MORE JOBS! The Dept of Politics is looking to recruit up to SEVEN new lecturers, with five as T&S and two as T&R. Any field is great, but we have gaps in British Politics, Theory, Public Pol, Comparative. The ad for the T&S can be found here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRW437/l... @livunipol.bsky.social

Lecturer in Politics and/or International Relations - Grade 7 at University of Liverpool

Apply now for the Lecturer in Politics and/or International Relations - Grade 7 role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.

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I am so shocked and saddened by this news. Raúl Pacheco-Vega was such a generous and kind person, supporting and offering his wisdom to so many people, far and near. This is just awful. Que descanse en paz.

harmodio@harmodio.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Buen camino, profe Raúl Pacheco Vega. Fuiste y serás siempre el investigador más chido.

📚My new book has a cover! To be published in September 2026. www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...

📚My new paper on "Geopolitics and Tariffs: An International Relations Perspective" has just been published in the @lsepress.bsky.social journal Public Policy Review's latest special issue. In this paper, I argue that the dramatic escalation of tariffs under Trump 2.0 ...

The return of tariffs to US foreign economic policy isn’t simply a turn to protectionism. It's a weaponisation of trade as geopolitical strategy. @robertfalkner.bsky.social @lseir.bsky.social argues that the impact of tariffs will linger long beyond Donald Trump's presidency @lsebr.bsky.social

Donald Trump’s tariff wars are not just about trade - LSE Business Review

This is not trade policy in any conventional sense. It is economic coercion for geopolitical purposes.

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As Donald Trump lands in China to meet Xi Jinping, @robertfalkner.bsky.social argues that although Mr Trump’s specific world view inspired the tariff wars, their impact will be felt long after he has left the White House. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

Donald Trump’s tariff wars are not just about trade - LSE Business Review

This is not trade policy in any conventional sense. It is economic coercion for geopolitical purposes.

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My new paper on "Chatham House and the global climate crisis" has just been published, as part of a wonderful collection of historical reflections that chart the first century of the London based think tank otherwise known as the Royal Institute of International Affairs.

Congratulations to our Emeritus Professor Michael Cox and Former Montague Burton Professor Christopher Hill, who have edited the newly released book, Chatham House: The First Hundred Years👏 The book includes contributions from Dr Peter Wilson and Professor @robertfalkner.bsky.social. bit.ly/4w9QHAZ

Throwback to our “Decentering Emissions: How the Developing World Can Shape the Climate Change Agenda” event with Dr @ndubash.bsky.social, Dr @kasiapaprocki.bsky.social, and Professor @robertfalkner.bsky.social. ✍️ Read the event report: bit.ly/429RYdh 🎥 Watch the full lecture here: bit.ly/4cfGlrp

Decentering emissions: how the developing world can shape the climate change agenda – student event report - LSE Department of International Relations

Report by a student on a public event from the Department of International Relations at LSE.

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Packed rooms for GEP 25th anniversary panels at ISA this week. @gepjournal.bsky.social @stacydvandeveer.bsky.social @kmoneill.bsky.social @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social @devoncantwell.bsky.social @matpaterson.bsky.social @robertfalkner.bsky.social @bethdesombre.bsky.social

History is key to the future of GEP, per @robertfalkner.bsky.social. Find out why in this clip of a longer conversation with Cristina Inoue—and in Falkner's 25th Anniversary Special Issue paper, "Historicizing Global Environmental Politics": direct.mit.edu/glep/article... youtu.be/HsI8xFmqMC0

Robert Falkner on why history is key to the future of global environmental politics

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Jürgen Habermas ist heute im Alter von 96 Jahren in Starnberg verstorben.

New publication! 📚 My new paper "World Society: From Analytical Dustbin to Master Concept of International Relations?” has been published in "The Big Picture as an Approach to the Study of International Relations Thinking With and Beyond Barry Buzan", published by @universitypress.cambridge.org

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the journal Global Environmental Politics with a special issue. All articles are free to read for the first 60 days @gepjournal.bsky.social direct.mit.edu/glep/issue/2...

Volume 26 Issue 1 | Global Environmental Politics | MIT Press

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There are journal issues...and then there are journal issues! The truly epic 25th Anniversary Special Issue of the GEP journal, titled "Continuity and Change in Global Environmental Politics," is now live and free to read for the next 90 days through @mitpress.bsky.social.

Volume 26 Issue 1 | Global Environmental Politics | MIT Press

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The anti-Net Zero campaign reaches new heights of disinformation. This from the latest edition of Private Eye deserves wider circulation…

This was a brilliant talk by @ndubash.bsky.social - I will be thinking a lot about his conclusions on the implications to re-orienting climate policy around self-determination. Thanks to @robertfalkner.bsky.social for organizing, @gsos-lse.bsky.social for hosting! Podcast recording will be up soon.

LSE International Relations@lseir.bsky.social · 7mo ago

📢 Don’t miss our upcoming event with @gsos-lse.bsky.social, “Decentering emissions: how the developing world can shape the #climatechange agenda,” featuring @ndubash.bsky.social, @robertfalkner.bsky.social, and @kasiapaprocki.bsky.social. 🔗 www.lse.ac.uk/internationa... #AcademicSky #PoliSky

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LSE International Relations@lseir.bsky.social · 7mo ago

📢 Don’t miss our upcoming event with @gsos-lse.bsky.social, “Decentering emissions: how the developing world can shape the #climatechange agenda,” featuring @ndubash.bsky.social, @robertfalkner.bsky.social, and @kasiapaprocki.bsky.social. 🔗 www.lse.ac.uk/internationa... #AcademicSky #PoliSky

📢 Don’t miss our upcoming event with @gsos-lse.bsky.social, “Decentering emissions: how the developing world can shape the #climatechange agenda,” featuring @ndubash.bsky.social, @robertfalkner.bsky.social, and @kasiapaprocki.bsky.social. 🔗 www.lse.ac.uk/internationa... #AcademicSky #PoliSky

Come and join us on Wed 21 Jan, 18:30, at LSE for a public lecture by Prof Navroz Dubash (Princeton) on "Decentering Emissions: How the developing world can shape the climate change agenda." With a response from our discussant @kasiapaprocki.bsky.social www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

Decentering Emissions: How the developing world can shape the climate change agenda

6.30pm Wed 21 Jan | Navroz K Dubash | Free public event at LSE

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New in @gepjournal.bsky.social: "Historicizing Global Environmental Politics." The article is part of the journal's 25th anniversary special issue, which is forthcoming later this year. direct.mit.edu/glep/article... @lseir.bsky.social

New in @gepjournal.bsky.social: "Historicizing Global Environmental Politics." The article is part of the journal's 25th anniversary special issue, which is forthcoming later this year. direct.mit.edu/glep/article... @lseir.bsky.social

The complete Bayeux Tapestry has finally been released and proves that Bishop Odo had absolutely nothing to do with the illegal Norman invasion of England.

As the winter solstice approaches, here is a watercolour painting by Mehr Khan to brighten our dark days.

On Wednesday evening we're hosting @jelenasubotic.bsky.social at @lseir.bsky.social to talk about her fantastic new book 'The Art of Status: Looted Treasures and the Global Politics of Restitution'. It's free to attend, but registration is necessary. Please come along! Details below...

GEP's Special Issue on "The North–South Politics of Global Just Transitions" is now out, guest edited by Chuks Okereke, Ken Mbeva, Reuben Makomere. Several articles are available open access, including the introduction. Check them out at the link below! direct.mit.edu/glep/issue/2...

Volume 25 Issue 4 | Global Environmental Politics | MIT Press

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LSE is hiring an Assistant Professor (Education track) in International Political Economy: Primary responsibility is education; we are looking for a track record in teaching, student mentoring, and pastoral care. Annual salary: £68,087+ Deadline: 30 November 2025. jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Private Eye…

Dieter Helm's big essay in The Times ("The COPs have failed" 8 Nov) prompted me to write a letter to the editor, to correct the muddle that Helm gets into on international climate policy and the #COP process. Below is my response. www.thetimes.com/comment/lett...

Hard to believe these days, but there was once a time when the US government led the debate on how to combat climate change and improve environmental quality.

All Our Yesterdays@allouryesterdays.bsky.social · 9mo ago

60 yrs ago today (Nov 5, 1965), the 1st US government report to warn about climate change was published. "Restoring the Quality of Our Environment" included warning of C02 build-up and sea-level rise/melting ice-caps. allouryesterdays.info/2025/11/04/6... 1/n