Why Keir Starmer had to speak out against Trump over Greenland after staying quiet on Venezuela - @jasonralph.bsky.social and @jamiegaskarth.bsky.social on what "progressive realism" means in today's political world theconversation.com/why-keir-sta... @polisatleeds.bsky.social @theconversation.com

Why Keir Starmer had to speak out against Trump over Greenland after staying quiet on Venezuela

Pragmatic realism called for compromise when it came to Venezuela, but there is no reasonable explanation for an invasion of Greenland.

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#OpenAccess - International society as an ontological security provider: a framework for analysis - https://cup.org/3VTFwLU - @jasonralph.bsky.social #FirstView

How can the UK navigate the illiberal world order? @jasonralph.bsky.social and myself argue policymakers should embrace philosophical pragmatism. We pick out four aspects. Together it adds up to a practical framework for the 21st century. These four aspects are: 1/ www.newdiplomacy.uk/articles

Articles - New Diplomacy Project — New Diplomacy Project

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As @teamlabouruk.bsky.social marks its one year anniversary in office, Prof @jamiegaskarth.bsky.social & Prof @jasonralph.bsky.social ask the question "can foreign policy be pragmatic and progressive?" www.newdiplomacy.uk/articles/kar...

Can foreign policy be pragmatic and progressive? — New Diplomacy Project

These are dark times for progressive foreign policy. We are moving towards an illiberal world order. In this climate, how can the UK advance progressive foreign policy goals?  Many UK policymake...

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Can we find the middle way between being “simultaneously too offensive and too thin-skinned.” ?https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/06/art-self-control-provocation/683205/?gift=gYjbc9Gs4NbGCDR6zPZBTpw_ofttzcdPFxwYs3CXFBs

The Strength You Gain by Not Taking Offense

We all face uncivil behavior or insulting comments at times, but you can choose how to react.

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Important contribution from across ‘the pond’ - A Progressive Future Depends on National Identity www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/o...

Opinion | A Progressive Future Depends on National Identity

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“And in the floating jubilee that was his band, the Family Stone, he gave America a vision of itself: racially and emotionally integrated, celestially oriented, if not healed then at least open to healing. “ www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

The Singer Who Saw America’s Best and Worst

Sly Stone fused joyful visions of the country with a deep understanding of its worst ills.

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"If either party to this internal debate should be apologizing, it’s not the liberals who presciently warned that the left risked going off the rails and enabling Trump to win."

Jonathan Chait@jonathanbchait.bsky.social · last yr.

Did free-speech liberals lay the groundwork for Trump? An old anti-anti-communist belief resurfaces. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Pleased my paper “American Pragmatism, The Frankfurt School and the future of Critical IR theory” has been accepted for publication in Review of International Studies. Abstract 👇

Filip Balunovic is the author of “Revival of the Left in the Balkans: Counter-Hegemonic Activism and Ideas That Fueled It.” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/o...

Opinion | Something Extraordinary Is Happening in My Country

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📣 Don't miss this new blog by @jasonralph.bsky.social Read 'Trump’s defiance of the courts shows how foreign policy can enable an imperial presidency' here: blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

Trump’s defiance of the courts shows how foreign policy can enable an imperial presidency writes @jasonralph.bsky.social of @universityofleeds.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

„The wrong way to respond is to promise, as Biden did, that America will be “back.” That ignores the enormous mistakes elites made over the last three decades and the political context that allowed Mr. Trump to return to power with the mind-set of an arsonist.“ www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/o...

Opinion | Trump Has Destroyed What Made America Great. It Only Took 100 Days.

This is more than a shift in foreign policy; it’s a divorce so comprehensive that it makes Brexit look modest by comparison.

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"We cannot give everyone a trial," says the president of these United States.

🎉There have been several new @ejisbisa.bsky.social articles published on FirstView this week!🎉 Link to read - buff.ly/FB1bFzp @cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social @justinmassie.bsky.social @tberger.bsky.social @jasonralph.bsky.social @ruthdeyermond.bsky.socialv @amirajadoon.bsky.social

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European Journal of International Security - Professor Andrew Mumford

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“For decades, progressivism has deluded itself into believing that process can obviate the need for discretion. Reformers became so obsessed with ensuring that government would not trample the powerless that they have prevented government from doing its job.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The Question Progressives Refuse to Answer

As Democrats became the party of proceduralism, they sidestepped a crucial debate.

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“…it sounds like one of the primary means of persuasion that you used was very patient public education, going out to people.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...

Opinion | To Save Democracy, the U.S. Should Take a Page From Poland’s Playbook

Poland pulled back from an authoritarian slide. What can the U.S. learn from its nonpartisan approach?

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My book “On Global Learning” is now available in paperback with a 20% discount. See flyer below. It offers a theory of social learning that allows us to assess and critique (or support) institutionalised practices in the face of the global security, health and climate challenge.

Trump and Musk believe our country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring us to stop them. On Saturday, we're taking to the streets nationwide to fight back with a clear message: Hands off! Please join us: handsoff2025.com/?SQ...

“The U.S. will support Europe with nuclear deterrence of Russia, and NATO should only count on U.S. forces not required for homeland defense or China deterrence missions, …” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Secret Pentagon memo on China, homeland has Heritage fingerprints

An secret memo from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth focuses on deterring China’s seizure of Taiwan and shoring up homeland defense. The guidance mimics language of a report from the conservative think ...

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I thought US policy on Ukraine might have been part of a US-Russia-PRC tacit agreement to have regional spheres of influence. But this suggests it is about shifting priorities to get the US, as well as Russia & Europe, to deny the PRC a sphere in its backyard. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Secret Pentagon memo on China, homeland has Heritage fingerprints

An secret memo from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth focuses on deterring China’s seizure of Taiwan and shoring up homeland defense. The guidance mimics language of a report from the conservative think ...

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The lag between the ISA conference bar and reality is long, sometimes infinite. In this case? 3 weeks @cbueger.bsky.social

POLITICO Europe@politico.eu · last yr.

China is considering joining the potential peacekeeping mission for Ukraine being spearheaded by European leaders, German newspaper Welt reported on Saturday.

Brooks: “As a matter of principle, Democrats should be screaming bloody murder about Trump’s threat to the Constitution. As a matter of political tactics, I think they’re better off emphasizing Trumpian incompetence….and there is a lot of it.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/o...

Opinion | Trump Voters Love Him More Than Before. Four Conservative Columnists Pinpoint Why.

More registered voters think America is on the right track than at any point since 2004, a new poll says. What does that mean about Trump?

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"I have a confession. I’ve been having a 35-year love affair with American democracy." Professor Jason Ralph explores American Pragmatism and American Democracy in his latest blog piece for @cdpleeds.bsky.social cdp.leeds.ac.uk/2025/03/12/a...

American Pragmatism and American Democracy

Jason Ralph, University of LeedsI have a confession. I’ve been having a 35-year love affair with American democracy.  Under the cover of annual visits to the US - usually to the International Stu

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“Musk’s insight, which he is now putting to such destructive use, is that a third instrument—the power of data—may be as consequential as that of the purse or the sword.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Musk’s Madisonian Insight—And Its Troubling Consequences

The Department of Government Efficiency’s seizure of government databases is not just an act of bureaucratic reorganization. It is an act of constitutional restructuring.

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Latest blog inspired by my conversations, presentations, worries, walks and a visit to a certain museum in and around #ISA2025 Chicago cdp.leeds.ac.uk/2025/03/12/a...

American Pragmatism and American Democracy

Jason Ralph, University of LeedsI have a confession. I’ve been having a 35-year love affair with American democracy.  Under the cover of annual visits to the US - usually to the International Stu

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“a buffer zone at least six miles wide to separate the two armies, and a plan for 5,000 civilians and police officers to patrol it. The paper argued that about 10,000 foreign troops may be needed to provide security for those monitors.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/w...

How Would Peacekeeping Work in Ukraine? These Experts Gamed It Out.

The publication of the detailed analysis was a sign that a cease-fire has gone from a theoretical exercise to an urgent and practical issue.

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“When we fix our eyes on Selma, we are reminded that it is not the men in high places – whether Nixon or Trump, Justice Kennedy, or Justice Roberts – who teach us how to love our country. It is ordinary people who risk it all to demand a place in this nation, …”

Sherrilyn Ifill@sifill.bsky.social · 2y ago

My latest essay is up. “Selma is Stronger than MAGA: On Loving Your Country.” Inspired by the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday…and, ironically Justice Kennedy. READ AND SHARE. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...