Christoph Harig
@charig.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Royal Danish Defence College | Co-editor @sjms.bsky.social | Posts about Civil-Military Relations, Politics, Security, and Drug War Absurdities
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Pinned
Now out in The Oxford Handbook of Norms Research in International Relations (ed. @sassangholiagha.bsky.social, @philorchard.bsky.social & @antjewiener.bsky.social):
Chapter by @nicjenne.bsky.social & me on troop contributors' contestation of UN peacekeeping norms
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
Chapter by @nicjenne.bsky.social & me on troop contributors' contestation of UN peacekeeping norms
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
Reposted by Christoph Harig
A corollary to this principle is that finding a single hallucinated citation should lead to an automatic rejection. Automatic. This should be a matter of policy.
And this is one of easier AI-related problems for our journals!
And this is one of easier AI-related problems for our journals!
Journal editors: I suggest manually clicking on DOI links in the references section of submitted manuscripts. You may be surprised by what you see.
Gen AI has lots of uses, and one of them is generating fraudulent citations.
Gen AI has lots of uses, and one of them is generating fraudulent citations.
December 27, 2025 at 5:54 AM
A corollary to this principle is that finding a single hallucinated citation should lead to an automatic rejection. Automatic. This should be a matter of policy.
And this is one of easier AI-related problems for our journals!
And this is one of easier AI-related problems for our journals!
Reposted by Christoph Harig
this is the simple answer to people who keep saying NATO expansion matters. Sure, it matters because it presented an obstacle to Russian imperial ambitions. Putin didn't invade because he hated NATO expansion, he hated NATO expansion because he wanted to invade
December 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
this is the simple answer to people who keep saying NATO expansion matters. Sure, it matters because it presented an obstacle to Russian imperial ambitions. Putin didn't invade because he hated NATO expansion, he hated NATO expansion because he wanted to invade
"Why are there thousands of new barbershops across Germany?"
Must be money laundering, I thought
Then I saw the highly attractive, fun activities they offer and understood:
Must be money laundering, I thought
Then I saw the highly attractive, fun activities they offer and understood:
December 27, 2025 at 9:19 AM
"Why are there thousands of new barbershops across Germany?"
Must be money laundering, I thought
Then I saw the highly attractive, fun activities they offer and understood:
Must be money laundering, I thought
Then I saw the highly attractive, fun activities they offer and understood:
Reposted by Christoph Harig
Danes will appreciate the concern that we should avoid a situation where a nuclear power militarily threaten one of its ally because the government of the nuclear power has been taken over by extremist lunatics
A case where the quote is even worse in context than out of context. JD is scaremongering about “Islamists” winning elections in the UK/France and then somehow militarily threatening the US. Saying we should hold Europeans and Africans to different moral standards but anti-wokely.
December 27, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Danes will appreciate the concern that we should avoid a situation where a nuclear power militarily threaten one of its ally because the government of the nuclear power has been taken over by extremist lunatics
From the Shadows to Power: How the Hindu Right Reshaped India
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/w...
From the Shadows to Power: How the Hindu Right Reshaped India
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 11:58 AM
From the Shadows to Power: How the Hindu Right Reshaped India
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/w...
Just in case you're wondering why your presents didn't arrive
Winner of the War on Christmas: São Paulo Military Police
December 24, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Just in case you're wondering why your presents didn't arrive
When your entire security architecture relies on a bullying right-wing government coming to support you in times of conflict, your options to respond forcefully to the bully are rather limited
The European Commission strongly condemns and… remains engaged.
December 24, 2025 at 11:28 AM
When your entire security architecture relies on a bullying right-wing government coming to support you in times of conflict, your options to respond forcefully to the bully are rather limited
Communist Havaiana insurrectionists arrested in Minas Gerais
December 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Communist Havaiana insurrectionists arrested in Minas Gerais
Diplomacy from hell
"We want to talk to Greenland about becoming part of the US, because it's in the Western Hemisphere and thus fits in the Monroe Doctrine. I'll bring some fried chicken"
www.dr.dk/nyheder/udla...
"We want to talk to Greenland about becoming part of the US, because it's in the Western Hemisphere and thus fits in the Monroe Doctrine. I'll bring some fried chicken"
www.dr.dk/nyheder/udla...
’Præsidenten spurgte mig, om jeg ville tage til Grønland’
Den nye særlige udsending til Grønland, Jeff Landry, har lagt en video ud på X. Her står han med sin søn og fortæller om, at han blev ringet op af præsidenten, som har spurgt, om han vil rejse til Grø...
www.dr.dk
December 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Diplomacy from hell
"We want to talk to Greenland about becoming part of the US, because it's in the Western Hemisphere and thus fits in the Monroe Doctrine. I'll bring some fried chicken"
www.dr.dk/nyheder/udla...
"We want to talk to Greenland about becoming part of the US, because it's in the Western Hemisphere and thus fits in the Monroe Doctrine. I'll bring some fried chicken"
www.dr.dk/nyheder/udla...
Arresting a dangerous criminal
December 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Arresting a dangerous criminal
Also admiring the strategic genius of antagonising one of the US' most loyal allies
Other states will surely see that and think: yes, this is the country I want to align with
Then again, the current US administration probably thinks bullying will forever be the winning foreign policy recipe
Other states will surely see that and think: yes, this is the country I want to align with
Then again, the current US administration probably thinks bullying will forever be the winning foreign policy recipe
Presumably Trump's next act of American global master strategy will be to appoint a horse as his chief envoy to Panama
December 22, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Also admiring the strategic genius of antagonising one of the US' most loyal allies
Other states will surely see that and think: yes, this is the country I want to align with
Then again, the current US administration probably thinks bullying will forever be the winning foreign policy recipe
Other states will surely see that and think: yes, this is the country I want to align with
Then again, the current US administration probably thinks bullying will forever be the winning foreign policy recipe
Merry Christmas to everyone in Denmark's Foreign Ministry
Denmark to summon US ambassador over Trump Greenland envoy appointment
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
December 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Merry Christmas to everyone in Denmark's Foreign Ministry
Reposted by Christoph Harig
a big part of the issue surrounding the use of chatgpt/LLMs in academic research comes down to process vs. product. a lot of us know that the process of doing research matters because that's where intellectual work is done; but some "academics" and lots of techies only care about a fast product
December 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
a big part of the issue surrounding the use of chatgpt/LLMs in academic research comes down to process vs. product. a lot of us know that the process of doing research matters because that's where intellectual work is done; but some "academics" and lots of techies only care about a fast product
Very much worth reading.
Still struggle to understand how you can argue that even 'unprincipled principals'' legal claims should be superior to the military's judgement while later saying you don't believe "that the National Guard would willingly turn themselves into a repressive force"
#CivMilSky
Still struggle to understand how you can argue that even 'unprincipled principals'' legal claims should be superior to the military's judgement while later saying you don't believe "that the National Guard would willingly turn themselves into a repressive force"
#CivMilSky
New post out:
@ldfreedman.bsky.social talks to @kschake.bsky.social - who's worked at senior levels in the US defense and state departments - on how the military should deal with Trump, Hegseth and illegal orders.
(Free to read)
samf.substack.com/p/the-state-...
@ldfreedman.bsky.social talks to @kschake.bsky.social - who's worked at senior levels in the US defense and state departments - on how the military should deal with Trump, Hegseth and illegal orders.
(Free to read)
samf.substack.com/p/the-state-...
The State and the Soldier
How should the US military react to a "unprincipled principal"?
samf.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Very much worth reading.
Still struggle to understand how you can argue that even 'unprincipled principals'' legal claims should be superior to the military's judgement while later saying you don't believe "that the National Guard would willingly turn themselves into a repressive force"
#CivMilSky
Still struggle to understand how you can argue that even 'unprincipled principals'' legal claims should be superior to the military's judgement while later saying you don't believe "that the National Guard would willingly turn themselves into a repressive force"
#CivMilSky
Germany's happiest train ride leads you to the towns of "Elend" (Misery) and "Sorge" (Anxiety)
December 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Germany's happiest train ride leads you to the towns of "Elend" (Misery) and "Sorge" (Anxiety)
"Der Kanzler ist vorangegangen, das ja, nur sind ihm nicht genügend andere gefolgt."
www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
Friedrich Merz: Nein. Nein. Nein.
Die "Schicksalswoche" des Friedrich Merz begann verheißungsvoll – und endet mit drei Niederlagen. Sein Führungsprinzip per Ansage bereitet dem Kanzler zunehmend Probleme.
www.zeit.de
December 20, 2025 at 6:46 AM
"Der Kanzler ist vorangegangen, das ja, nur sind ihm nicht genügend andere gefolgt."
www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
Reposted by Christoph Harig
I used to teach an undergrad historical methods class and their favorite day was always the one where we listen to @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social telling Naomi Wolf (live, on air on the BBC) that she misinterpreted her data and based her whole book around something that didn’t happen
You’ll never guess who else experienced ‘racism’ on the job market despite their unimpeachable academic credentials.
December 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I used to teach an undergrad historical methods class and their favorite day was always the one where we listen to @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social telling Naomi Wolf (live, on air on the BBC) that she misinterpreted her data and based her whole book around something that didn’t happen
Reposted by Christoph Harig
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December 19, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Now out in The Oxford Handbook of Norms Research in International Relations (ed. @sassangholiagha.bsky.social, @philorchard.bsky.social & @antjewiener.bsky.social):
Chapter by @nicjenne.bsky.social & me on troop contributors' contestation of UN peacekeeping norms
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
Chapter by @nicjenne.bsky.social & me on troop contributors' contestation of UN peacekeeping norms
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
December 19, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Now out in The Oxford Handbook of Norms Research in International Relations (ed. @sassangholiagha.bsky.social, @philorchard.bsky.social & @antjewiener.bsky.social):
Chapter by @nicjenne.bsky.social & me on troop contributors' contestation of UN peacekeeping norms
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
Chapter by @nicjenne.bsky.social & me on troop contributors' contestation of UN peacekeeping norms
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
The residents of Aparecida de Goiânia will sleep well tonight
The drug trade in their city has been defeated once and for all
The drug trade in their city has been defeated once and for all
December 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The residents of Aparecida de Goiânia will sleep well tonight
The drug trade in their city has been defeated once and for all
The drug trade in their city has been defeated once and for all
Reposted by Christoph Harig
People who aspire to be academics: I wish to live a life of the mind
Actual academics:
Actual academics:
I have a weird question for the #bird people on here. Do you think someone could tell that a book was pooped on specifically by a sparrowhawk (or perhaps hawks generally) just from the feces? I'm looking at a 16th c. case where witnesses claim books were pooped on specifically by sparrowhawks!
December 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
People who aspire to be academics: I wish to live a life of the mind
Actual academics:
Actual academics:
"The journalist and writer Miriam Leitão, a prominent political analyst, described the bill’s passage as the reopening of Brazil’s “historic cycle of impunity”"
Brazilian congress passes bill to cut Jair Bolsonaro’s 27-year prison term
President Lula has indicated he will veto legislation but conservative lawmakers likely to overturn his decision
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
President Lula has indicated he will veto legislation but conservative lawmakers likely to overturn his decision
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Brazilian congress passes bill to cut Jair Bolsonaro’s 27-year prison term
President Lula has indicated he will veto legislation but conservative lawmakers likely to overturn his decision
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
"The journalist and writer Miriam Leitão, a prominent political analyst, described the bill’s passage as the reopening of Brazil’s “historic cycle of impunity”"
Imagine the deluge of Oxford Handbooks if everyone did it like the theologists and started publishing Oxford Handbooks of ***individual authors***
December 18, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Imagine the deluge of Oxford Handbooks if everyone did it like the theologists and started publishing Oxford Handbooks of ***individual authors***
Hereby starting a petition: the Brazilian Navy should get a Romero Britto-dazzle ship
It's quite simple. If it looks like Bridget Riley got really, really ambitious after seeing a good deal on rattlecans at Halfords, it's dazzle.
December 18, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Hereby starting a petition: the Brazilian Navy should get a Romero Britto-dazzle ship
There are different ways to report absurdities
NYT: "Trump Delivers Attacks and Deflects Blame for Americans’ Economic Worries"
Politiken: "Lie after lie: Trump's 18-minute speech gave fact-checkers hours of work"
(see alt text for translation of Danish text)
NYT: "Trump Delivers Attacks and Deflects Blame for Americans’ Economic Worries"
Politiken: "Lie after lie: Trump's 18-minute speech gave fact-checkers hours of work"
(see alt text for translation of Danish text)
December 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM
There are different ways to report absurdities
NYT: "Trump Delivers Attacks and Deflects Blame for Americans’ Economic Worries"
Politiken: "Lie after lie: Trump's 18-minute speech gave fact-checkers hours of work"
(see alt text for translation of Danish text)
NYT: "Trump Delivers Attacks and Deflects Blame for Americans’ Economic Worries"
Politiken: "Lie after lie: Trump's 18-minute speech gave fact-checkers hours of work"
(see alt text for translation of Danish text)