Owen D Thomas
drowendthomas.bsky.social
Owen D Thomas
@drowendthomas.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations, University of Exeter, UK
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In their EJIR article, Faiz Sheikh and @drowendthomas.bsky.social draw on Ibn Khaldun's political thought to rethink the crisis of liberal international order— as an unresolved and destructive tension between LIO's claim to universalism and its entrenched whiteness.

Read it here: t1p.de/pgzmo
May 20, 2025 at 11:09 AM
🚨 New paper out in European Journal of IR 🚨 Faiz Sheikh and I draw on Ibn Khaldun’s political thought to rethink the crisis of liberal international order—not as a problem of technique, but as an unresolved and destructive tension between LIO’s claim to universalism and its entrenched whiteness.
May 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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🗓️ Less than a month to go! We’re seeking contributions for an edited volume on secrecy in an era of polycrisis.

Call for Chapter Proposals for edited volume: Secrecy Studies: Enduring Themes, New Directions
Details at: buff.ly/bSnIaw6
Deadline: 1st June
Call for Chapter Proposals - New SPIN Edited Volume, Initial Deadline: 1 June - SPIN
Call for Chapter Proposals: Deadline 1 June 2025     Working title: Secrecy Studies: Enduring Themes, New...
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May 9, 2025 at 8:02 AM
1/ 📢 New research! How do societies make sense of violent events? In a new paper with @politicsandspace.bsky.social, Victoria Basham, @rhyscrilley.bsky.social and I explore how the London Bridge attack & Grenfell Tower fire were understood in media & public discourse—and why this matters. 🧵👇
March 20, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Nice to see the article I wrote with @drowendthomas.bsky.social and Victoria Basham on Keir Starmer and the juridification of politics being used by Chris Mason to frame their analysis of the recent meeting between Starmer (Mr Rules) and Trump (Mr Break the Rules)

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Chris Mason: Can opposites Trump and Starmer find common ground? - BBC News
The prime minister and the new president of the United States are rather different characters.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 3, 2025 at 12:25 PM