"'Security is mainly a matter of giving the intended aggressor fair warning of what he would be up against.' 'A definition of aggression...is a signpost for the guilty.' Discuss"

Martin Wight's June Examination for 'International Institutions' taught at LSE in 1949 @lseid.bsky.social

Come join myself, @faloulah.bsky.social and Daniel Drury at the @e-international.bsky.social stand @mybisa.bsky.social conference in Belfast. Come have a chat and record with us LIVE for the Thinking Global Podcast!

This week, join @faloulah.bsky.social and myself of @e-international.bsky.social‬ recording LIVE from the @mybisa.bsky.social conference in Belfast. If you’re attending, come find us so we can record you and bring your research to our global listenership! #BISA2025

We love a 5 ⭐️ review from a colleague 😂

Naturally, in the weeks leading up to his 24th birthday, Martin Wight takes notes in A.E. Taylor’s book on Socrates in Greek. 😂

Eddie O'Meara, 2023-2025.
Sleep well, my gorgeous boy.

My idea was to have a Friday afternoon where I did some easier work. 🤪

What a day…
- Marking undergrad work.
- Writing a paper for a workshop.
- Abstract reviewing for @standrewsipt.bsky.social
- Tutoring
- Editing a podcast episode for E-IR

And

- Practically foxtrotting around the office to today’s soundtrack of… 😂

Turnout of #deutschewahl #Wahl2025 highest since reunification at 82.5%, but areas of AfD popularity visibly appear to be lower or below average (using @reuters.com data). If a ⚫️🔴/⚫️🔴🟢 coalition stagnates, the AfD have been placed in prime position to claim 'legitimate alternative' status. Worrying.

In a single statement about Ukraine, J.D. Vance illustrates how little he understands of what national sovereignty entails conceptually. That said, as the overarching ideology dictates that all things can undergo commodification, maybe it was only a matter of time?

Cash 4 Norms all along.

So happy to say that I will be chairing 2 Roundtables at the @mybisa.bsky.social conference in June in Belfast. The 1st on #openaccess #polsci and the 2nd on the future of the English School. Also, I will be presenting my paper to a BISA CRIPT panel on Pacifist International Theory. Come along! ☺️

The @thesun.co.uk really is a rag. Yesterday’s paper vs BBC on repealing the Legacy Act. “Labour’s hard left often side with terrorists.” 🥱🙄🙄 Just blatant rightist rubbish that forgot ‘news’ some time ago.

Positionality statement: I am a Liverpool @lfcr.bsky.social fan though, so..

Once again I find myself in awe of Martin Wight’s style as a young writer. What a line:

“It is easy to make a bargain with the Devil, and impossible to see that he keeps it.”

Wight reminding me why his pacifist thought slaps! Here, talking about #pacifism, #internationalrelations, and British #Imperialism in India, responding to the then Bishop of Bombay Richard D Acland’s claim that pacifism exaggerates the sanctity of life and that imperialism is a Christian act - 1936

Yesterday it was lovely to host a Christmas Party for my @uniofstandrews.bsky.social 1st year #InternationalRelations PhD colleagues and friends in my little flat. What an amazing bunch of scholars from all over the world! Merry Christmas all the academics in my phone! 😂 Have a great one! 🎄🎁🫂

X (twitter) is feeling more and more like 4chan with every day that passes.