My department at the University of St Andrews is hiring a permanent lecturer (assistant professor) in International Political Economy. Please share and spread the word! www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Frederic Jameson, After Year Zero:On Postwar German Thought - ed. Carson Welch, @versobooks.bsky.social, September 2026 www.versobooks.com/products/353...

After Year Zero

In this series of accessible lectures, Fredric Jameson explores German philosophy and critical theory as it de­veloped in the wake of World War Two. Focusing on key thinkers — Horkheimer, Adorno, Heid...

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Excited to share a new paper on transformative statecraft. We start from a critique of the compensation consensus in climate politics/political science. Compensating losers works – plenty of evidence for that. But when the goal is transformation (not reform), we need to think about mobilization. 🧵

My department at the University of St Andrews is hiring a permanent lecturer (assistant professor) in International Political Economy. Please share and spread the word! www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

The most interesting implication here, imo, is that it's the sanctions regime itself that made Hormuz such a potent weapon for Iran, teaching its leaders how to work around US-centric global trade circuits while binding its adversaries together in ways that heightened their vulnerabilities...

Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi@eskandarsadeghi.bsky.social · 2mo ago

My new essay at @phenomenalworld.bsky.social: “Mosaic of Deterrence” The war on Iran is the culmination of a long strategy: first strangulation, then destruction. From weaponized finance to asymmetric deterrence, and the limits of imperial coercion. phenomenalworld.org/analysis/mos...

Read @eskandarsadeghi.bsky.social’s stunning “account of the imperial apparatus that was built to undermine the Islamic Republic, how it produced the country’s unique deterrence doctrine, and how it laid the groundwork for the current conflict.” phenomenalworld.org/analysis/mos...

Mosaic of Deterrence | Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi

Iranian resilience in the face of US-Israeli assault

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ICYMI: Mathias Hein Jessen and Nicolai von Eggers, 'Governmentality and Statification: Towards a Foucauldian Theory of the State' - focuses on Foucault’s notion of the state as a process of ‘statification’. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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As expected, @thunen.bsky.social is absolutely on 🔥 in this interview. There’s no one out there with more receipts on the international political economy of US empire. Every sentence full of insight. phenomenalworld.org/interviews/e...

The 2026 SUP Middle East Studies catalog is available now. Happy browsing! 📚 #ReadUP #MiddleEastStudies

Middle East Studies Catalog | Stanford University Press

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Pleased to share my latest article, “Banking on the Ruins of Empire: Developing Global Finance in Kuwait and Singapore,” published at Social Science History. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

My new essay at @phenomenalworld.bsky.social: “Mosaic of Deterrence” The war on Iran is the culmination of a long strategy: first strangulation, then destruction. From weaponized finance to asymmetric deterrence, and the limits of imperial coercion. phenomenalworld.org/analysis/mos...

Mosaic of Deterrence | Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi

Iranian resilience in the face of US-Israeli assault

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My new essay at @phenomenalworld.bsky.social: “Mosaic of Deterrence” The war on Iran is the culmination of a long strategy: first strangulation, then destruction. From weaponized finance to asymmetric deterrence, and the limits of imperial coercion. phenomenalworld.org/analysis/mos...

Mosaic of Deterrence | Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi

Iranian resilience in the face of US-Israeli assault

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Coming soon in @phenomenalworld.bsky.social’s inaugural issue on American Power — my essay ‘Mosaic of Deterrence’ examines the imperial apparatus directed at #Iran, from financial sanctions to the destruction of civilian infrastructure, and its toll on Iranian society and political economy.

Phenomenal World@phenomenalworld.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Coming this week: AMERICAN POWER. For the inaugural issue of Phenomenal World, thirteen essays and interviews on the geopolitical and economic pathologies of the global scene. Join us: phenomenalworld.org

Coming this week: AMERICAN POWER. For the inaugural issue of Phenomenal World, thirteen essays and interviews on the geopolitical and economic pathologies of the global scene. Join us: phenomenalworld.org

The US/Israel War on #Iran: The Long Road Ahead @ Australian National University | Thu 28 May 2026 Panel: Dr Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi, Dr Nida Alahmad, Dr Mohammed Alsudairi, Dr Jamil Mouawad Moderator: Prof. Karima Laachir In-person + online cais.cass.anu.edu.au/events/middl...

The US/Israel War on #Iran: The Long Road Ahead @ Australian National University | Thu 28 May 2026 Panel: Dr Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi, Dr Nida Alahmad, Dr Mohammed Alsudairi, Dr Jamil Mouawad Moderator: Prof. Karima Laachir In-person + online cais.cass.anu.edu.au/events/middl...

I will be joining a panel on “The State of the World,” organised by the BISA/BFPG Undergraduate Network at the University of St Andrews on 16 April 2026. www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...

The state of the world- BISA/BFPG Undergraduate Network (UGN) | BISA

- BISA/BFPG Undergraduate Network (UGN) Working Group

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My latest in @jacobinmag.bsky.social on the illegal US-Israeli war on #Iran: a war not only on a state, but on Iran’s sovereign development and the social achievements built by generations of Iranians. jacobin.com/2026/04/isre...

Israel and the US Have Been Waging War on Iran’s Development

From universities to medical research centers, Israel and the US have been systematically attacking Iran’s technical infrastructure. While claiming their only issue is with Iran’s rulers, they have ta...

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Another must ready by @eskandarsadeghi.bsky.social, this time detailing the nature of US-Israeli destruction in/of Iran, the stakes of it, and how to understand the conditions of its possibility. jacobin.com/2026/04/isre...

Israel and the US Have Been Waging War on Iran’s Development

From universities to medical research centers, Israel and the US have been systematically attacking Iran’s technical infrastructure. While claiming their only issue is with Iran’s rulers, they have ta...

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“The destruction of all of this is deliberate, and it needs to be named for what it is: a program of forced de-development, intended to ensure that Iran emerges from this conflict economically shattered, industrially incapacitated, and stripped of the capacity for independent development.”

Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi@eskandarsadeghi.bsky.social · 4mo ago

My latest in @jacobinmag.bsky.social on the illegal US-Israeli war on #Iran: a war not only on a state, but on Iran’s sovereign development and the social achievements built by generations of Iranians. jacobin.com/2026/04/isre...

My latest in @jacobinmag.bsky.social on the illegal US-Israeli war on #Iran: a war not only on a state, but on Iran’s sovereign development and the social achievements built by generations of Iranians. jacobin.com/2026/04/isre...

Israel and the US Have Been Waging War on Iran’s Development

From universities to medical research centers, Israel and the US have been systematically attacking Iran’s technical infrastructure. While claiming their only issue is with Iran’s rulers, they have ta...

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The School of International Relations @standrewsir.bsky.social at the University of St Andrews is hiring a Lecturer in the School of International Relations with a regional focus on Russia www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQY935/l...

The School of International Relations @standrewsir.bsky.social at the University of St Andrews is hiring a Lecturer in the School of International Relations with a regional focus on China www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRD194/l...

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Middle East scholar @eskandarsadeghi.bsky.social says the "extremely precarious" ceasefire between the United States and Iran effectively leaves the Strait of Hormuz under ongoing Iranian control, part of "a fundamental change in the region."

Always listen to @eskandarsadeghi.bsky.social to learn so much about Iran! www.patreon.com/posts/why-ir...

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Please join us for a book talk by Professor Afshin Matin-asgari on his new book “Axis of Empire: A History of Iran-U.S. Relations” tomorrow at 4pm @versobooks.bsky.social events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/book-...

An important & very clear analysis @eskandarsadeghi.bsky.social esp on the existential & geo-cultural stakes #iran www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ma...

Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi | The dry and the wet burn together

The war launched against Iran by the United States and Israel is a war of choice and of hubris. There is scarcely even...

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📻 Sunday listening 📻 @eskandarsadeghi.bsky.social on why the Iranian state and military have proven so resilient despite the massive firepower that the United States and Israel are able to bring to bear:

Why Iran isn't breaking w/ Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi

Podcast Episode · Politics Theory Other · 26 March · 57min

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I interviewed @eskandarsadeghi.bsky.social about why the Iranian state and military have proven so resilient despite the overwhelming firepower that the United States and Israel are able to bring to bear...

Why Iran isn't breaking w/ Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi

Podcast Episode · Politics Theory Other · 26 March · 57min

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