Faced with a more transactional and unilateral presidency in Washington, western nations are forging new partnerships to steward the US-led world order through geopolitical turbulence. How America’s allies can preserve the West | @wdjames.bsky.social engelsbergideas.com/notebook/how...

How America's allies can preserve the West

Faced with a more transactional and unilateral presidency in Washington, western nations are forging new partnerships in an effort to steward the US-led world order through a time of geopolitical turb...

engelsbergideas.com

Two paragraphs in and we are already thick in the bullshit.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · last wk.

What should replace the American-led world order? | Aslı Bâli and Samuel Moyn

In der Linkspartei herrscht ein Patt zwischen Antimilitarismus und der Einsicht in neue sicherheitspolitische Realitäten. @janschlemermeyer.bsky.social zeigt, wie eine antifaschistische Sicherheitspolitik aussehen könnte: www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2026...

Links, demokratisch, wehrhaft

Seit Putins Vollinvasion der Ukraine ist Bewegung in die Außenpolitik der Linkspartei gekommen. Doch angesichts der Angriffe auf die Demokratie reicht das nicht.

blaetter.de

📣 Job alert: In meiner AG "Ethik und kritische Theorien der KI" an der Uni Osnabrück sind 1–2 WiMi-Stellen ausgeschrieben: 100% Postdoc oder 2x 50% Promotion, 36 Monate. Themen: kritische Philosophie & Geisteswissenschaften zu KI & gesellschaftlichen Auswirkungen. rainermuehlhoff.de/jobs/wimi-et...

Hinweis auf Stellenausschreibungen

Prof. Dr. Rainer Mühlhoff – AG Ethics and Critical Theories of AI – University of Osnabrück.

rainermuehlhoff.de

Wir suchen Verstärkung für die Greifswalder Politikwissenschaft! Die Stelle (E13, unbefristet) umfasst u.a. Lehraufgaben in der Politischen Theorie und Ideengeschichte. Bei Fragen gerne bei mir melden. t1p.de/3kgfv

McManus @mattpolprof.bsky.social on GA Cohen on Rawls and Nozick www.liberalcurrents.com/a-socialists...

A Socialist's Dialogue with Liberalism

Socialist philosopher G.A. Cohen's engagement with the best of the liberal tradition is a model for the future.

liberalcurrents.com

⚡️🛰️🇷🇺🇨🇳 “Secret documents from a series of clandestine Russian-Chinese military forums reveal a joint plan to defeat Elon Musk’s Starlink and a weapons development partnership far deeper than either country will admit.” theins.press/en/inv/294635

Shooting Starlink: The “no limits” partnership between Russia and China is taking aim at Elon Musk

Secret documents from a series of clandestine Russian-Chinese military forums reveal a joint plan to defeat Elon Musk’s Starlink and a weapons development…

theins.press

CfP: Normative Perspectives on the Armed Forces and Civil–Military Relations (Oxford, 12.–13.11.26); Militär und Demokratie sind zurück im Zentrum politischer Theorie. Der Workshop dreht sich um normative Grundlagen zivil-militärischer Beziehungen. Mehr Infos finden sich hier 👇

A letter in The Times in defence of the humanities at Exeter. Exeter has a degree of social capital that other institutions do not, but also the scandal here is we’re not in deficit and have loadsa cash. So if this debate can compel a rethink on of the funding model for HE, I’ll be delighted

Who wants to be the next editors of @risjnl.bsky.social ??? You get to work with excellent folks @mybisa.bsky.social and @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org (hoodies optional) www.bisa.ac.uk/news/new-edi...

New editorial team for Review of International Studies: Call for expressions of interest

We are seeking to appoint a new editorial team for our journal Review of International Studies.

bisa.ac.uk

Together with Tom Simpson, I’m organising a workshop on Normative Perspectives on the Armed Forces and Civil–Military Relations. Looking forward to submissions! 🚩Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, 12 – 13 November 2026 📢CfP: drive.google.com/file/d/1Hw4B...

Something deeply troubling & shocking is happening at Exeter University*, where a mass cull of staff is planned, even though it's in surplus. No good justifications given. @jamesgdyke.info provides the details: www.technosphere.earth/the-bonfire-... *Disclosure: I have a Visiting Fellowship here. +🧵

The bonfire of the humanities

150 academic posts at the University of Exeter are to be cut, most in the humanities but also in social sciences, engineering and environmental sciences

technosphere.earth

Die allgemeine #Dienstpflicht – Normative Begründungen und institutionelle Implikationen:

Philosophy job at Sheffield (fixed term); please share! #PhilJobs #philsky jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Lecturer...

Russia remains a power in decline—but that decline is unfolding slowly, not suddenly, says @michaelkofman.bsky.social. He explains why Moscow’s gradual erosion may weaken (but not necessarily prevent) its ability to rebuild its military for @foreignaffairs.com: www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/next-...

The Next Russia Threat

Moscow’s military power after Ukraine.

foreignaffairs.com

"The Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia seeks to hire a postdoctoral fellow (recent PhD) with expertise in modern/contemporary Ukraine and Ukrainian affairs, and/or neighboring areas (Baltic states, Moldova, and/or Belarus)."

H-Net Job Guide@h-net-job-guide.bsky.social · last mo.

New job: Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia Postdoctoral Fellowship 2027-2029 University of Michigan jobs.h-net.org/jobs/70093

What is happening to the humanities at British universities? Here is my report, published in today's FAZ:

The Department of Political Science at Aarhus University is hiring both Assistant Professors and Associate Professors. Assistant Professor: international.au.dk/about/profil... Associate Professor: international.au.dk/about/profil... Please share these opportunities with your networks!

Assistant Professor in Political Science - Vacancy at Aarhus University

Vacancy at Department of Political Science, Aarhus University

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Neuer Beitrag auf dem @theorieblog.bsky.social: Ich diskutiere normative Begründungen der allgemeinen Dienstpflicht und ihre unterschiedlichen institutionellen Implikationen: www.theorieblog.de/index.php/20...

Theorieblog@theorieblog.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Die allgemeine Dienstpflicht ist in den letzten Jahren zu einem politischen Dauerbrenner geworden. Auch in der politischen Theorie gibt es neuerdings vermehrt Auseinandersetzungen mit dieser denkbaren demokratischen Innovation. Dabei erhalten jedoch aus... https://www.theorieblog.de/?p=30895

“By the time Putin launched a full-scale invasion in 2022, it was clear the war was also a war against queer people. It is the first time a superpower invaded another country with the explicit goal of rolling back LGBTQ+ rights.” @jlfeder.bsky.social documents portraits and stories from Ukraine:

War’s Queer Face

The brutal nexus of homophobia and geopolitics in Ukraine.

bostonreview.net

In der Politischen Theorie an der Uni Hamburg ist zum 1.10. eine postdoc-Stelle zu besetzen, hier auf Deutsch und im Kommentar auf Englisch: www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...

Ausschreibung

uni-hamburg.de

Informative look at the Russian war economy as a structural force that disincentivizes peace - from @seva.bsky.social and @jeremymorris.bsky.social www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/inert...

The Inertia of Russia’s War

Why Putin can’t end the conflict.

foreignaffairs.com

PhD / Research Associate position in political theory at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt with Verena Frick. This is a very well-paid position & Verena is a fantastic scholar. Open to international applicants, though some knowledge of German is required stellen.ku.de/jobposting/6...

wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (m/w/d)

stellen.ku.de

Neuer Aufsatz: in der PVS versuche ich mich an einer Systematisierung der Argumente pro & contra allgemeine Dienstpflicht und diskutiere ein normativ überzeugendes institutionelles Design: doi.org/10.1007/s116...

Politische Vierteljahresschrift@pvs-journal.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Was ist die Sicht der Politischen Theorie auf eine mögliche Dienstpflicht (in Deutschland)? @svenaltenburger.bsky.social diskutiert Begründungen, Einwände und Institutionelle Designs in einem neuen open access Artikel. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

4.Teil der schönen taz-Reihe zum 100. von Michel Foucault taz.de/Teil-4-der-R...

Teil 4 der Reihe zum 100. Geburtstag: Foucault und das „kälteste aller kalten Ungeheuer“

Staatliche Institutionen gelten Foucault einseitig als Orte disziplinarischer Macht. Angesichts der neoliberalen Globalisierung ist das problematisch.

taz.de

“I wish we lived in the Tom Clancy world where analyst assessments form a decisive input into policy, but often decision makers already have strong assumptions about the situation, and know what they want to do – or don’t want to do.” — Michael Kofman responds to my critique of Ukr. war predictions.

Who Gets War Right? Michael Kofman Responds

a debate about military forecasting, broken clocks, and magic wands

open.substack.com

Fantastic piece. „The question is how to build institutional capacity for allowing the weird “what’s possible” voices when it matters“ And no, I did not get it right. I was top left. open.substack.com/pub/hegemon/...

The Expert Trap and the Next War

what forecasting failure tells us about the future

open.substack.com

On Russia's delicate dance in the Middle East and why Ukraine may actually score the bigger long-term gains from the Iran war My latest:

Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 3mo ago

Russia’s loss is Ukraine’s gain in the Middle East ft.trib.al/AWT21sy | opinion

This is a great article by Jack Jeffrey of the Fairness Foundation (@fairness.bsky.social) on why inequality of wealth matters, and the relevance of republican political theory to making the political argument for tackling it. thisishopeworks.substack.com/p/the-right-...

The Right Way to Argue About Wealth

Progressives are in danger of losing the argument about wealth. Jack Jeffrey, Fairness Foundation, shows how republican political theory might help them win it.

thisishopeworks.substack.com