Looking forward to seeing friends and colleagues @isanet.bsky.social over the next few days in Columbus.

NEW from @suzannesmalley.bsky.social NSO Group tried to hijack an international diplomatic process on spyware (called "Pall Mall") to launder their sullied reputation Fortunately, the French 🇫🇷 and UK 🇬🇧 govts (who steer Pall Mall) weren't having any of it therecord.media/spyware-make...

Spyware maker is hijacking diplomatic efforts to limit commercial hacking, civil society warns

Spyware maker NSO Group trumpeted the company’s participation in the Pall Mall Process, which drew criticism from civil society leaders and government officials who called out human rights abuses.

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Over at @thestar.com, @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social asks how cuts to Canada's public service, and Global Affairs Canada in particular, align with the visions and goals of the Carney doctrine: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Mark Carney says we need a new global order. So why is he cutting Canada’s most vital tools to build one?

Cuts to the public service will weaken our capacity to build new alliances.

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“The foundations of American power are rooted in the rule of law at home and credible commitment abroad, the very things that Trump has attempted to dismantle,” write Daniel Drezner and @profsaunders.bsky.social.

Trump’s Year of Anarchy

The unconstrained presidency and the end of American primacy.

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The International History and Politics Section of @apsa.bsky.social is accepting nominations for the Jervis-Schroeder Best Book Award and the Outstanding Article Award. Nominations are due by January 31, 2026. More information here: connect.apsanet.org/s34/nominati...

My colleague @moritz-graefrath.com and I argue in @foreignaffairs.com for selective nuclear proliferation to Canada, Germany and Japan. We make the case it will benefit all three, as well as the USA, and that it will also strengthen the increasingly brittle global order.

Foreign Affairs@foreignaffairs.com · 9mo ago

“Were Canada, Germany, and Japan to acquire nuclear weapons, they would rebalance global military capabilities in favor of a coalition of states committed to the rules-based system,” argue Moritz Graefrath and Mark Raymond.

(Reuters) - Meta internally projected late last year that it would earn about 10% of its overall annual revenue – or $16 billion – from running advertising for scams and banned goods, internal company documents show. $META @reuters.com www.reuters.com/investigatio...

You can browse the #OpenAccess articles in political science and international relations from Cambridge University Press here - https://cup.org/3WfI4nM #OAWeek #PoliSci

My chapter with @abarrinha.bsky.social on "Cyber Diplomacy in International Relations" is now out in The Palgrave Handbook on Cyber Diplomacy. Chapter: lnkd.in/g3Kz5x88 Book: lnkd.in/gQnJKiVK

You have no idea how furious Canadians are - New York Magazine

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...

Opinion | What’s making some countries daydream about nukes again?

With or without Iran, the number of nuclear states could double, raising the risk of catastrophe.

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International Theory - Volume 17 - Issue 1 - cup.org/3CUE0mz A Journal of International Politics, Law and Philosophy #OpenAccess

My latest article on my current research project on UN special rapporteurs is finally out with @risjnl.bsky.social! I develop the notion of the plural professional, or actors who practice several professions at the same time & not necessarily harmoniously. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Read my fascinating conversation w/ @rondeibert.bsky.social of @citizenlab.ca on the org's technical approach to finding spyware, why there is likely spyware that has not yet been discovered + more. Of spyware use under Trump: "We should all be prepared for the worst" therecord.media/ron-deibert-...

The Citizen Lab’s director dissects spyware and the ‘proliferating’ market for it

In an interview with Recorded Future News, Deibert explained the technical aspects of the Citizen Lab’s methods and how spyware companies continue to evolve to evade detection.

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www.aspistrategist.org.au/defence-not-... My new piece with Typhaine Joffe argues that the US response to Salt Typhoon should emphasize cyber defense investment, and should lead to reconsideration of persistent engagement as an overarching cyber posture.

Urging Canadians not to "buy Canadian" so much as "buy not-US." We benefit from being integrated in a global trading order, and if the US is withdrawing from that, we have reason to strengthen trade with the rest of the world.

Terrific early-career researcher workshop with @internatltheory.bsky.social yesterday at #isa2025 Thanks to @davidawelch.bsky.social and @cearadau.bsky.social and Chris McIntosh for mentoring with me, and to all our terrific participants.

Hello ISA folx! #ISA2025 Come to the OUP Book Stand, Monday 03/03, 16:00-17:00 to ‘Meet the Editors’ of the EISA-OUP ‘Voices in IR’ book series! Tell Laura Sjoberg, Anna Leander & me about your exciting IR projects - we are very friendly & we don’t bite @europeanisa.bsky.social @isanet.bsky.social

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Wow. Puts the lie to #USAID destruction being about eliminating waste and corruption. Instead, Trump/Musk’s actions have created staggering waste and loss.

southpaw@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · last yr.

USAID’s inspector general—presumably operating from a remote base in the mountains—has just released a report on the staggering effect of the Trump Administration’s assault on the agency. oig.usaid.gov/sites/defaul...

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/w... Fascinating insight into how #DeepSeek “reasons” and its interaction with Chinese censorship policies.

DeepSeek’s A.I. Chatbot Awkwardly Navigates China’s Censors

Asked about sensitive topics, the bot would begin to answer, then stop and delete its own work. It refused to answer questions like: “Who is Xi Jinping?”

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We’re working to build an equitable open future for all authors. Find out how you can fund #OpenAccess publication of your research and benefit from... - broader access - more citations - more downloads Read more here 🔗 cup.org/4fT1fLk

I am increasingly convinced that comparative politics (including especially me) has fundamentally misunderstood contemporary democratic backsliding. We are attending to elections and the rule of law, when the politics is more fundamental, about a vision for the state and society within it 1/x

Please consider applying if you’re an early career researcher working on international relations theory, broadly understood. If you know of others who fit that description (students or peers!), we would be grateful if you could share the opportunity with them.

International Theory@internatltheory.bsky.social · 2y ago

DEADLINE: 15th of December 2024 Call for Abstracts - International Theory #ISA2025 Pre-Conference Workshop A day-long workshop in advance of the @isanet.bsky.social annual conference for early-career and underrepresented scholars who work on international theory. Find out more - cup.org/4dX9x3R

Bitcoin 100K — but still, after 15 years, no legitimate use cases www.ft.com/content/31b9...

UK uncovers vast crypto laundering scheme for gangsters and Russian spies

Multibillion-dollar ring across London, Moscow and Dubai connected cash-rich criminals with sanctions evaders

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We said goodbye to our wonderful beagle, Pepper, late on Tuesday. She was sick most of this fall, but fought bravely. She came with us from Canada to Oklahoma, and brought incredible joy to our lives. There is a hole in our house now.

The article on cyberspace and IR that I co-authored with Michiel Foulon (in @cspjournal.bsky.social) is apparently the journal's most read article of 2024 😮🎉 You can add to the tally by having a look here (open access): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

How cyberspace affects international relations: The promise of structural modifiers

This article proposes a new way to understand cyberspace's impact on international relations by treating it as a “structural modifier.” This shared language with IR allows for a clearer picture of ...

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I'm on the committee of APSA International Relations Theory section Nuno P. Monteiro Best Dissertation Award. Dissertations submitted in the last 2 calendar years are eligible. Nominations due 3/31/25. More information here: www.apsanet.org/section53 Submit away!

Great to see not 1 but 2 @cais-exeter.bsky.social member papers on the homepage of @internatltheory.bsky.social My 'Mesopotamian Trap' & @profalexp.bsky.social on Wlatz & Kant www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #IR #HistIR