Hubert Zimmermann

@hubzimm.bsky.social

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Prof IR @ uni-Marburg; Struggling upwards

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Jan-Philipp Hein @aufmacher.bsky.social · 8d

Großartige Abrechnung mit den sich selbst gerne als „Realisten“ bezeichnenden Fehldeutern Russlands, die der Ukraine aus sicherer Entfernung die Unterwerfung empfehlen. Bernd Rheinberg nimmt sie bei den Salonkolumnisten Punkt für Punkt für Punkt auseinander

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Die Realisten Moskaus - Salonkolumnisten

Seit Beginn des russischen Überfalls auf die Ukraine treten in Deutschland sogenannte Realisten auf, die der Ukraine eine Beendigung des Krieges nahelegen. Doch die Absichten der Realisten sind nicht ...

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Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · 17d

Wohl wahr: Syrien

Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · 18d

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Trump’s America and a clash of civilisations with Europe

The White House sees mass immigration as a bigger threat than Russia — and it is pressuring Europe to agree

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Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · 18d

(6) es sei denn, es gibt eine neue gemeinschaftsstiftende Erzählung. Vielleicht die ‘Festung Europa’ , positiv gewendet.

Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · 18d

(5) Migrationskrise: liberales Bürgertum vs ländliche Räume, Osten, migrant. Viertel; Corona: Rationalisten vs Irrationalisten; Ukrainekrise: Demokrat. Mitte vs Rest). Mit Geld allein ist das nicht mehr zuzuschütten; statt Resilienz erzeugt man Verteilungskämpfe und Hypotheken auf die Zukunft -

Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · 18d

(4) unwissentlichen Unterstützer eines eint: zu vollenden, was Mitte des 20. Jhdts nicht gelang, nämlich die offene Gesellschaft zu beseitigen. Gleichzeitig hat der Vierfach-Wumms der Megakrisen die demokratischen Gesellschaften maximal gespalten (FinanzEurokrise: Vermögende vs normale Steuerzahler;

Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · 18d

(3) bevorzugt die demokratische Mitte (Beispiel dafür: BSW) zum scheppernden Gelächter der Putins und Trumps dieser Welt. Geldgier und Rassismus sind die Hauptantriebskräfte dieser Agenda - die Nat. Sec. Strategy spricht es offen aus. Ebenso, dass diese Cliquen und ihre wissentlichen /

Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · 18d

(2) in Kollaboration mit blitzschnell von demokratischen Überzeugungen abgefallenen Tech-Eliten, von Überfremdungsängsten getriebenen Rechtspopulisten sowie links und rechts operierenden ‘Systemkritikern’. Diese treiben ihre jeweiligen, von sozialen Medien befeuerten Agenden voran und attackieren

Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · 18d

Noch mehr zugespitzt: Demokratie in Europa und damit weltweit hätte den II Weltkrieg ohne die 🇺🇸 nie überlebt. Der Faschismus o. Linksfaschismus Stalins/Maos hätten gesiegt. Was wir jetzt sehen: ein System der Kollaboration ‘neo-royaler Cliquen’ (Goddard/Newman: goodauthority.org/news/the-new...) (1)

The new neo-royalist world order

Stacie Goddard and Abe Newman explain how cliques are ruling the world.

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Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · 23d

in the ‘correct’way in the ‘correct’ media and how much blood is spilled by minuscule verbal sophistry while the f…ing house is burning. Nobody fights against the arsonists while the fire brigade squabbles about equal opportunity in its ranks

Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · 23d

Probably because NYT readers find the story sickening anyway. It just doesn’t matter whether it’s on p. 1 or 13 as long as it does not reach potential Trump voters in their echo-chambers. I’m always puzzled by how much effort is spent on making sure the right message is presented

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Rutger Bregman @rutgerbregman.com · Nov 25

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · Nov 17

Interventionsfrage bleibt aktuell: Fast zum Jahrestag des Erscheinens meines Buchs ‚Militärische Missionen’ noch eine Rezension von Hendrik Simon lnkd.in/eZycupWw in der Frankfurter Rundschau. lnkd.in/em-djAzq

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Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · Nov 16

? Did you read only the headline?

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Oct 31

(Miami Herald) - The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald ..

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U.S. poised to strike military targets in Venezuela in escalation against Maduro regime

The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald...

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Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · Oct 31

My take on future US policy in the Middle East

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Legitimising and Delegitimising Military Engagement Abroad: An Inquiry Into U.S. Debates on the Continuity of Intervention in the Middle East - Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik

Given the current instability in the Middle East and America’s traditional role as a mediator, the debate over U.S. engagement in the region is an important indicator of the trajectory of U.S. foreign...

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Hasnain Kazim @hasnainkazim.bsky.social · Oct 9

Bei allen Hoffnungen sollten wir das nicht vergessen:

Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · Oct 1

And by the way: the peer-reviewed journal model is also dead. A good part of the articles I read in IR journals could be composed easily by AI

Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · Oct 1

It’s back to university education
of the 14th to early 20th century, as this NYT article argues: …moving away from take-home assignments and toward in-class blue book essays, oral exams, required office hrs..for students to demonstrate knowledge in real time. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/o...

Opinion | Students Hate Them. Universities Need Them. The Only Real Solution to the A.I. Cheating Crisis.

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Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · Oct 1

Accordingly, the future of teaching will ‚mark a return to the original purpose of universities as spaces for cultivating gifted minds, rather than institutions designed to accommodate the masses.‘

Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · Oct 1

Preparing the next semester teaching IR and polisci, I can not overcome the feeling that due to AI much of our work has become obsolete. As this blog post calls it, a ‚Ponzi scheme’ in which most of what we do is ‚fake’. junotane.com/posts/ai-red...

AI redefines international relations teaching - Junotane

How many International Relations (IR) professors have used Google’s new AI tool NotebookkLM? Just wondering, because it basically makes what you do everyday, absolutely pointless!

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Fabrizio Coticchia @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social · Sep 3

ops..."US Pushes Back on Italy Counting Sicily Bridge as NATO Asset" (yet, still not clear how Italy had mysteriously reached the 2%...) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

US Frowns on Italy’s Idea of Making Sicily Bridge a NATO Asset

The US said it disapproves of any creative accounting by European allies to reach a new NATO spending target, putting Italy on the spot as the government weighs whether to count the construction of th...

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Nico Lange @nicolange.bsky.social · Aug 24

Es ist peinlich, dass so viele politische Akteure in Deutschland immer wieder 1:1 die Position des Kreml nachsingen. Das ist im Grunde ein Verrat an den deutschen Interessen von so manchem, der so tut, als sei er ein ganz besonders guter Deutscher.

Armin Schaefer @arminschaefer.bsky.social · Aug 7

I am looking for a PhD student in Comparative Politics @powimz.bsky.social. My research focuses on political (in-)equality, representation, and responsiveness. I would be grateful if you could help to spread the word.
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/49637

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Anika Oettler @anikaoettler.bsky.social · Jul 10

Two new interdisciplinary English-taught MA programs at the University of Marburg on research in political and social science!🧐 Discover more about these innovative programs and how to apply here: www.uni-marburg.de/en/fb03/stud...

Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · Jun 26

What a silly headline. With a threatening Russia and an erratic US, a rise in defense spending would have happened any way. and the 5% or 2% numbers are meaningless as burden sharing research has demonstrated often enough www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/w...

In a Win for Trump, NATO Agrees to a Big Increase in Military Spending

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Maximilian Mayer @maximilianiras.bsky.social · Jun 25

Scholz and his designated successor agree that something historic happened that day in Washington. The Americans are threatening not only to abandon Ukraine but also all their allies“

Fascinating background reporting on how German Leaders realized that US support of NATO is no longer reliable.

The Night Chancellor Merz Changed His Mind About Donald Trump

The incoming German chancellor campaigned as a debt hawk. Then a source told him about Trump’s plans for NATO.

www.politico.com

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Claas Gefroi @claasgefroi.bsky.social · Jun 14

Die Polizei in Washington hat einen 80-jährigen Veteranen festgenommen, der gegen Trumps Militärparade protestierte. Man bleibt sprachlos zurück.
Video via Republicans against Trump.