Mariah Thornton (宋妍嫵)

@mariahtthornton.bsky.social

Doctoral candidate studying Taiwan at the LSE, researcher at LSE IDEAS. Former press & comms advisor at the Taipei Representative Office UK. Oxford & SOAS alum of Chinese Studies. https://www.lse.ac.uk/international-relations/phd-students/thornton-mariah

Next up, @kazimier.bsky.social, PhD candidate at @LSE @lseir.bsky.social Kazimier's research focuses on international aviation politics, where he explores how the scientific discovery of powered flight fundamentally altered the ways international politics is imagined, conceptualised, and practised.

Millennium: Journal of International Studies@millennjournal.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Ever wondered who's behind @millenjournal.bsky.social's Call for Papers "The Politics of Liminality"? Meet the editors. And while you're at it — don't miss your chance to be part of Vol. 55's Special Issue (deadline: 17/06!). 👇 🔗https://tinyurl.com/yu5ecw4e

My 1st TV appearance on @connectedtwplus.bsky.social alongside Taiwan Digital Diplomacy Association's Sam Straw. We discussed #China's #disinformation & cognitive warfare towards #Taiwan, and Taiwanese resistance. Thanks Sam for great insights & Billy S for producing www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Jc1...

China's AI Cognitive Warfare: Manipulating Taiwan's Reality? | CONNECTED Power and Principles

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Excellent & timely theoretical work from Nitasha Kaul and Barry Buzan on the concept of protofascism, how it differs from authoritarian populism. Protofascism need not be bound by Eurocentric contexts, it can be applied to Hindutva, for example. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Trump’s new America and the question of fascism - Nitasha Kaul, Barry Buzan, 2026

The United States is undergoing a revolutionary transformation. In this article, we offer a novel and original early analysis of New America (Trump 2.0) as a co...

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