Juliet Kaarbo

@jkaarbo.bsky.social

Professor of Foreign Policy, School of International Relations, University of St Andrews; Founding Co-Director Scottish Council on Global Affairs https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/international-relations/people/jbk1/

New article with Beasley and Oppermann out in GSQ -- in a special forum on transitional orders, we discuss national role dynamics in the 'liminal space' between international orders, including sovereignty skirmishes (think Chagos, Greenland, Venezuela) academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...

(Re-)Setting the World Stage: Role Theory and Transitional Orders

Abstract. This article offers a role theoretical perspective on transitional orders, the liminal space between one order and the next. Role theory understa

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Great piece on the importance of political leaders’ personalities, by the brilliant @consuelothiers.bsky.social !!

Consuelo Thiers@consuelothiers.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 It’s time to put political psychology back at the center of global analysis. My new commentary out today with @rusi.bsky.social : "Bringing the Leader Back In: The Case for Political Psychology in International Affairs" Understanding who leads matters more than ever @edinburghpir.bsky.social