Eric Van Rythoven
@ericvanr.bsky.social
Writing and teaching on security, diplomacy, and emotion in global politics.
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I finally processed the 2024 TRIP survey on Canadian IR, and here are the results at OpenCanada for the rankings of PhD, MA, undergrad programs and think tanks as well as views towards whether and where should Canadians get PhDs in international relations opencanada.org/the-state-of... 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I finally processed the 2024 TRIP survey on Canadian IR, and here are the results at OpenCanada for the rankings of PhD, MA, undergrad programs and think tanks as well as views towards whether and where should Canadians get PhDs in international relations opencanada.org/the-state-of... 1/2
I liked this.
I'd be keen to see data on AI use and having to repeat a course. If you fail a course because you submitted slop, then its not really a productivity machine.
Totally agree that over reliance creates literacy/motivation problems...
I'd be keen to see data on AI use and having to repeat a course. If you fail a course because you submitted slop, then its not really a productivity machine.
Totally agree that over reliance creates literacy/motivation problems...
November 11, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I liked this.
I'd be keen to see data on AI use and having to repeat a course. If you fail a course because you submitted slop, then its not really a productivity machine.
Totally agree that over reliance creates literacy/motivation problems...
I'd be keen to see data on AI use and having to repeat a course. If you fail a course because you submitted slop, then its not really a productivity machine.
Totally agree that over reliance creates literacy/motivation problems...
Very neat article. Congratulations @benrosher.bsky.social and Ian Paterson.
Wha’s like us? The desecuritisation of migration as ontological security-seeking in Scotland | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core
Wha’s like us? The desecuritisation of migration as ontological security-seeking in Scotland
www.cambridge.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Very neat article. Congratulations @benrosher.bsky.social and Ian Paterson.
Canadian Government: Let's spend almost a billion dollars on AI and use it to remake government.
ChatGPT-5: Lol, I don't even know who the Canadian Prime Minister is.
ChatGPT-5: Lol, I don't even know who the Canadian Prime Minister is.
While researching my current column, I had trouble finding something PM Carney said in a speech in either Factiva or Google, so I tried asking ChatGPT-5 to search for it. This was its internal response.
It hallucinates in basic searches. It can't write truth. It can't copyedit. What is it good for?
It hallucinates in basic searches. It can't write truth. It can't copyedit. What is it good for?
November 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Canadian Government: Let's spend almost a billion dollars on AI and use it to remake government.
ChatGPT-5: Lol, I don't even know who the Canadian Prime Minister is.
ChatGPT-5: Lol, I don't even know who the Canadian Prime Minister is.
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I’m very excited that years of work with Dorry Noyes (@mershoncenter.bsky.social) and a fantastic group of friends and colleagues finally resulted in this, I think, rather beautiful object. The Global Politics of Exemplarity! @normativeorders.bsky.social @prif.org @brisunipress.bsky.social 1/4
November 3, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I’m very excited that years of work with Dorry Noyes (@mershoncenter.bsky.social) and a fantastic group of friends and colleagues finally resulted in this, I think, rather beautiful object. The Global Politics of Exemplarity! @normativeorders.bsky.social @prif.org @brisunipress.bsky.social 1/4
Immigrant helps America triumph, stave off embarrassing defeat from Canada.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto was named World Series MVP for the Los Angeles Dodgers with one of the greatest pitching performances in Fall Classic history, including an epic relief appearance in Game 7 on Saturday night.
Yamamoto completes outstanding October with Game 7 heroics, World Series MVP
Yoshinobu Yamamoto was named World Series MVP for the Los Angeles Dodgers with one of the greatest pitching performances in Fall Classic history, including an epic relief appearance in Game 7 on Saturday night.
bit.ly
November 2, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Immigrant helps America triumph, stave off embarrassing defeat from Canada.
One thing I worry Canadians fail to appreciate is just how much the American government is now organized around corruption and theft.
You would have to be painfully naive to think this won't affect Canada-U.S. relations, if it hasn't already.
You would have to be painfully naive to think this won't affect Canada-U.S. relations, if it hasn't already.
I tried to cobble together a narrative of the industrial-scale corruption of the Trump state, and to think about why it's not breaking through.
www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/guide-to-d...
www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/guide-to-d...
A Guide To Donald Trump's Kleptocracy
Donald Trump is getting richer. That's a threat to democracy.
www.bugeyedandshameless.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
One thing I worry Canadians fail to appreciate is just how much the American government is now organized around corruption and theft.
You would have to be painfully naive to think this won't affect Canada-U.S. relations, if it hasn't already.
You would have to be painfully naive to think this won't affect Canada-U.S. relations, if it hasn't already.
Trade talks not going well.
A short thread.
A short thread.
U.S. ambassador hurls ‘insults and swore’ at Ontario trade rep, sources say
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra lashed out at Ontario’s trade representative at an event in Ottawa on Monday, according to two sources in the Ontario government.
www.ctvnews.ca
October 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Trade talks not going well.
A short thread.
A short thread.
Trade talks are on hold, but here is a very important detail
Carney: “The U.S. was less interested in the security element of the partnership, which is their decision,”
Carney: “The U.S. was less interested in the security element of the partnership, which is their decision,”
Carney says Canada, U.S. were close to a deal when Trump ended trade talks
Carney said there were "very detailed, very specific, very comprehensive" negotiations about steel, aluminum and energy trade before everything changed on Thursday.
www.thestar.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Trade talks are on hold, but here is a very important detail
Carney: “The U.S. was less interested in the security element of the partnership, which is their decision,”
Carney: “The U.S. was less interested in the security element of the partnership, which is their decision,”
One of the most important ideas in Brantly Womack's book on asymmetry in International Politics is that small states know a lot more about great powers than vice versa.
The state of Ontario.
Americans know nothing about Canada and we know too much about America
Americans know nothing about Canada and we know too much about America
October 25, 2025 at 11:43 PM
One of the most important ideas in Brantly Womack's book on asymmetry in International Politics is that small states know a lot more about great powers than vice versa.
On Trump cutting off trade talks
When I wrote about mockery in Canada-U.S. diplomacy, one of the points I stressed was just how sensitive some individuals can be to perceived sleights
When I wrote about mockery in Canada-U.S. diplomacy, one of the points I stressed was just how sensitive some individuals can be to perceived sleights
October 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
On Trump cutting off trade talks
When I wrote about mockery in Canada-U.S. diplomacy, one of the points I stressed was just how sensitive some individuals can be to perceived sleights
When I wrote about mockery in Canada-U.S. diplomacy, one of the points I stressed was just how sensitive some individuals can be to perceived sleights
I guess we are a bit further from a trade deal than the Carney gov't thought...
Someone told him about the Ontario ad that aired during the last Blue Jays / Mariners game, the ad that quoted Reagan on free trade and aired in the US. NO FREE TRADE NOW ….
Live Updates: Trump Cuts Off Trade Talks With Canada
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I guess we are a bit further from a trade deal than the Carney gov't thought...
One thing that boggles my mind is just how poorly securitization theory was received in the United States, despite being a really useful tool to explain exactly what is happening in America right at this minute.
Securitization theory: still undefeated.
October 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
One thing that boggles my mind is just how poorly securitization theory was received in the United States, despite being a really useful tool to explain exactly what is happening in America right at this minute.
Article manuscript is stuck at 'Awaiting Reviewer Selection' for five weeks.
Is it reasonable to believe something has gone terribly wrong?
Is it reasonable to believe something has gone terribly wrong?
October 16, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Article manuscript is stuck at 'Awaiting Reviewer Selection' for five weeks.
Is it reasonable to believe something has gone terribly wrong?
Is it reasonable to believe something has gone terribly wrong?
Has the guy who *checks notes* popularized “Your body, my choice. Forever,” on social media won over women on the left?
Is hard-right streamer Nick Fuentes winning over women on the left? Writer Katherine Dee investigates www.gq.com/story/nick-f...
Is Nick Fuentes Winning Over Women on the Left?
There are the Tumblr “Nickstorians” and sincere fanfics. But are young, liberal, possibly irony-poisoned women fetishizing or even falling for the hard-right streamer with the “groyper” following? Wri...
www.gq.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Has the guy who *checks notes* popularized “Your body, my choice. Forever,” on social media won over women on the left?
Any IR folks here planning a panel for CPSA this June?
I have a paper on Canada-US relations under Trump and a paper on international stigma politics. Let me know if you're interested.
I have a paper on Canada-US relations under Trump and a paper on international stigma politics. Let me know if you're interested.
October 14, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Any IR folks here planning a panel for CPSA this June?
I have a paper on Canada-US relations under Trump and a paper on international stigma politics. Let me know if you're interested.
I have a paper on Canada-US relations under Trump and a paper on international stigma politics. Let me know if you're interested.
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What happens to digital diplomacy after Twitter?
Drawing on theories of facework and aesthetic insecurity, @ericvanr.bsky.social argues that Twitter’s recent transformation represents a source of insecurity for states, particularly liberal democratic ones.
📄 👉 rdcu.be/eI4y6
Drawing on theories of facework and aesthetic insecurity, @ericvanr.bsky.social argues that Twitter’s recent transformation represents a source of insecurity for states, particularly liberal democratic ones.
📄 👉 rdcu.be/eI4y6
October 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
What happens to digital diplomacy after Twitter?
Drawing on theories of facework and aesthetic insecurity, @ericvanr.bsky.social argues that Twitter’s recent transformation represents a source of insecurity for states, particularly liberal democratic ones.
📄 👉 rdcu.be/eI4y6
Drawing on theories of facework and aesthetic insecurity, @ericvanr.bsky.social argues that Twitter’s recent transformation represents a source of insecurity for states, particularly liberal democratic ones.
📄 👉 rdcu.be/eI4y6
The Canadian government needs to be *extremely* careful about what it promises here.
To date, no one has been spared from U.S. sectoral tariffs, and that includes countries that have a 'deal' with the Trump admin.
Carney is promising something that no one else has.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
To date, no one has been spared from U.S. sectoral tariffs, and that includes countries that have a 'deal' with the Trump admin.
Carney is promising something that no one else has.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
'We will get an even better deal,' Carney says after Oval Office meeting with Trump | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday Canadian and American officials are currently "negotiating terms" of a deal on tariffs a day after he met with the U.S. president to try and bring the trade w...
www.cbc.ca
October 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The Canadian government needs to be *extremely* careful about what it promises here.
To date, no one has been spared from U.S. sectoral tariffs, and that includes countries that have a 'deal' with the Trump admin.
Carney is promising something that no one else has.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
To date, no one has been spared from U.S. sectoral tariffs, and that includes countries that have a 'deal' with the Trump admin.
Carney is promising something that no one else has.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
I'll say one thing.
All the people harping on the importance of desire and fantasy in politics, especially the Lacanians--you were right. Please take the win.
All the people harping on the importance of desire and fantasy in politics, especially the Lacanians--you were right. Please take the win.
October 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I'll say one thing.
All the people harping on the importance of desire and fantasy in politics, especially the Lacanians--you were right. Please take the win.
All the people harping on the importance of desire and fantasy in politics, especially the Lacanians--you were right. Please take the win.
I have longer discussion of Musk's reactionary politics in my recent article 'After Twitter' (link.springer.com/article/10.1...), but the TLDR is this:
Musk seeks to portray liberal democracies as ugly and undesirable, thereby sensitizing audiences to ideological alternatives.
Musk seeks to portray liberal democracies as ugly and undesirable, thereby sensitizing audiences to ideological alternatives.
Keir Starmer’s UK government has a new line on Elon Musk: “get the hell out” of Britain.
UK government minister to Musk: ‘Get the hell out of our politics’
Energy secretary Ed Miliband took direct aim at the billionaire, who’s called for the Labour government to be brought down.
ow.ly
October 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I have longer discussion of Musk's reactionary politics in my recent article 'After Twitter' (link.springer.com/article/10.1...), but the TLDR is this:
Musk seeks to portray liberal democracies as ugly and undesirable, thereby sensitizing audiences to ideological alternatives.
Musk seeks to portray liberal democracies as ugly and undesirable, thereby sensitizing audiences to ideological alternatives.
This is all the more galling for Canadians who have been told we deserve massive tariffs because our inaction in stemming fentanyl is killing millions of Americans.
Great time to be a fentanyl dealer because all the guys who are supposed to investigate and prosecute you are going after doordash drivers and moms instead
September 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
This is all the more galling for Canadians who have been told we deserve massive tariffs because our inaction in stemming fentanyl is killing millions of Americans.
I'll just say one more thing about the supposed decline of Right-Wing Violence.
Where do we think all these people went? Did the surge in ICE-related violence come from nowhere?
The likely answer is that right-wing extremists didn't disappear. The government just gave them a badge & a gun.
Where do we think all these people went? Did the surge in ICE-related violence come from nowhere?
The likely answer is that right-wing extremists didn't disappear. The government just gave them a badge & a gun.
Thanks all for the various replies. Agree? Disagree? Here's the study so you can make your own mind up:
www.csis.org/analysis/lef...
www.csis.org/analysis/lef...
Left-Wing Terrorism and Political Violence in the United States: What the Data Tells Us
The Warfare, Irregular Threats, and Terrorism Program examines the state of political violence, finding left-wing violence has risen in the last decade but from very low levels and still well below hi...
www.csis.org
September 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I'll just say one more thing about the supposed decline of Right-Wing Violence.
Where do we think all these people went? Did the surge in ICE-related violence come from nowhere?
The likely answer is that right-wing extremists didn't disappear. The government just gave them a badge & a gun.
Where do we think all these people went? Did the surge in ICE-related violence come from nowhere?
The likely answer is that right-wing extremists didn't disappear. The government just gave them a badge & a gun.
Lots of good critiques here, but I'll add one more.
Simply counting the number of attacks actually obscures quite a bit.
Coding Jan. 6th as 'one attack' which has equal weight to an attack by a single, isolated leftwing extremist is a massive misrepresentation of the level of violence.
Simply counting the number of attacks actually obscures quite a bit.
Coding Jan. 6th as 'one attack' which has equal weight to an attack by a single, isolated leftwing extremist is a massive misrepresentation of the level of violence.
1/n A few days ago, an article appeared in The Atlantic with a bold headline “Left-wing terrorism is on the rise.”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Left-Wing Terrorism Is on the Rise
For the first time in more than 30 years, attacks by the far left outnumber those by the far right.
www.theatlantic.com
September 26, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Lots of good critiques here, but I'll add one more.
Simply counting the number of attacks actually obscures quite a bit.
Coding Jan. 6th as 'one attack' which has equal weight to an attack by a single, isolated leftwing extremist is a massive misrepresentation of the level of violence.
Simply counting the number of attacks actually obscures quite a bit.
Coding Jan. 6th as 'one attack' which has equal weight to an attack by a single, isolated leftwing extremist is a massive misrepresentation of the level of violence.
Several diplomats and world leaders are likely mocking Trump's abysmal performance in private and behind closed doors.
To understand why, see my article on Backstage Mockery in Diplomacy in Global Studies Quarterly: academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
To understand why, see my article on Backstage Mockery in Diplomacy in Global Studies Quarterly: academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
Trump to the UN: "I'm really good at this stuff. Your countries are going to hell."
September 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Several diplomats and world leaders are likely mocking Trump's abysmal performance in private and behind closed doors.
To understand why, see my article on Backstage Mockery in Diplomacy in Global Studies Quarterly: academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
To understand why, see my article on Backstage Mockery in Diplomacy in Global Studies Quarterly: academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
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If you hate political violence, you should hate Charlie Kirk.
He was not “practicing politics the right way”—he was a very well paid henchman for the same guys who are trying to make it illegal to oppose them.
He bussed people to J6. He encouraged political violence against his enemies.
He was not “practicing politics the right way”—he was a very well paid henchman for the same guys who are trying to make it illegal to oppose them.
He bussed people to J6. He encouraged political violence against his enemies.
September 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
If you hate political violence, you should hate Charlie Kirk.
He was not “practicing politics the right way”—he was a very well paid henchman for the same guys who are trying to make it illegal to oppose them.
He bussed people to J6. He encouraged political violence against his enemies.
He was not “practicing politics the right way”—he was a very well paid henchman for the same guys who are trying to make it illegal to oppose them.
He bussed people to J6. He encouraged political violence against his enemies.