"Its not proof, its phenomenology, so believe it if it feels right ... but what does right mean?" Notes this morning reading in a cafe. #Levinas #breakfast #prophecy

What exactly is India's strategic narrative? New publication by @monikabd.bsky.social in a special issue @profmiskimmon.bsky.social and I edited. Congratulations Monika!: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Narrating order as resistance: India, the EU, and the ‘Russia-Ukraine conflict’

This article investigates how India resisted pressure from the European Union to condemn Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine and align its overall response towards Russia with that of the EU. It argu...

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James Dennis has a neat little overview of the "private turn" young and especially marginalised people are taking in their news engagement - fits with what my students tell me about how they engage with politics: impactum-journals.uc.pt/mj/article/v...

Tales We Were Told - on oral storytelling, remembrance, and inherited narratives. Bhavika Sachan's call for submissions to an edited eBook, which will be published by U Southampton Press: drive.google.com/file/d/1fxLI... Open to all PhD students, early career +independent creative writers/artists.

If you're in Valencia tomorrow, I'll present work @profmiskimmon.bsky.social and I've been doing on the multiple world orders co-existing. Pluralist yet antagonistic, polycentric yet hemispheric ... makes my head hurt. In-person. Thanks hosts Mélany Barragán and Marco Guglielmo.

We're hiring! Permanent Lecturer in IR, esp. if can research one or two of: Russia, China, Race/Ethnicity, and Environment/Climate Change. Deadline 20 August. Details here: jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at Royal Holloway University of London: Lecturer in International Relations

Full-Time, Permanent.The Department of Politics, International Relations and Philosophy at Royal Holloway seeks to appoint a Lecturer in International Relations (Teaching and Research focus). The succ...

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Actors' use AI videos of speculative futures (Gaza as luxury resort) to justify, reward action (+investment) in the present, to commit mass violence = a big take on the #temporality of #media and #security. Its not #premediation. Well done Donatella Della Ratta: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

New article out now on Russia's strategic narratives about its war against Ukraine www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @europeansecurity.bsky.social

Our CfP: AI, War, Conflict, and Political Violence, 21 July London, with @akilnawan.bsky.social . Abstract deadline 1 July. How to submit here: www.newpolcom.rhul.ac.uk/npcu-blog/20...

CfP Artificial Intelligence, War, Conflict, and Political Violence 21 July 2026 London — newpolcom

Artificial intelligence is increasingly central to the organization, mediation, and execution of contemporary violence. Across military, political, economic, and informational domains, algorithmic sys...

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Trump =first non-hypocritical president because he doesn't hide his selfish agenda behind a cloak of universal values? Does the world like his amorality? #Flailing: physically (coercion) + figuratively (confusion). Matias Spektor & @kevcomms.bsky.social: www.carnegiecouncil.org/media/series...

Amoral American Power, with Professor Matias Spektor

From Caracas to Tehran, U.S. power is no longer justified through a narrative of liberal internationalism. Matias Spektor examines the consequences of this shift.

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If you work on AI + war/violence, do submit an abstract to us:

The Conflict, Violence & Terrorism Research Centre (CVTRC)@cvtrc.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📣 CfP: The CVTRC & NPCU are pleased to announce a 1-day Symposium on 'Artificial Intelligence, War, Conflict, and Political Violence'. Full Call for Proposals below 🗓️ 21/07/26 at Stewart House, London. Submissions to: akil.awan@rhul.ac.uk by 01/07/26 cc @benoloughlin.bsky.social

South-to-North Dialogues on AI: Launch of the Favel IA Report (A Global Classroom Event), 18 June from 2pm UK time, w/ @andreamedrado.bsky.social - join online, register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/south-to-n...

South-to-North Dialogues on AI: Launch of the Favel IA Report

A Global Classroom Event. How are favela communities engaging with AI? Exeter students and participants of project exchanging ideas.

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Q: Shrimp Jesus was two years ago taken as a sign AI was killing the version of the internet of humans interacting with humans. In what ways is the internet more dead or alive in 2026? www.sciencealert.com/is-the-dead-...

Is The 'Dead Internet Theory' True? Shrimp Jesus Phenomenon Explained

If you search "shrimp Jesus" on Facebook, you might encounter dozens of images of artificial intelligence (AI) generated crustaceans meshed in various forms with a stereotypical image of Jesus Christ.

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If we look past Trump and notice the consistent statements by Vance, Rubio and Hegseth, we get a reliable indicator of roughly where Trump stands on foreign policy. New by @kevcomms.bsky.social: theconversation.com/trumps-cabin...

Trump’s Cabinet dramatically changed American foreign policy while the president made noise – a scholar of presidential rhetoric explains

The president’s barrage of pronouncements on foreign policy mean his Cabinet members’ statements on foreign policy have become more reliable indicators of administration positions.

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Just found a folder of acknowledgements footnotes I drafted for articles that then got rejected 😕

The programme is out for our Media, War and Conflict ICA preconference: www.newpolcom.rhul.ac.uk/npcu-blog/2026/5/8/media-war-and-conflict-ica-preconference-programme-is-out

Media, War and Conflict ICA preconference programme is out — newpolcom

In June 2026 the Media, War and Conflict journal will host a preconference at the International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference in Cape Town, South Africa. We are delighted to host a...

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So happy that a paper from the special issue I edited on "Grappling with the climate crisis in IR" won the journal's best article award! Check it out!👇

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☺️@paulinesophieh.bsky.social and I won a prize for this article: www.ceeol.com/search/artic... Thanks to @michelpoiccard.bsky.social and the editorial team! Are you seeing actors use bad faith, for what, and do they get away with it?

New in our MWC journal!: Nataliya Roman @nataliialaba.com & John H. Parmelee, with “The architect of the invasion” vs. “a symbol of resilience”: How AI chatbots frame Zelenskyy, Putin and the Russia–Ukraine war - they struggle making sense of Russian propaganda: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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☺️@paulinesophieh.bsky.social and I won a prize for this article: www.ceeol.com/search/artic... Thanks to @michelpoiccard.bsky.social and the editorial team! Are you seeing actors use bad faith, for what, and do they get away with it?

Anyone working in history of comedy/satire, television, modern British politics - there's a fully funded PhD to research the Spitting Image archive @theul.bsky.social, with supervision at Exeter Uni. All disciplines considered, pls do share widely. www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

Please complete this v.brief survey about news and crime, for my brilliant dissertation student Alex Land. Thank you! 🙏https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfDd9wTnwSrrjcXRSmYE01VJoguaA6e44S8DbD43BpKEzKeCg/viewform

Dissertation Survey

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Free registration 13 April panel: How strategic narratives transformed the study of public diplomacy, 4pm UK time: www.newpolcom.rhul.ac.uk/npcu-blog/2026/4/7/join-13-april-panel-how-strategic-narratives-transformed-the-study-of-public-diplomacy

Join 13 April panel: How strategic narratives transformed the study of public diplomacy — newpolcom

SIX DAYS TO GO‼️ Delighted to announce that on April 13th, Place Branding & Public Diplomacy will host a Special Webinar on "How Strategic Narratives have Transformed the Study of Public Diplomacy...

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Have we already entered a 'new influence domain' through the intersection of emotional AI, social media and behavioural targeting? Are you being targeted? h/t @andrewhoskins.bsky.social information-professionals.org/ai-companion...

Media as #fatal to thinking about and feeling for human beings? Re AI + Iran war, Malik writes: 'When the true and false jostle constantly in the content slipstream, nothing feels real.' Its hard to care about the unreal: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #compassionfatigue #compassionprevention

Trump’s video game war: AI, memes and a simplistic narrative have flattened the conflict | Nesrine Malik

What was supposed to be a quick win has become a quagmire, so it now must be reduced to a dopamine hit, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

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Great new article by Bradley Ward and Christian Sherrington: why the AI-based #technosolutionism of the #Starmer government won't rescue UK governance ➡️ more public alienation ➡️ open goal for the populist right: link.springer.com/article/10.1... #doomspiral #cyclesofinsecurity #vacancy #AIpolitics

New in Media, War and Conflict: From laughing to learning: How TikTok genres influence American youth understanding and sentiments about the war in Ukraine, by Kateryna Bystrytska: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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In a research seminar now: if corruption will never end, what would be a more inclusive, democratic corruption?

Conference CfP: My friends are convening Urban Elites, Rural Margins? Comparative Perspectives on Urban-Rural Divisions from Post-Socialist Europe and Latin America, at UCL on 15-16 June. How to apply: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Call for Papers: PIMs Annual Research Conference 2026

Urban elites, rural margins? Comparative perspectives on urban-rural divisions from post-socialist Europe and Latin America

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CCTV is really having fun with Trump, the dollar as global currency, and the US economy, in a little film about the Iran war. Captions are fast but its worth the 5 minutes. What do cats and eagles mean in China? Are cats cool and eagles idiots? What do red eyes mean? www.youtube.com/watch?v=As0r...

US-Iran war explained by Chinese AI animation: Legend of the Valley of Gold

YouTube video by Taipology

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Our Media, War and Conflict journal has gone from 8 articles per issue to suddenly double. A sign of today’s wars prompting a lot of quality research? journals.sagepub.com/home/mwc