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Global Society is a journal of international studies published by Taylor & Francis. Editors: Rubrick Biegon, Hendrik Huelss, Anna Nadibaidze, Julia Simon, Alexandre Christoyannopoulos, and Peter Marshall https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cgsj20/current

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George Kyris@georgekyris.bsky.social · last wk.

My latest article with Bruno Luciano shows how international parliaments might play a distinct role in statehood conflicts and matters of recognition. We do that through a deep dive into the EP's position on Kosovo. Full access: share.google/Cs693FnS7Iey...

Global Society@globalsociety.bsky.social · last wk.

The final article in Global Society 40(3) is "State Recognition, Conflict and International Parliaments: The European Parliament and Kosovo" @georgekyris.bsky.social (Birmingham) and Bruno Luciano (UNESP). Click the link below to give it a read! 👇

"States in international relations emerge through diplomatic state recognition, yet when there are rival statehood claims over the same territory, recognition becomes contested and a security concern. International organisations and their parliaments express recognition positions that matter because of their collective nature, but this remains underexplored in predominantly state-centric scholarship. This study addresses that gap by analysing how International Parliamentary Institutions (IPIs) facilitate recognition in statehood conflicts. We propose an analytical framework to capture how IPIs exercise agency through using their own instruments (e.g. resolutions) to express recognition positions, particularly when these diverge from their executive counterparts. Applying this framework, we conduct a historical analysis of the European Parliament’s approach to Kosovo as a case study of IPIs’ significance for recognition, drawing on extensive original and secondary data. Findings show that the activism of parliamentarians and majority decision-making rules enabled a stance in favour of Kosovo’s recognition; that EP support has strengthened over time; and that plenary debates fostered reflection on recognition of Kosovo and beyond. The study highlights the importance of both institutional rules and individual agency, contributing to a deeper understanding of collective recognition by diverse international actors in some of the world’s most complex security environments."
Global Society@globalsociety.bsky.social · 2w ago

New Article out in Global Society! 🚨 "Anti-Satellite Weapons and Norm Clusters in Space: Dynamics of Contestation, Activation, and Resiliency" is an #OnlineFirst article by Jeffrey S. Lantis (College of Wooster). Click the link below to give it a read! 👇

Modern advances in the development of anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons threaten the safety and sustainability of orbital space operations, and critics charge that government tests of ASAT systems may represent violations of norms embedded in the 1967 Outer Space Treaty and follow-on agreements. This study explores how international norm structures for orbital and outer space security offer adaptive mechanisms to respond to applicatory contestation. It develops a multi-stage model of meso-level norm clusters and responses to challenges, including activation, stigmatisation, response, and remediation, and then tests the utility of this model using two case studies of responses to meso-level norm contestation over ASAT weapons. The study concludes that the activation of norm networks appears to provide some level of resiliency for norm structures, allowing them to absorb, diffuse, and even redirect the energy of contestatory challenges toward new norm development for space governance in the 21st century.
Global Society@globalsociety.bsky.social · 2w ago

New Article out in Global Society! 🚨 "Anti-Satellite Weapons and Norm Clusters in Space: Dynamics of Contestation, Activation, and Resiliency" is an #OnlineFirst article by Jeffrey S. Lantis (College of Wooster). Click the link below to give it a read! 👇

Modern advances in the development of anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons threaten the safety and sustainability of orbital space operations, and critics charge that government tests of ASAT systems may represent violations of norms embedded in the 1967 Outer Space Treaty and follow-on agreements. This study explores how international norm structures for orbital and outer space security offer adaptive mechanisms to respond to applicatory contestation. It develops a multi-stage model of meso-level norm clusters and responses to challenges, including activation, stigmatisation, response, and remediation, and then tests the utility of this model using two case studies of responses to meso-level norm contestation over ASAT weapons. The study concludes that the activation of norm networks appears to provide some level of resiliency for norm structures, allowing them to absorb, diffuse, and even redirect the energy of contestatory challenges toward new norm development for space governance in the 21st century.
Global Society@globalsociety.bsky.social · 2w ago

The sixth article in Global Society 40(3) is "Anti-gender Normativity and Advocacy in Turkey – Making a Case for Practice Diffusion" by Hüsrev Tabak and Marella Bodur Ün. Click on the link below to give it a read! 👇

This article offers a practice-oriented perspective on the near-simultaneous rise of anti-genderism in the post-2010 context. Using the Turkish case, it argues that normative isomorphism across different locales is not always the result of recent norm diffusion; their simultaneous and isomorphic emergence can be attributed to the diffusion of practices that enact pre-existing normative frameworks. Empirically speaking, this would mean re-reading the rise of anti-genderism as also a process of practice diffusion, no doubt, within the broader context of the growing influence of right-wing populism and illiberalism. The research suggests focusing on the diffusion of practices rather than norms per se, allowing for a more nuanced understanding of global normative similarities and claims of globality.
Global Society@globalsociety.bsky.social · 2w ago

The sixth article in Global Society 40(3) is "Anti-gender Normativity and Advocacy in Turkey – Making a Case for Practice Diffusion" by Hüsrev Tabak and Marella Bodur Ün. Click on the link below to give it a read! 👇

This article offers a practice-oriented perspective on the near-simultaneous rise of anti-genderism in the post-2010 context. Using the Turkish case, it argues that normative isomorphism across different locales is not always the result of recent norm diffusion; their simultaneous and isomorphic emergence can be attributed to the diffusion of practices that enact pre-existing normative frameworks. Empirically speaking, this would mean re-reading the rise of anti-genderism as also a process of practice diffusion, no doubt, within the broader context of the growing influence of right-wing populism and illiberalism. The research suggests focusing on the diffusion of practices rather than norms per se, allowing for a more nuanced understanding of global normative similarities and claims of globality.
Global Society@globalsociety.bsky.social · 3w ago

The third article in Global Society 40(3) is "For a Better Future: How Parenthood Affects Attitudes toward War" by Shih-chan Dai (@ National Chengchi University) and Navida Chun-han Wang (@umich.edu). Click the link below and be sure to give it a read!

ABSTRACT How does parenthood affect individuals’ attitudes toward war? Existing literature on public support for war offers some explanations as to when the public is more likely to support the use of military force. Yet, it has largely overlooked an essential factor: parenthood. Building on rational choice and social identity theories, we argue that individuals who are parents are less likely to support war. Individuals with children face greater uncertainty and are more vulnerable to the damages that war could bring. In addition, the shift in identity as parents affects how individuals perceive security threats. We test our hypothesis using the World Value Survey Wave 6 (2010-2014). The results show that parenthood decreases the likelihood of expressing support for war, for both females and males, even after controlling for other demographic traits and country-level covariates such as exposure to militarised violence and gender inequality. Our findings contribute to the literature on security studies and public opinion and suggest a need to consider the impact of parenthood.
Global Society@globalsociety.bsky.social · 3w ago

The third article in Global Society 40(3) is "For a Better Future: How Parenthood Affects Attitudes toward War" by Shih-chan Dai (@ National Chengchi University) and Navida Chun-han Wang (@umich.edu). Click the link below and be sure to give it a read!

ABSTRACT How does parenthood affect individuals’ attitudes toward war? Existing literature on public support for war offers some explanations as to when the public is more likely to support the use of military force. Yet, it has largely overlooked an essential factor: parenthood. Building on rational choice and social identity theories, we argue that individuals who are parents are less likely to support war. Individuals with children face greater uncertainty and are more vulnerable to the damages that war could bring. In addition, the shift in identity as parents affects how individuals perceive security threats. We test our hypothesis using the World Value Survey Wave 6 (2010-2014). The results show that parenthood decreases the likelihood of expressing support for war, for both females and males, even after controlling for other demographic traits and country-level covariates such as exposure to militarised violence and gender inequality. Our findings contribute to the literature on security studies and public opinion and suggest a need to consider the impact of parenthood.
Global Society@globalsociety.bsky.social · last mo.

Our last monthly pick in June is the #OpenAccess article "Innovating Algorithmic Warfare: Experimentation with Information Manoeuvre beyond the Boundaries of the Law" by Lauren Gould (@ Utrecht), Marijn Hoijtink (@ Antwerp), Martine Jaarsma & Jack Davies (@ Utrecht). Link below!

This article analyses how algorithmic innovation in contemporary warfare unfolds through new alliances and contestations among civil and military actors in the face of an overarching rhetoric around the need to lead in “information manoeuvre”. Drawing on assemblage thinking and applying it to the case of the Land Information Manoeuvre Centre (LIMC)—a data centre founded by the Dutch Army that unlawfully tracked and algorithmically predicted its citizen’s sentiment and behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic—the authors identify three logics that held this centre together and helped ward off critique: entrepreneurialism, informality, and experimentation. Emulating innovation practices elsewhere, together, these logics have important political repercussions beyond the Dutch case, pushing the expansion of military surveillance, pattern-finding and targeting, while undermining the rule of law and democratic accountability within algorithmic warfare.
Global Society@globalsociety.bsky.social · last mo.

Our last monthly pick in June is the #OpenAccess article "Innovating Algorithmic Warfare: Experimentation with Information Manoeuvre beyond the Boundaries of the Law" by Lauren Gould (@ Utrecht), Marijn Hoijtink (@ Antwerp), Martine Jaarsma & Jack Davies (@ Utrecht). Link below!

This article analyses how algorithmic innovation in contemporary warfare unfolds through new alliances and contestations among civil and military actors in the face of an overarching rhetoric around the need to lead in “information manoeuvre”. Drawing on assemblage thinking and applying it to the case of the Land Information Manoeuvre Centre (LIMC)—a data centre founded by the Dutch Army that unlawfully tracked and algorithmically predicted its citizen’s sentiment and behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic—the authors identify three logics that held this centre together and helped ward off critique: entrepreneurialism, informality, and experimentation. Emulating innovation practices elsewhere, together, these logics have important political repercussions beyond the Dutch case, pushing the expansion of military surveillance, pattern-finding and targeting, while undermining the rule of law and democratic accountability within algorithmic warfare.
Global Society@globalsociety.bsky.social · last mo.

Our host institution (@kent.ac.uk) is hiring a permanent Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in International Conflict Analysis. Please share to your networks! jobs.kent.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at the University of Kent: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in International Conflict Analysis

On the 1 August 2026, The University of Greenwich and the University of Kent will form a pioneering new multi-university group called London and South- East (LASE) University Group. Should you join us...

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