𒂼𒄄 = ama-gi⁴ = Sumerian, commonly translated as 'freedom' (and the earliest instance of this concept in history), but literally meaning 'return to mother'. Belated happy #mothersday
Luca Tardelli
@lucatardelli.bsky.social
Associate Prof in International Relations (Education) @LSE. Interested in Realism, international security, military intervention, US foreign policy, and historical IR.
Our IR201 LSE Summer School course on 'Power Shift: The West, the BRICS, and the Crisis of the Liberal International Order' will run on 13-31 July, taught again by my great colleague @rohanmukherjee.bsky.social and yours truly. Share this with any interested students! www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
Short course: Power Shift: The West, the BRICS and The Crisis of the Liberal International Order?
The course is designed for anybody with a keen interest in international affairs who wishes to deepen his or her understanding of world issues.
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Given the tensions between the Trump administration and Pope Leo XIV, come along to our @lseir.bsky.social event to learn more about the 'Papacy in Global Politics', with @massimofaggioli.bsky.social, Dr Carmody Grey, and Prof.James Walters. Chaired by yours truly. www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
Papacy in global politics: Pope Leo XIV and peacemaking today
6.30pm Wed 6 May | Massimo Faggioli, Carmody Grey, James Walters | Free public event at LSE
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"You think we couldn’t get a nice drone on the Shard?". www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Bizarre’ lack of urgency in putting UK on war footing, says defence review co-author
Exclusive: Fiona Hill, a former White House chief adviser, joins ex-Nato chief in criticising Starmer’s leadership on defence UK politics live – latest updates
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Shared some thoughts with The i Paper on NATO and the challenge posed by Russia. inews.co.uk/news/four-wa...
The four ways Putin just got more dangerous for UK - thanks to Trump
Donald Trump's threat of leaving Nato could be exploited by Russia - with disinformation campaigns, cyber attacks or damage to underwater critical infrastructure
inews.co.uk
scandal ➡️ scandalum/σκάνδαλον ➡️ stumbling block, trap, inducement to si n.
Pope Leo calls war in Middle East a 'scandal' to humanity reut.rs/4uKDoWS
'every material representation of masculinity for 12 year old boys'.
It's interesting how The Daily Wire attacks the idea that gender is a performance when their sets are all about gender performance. Look at the aesthetics here — the cigars and crystal decanter with Japanese whiskey, the black dress shirt, the tight suit with two-toned double monks and tie bar ...
Great talking to @mariiazolk.bsky.social on TVP/Slawa about US-Israeli operations against Iran and their implications for regional and international security.
"C’è nei files abbondante materiale per mobilitare in chiave moralistica il pubblico più reazionario...ma ancora più catastrofiche potrebbero essere...le conseguenze per una sinistra che si mostri...del tutto disinteressata alle connessioni di potere e alle lezioni da apprendere".
Con gli Epstein files la sinistra ha paura di passare per «complottista». Troppi si Illudono di proteggere la democrazia ignorando la vicenda jacobinitalia.it/perche-la-si...
'it is the very nature of that struggle that builds durable understanding.. students grow intellectually through doing the work of drafting, revising, failing, trying again, grappling with confusion and revising..This is the work of learning how to learn' theconversation.com/the-greatest...
The greatest risk of AI in higher education isn’t cheating – it’s the erosion of learning itself
Automating knowledge production and teaching weakens the ecosystem of students and scholars that sustains universities, raising existential questions about their mission.
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Milan's mayor calls it as it is: a militia.
A routine deployment of U.S. ICE agents to Italy to help provide security for next month’s Winter Olympics has drawn backlash from local officials, including the mayor of Milan, a key host city. “ICE’s image is terrible,” Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala said. https://wapo.st/4roB8SS
I am not sure about this "spheres of influence" talk. Does Trump want the US to 'own' the Western hemisphere? Absolutely. Does he want Russia and China to run free and dominate their own neighbours? Not sure about that. The #nss2025 is also ambiguous on this point.
"the meaty hands of zealots". Couldn't have said it better. Sit tibi terra levis. lithub.com/renee-nicole...
Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem.
Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s…
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We are hiring! Assistant Professor (Education) in International Political Economy. If you are a junior IPE scholar interested in this position and have any questions about the Education Career Track at the LSE, do not hesitate to contact me. jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Assistant Professor (Education) in International Political Economy
Assistant Professor (Education) in International Political Economy, , <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</span></...
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-Beautiful, ain't it? -What is? -All of it. youtu.be/_Nk8TrBHOrA?...
Train Dreams | Official Trailer | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
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a man with blue paint on his face is screaming with the words freedoooom !!! below him
ALT: a man with blue paint on his face is screaming with the words freedoooom !!! below him
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For the first time, physicists have formulated quantum theory without imaginary numbers, overturning a 2021 claim that these unreal numbers are essential for describing the quantum world. www.quantamagazine.org/physicists-t...
We are hiring! Assistant Professor (Education) in International Political Economy. If you are a junior IPE scholar interested in this position and have any questions about the Education Career Track at the LSE, do not hesitate to contact me. jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Assistant Professor (Education) in International Political Economy
Assistant Professor (Education) in International Political Economy, , <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</span></...
jobs.lse.ac.uk
Big thanks to The Beaver, our student Shreya Gupta, and my colleague Toby Dodge for sharing their thoughts about what makes studying IR at the LSE so unique. @lseir.bsky.social thebeaverlse.co.uk/inside-lses-...
The Beaver
- The Beaver is LSE's award-winning student newspaper. We provide news, analysis, and commentary on issues at LSE and beyond.
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Just the usual reminder that this is not normal. This is not ok. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Asim Qureshi · Short Cuts: Misuses of the Terrorism Act
Thousands of people each year are detained and questioned under Schedule 7, the majority of them from ethnic minority...
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It’s not Paul Thomas Anderson’s best film (that has to be 'There Will Be Blood'), but it’s certainly his most important, for all the reasons that various reviews and commentaries have already highlighted. Yet, despite all the ink spilled, I am surprised how two relevant aspects have been overlooked:
Big welcome to all our new IR undergraduate students! #LSE @lseir.bsky.social
a close up of a man 's face with a turtleneck on making a funny face .
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with a turtleneck on making a funny face .
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FT Exclusive: The Pentagon has launched a review of the 2021 Aukus submarine deal with the UK and Australia to determine if the US should scrap the project. Ending the deal would be a blow to the security alliance with the countries www.ft.com/content/4a93...
#aspirelaunch such a great group of people brought together to talk all things teaching track and the future of the network.
Great to be here today to discuss teaching track careers in Politics and IR, SoTL, and how to help each other and the next generation of scholars. #aspirelaunch
Things are about to get going! Fantastic to see so many colleagues here #aspirelaunch