.ly/47PazOw
Diplomatic resilience: what is it, and how can states achieve it?
How do small and medium-sized states safeguard their sovereignty and national interests amid intensifying great-power rivalry and a fragmented international order? To answer this question, John Karlsr...
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November 10, 2025 at 9:25 AM
❓ How do small and medium-sized states safeguard their sovereignty and national interests amid intensifying great-power rivalry and fragmented international order?
💭 John Karlsrud, Maryna Rabinovych & Marianne Riddervold introduce the concept of diplomatic resilience.
👉 bit.ly/47PazOw
💭 John Karlsrud, Maryna Rabinovych & Marianne Riddervold introduce the concept of diplomatic resilience.
👉 bit.ly/47PazOw
💥 Few moments captured the volatility of transatlantic relations better than the explosive #OvalOffice meeting between Trump + #Zelenskyy in Feb.
🔎 Sebastian Jäckle et al study its impact on German public opinion using online survey data in their @prxjournal.bsky.social research.
👉 bit.ly/4nOIUmF
🔎 Sebastian Jäckle et al study its impact on German public opinion using online survey data in their @prxjournal.bsky.social research.
👉 bit.ly/4nOIUmF
How the Trump-Zelensykyy Oval Office meeting shifted German views of the US
Few moments captured the volatility of transatlantic relations better than the explosive Oval Office meeting between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy on 28 February 2025. Sebastian Jäckle, Ronald ...
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November 7, 2025 at 11:46 AM
💥 Few moments captured the volatility of transatlantic relations better than the explosive #OvalOffice meeting between Trump + #Zelenskyy in Feb.
🔎 Sebastian Jäckle et al study its impact on German public opinion using online survey data in their @prxjournal.bsky.social research.
👉 bit.ly/4nOIUmF
🔎 Sebastian Jäckle et al study its impact on German public opinion using online survey data in their @prxjournal.bsky.social research.
👉 bit.ly/4nOIUmF
How the Trump-Zelensykyy Oval Office meeting shifted German views of the US
Few moments captured the volatility of transatlantic relations better than the explosive Oval Office meeting between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy on 28 February 2025. Sebastian Jäckle, Ronald ...
bit.ly
November 7, 2025 at 11:44 AM
💥 Few moments captured the volatility of transatlantic relations better than the explosive #OvalOffice meeting between Trump + #Zelenskyy in Feb.
🔎 Sebastian Jäckle et al study its impact on German public opinion using online survey data in their @prxjournal.bsky.social research.
👉 bit.ly/4nOIUmF
🔎 Sebastian Jäckle et al study its impact on German public opinion using online survey data in their @prxjournal.bsky.social research.
👉 bit.ly/4nOIUmF
📰 Many PR firms work for brutal regimes — polishing their image, attacking critics + helping dictators cling to power.
🚫 @alexdukalskis.bsky.social, Christian Gläßel & @ascharpf.bsky.social ask: why does this happen, and what can democratic societies do to stop it?
👉 bit.ly/496GA6Y
🚫 @alexdukalskis.bsky.social, Christian Gläßel & @ascharpf.bsky.social ask: why does this happen, and what can democratic societies do to stop it?
👉 bit.ly/496GA6Y
PR firms are working for brutal regimes, and getting away with it
Many PR firms work for brutal regimes — polishing their image, attacking critics, and helping dictators cling to power. Alexander Dukalskis, Christian Gläßel, and Adam Scharpf ask: why does this happe...
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November 6, 2025 at 10:17 AM
📰 Many PR firms work for brutal regimes — polishing their image, attacking critics + helping dictators cling to power.
🚫 @alexdukalskis.bsky.social, Christian Gläßel & @ascharpf.bsky.social ask: why does this happen, and what can democratic societies do to stop it?
👉 bit.ly/496GA6Y
🚫 @alexdukalskis.bsky.social, Christian Gläßel & @ascharpf.bsky.social ask: why does this happen, and what can democratic societies do to stop it?
👉 bit.ly/496GA6Y
Reposted by The Loop
My piece for @ecprtheloop.bsky.social 's 🦋#ScienceofDemocracy series. On the two things that I think are both overused and under-theorised in the social sciences: democracy, and (multi)disciplinarities.
🦋 #ScienceOfDemocracy No.123
We need to break democracy out of the disciplinary boundaries of political studies. Reimagining it using a multidisciplinary approach, argues @pandapoliticus.bsky.social, could be the antidote to the global democratic anxiety we are facing.
👉 bit.ly/3WtGb71
We need to break democracy out of the disciplinary boundaries of political studies. Reimagining it using a multidisciplinary approach, argues @pandapoliticus.bsky.social, could be the antidote to the global democratic anxiety we are facing.
👉 bit.ly/3WtGb71
🦋 Breaking democracy out of its box
We need to break democracy out of the disciplinary boundaries of political studies. A fresh, multidisciplinary approach to reimagining democracy, argues Mouli Banerjee, could be the antidote to the gl...
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October 31, 2025 at 11:50 AM
My piece for @ecprtheloop.bsky.social 's 🦋#ScienceofDemocracy series. On the two things that I think are both overused and under-theorised in the social sciences: democracy, and (multi)disciplinarities.