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Felix Rösch
@felixroesch.bsky.social
Associate Professor University of Sussex | Director Centre for Advanced Intternational Theory | FRHistS. Historical IR, Intellectual History, Practices, Emotions. Personal account. RT ≠ endorsement
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🚨 New Publication in International Political Sociology:

#Sociability, #Emotions, and Encounters with the Uncommon Other: World-Making at the Rokumeikan

Find the paper here (open-access):

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Sociability, Emotions, and Encounters with the Uncommon Other: World-Making at the Rokumeikan
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#OpenAccess from @risjnl.bsky.social -

Neoclassical realist theory of populist foreign policy - https://cup.org/43hnOpI

"the effect of these systemic constraints is mediated by the degree to which populist politics capture the state"

- @meibauir.bsky.social

#FirstView
November 5, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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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
Great fun today to tour with my postgraduate students the @sussex.ac.uk campus designed by Basil Spence and reflect on its symbolism while talking about critical IR theories.
October 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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I appeared on the "Global Takes on Trump" podcast with friends and colleagues @syndyv.bsky.social & @alanlester.bsky.social, talking about Trump through the framings of US imperialism and fascism. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts.

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The Empire Strikes Back | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
Against the backdrop of Trump’s threats to annex Canada and Greenland, in our second episode, regular host Dr Synne Dyvik is joined by Prof Alan Lester for a conversation with Dr David Wearing to disc...
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October 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Analysis of references between 1990 to 2024 shows that there is a decline in book referencing (52% to 28%) in polsci journals 😮

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
From Bookworm to Browser: The Decline of Books in Political Science Scholarship | PS: Political Science & Politics | Cambridge Core
From Bookworm to Browser: The Decline of Books in Political Science Scholarship
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October 24, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Warum Maga sich im UK schon jetzt deutlich machtvoller einmischt als im Rest Europas. Und warum Grossbritannien gegen diese Art der 'foreign interference' sehr viel schlechter gewappnet ist als andere Länder in Europa.
My latest analysis für die @blaetter.bsky.social
Enjoy. 👇
Regimechange leicht gemacht
Zur Zeit des „Empire“ veranstaltete die britische Kolonialregierung in Indien regelmäßig prachtvolle Zeremonien, bei denen die Thronbesteigung eines britischen Monarchen mit großem Prunk und aufwändig...
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October 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
My former PhD student, Zizhu Wang, published her first journal article. Check it out here: Licensing: Why is there no conceptual history of ‘international’: a semantic and translingual reinterpretation www.tandfonline.com/action/showC...
Licensing: Why is there no conceptual history of ‘international’: a semantic and translingual reinterpretation
Licensing for Why is there no conceptual history of ‘international’: a semantic and translingual reinterpretation
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October 16, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Ein von Michael Zürn und mir verfasster Nachruf auf Claus Offe. Ein bemerkenswerter Mensch und Wissenschaftler www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
Sozialwissenschaftler Claus Offe gestorben
Claus Offe prägte die Sozialwissenschaften mit scharfsinnigen Analysen und gesellschaftskritischen Perspektiven. Als Grenzgänger zwischen Soziologie und Politologie bleibt sein Werk wegweisend.
www.faz.net
October 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Herausragender Wissenschaftler, bewunderter Autor, befreundeter Kollege, kluger Ratgeber: Claus Offe ist gestorben!
October 2, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Proud supervisor moment 😊 : my PhD student Zizhu Wang passed her viva today without corrections. Thank you to Edward Keene and Faiz Sheikh who actress as internal and external examiners. 🎉
September 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Reminder that our #BISA2026 call & homepage is OPEN NOW - we can't wait to see you in Brighton! 🎉

🌟 Our call for papers is here with submissions for papers opening on the 24th of September - buff.ly/MzLS1aT

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September 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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What's the West anyway? Towards an analysis of the European radical right www.tandfonline.com/eprint/YYNCH...
The Anglosphere and the European radical right
Contemporary Europe is witnessing a surge in radical-right leaders, parties, movements and knowledge producers who seek and proclaim a new world order. Consulting texts collected from different med...
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September 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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🎉 Our #BISA2026 call and homepage is OPEN NOW 🎉

Have a look at our call for papers down below - submissions for papers open on the 24th of September 🌟

We are so excited - more here 👉 conference.bisa.ac.uk

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September 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
@europeanisa.bsky.social outdid themselves again with a fantastic #EISAPEC25 in Bologna. And it gave me the chance to visit a place I wanted to see for so long … Many thanks to the organisers, programme and section chairs, and everyone involved. Looking forward to next year’s conference.
August 31, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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It has been a pleasure to talk to @faloulah.bsky.social from e-ir at the recent @mybisa.bsky.social conference in Belfast. Thanks, Marianna.
June 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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🚀 Praktikum in Brüssel! Das SWP-Büro bietet Studierenden (m/w/d) ein 12-wöchiges Pflichtpraktikum ab Mitte September 2025.

➡️Einblicke in EU-Politik und Veranstaltungen
💶 450€ / Monat
🗓️ Bewerbungsfrist: 31.08.2025

👉 Mehr Infos: https://swp-berlin.pulse.ly/sijxsglktz
August 21, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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My new article on “Conceptual Entrapment” is out online-first with @EuroJournIR!
Proud of this one: critical concept studies, autoethnography & soft power all come together to reflect on the researcher–concept relationship.

Take a look here!

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August 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The Centre for Advanced International Theory @sussexfss.bsky.social is pleased to announce the winner and honourable mention of the 2025 Sussex International Theory Prize.

More details below 👇👇👇
We are pleased to announce the 2025 Sussex International Theory Prize winner and honourable mention.

The panel selected Patrick Quinton-Brown @pquintonbrown.bsky.social "Intervention before Interventionism. A Global Genealogy" for the 2025 Sussex International Theory Prize

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August 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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1/6 Paul Bacon and I have a new paper out in The Pacific Review.

We tackled a puzzle: how do you analyze something like the "Indo-Pacific" using Regional Security Complex Theory when it's way too big to be a normal region? 🧩

www.tandfonline.com/eprint/NYX5Q...
The Indo-Pacific as a macrosecuritized constellation: revising regional security Complex Theory for the age of the Indo-Pacific
The Indo-Pacific is increasingly talked about as being a region. However, the sheer geographical size of the Indo-Pacific, which on a maximalist definition stretches from the east coast of Africa t...
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August 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Opinion

Before Vienna: The Hans Kelsen of Brody

Robert Schuett places Kelsen at Europe’s centre and calls us to remember Ukraine’s place in its tradition of law and democracy.

www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/12/08/2...
August 13, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Hello fellow educators and listeners,

What topics would you like us to cover in our new podcast season? We are starting our planning for the next rounds of recordings and would like to hear from you. Any suggestions, any particular topics you'd like us to dive into? Please let us know ☺️
Al and Seb
August 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
(Re)Imagining Japan: Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Victimhood Nationalism by Giorgio Shani:

www.e-ir.info/2025/08/09/r...
(Re)Imagining Japan: Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Victimhood Nationalism
By refusing to name the US as perpetrator yet affirming Japan’s status as victim, post-war LDP governments absolved the US of its responsibility.
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August 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM