Bianca Freeman
@bfreepolsci.bsky.social
race in international relations (norms and laws)
UC President’s postdoc at Berkeley
UC San Diego PhD, UC Riverside alumna
biancafreeman.com
UC President’s postdoc at Berkeley
UC San Diego PhD, UC Riverside alumna
biancafreeman.com
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🎉 One month until publication day! Excited to share Governing Truth with the world! Pre-order from @oxfordunipress.bsky.social via global.oup.com/academic/pro....
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Centers civil society's essential role in policy design, implementation, and follow-up in transitional justice processes…
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Centers civil society's essential role in policy design, implementation, and follow-up in transitional justice processes…
January 16, 2026 at 5:04 PM
🎉 One month until publication day! Excited to share Governing Truth with the world! Pre-order from @oxfordunipress.bsky.social via global.oup.com/academic/pro....
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Centers civil society's essential role in policy design, implementation, and follow-up in transitional justice processes…
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Centers civil society's essential role in policy design, implementation, and follow-up in transitional justice processes…
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Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
January 8, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
📢 CfP for 2026 (virtual) Workshop on Human Rights and IR organized by Zoltán Búzás w the International Race and Rights Lab and Klau Institute for Civil & Human Rights. Abstracts due 12/20. Strongly recommend this community, esp. for grad, postdoc, junior scholars
raceandrights.org?page_id=31
raceandrights.org?page_id=31
Workshops – International Race and Rights Lab
raceandrights.org
December 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
📢 CfP for 2026 (virtual) Workshop on Human Rights and IR organized by Zoltán Búzás w the International Race and Rights Lab and Klau Institute for Civil & Human Rights. Abstracts due 12/20. Strongly recommend this community, esp. for grad, postdoc, junior scholars
raceandrights.org?page_id=31
raceandrights.org?page_id=31
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Why did US Southern politicians turn away from #multilateralism after WWII? @benfordham.bsky.social finds that both #economics and racial hierarchy played a role in his October WP article. #race #trade #politics #ForeignPolicy doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
December 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Why did US Southern politicians turn away from #multilateralism after WWII? @benfordham.bsky.social finds that both #economics and racial hierarchy played a role in his October WP article. #race #trade #politics #ForeignPolicy doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
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Huge congrats to ISA President-elect @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social !! This is such great news! Looking forward to the great work he will be sure to do! 🎉🎊
December 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Huge congrats to ISA President-elect @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social !! This is such great news! Looking forward to the great work he will be sure to do! 🎉🎊
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Helpful resource to share with graduate students!
David Lake's guide to writing an academic political science article (I remember reading some version of this in the past)
ucigcc.org/publication/... @ucigcc.bsky.social
David Lake's guide to writing an academic political science article (I remember reading some version of this in the past)
ucigcc.org/publication/... @ucigcc.bsky.social
How to Write an Academic Article in Political Science - IGCC
While each paper may be unique, the process of writing an academic paper is not (or does not have to be). In the hopes of helping to make the process more efficient and the final product more clear, c...
ucigcc.org
December 2, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Helpful resource to share with graduate students!
David Lake's guide to writing an academic political science article (I remember reading some version of this in the past)
ucigcc.org/publication/... @ucigcc.bsky.social
David Lake's guide to writing an academic political science article (I remember reading some version of this in the past)
ucigcc.org/publication/... @ucigcc.bsky.social
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Truly an honor and dream come true to see my book, Local Peace, International Builders, with the other Cambridge University Press @universitypress.cambridge.org award winners at @apsa.bsky.social APSA 2025!
www.williamgnomikos.com/local-peace
www.williamgnomikos.com/local-peace
September 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Truly an honor and dream come true to see my book, Local Peace, International Builders, with the other Cambridge University Press @universitypress.cambridge.org award winners at @apsa.bsky.social APSA 2025!
www.williamgnomikos.com/local-peace
www.williamgnomikos.com/local-peace
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It's always a busy news day, but the military attack on an alleged drug smuggling vessel is a very big deal.
@bcfinucane.bsky.social breaks down domestic and international law questions here:
www.justsecurity.org/119982/legal...
@bcfinucane.bsky.social breaks down domestic and international law questions here:
www.justsecurity.org/119982/legal...
Legal Issues Raised by a Lethal U.S. Military Attack in the Caribbean
The Trump administration’s extraordinary lethal attack on this purported smuggling vessel raises significant potential legal issues.
www.justsecurity.org
September 3, 2025 at 9:47 PM
It's always a busy news day, but the military attack on an alleged drug smuggling vessel is a very big deal.
@bcfinucane.bsky.social breaks down domestic and international law questions here:
www.justsecurity.org/119982/legal...
@bcfinucane.bsky.social breaks down domestic and international law questions here:
www.justsecurity.org/119982/legal...
Routed West @bampfa.bsky.social is stunning & worth the visit. I’d already planned to go but happened to meet one of the quilters leaving a coffee shop a few days before. She told me “look for the red cardinals” (her quilt) next to her grandmother’s (age 109) & great aunt’s quilts. Very memorable—
August 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Routed West @bampfa.bsky.social is stunning & worth the visit. I’d already planned to go but happened to meet one of the quilters leaving a coffee shop a few days before. She told me “look for the red cardinals” (her quilt) next to her grandmother’s (age 109) & great aunt’s quilts. Very memorable—
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“What I do not doubt is the abiding importance of public service, and the value of what you have done with yours…I know that you will continue to serve in different ways, helping to stand watch over our great experiment, even as too many of our elected leaders seem to be turning their backs on it.”
America’s public servants are caught in the crossfire of a retribution campaign, William J. Burns argues. They deserved better.
A Letter to America’s Discarded Public Servants
You all deserved better.
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August 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
“What I do not doubt is the abiding importance of public service, and the value of what you have done with yours…I know that you will continue to serve in different ways, helping to stand watch over our great experiment, even as too many of our elected leaders seem to be turning their backs on it.”
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🚨 🚨Calling all #polisky grad students who presented at #ISA2025: I'm chairing the committee for the Human Rights Section’s Steven C Poe best grad student paper award. We are currently accepting nominations, including self-nominations, and all you have to do is email your paper to me!
August 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Way back in the day, I was lucky enough to get a dissertation fellowship from the UC system’s IGCC. They asked for some reflections all these years later, and I was happy to oblige ucigcc.org/alumni-confi...
Alumni Confidential: James Goldgeier - IGCC
Engaged scholarship is a cornerstone of IGCC’s mission. James Goldgeier, professor of international relations and former dean of the School of International Service at American University, is a leadin...
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July 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Way back in the day, I was lucky enough to get a dissertation fellowship from the UC system’s IGCC. They asked for some reflections all these years later, and I was happy to oblige ucigcc.org/alumni-confi...
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what federal agents did to a father of three Marines while he was cutting grass in Orange County on Sunday has happened in some form daily — and deliberately — all over Los Angeles for 18 days.
June 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
what federal agents did to a father of three Marines while he was cutting grass in Orange County on Sunday has happened in some form daily — and deliberately — all over Los Angeles for 18 days.
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📄 New publication: Stephen Chaudoin and I have a new article in @thejop.bsky.social, featuring the largest-ever survey experiment on public opinion on the ICC (N > 10,000 ppl across Georgia, Israel, Philippines, South Africa, and the US)!
doi.org/10.1086/732982
doi.org/10.1086/732982
Complementarity and Public Views on Overlapping International and Domestic Courts | The Journal of Politics: Vol 87, No 3
Can international organizations (IOs) boost support for their authority? We consider the effectiveness of appeals to the principle of complementarity, which holds that IOs only act when domestic insti...
doi.org
June 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
📄 New publication: Stephen Chaudoin and I have a new article in @thejop.bsky.social, featuring the largest-ever survey experiment on public opinion on the ICC (N > 10,000 ppl across Georgia, Israel, Philippines, South Africa, and the US)!
doi.org/10.1086/732982
doi.org/10.1086/732982
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I'm loving all the videos of yesterday's protest but especially this wedding party that decided to join in
June 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I'm loving all the videos of yesterday's protest but especially this wedding party that decided to join in
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As political scientists, we really want to know when, where, and why people mobilize against repressive governments.
Happy to share my latest article is out that helps us understand this in a specific context: intl legal petitions in the UN. How do courageous individuals overcome barriers?
Happy to share my latest article is out that helps us understand this in a specific context: intl legal petitions in the UN. How do courageous individuals overcome barriers?
Individual Mobilization by Victims of Human Rights Abuse: Who Files Petitions in the United Nations?
Abstract. Who files petitions against repressive regimes in the United Nations? Victims of human rights abuse face high personal costs of participation, in
academic.oup.com
June 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
As political scientists, we really want to know when, where, and why people mobilize against repressive governments.
Happy to share my latest article is out that helps us understand this in a specific context: intl legal petitions in the UN. How do courageous individuals overcome barriers?
Happy to share my latest article is out that helps us understand this in a specific context: intl legal petitions in the UN. How do courageous individuals overcome barriers?
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Congratulations to @htrinkunas.bsky.social of @stanfordcisac.bsky.social on receiving the Alfred Stepan Lifetime Achievement Award from the Latin American Studies Association for his outstanding academic career and contributions to security and defense studies.
Dr. Harold Trinkunas Awarded the Alfred Stepan Lifetime Achievement Award
Trinkunas is awarded for his outstanding academic career and contributions to security and defense studies, such as civil-military relations, transnational organized crime, terrorism, and local orders...
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June 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Congratulations to @htrinkunas.bsky.social of @stanfordcisac.bsky.social on receiving the Alfred Stepan Lifetime Achievement Award from the Latin American Studies Association for his outstanding academic career and contributions to security and defense studies.
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"Witnessing large-scale systems slowly unravel in real time can be profoundly surreal and frightening. The hypernormalization framework offers a way to understand what we’re feeling and why."
May 23, 2025 at 2:36 AM
"Witnessing large-scale systems slowly unravel in real time can be profoundly surreal and frightening. The hypernormalization framework offers a way to understand what we’re feeling and why."
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I couldn’t write a more eye-opening lecture on race and white identity politics than what this administration is offering in its differential treatment of Afrikaners versus every other refugee or immigrant group.
Q: There are many people who fit the criteria of fleeing persecution. Afghans for example. But they're being denied refugee status. So why such an exception for the Afrikaners?
TRUMP ADMIN OFFICIAL: One of the criteria is making sure they can be assimilated easily into our country
TRUMP ADMIN OFFICIAL: One of the criteria is making sure they can be assimilated easily into our country
May 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I couldn’t write a more eye-opening lecture on race and white identity politics than what this administration is offering in its differential treatment of Afrikaners versus every other refugee or immigrant group.
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based on some reading i'm doing at the moment, there is a book to be written — if it already hasn't been — on defense of apartheid south africa as the great international cause of the american right
May 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
based on some reading i'm doing at the moment, there is a book to be written — if it already hasn't been — on defense of apartheid south africa as the great international cause of the american right
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I’ve been honored to serve as the @apsa.bsky.social rep on the committee (a role mandated by Congress) since 2020 + to have chaired the committee since 2021. Congress understood in creating its 1991 statute governing our work the importance of “thorough, accurate, and reliable” accounts of the past
Unhappy to confirm that the entire Historical Advisory Committee at the State Department received termination notices this afternoon (myself included). The HAC, set up by Congress, oversees the office that produces the FRUS series. history.state.gov/about/hac/in... 1/
April 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I’ve been honored to serve as the @apsa.bsky.social rep on the committee (a role mandated by Congress) since 2020 + to have chaired the committee since 2021. Congress understood in creating its 1991 statute governing our work the importance of “thorough, accurate, and reliable” accounts of the past
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listening to some stevie and i kind of think that you could bring a good chunk of americans back from the abyss if you could just get them to listen to “As” and force them to hear him sing/growl “did you know that you're loved by somebody?!?”
April 25, 2025 at 2:13 AM
listening to some stevie and i kind of think that you could bring a good chunk of americans back from the abyss if you could just get them to listen to “As” and force them to hear him sing/growl “did you know that you're loved by somebody?!?”
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Are you interested in applying to PhD programs in political science? If so, join us for an info session on May 1 at 6:00pm pacific time (virtual and in person). You may register with this link: forms.gle/LHpzVZTaitvf...
April 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Are you interested in applying to PhD programs in political science? If so, join us for an info session on May 1 at 6:00pm pacific time (virtual and in person). You may register with this link: forms.gle/LHpzVZTaitvf...