This was Emma’s last project. She gave it her everything, working out of hospitals in very difficult circumstances. In the end she ran out of time and life. I then spent the next 18 months doing my best to complete the project as Emma had envisaged it. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

WS-K: Security Narratives and Temporality in IR signing off from #EWIS2026. Three days of engaging conversations, constructive feedback and hearing about brilliant research, especially new work done by early career scholars and PhD students. Thank you for having us Izmir!

We are hiring! The Department of Political Science @FHS is recruiting a scholarship-funded PhD student with a focus on Japanese security policy. The deadline is 31 August. web103.reachmee.com/ext/I012/256...

If you are in Stockholm next week and up for this and, especially, for a chat over drinks, then please come along to my little ‘installation’ gig at the Swedish Defence University. Details here (all welcome but registration required): www.rolandbleiker.com/news/upcomin...

Välkommen till installationen av Victoria M. Basham för 2026 års Kerstin Hesselgrens gästprofessur och Roland Bleiker för 2026 års Olof Palmes gästprofessur Försvarshögskolan 6 maj 2026. Installationsföreläsningen är öppen men anmälan krävs. www.fhs.se/en/swedish-d...

Registration for the inauguration of the 2026 visiting professorships

Here you can register for the inauguration of Victoria Basham as the 2026 Kerstin Hesselgren Visiting Professor and Roland Bleiker as the 2026 Olof Palme Visiting Professor, on 6 May at 15:00 to 17:30...

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💫 'Who supports hostage recovery? Explaining individual variation in American support for bringing hostages home' from @laurenrprather.bsky.social & @laurenrprather.bsky.social is the 10th article from our special issue on kidnapping! 👉 Read, for free, here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

One day, @laurenrprather.bsky.social is going to ask you to embark on a joint research agenda. It’s very important that you say yes 🤝 Thrilled that our first collaboration is out in the world! 👇👇 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The 10th article from our special issue ‘Kidnapping politics: Captivity passions and international security’ is out in @ejisbisa.bsky.social! In the article, Danielle Gilbert and Lauren Prather explore determinants of support for hostage recovery among the American public. doi.org/10.1017/eis....

🌎 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 9th article from our special issue ‘Kidnapping politics: Captivity passions and international security’ is out in @ejisbisa.bsky.social! Nick Ackert and @rjsamuels.bsky.social show how leaders manipulate captivity-related emotions, but often lose control over them. doi.org/10.1017/eis....

🚀 "Capturing the minds: The role of child deportation in maintaining Russian authority over Ukraine’s occupied territories" by @drjademcglynn.bsky.social & Anastasiia Romaniuk is the eighth article of our special issue on kidnapping - and OUT NOW: 🇺🇦 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🇯🇵🚀🇨🇳 NEW: "Political captives in East Asia: Thought reform and national security" from Barak Kushner is this week's must-read article. 📚👉 More here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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....

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....

The sixth article in the special issue ‘Kidnapping politics: Captivity passions and international security’ that I have co-edited with @rjsamuels.bsky.social has now been published in @ejisbisa.bsky.social

European Journal of International Security@ejisbisa.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🪖📚 NEW: "The emotional politics of sovereignty: On dignity, state personhood, and kidnappings" from @nckc.bsky.social & @minseonku.bsky.social. 👉 Open access and available here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

So be sure to check out other articles in the issue! The introduction by @profgustafsson.bsky.social and @rjsamuels.bsky.social can be found here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

My co-authored article with @nckc.bsky.social is published in @ejisbisa.bsky.social with #openaccess! We theorize captivity/kidnapping as a sovereignty violation, and states respond with emotional performativity to protect their dignity, constructing personhood. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The fifth article in our special issue "Kidnapping politics: Captivity passions and international security" is now out in @ejisbisa.bsky.social! The article, written by Roger Petersen explores how emotions such as contempt and anger affects hostage recovery. doi.org/10.1017/eis....

🇰🇵🚨 First View: "Between power and powerlessness: Families and politicised captivity" by @anhphnguyen.bsky.social & Todd H Hall, is the fourth article from our latest special issue. 📚👉 Read more here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

I’m very excited to share that my co-authored article with Todd Hall is now published in the @ejisbisa.bsky.social ! Many thanks to @profgustafsson.bsky.social and @rjsamuels.bsky.social for organising the special issue and for their guidance throughout the process. doi.org/10.1017/eis....

The 4th article in the special issue I have co-edited with @rjsamuels.bsky.social on "Kidnapping politics: Captivity passions and international security" is out in @ejisbisa.bsky.social! The article, written by @anhphnguyen.bsky.social & Todd Hall explores the role of families in captivity dramas.

@simonkoschut.bsky.social's article from our special issue on kidnapping politics and captivity passions has been published! More information on the special issue, including the introductory article, can be found here: cup.org/45Q7Q7i

European Journal of International Security@ejisbisa.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🚀 NEW: "Political captivity and the weaponisation of emotions in international relations" from @simonkoschut.bsky.social. 📰👉 Read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

#OpenAccess from @ejisbisa.bsky.social - Kidnapping politics: Captivity passions and international security - https://cup.org/45Q7Q7i - @profgustafsson.bsky.social & Richard J. Samuels #FirstView

🚨🪖 Key read: "Kidnapping politics: Captivity passions and international security" from @profgustafsson.bsky.social & Richard J. Samuels introduces a very special issue... 👉 More here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Can't wait to read this special issue of @ejisbisa.bsky.social edited by @profgustafsson.bsky.social and @rjsamuels.bsky.social.

European Journal of International Security@ejisbisa.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🚨🪖 Key read: "Kidnapping politics: Captivity passions and international security" from @profgustafsson.bsky.social & Richard J. Samuels introduces a very special issue... 👉 More here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

My co-authored (with Richard Samuels) special issue introduction 'Kidnapping politics: Captivity passions and international security', has just been published open access in @ejisbisa.bsky.social. The forthcoming special issue will contain 9 articles that will soon be published. cup.org/45Q7Q7i

New article!

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 6mo ago

#OpenAccess from @ejisbisa.bsky.social - Deterrence through captivity: China’s use of detention to dissuade threats to regime security - https://cup.org/3Zpehui - @profgustafsson.bsky.social #FirstView

My article 'Deterrence through captivity: China's use of detention to dissuade threats to regime security' has been published in @ejisbisa.bsky.social It is part of the forthcoming special issue (co-edited with Richard Samuels) 'Kidnapping politics: Captivity passions and international security'.

🚨 New Publication in International Organization! 🚨 Happy to share our latest paper with @jeremymoulton.bsky.social:“The New Age of Myth: Political Narratives and the Reconstitution of World Order”, part of SI #IOFoGG on the Future of Global Governance. doi.org/10.1017/S002... @iojournal.bsky.social

Inför vårterminen 2026 söker jag en praktikant med inriktning på säkerhetspolitik. www.fhs.se/om-forsvarsh...