Started a Substack called "The History of Now." Features new/forthcoming books, interviews, my podcast and academic work. etc. Here's the 1st post. The 2nd will be an interview with Duncan Kelly about his important new book on WWI: open.substack.com/pub/historyo...

The History of Now

A Resource for New and Forthcoming Books, New Articles, Interviews, Podcast, Archival finds and more...

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As @janeijking.com argues in this Essay, technocracy lies at the heart of the legitimacy crisis that international organisations face today. The problem is not expertise, but the technocratic use of expert advice

Are we witnessing the end of the technocratic international? | Aeon Essays

Through international organisations, they wield power under the pretence of simply following the experts. Don’t believe them

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Here’s a piece I wrote for @aeon.co on some of the themes of my book: aeon.co/essays/are-w... #HistIR

“…the most ardent supporters of ‘independence from politics’ have, historically, been those setting the terms of its inverse. To ‘soar above the mists of prejudice’ often was the privilege of none other than the mist-makers. Freedom from power comes easy when you wield it yourself.”

Aeon Magazine@aeon.co · 5d ago

As @janeijking.com argues in this Essay, technocracy lies at the heart of the legitimacy crisis that international organisations face today. The problem is not expertise, but the technocratic use of expert advice

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Here’s a piece I wrote for @aeon.co on some of the themes of my book: aeon.co/essays/are-w... #HistIR

A very good essay about “decadence without pleasure”. “Why strive for pleasure? Why long for it? Because – contra the Bryan Johnsons of the world – we will die.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Why does everything feel so joyless? Welcome to the age of decadence without pleasure | Michèle Mendelssohn and Charlie Tyson

Decadence in our era comes in technologically mediated forms, emptied of desire and obsessed with self-optimisation

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

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

The task now is to stop mourning the old order and build the foundations of the new multipolar world

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“The simple act of holding a camera in my homeland of Western Sahara can be a crime.“

Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey used occupied land as a film set. That feels like a betrayal | Mohamed Sleiman Labat

The decision to shoot in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara, where the Indigenous people can’t tell their stories without fear of imprisonment, helps erase our own brutal journey

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“The simple act of holding a camera in my homeland of Western Sahara can be a crime.“

Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey used occupied land as a film set. That feels like a betrayal | Mohamed Sleiman Labat

The decision to shoot in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara, where the Indigenous people can’t tell their stories without fear of imprisonment, helps erase our own brutal journey

theguardian.com

📚🤓➡️ The print version is officially available now too, at global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Jan Eijking@janeijking.com · 2mo ago

📣 Experts in a Turbulent World – online version out now! 🌍 There's lots of talk of turbulence, disorder, polycrisis. One way in which int'l org.s seek to understand global problems in a complex world is to mobilise experts. But experts are specialists, not generalists. 1/5

📢 Job vacancy - Chair in Intellectual History We welcome applications from scholars working across a broad range of fields, including: 💠 History of political theory, political economy 💠 Knowledge systems and IT 💠 Postcolonial and intersectional thought 💠 Humanist, post-human, and planetary history

Axel Springer is a German media giant — with Bild & Welt — which has become a major international player — with Politico & Business Insider. Its leadership is a prime example of radicalization of the mainstream right and of the enabling of the far right. Their newest award winner: Peter Thiel.

Peter Thiel erhält den Axel Springer Award 2026

Auszeichnung für einen Unternehmer, Investor und Vordenker, der die digitale Transformation maßgeblich geprägt hat

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We're recruiting for a full professor in IR, with a preference for someone with 'a clear understanding of the current and future challenges to IR, especially in the domain of security, as well as a clear idea of how to take on these challenges in research, education and impact strategies'. 👇

Department of Political Science, Radboud University Nijmegen@radboudpol.bsky.social · 3w ago

🚨 Job Alert 🚨 The Department of Political Science at Radboud University Nijmegen is recruiting for a Full Professor in International Relations. More information on this vacancy is available here: www.ru.nl/en/working-a... Application deadline is 16 August 2026.

📚🤓➡️ The print version is officially available now too, at global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Jan Eijking@janeijking.com · 2mo ago

📣 Experts in a Turbulent World – online version out now! 🌍 There's lots of talk of turbulence, disorder, polycrisis. One way in which int'l org.s seek to understand global problems in a complex world is to mobilise experts. But experts are specialists, not generalists. 1/5

Wie maakt ons geld? Veel Nederlanders blijken daar nog altijd weinig zicht op te hebben. 88 procent weet niet dat private banken het grootste deel van ons geld creëren, blijkt uit nieuw onderzoek. Waarom dit kennisgebrek problematisch is, lees je in de eerste editie van ‘De politieke economie’.

Hebben we dan niets geleerd? De kennis over geldschepping is nog even slecht als twaalf jaar geleden

Follow the Money - Platform voor onderzoeksjournalistiek

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Weekend listening: Ep 2 of CONTINENTAL SHIFT features @triofrancos.bsky.social and Emily Iona-Stewart of @globalwitness.org in an incredibly insightful conversation on the politics of critical minerals—why the 'rush', who it serves, and where next www.break-down.org/episode-2-a-...

Episode 2: A (Not So) New Gold Rush

A four-part series on the global rush for critical minerals and what it means for the North American continent and beyond.

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In perhaps our most devastating briefing we find early career staff in the humanities as a whole have declined by 20% since 2016/17. Between 23/24 and 24/25 early career staff across all SHAPE subject areas fell by 6%, (from 52,795 to 49,410 FPE). That is the pipeline for our disciplines

So excited that this paper will be in print soon! 🎉

Excited to join @unileiden.bsky.social this September as Assistant Professor of International Relations at @polscileiden.bsky.social. Looking forward to meeting new colleagues and students in Leiden and The Hague after the summer!

UK herding people on to the bandwagon just as it loses its wheels.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 4w ago

Reeves to launch City ‘skills compact’ committing firms to retrain staff in AI

🤓 Teaser trailer! #HistIR 👉 The introduction of my book is freely available on Google Books: books.google.be/books?id=m-3...

The Technocratic International

Most international organisations today-from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to the World Health Organisation-present themselves as technical institutions separate from political concerns...

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Jan Eijking@janeijking.com · 3mo ago

Asking international organisations to “just follow the science” sounds great – not least in response to “anti-expert” pushback. But that defence fundamentally misrepresents how expertise and IOs relate. My new book asks: where does expert-centred international governance actually come from? 🧵1/7

🤓 Teaser trailer! #HistIR 👉 The introduction of my book is freely available on Google Books: books.google.be/books?id=m-3...

The Technocratic International

Most international organisations today-from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to the World Health Organisation-present themselves as technical institutions separate from political concerns...

books.google.be

Jan Eijking@janeijking.com · 3mo ago

Asking international organisations to “just follow the science” sounds great – not least in response to “anti-expert” pushback. But that defence fundamentally misrepresents how expertise and IOs relate. My new book asks: where does expert-centred international governance actually come from? 🧵1/7

I‘m late to the show but this is such a good piece: newrepublic.com/article/2117...

How Historians Took Over Liberal Punditry

The hottest resistance talking aheads during Trump 2.0 are academics. What happened?

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IPE seems to be doing best of all IR subfields this year in terms of jobs — here’s another one at St Andrews: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSE675/l...

Lecturer (International Political Economy) - AC2880 at University of St Andrews

Discover an exciting academic career path as a Lecturer (International Political Economy) - AC2880 at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

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📢 Job opening The Cevipof is recruiting an Assistant Professor in Political Science in the field of political institutions and contemporary transformations of democracy @cevipof.bsky.social @sciencespo.bsky.social

Recruitement : Assistant Professor (tenure track) in Political Science

CEVIPOF / Sciences Po is recruiting an Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) in Political Science, Topic Immigration and Democracy / Political Theory. The application deadline is 18 September 2026.

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Angesichts des Rechtsrucks darf politische Bildung keineswegs neutral sein: »Neutralität ist keine Haltung, sondern eine Absage an Haltung.« www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2026...

Politische Bildung: Parteilich für die Grundrechte

Hakenkreuze, Hitlergrüße, rassistische Beschimpfungen auf dem Pausenhof – neu sind diese Phänomene nicht. Der sich auch parlamentarisch verfestigende Rechtsradikalismus verändert nicht nur die…

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Do Older Americans Have Too Much Power?

In “Gerontocracy in America,” the historian Samuel Moyn argues that the central conflict of our era is between the young and the elderly.

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I’m in the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social today, trying to account for Brexit’s role in Britain’s long decline. The verdict: it killed the recovery from austerity, which had killed the recovery from the crisis. Rejoining single market maybe worth the political capital one day—but not now. Link👇