Hubert Zimmermann
@hubzimm.bsky.social
Prof IR @ uni-Marburg; Struggling upwards
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
Interventionsfrage bleibt aktuell: Fast zum Jahrestag des Erscheinens meines Buchs ‚Militärische Missionen’ noch eine Rezension von Hendrik Simon lnkd.in/eZycupWw in der Frankfurter Rundschau. lnkd.in/em-djAzq
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November 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Interventionsfrage bleibt aktuell: Fast zum Jahrestag des Erscheinens meines Buchs ‚Militärische Missionen’ noch eine Rezension von Hendrik Simon lnkd.in/eZycupWw in der Frankfurter Rundschau. lnkd.in/em-djAzq
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(Miami Herald) - The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald ..
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U.S. poised to strike military targets in Venezuela in escalation against Maduro regime
The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald...
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October 31, 2025 at 12:38 PM
(Miami Herald) - The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald ..
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Bei allen Hoffnungen sollten wir das nicht vergessen:
October 9, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Bei allen Hoffnungen sollten wir das nicht vergessen:
Preparing the next semester teaching IR and polisci, I can not overcome the feeling that due to AI much of our work has become obsolete. As this blog post calls it, a ‚Ponzi scheme’ in which most of what we do is ‚fake’. junotane.com/posts/ai-red...
AI redefines international relations teaching - Junotane
How many International Relations (IR) professors have used Google’s new AI tool NotebookkLM? Just wondering, because it basically makes what you do everyday, absolutely pointless!
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October 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Preparing the next semester teaching IR and polisci, I can not overcome the feeling that due to AI much of our work has become obsolete. As this blog post calls it, a ‚Ponzi scheme’ in which most of what we do is ‚fake’. junotane.com/posts/ai-red...
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ops..."US Pushes Back on Italy Counting Sicily Bridge as NATO Asset" (yet, still not clear how Italy had mysteriously reached the 2%...) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
US Frowns on Italy’s Idea of Making Sicily Bridge a NATO Asset
The US said it disapproves of any creative accounting by European allies to reach a new NATO spending target, putting Italy on the spot as the government weighs whether to count the construction of th...
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September 3, 2025 at 8:38 AM
ops..."US Pushes Back on Italy Counting Sicily Bridge as NATO Asset" (yet, still not clear how Italy had mysteriously reached the 2%...) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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I am looking for a PhD student in Comparative Politics @powimz.bsky.social. My research focuses on political (in-)equality, representation, and responsiveness. I would be grateful if you could help to spread the word.
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/49637
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/49637
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de
August 7, 2025 at 8:11 AM
I am looking for a PhD student in Comparative Politics @powimz.bsky.social. My research focuses on political (in-)equality, representation, and responsiveness. I would be grateful if you could help to spread the word.
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/49637
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/49637
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Es ist peinlich, dass so viele politische Akteure in Deutschland immer wieder 1:1 die Position des Kreml nachsingen. Das ist im Grunde ein Verrat an den deutschen Interessen von so manchem, der so tut, als sei er ein ganz besonders guter Deutscher.
August 24, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Es ist peinlich, dass so viele politische Akteure in Deutschland immer wieder 1:1 die Position des Kreml nachsingen. Das ist im Grunde ein Verrat an den deutschen Interessen von so manchem, der so tut, als sei er ein ganz besonders guter Deutscher.
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Two new interdisciplinary English-taught MA programs at the University of Marburg on research in political and social science!🧐 Discover more about these innovative programs and how to apply here: www.uni-marburg.de/en/fb03/stud...
July 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Two new interdisciplinary English-taught MA programs at the University of Marburg on research in political and social science!🧐 Discover more about these innovative programs and how to apply here: www.uni-marburg.de/en/fb03/stud...
What a silly headline. With a threatening Russia and an erratic US, a rise in defense spending would have happened any way. and the 5% or 2% numbers are meaningless as burden sharing research has demonstrated often enough www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/w...
In a Win for Trump, NATO Agrees to a Big Increase in Military Spending
www.nytimes.com
June 26, 2025 at 8:17 AM
What a silly headline. With a threatening Russia and an erratic US, a rise in defense spending would have happened any way. and the 5% or 2% numbers are meaningless as burden sharing research has demonstrated often enough www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/w...
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Scholz and his designated successor agree that something historic happened that day in Washington. The Americans are threatening not only to abandon Ukraine but also all their allies“
Fascinating background reporting on how German Leaders realized that US support of NATO is no longer reliable.
Fascinating background reporting on how German Leaders realized that US support of NATO is no longer reliable.
The Night Chancellor Merz Changed His Mind About Donald Trump
The incoming German chancellor campaigned as a debt hawk. Then a source told him about Trump’s plans for NATO.
www.politico.com
June 25, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Scholz and his designated successor agree that something historic happened that day in Washington. The Americans are threatening not only to abandon Ukraine but also all their allies“
Fascinating background reporting on how German Leaders realized that US support of NATO is no longer reliable.
Fascinating background reporting on how German Leaders realized that US support of NATO is no longer reliable.
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Die Polizei in Washington hat einen 80-jährigen Veteranen festgenommen, der gegen Trumps Militärparade protestierte. Man bleibt sprachlos zurück.
Video via Republicans against Trump.
Video via Republicans against Trump.
June 14, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Die Polizei in Washington hat einen 80-jährigen Veteranen festgenommen, der gegen Trumps Militärparade protestierte. Man bleibt sprachlos zurück.
Video via Republicans against Trump.
Video via Republicans against Trump.
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This is an insane chart
June 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
This is an insane chart
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Ein herzlicher Dank geht an @andrealiese.bsky.social, @hubzimm.bsky.social, Andreas Hasenclever, Thomas Gehring, Maike Messerschmidt, Manuel Becker und Mathies Kempken, die mit ihren hochkarätigen Beiträgen das Buch möglich gemacht haben.
May 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Ein herzlicher Dank geht an @andrealiese.bsky.social, @hubzimm.bsky.social, Andreas Hasenclever, Thomas Gehring, Maike Messerschmidt, Manuel Becker und Mathies Kempken, die mit ihren hochkarätigen Beiträgen das Buch möglich gemacht haben.
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Kyjiw heute Nacht. Eine der schlimmsten Nächte, die ich erlebt habe. Russland hat die Ukraine nach Informationen der Luftwaffe mit 14 ballistischen Raketen und 250 Drohnen angegriffen.
Wenn dieser Terror nach 1186 Tagen möglich ist, reicht der Druck auf den Aggressor nicht aus.
Wenn dieser Terror nach 1186 Tagen möglich ist, reicht der Druck auf den Aggressor nicht aus.
May 24, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Kyjiw heute Nacht. Eine der schlimmsten Nächte, die ich erlebt habe. Russland hat die Ukraine nach Informationen der Luftwaffe mit 14 ballistischen Raketen und 250 Drohnen angegriffen.
Wenn dieser Terror nach 1186 Tagen möglich ist, reicht der Druck auf den Aggressor nicht aus.
Wenn dieser Terror nach 1186 Tagen möglich ist, reicht der Druck auf den Aggressor nicht aus.
A depressing experiment: what happens when the most powerful country is put in the service of the bottomless greed of a small oligarchy www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/w...
Why Vietnam Ignored Its Own Laws to Fast-Track a Trump Family Golf Complex
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May 25, 2025 at 8:03 AM
A depressing experiment: what happens when the most powerful country is put in the service of the bottomless greed of a small oligarchy www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/w...
And what a coincidence: Strengthening this team is a world class player in terms of suspected corruption, the FIFA President
Joining President Trump and top U.S. and Saudi officials for lunch in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday are dozens of business executives from some of the largest U.S. companies, including Stephen Schwarzman of Blackstone, Larry Fink of BlackRock and Jane Fraser of Citigroup.
Here's what to know.
Here's what to know.
Elon Musk, Sam Altman and Other C.E.O.s Join Trump at U.S.-Saudi Lunch
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May 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
And what a coincidence: Strengthening this team is a world class player in terms of suspected corruption, the FIFA President
Ernst Fraenkel über den Dual State: wieder ein lesenswerter Artikel des Atlantic
This is an excellent article explaining what is happening in the US.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
America Is Watching the Rise of a Dual State
For most people, the courts will continue to operate as usual—until they don’t.
www.theatlantic.com
May 13, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Ernst Fraenkel über den Dual State: wieder ein lesenswerter Artikel des Atlantic
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It's impossible and irresponsible to assign takehome papers any more. It's either writing, by hand, in class, or oral exams, or some other type of active project (I had students go to the library archive, conduct interviews, document their archival research etc). No papers, no reading reports. Hell.
I respect the perspective that faculty are not just degree gatekeepers, but at a certain point if you do not change your pedagogy to be less conducive to this you are actively doing a disservice to the students who do try, because their degree is externally identical to those who are doing this
“Massive numbers of students are going to emerge from university with degrees, and into the workforce, who are essentially illiterate…Both in the literal sense and in the sense of being historically illiterate and having no knowledge of their own culture, much less anyone else’s.”
May 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
It's impossible and irresponsible to assign takehome papers any more. It's either writing, by hand, in class, or oral exams, or some other type of active project (I had students go to the library archive, conduct interviews, document their archival research etc). No papers, no reading reports. Hell.
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1/ US tariff omnishambles part 2: If the US hoped that tariffs could help create an anti-China bloc, they look to be having the opposite effect. The end result has been to create uncertainty amongst or closest allies and push many third countries closer to China.
Exclusive | U.S. Plans to Use Tariff Negotiations to Isolate China
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wants trading partners to limit China’s involvement in their economies in exchange for concessions on reciprocal tariffs.
www.wsj.com
April 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
1/ US tariff omnishambles part 2: If the US hoped that tariffs could help create an anti-China bloc, they look to be having the opposite effect. The end result has been to create uncertainty amongst or closest allies and push many third countries closer to China.
Pope‘s last order to his subordinates: ‚You couldn’t keep them away? So go down to the piazza and check if they have some leftover chocolate eggs at the kiosk, but not the expensive ones.‘
RIP
RIP
April 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Pope‘s last order to his subordinates: ‚You couldn’t keep them away? So go down to the piazza and check if they have some leftover chocolate eggs at the kiosk, but not the expensive ones.‘
RIP
RIP
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In unsicheren Zeiten sprechen Politiker von Krieg und ich dafür mit Ole Nymeon warum junge Menschen auch "Gegen die #Kriegstüchtigkeit" @rowohlt.bsky.social sein können. Mit @hubzimm.bsky.social geht es zudem um die Hintergründe von "Militärische Missionen"
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Militärische Missionen, Kriegstüchtigkeit und Friedensverhandlungen
Woop! Woop! In unsicheren Zeiten sprechen Politiker von "Kriegstüchtigkeit" und ich dafür mit Ole Nymeon warum junge Menschen auch "Gegen die Kriegstüchtigkeit" (Rowohlt) sein können. Mit Hubert Zimme...
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April 14, 2025 at 9:32 AM
In unsicheren Zeiten sprechen Politiker von Krieg und ich dafür mit Ole Nymeon warum junge Menschen auch "Gegen die #Kriegstüchtigkeit" @rowohlt.bsky.social sein können. Mit @hubzimm.bsky.social geht es zudem um die Hintergründe von "Militärische Missionen"
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Whether a deliberate missile strike or a reckless, misguided attack, today’s heinous Russian assault on Sumy follows a familiar pattern.
April 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Whether a deliberate missile strike or a reckless, misguided attack, today’s heinous Russian assault on Sumy follows a familiar pattern.
