Bruno Sowden-Carvalho

@bscarvalho.bsky.social

PhD Researcher University of Birmingham • Ontological Security • Ocean • UK Foreign Policy 🇬🇧🇧🇷

Marcelo Valença and I have a new piece out in @contextointl.bsky.social Contexto Internacional: “Addressing Maritime Aphasia in IR" We argue that IR has acknowledged the ocean’s importance but grounds it in land-based ontologies, stripping the ocean of its own www.scielo.br/j/cint/a/qcy...

Addressing ‘Maritime Aphasia’ in International Relations

Abstract This article introduces the notion of ‘maritime aphasia’ in International Relations...

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What links Trump’s pledges to rename the Gulf of Mexico, rechristen Mount Denali, and ‘take back’ the Panama Canal? With insights from ontological security and neuroscience, I explore how US imperial ambitions still resonate through the emotional appeal of sea power in Trump’s inaugural speech 🌊

The Loop@ecprtheloop.bsky.social · last yr.

🌎 Trump’s pledges to rename the Gulf of Mexico & ‘take back’ the Panama Canal are intended to evoke America’s imperial past. 🌊 @bscarvalho.bsky.social analyses how the emotional appeal of sea power sheds light on the political psychology behind Trump’s motivations. 👉 bit.ly/3Qib8YK