Nina C. Krickel-Choi
@nckc.bsky.social
Postdoc at Lund University | Visiting Fellow at the Danish Institute for International Studies IR theory, security studies, climate change imaginaries, existentialism, IR in East Asia. She/Her
Die IFG-Pläne von Frei und #Dobrindt und 365 Sherpas: abgeordnetenwatch oder FragDenStaat sollen keine IFG-Anträge mehr stellen dürfen www.abgeordnetenwatch.de/recherchen/i...
Wie das Kanzleramt gegen abgeordnetenwatch vorgeht | abgeordnetenwatch
Die Regierung das Informationsfreiheitsgesetz massiv einschränken. Vor Gericht versucht das Kanzleramt schon jetzt, den Zugang zu Unterlagen zu erschweren – und behauptet: abgeordnetenwatch hat…
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❗Alexander Dobrindt will das IFG abschaffen – und FragDenStaat gleich mit❗ Ein Papier aus dem BMI zeigt: die „Reform”-Pläne fürs Informationsfreiheitsgesetz gehen weiter als bisher bekannt. Mit einer „Identifizierungspflicht“ soll FragDenStaat ausgeschaltet werden. fragdenstaat.de/artikel/poli...
Neue Pläne im Innenministerium: Dobrindt will FragDenStaat ausschalten
Die Bundesregierung will das Informationsfreiheitsgesetz faktisch abschaffen. Interne Dokumente zeigen jetzt: Der Plan zielt explizit darauf, Anfragen über FragDenStaat unmöglich zu machen.
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Fuck AI. Mass destruction & climate disaster for what? Deepfake porn, plagiarism robots, automated extreme RW slopaganda, pointless summaries of internet searches top 5 hits, enshittification of truth based social infrastructure (law, welfare, education) ubiquitous authoritarian mass surveillance.
James Hughes@dystopian-fashion.bsky.social · last mo.A massive Georgia data center drained nearly 30 million gallons of water, sparking outrage among local residents asked to conserve water during a drought. Residents of Fayetteville, Georgia, first noticed something was wrong when their home water pressure mysteriously plummeted.
NEW BLOG FOR YOU Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too. A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI: ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...
Publication alert 🥳 Our article "Decoding the New Cold War" is out in Geopolitics (open access!). Everyone talks about the New Cold War, but what kind of animal is it? Concept, analogy, process? And does it matter? Yes, we argue! Find out more here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
When utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars.
Wondering what I could contribute to Virtual BISA, as I've not really got anything at the right stage to share. If anyone is interested in teaming up for a submission, now's the time to reach out. (By email, I refuse to do age verification.)
Come and join our Postgraduate Network and first-timers meet up at #BISA2026 🎉 A great way to meet and network with fellow first-timers, postgraduates and ECRs in a relaxed and welcoming environment! 🌟 Sponsored by the PGN on Tuesday 2 June at The Mesmerist 👉 https://ow.ly/hRLL50Z5239
We at @cawpbisa.bsky.social are hugely excited to be holding a symposium titled '(En)countering violence: critical approaches to studying and representing violence, and dangerous and disposable subjects'. EoI deadline is 19 June, to be held 9 and 10 September in London - full details below!
Call for papers: (En)countering violence: critical approaches to studying and representing violence, and dangerous and disposable subjects- Critical Alternatives for World Politics (CAWP) | BISA
- Critical Alternatives for World Politics (CAWP) Working Group
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neben den neuen Repressionen gegen die Opposition wurde per Mitternachtsdekret die Istanbuler Bilgi-Universität geschlossen, eine der letzten relativ unabhängigen akademischen Institutionen mit über 20.000 Studierenden bianet.org/haber/istanb...
İstanbul Bilgi University shut down by presidential decree
The institution was one of Turkey's first private universities.
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Stefan C. Aykut@stefanaykut.bsky.social · 3mo ago📢🇹🇷 In der Türkei wird der Chef der größten Oppositionspartei, #Özel von der CHP, abgesetzt und der letzte Rest Demokratie abgebaut. Doch dieses Regime ist fragil und empfindlich für Druck. Wenn es noch europäische Werte gibt müssen Deutschland und die EU jetzt handeln! www.spiegel.de/ausland/tuer...
"...the world being reduced to abstract and quantifiable calculations of individual gain. AI is simply the next stage, and logical corollary of, the commodification of everything. It reduces the qualitative richness of the world" 🔥👇 doi.org/10.1332/2635...
How to be ‘anti-AI’ in the 21st century: overcoming the inevitability narrative
The general consensus appears to be that AI has the potential to provide solutions to most of society’s major problems, but not without introducing its own downsides, which need to be addressed in ord...
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I'm looking forward to visiting @nupinytt.bsky.social in a few weeks to present my forthcoming book on #Nordic defence cooperation! If you're in Oslo on 1 June, come by, and if not, feel free to follow on YouTube. www.nupi.no/en/events/20...
Securing the north: Nordic defence cooperation across the Baltic, Arctic, and North Atlantic | NUPI
What does the Northern European security landscape look like today, and what is really bringing the Nordic countries closer together on defence? In this seminar, postdoctoral fellow Gabriella Gricius ...
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I'll be presenting my ongoing work on security and Existentialism in the Anthropocene at the University of Tübingen next week! 🤗 🎉 Wednesday, 13 May, 4pm CET. Anyone can join - Zoom link below 👇
📣 Call for Papers - Special issue on Peacemaking, Recognition, and the Politics of Statehood in Protracted Conflicts! We invite contributions that examine the relationship between peacemaking and recognition from multiple perspectives! See details below. Deadline: 30 June 2026!
So happy that a paper from the special issue I edited on "Grappling with the climate crisis in IR" won the journal's best article award! Check it out!👇
Ben O'Loughlin@benoloughlin.bsky.social · 4mo ago☺️@paulinesophieh.bsky.social and I won a prize for this article: www.ceeol.com/search/artic... Thanks to @michelpoiccard.bsky.social and the editorial team! Are you seeing actors use bad faith, for what, and do they get away with it?
☺️@paulinesophieh.bsky.social and I won a prize for this article: www.ceeol.com/search/artic... Thanks to @michelpoiccard.bsky.social and the editorial team! Are you seeing actors use bad faith, for what, and do they get away with it?
This European Citizen Initiative on the "suspension of the EU-Israel association agreement in view of Israel's violation of human rights" is nearing 1 mio signatures. 👀 Check it out if you haven't already 👇 citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/...
Initiative detail | European Citizens' Initiative
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So much AI propaganda about “saving time” is capitalist propaganda. You need to do things faster so you can make more money because work has been devalued and full-time jobs are harder to come by. But AI isn’t going to make YOU rich. It’s already devaluing the work and the jobs even more
All ten of our articles are freely available now: @ejisbisa.bsky.social. All new work on politicized captivity from @toddhall.bsky.social @daniellegilbert.bsky.social @minseonku.bsky.social @rogerpetersen1.bsky.social @profgustafsson.bsky.social Jade McGlynn, Simon Koschut, Barak Kushner,
European Journal of International Security@ejisbisa.bsky.social · 5mo ago🌎 NEW: "Kidnapping politics: The sorcerer’s apprentice effect", from Nick Ackert and @rjsamuels.bsky.social, looks at how leaders manipulate public emotions during kidnapping crises to advance political goals - and how it can become a trap. 📚👉 Read more here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The Czech Journal of International Relations is pleased to announce a call for papers for a special issue titled Small States in Turbulent Times, which is scheduled for publication in August 2027. For more information please visit: cjir.iir.cz/index.php/cj...
How did Russia's 3-day “special military operation” become 4 yrs+ of near-total war, & how did time symbols contribute? Just published OA @gsqjournal.bsky.social in special forum on ritual action, ed. by Maria Mälksoo doi.org/10.1093/isag... @isatheory.bsky.social @edinburghpir.bsky.social
Ritual Wartiming in Russia’s Three-day Special Military Operation, 2022-2025: “Everyone Must Feel Mobilized”
Abstract. How did a three-day “special military operation” become four years and counting of near-total war? Analyses emphasize a number of factors prolong
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🎧 Reminder: RIS has a podcast! 🎧 We now have EIGHT episodes of the Review of International Studies podcast - well worth a listen, friends! buff.ly/CJdduct
🚀🇷🇺 "Capturing the minds: The role of child deportation in maintaining Russian authority over Ukraine’s occupied territories" by @drjademcglynn.bsky.social & Anastasiia Romaniuk is our article of the month! 📚👉 Read, for free, here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Call for special issue contributions on the theme of "Small states in turbulent times" - see below 👇
Jan Daniel@horalistani.bsky.social · 5mo agoHow do small states navigate the current turbulent geopolitical environment? How do they cope with external shocks from the Russian invasion of Ukraine to Trump's erratic management of the US foreign policy? If you have answers, contribute to the CJIR special issue! cjir.iir.cz/index.php/cj...
A world with #international #law is by no means perfect. But a world in which those who can do ignore international law is even worse. I am grateful to colleagues for initiating this open letter to the German government. verfassungsblog.de/stellungnahm...
Stellungnahme zur deutschen Außenpolitik im Zuge der Angriffe der USA und Israels auf den Iran
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Imperialism, war and violence are connected to climate change. But analysis needs to go deeper than just making an argument for detaching from fossil fuels. This endless violence is about who and what is valued, it's about US militarism, it's about white christian supremacy.
The 8th article from our special issue on captivity passions is out in @ejisbisa.bsky.social! Jade McGlynn and Anastasiia Romanyuk show how Russia's child deportations seek to pressure local families, disrupt Ukrainian identity and facilitate demographic restructuring. doi.org/10.1017/eis....
Capturing the minds: The role of child deportation in maintaining Russian authority over Ukraine’s occupied territories | European Journal of International Security | Cambridge Core
Capturing the minds: The role of child deportation in maintaining Russian authority over Ukraine’s occupied territories
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The 7th article in our special issue ‘Kidnapping politics: Captivity passions and international security’ is out in @ejisbisa.bsky.social. Barak Kushner explores how authoritarian states in 20th-century East Asia sought to reeducate captives for security reasons. doi.org/10.1017/eis....
Political captives in East Asia: Thought reform and national security | European Journal of International Security | Cambridge Core
Political captives in East Asia: Thought reform and national security
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