Gregorio Bettiza
@gregoriobettiza.bsky.social
Associate Professor of International Relations, University of Exeter. Ideology, religion, identity, and world order. Ambivalent about modernity.
Thrilled to join the Stanford-Göttingen "The Civilizationism Project" network.
By way of introduction I was asked to share some brief reflections, here are my thoughts on civilizationism as critique and alternative vision of world order:
thecivilizationismproject.stanford.edu/people/grego...
By way of introduction I was asked to share some brief reflections, here are my thoughts on civilizationism as critique and alternative vision of world order:
thecivilizationismproject.stanford.edu/people/grego...
June 23, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Thrilled to join the Stanford-Göttingen "The Civilizationism Project" network.
By way of introduction I was asked to share some brief reflections, here are my thoughts on civilizationism as critique and alternative vision of world order:
thecivilizationismproject.stanford.edu/people/grego...
By way of introduction I was asked to share some brief reflections, here are my thoughts on civilizationism as critique and alternative vision of world order:
thecivilizationismproject.stanford.edu/people/grego...
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they use "western heritage" six times here, zombie huntington is so back
From the US State Department: “Europe has devolved into a hotbed of digital censorship, mass migration, restrictions on religious freedom, and numerous other assaults on democratic self-governance”
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The Need for Civilizational Allies in Europe
Author: Samuel Samson
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May 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM
they use "western heritage" six times here, zombie huntington is so back
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H-Diplo Roundtable on Pax Economica: Left-Wing Visions of a Free Trade World
H-Diplo Roundtable on Pax Economica: Left-Wing Visions of a Free Trade World
H-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum Roundtable Review 16-39 Marc-William Palen, Pax Economica: Left-Wing Visions of a Free Trade World. Princeton University Press, 2024. ISBN: 9780691199320. 19 May 2025 | PDF: | Website: rjissf.org | Twitter: @HDiplo Editor: Diane LabrosseCommissioning Editor: Diane LabrosseProduction Editor: Christopher BallPre-Production Copy Editor: Bethany S. Keenan Contents Introduction by Jamie Martin, Harvard University.
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May 21, 2025 at 9:09 AM
H-Diplo Roundtable on Pax Economica: Left-Wing Visions of a Free Trade World
We are accepting a new round of book proposals for this new Routledge series on "Identity, Ideology, and Worldviews in Global Politics" that Stephane Baele (UCLouvain), Beverley Loke (Australian National University), and I edit. #IR
Send us your great ideas!
Send us your great ideas!
May 19, 2025 at 10:58 AM
We are accepting a new round of book proposals for this new Routledge series on "Identity, Ideology, and Worldviews in Global Politics" that Stephane Baele (UCLouvain), Beverley Loke (Australian National University), and I edit. #IR
Send us your great ideas!
Send us your great ideas!
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Why do we have such difficulty making sense of our current moment? I brainstorm some possible answers
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Certainty and Strange Thoughts - The Ideas Letter
Zarakol reflects on the collapse of the post–Cold War liberal international order and contrasts today's disorientation with the bold, definitive visions offered by thinkers like Fukuyama, Huntington, ...
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May 19, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Why do we have such difficulty making sense of our current moment? I brainstorm some possible answers
www.theideasletter.org/essay/certai...
www.theideasletter.org/essay/certai...
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DEADLINE: June 15, 2025
Call for Submissions from @iojournal.bsky.social -
Special Section on the Future of IR
cup.org/4iGlq0B
In fall 2025, IO will publish a supplemental, online-only issue of the journal, focused on the Future of Global Governance and World Order.
Call for Submissions from @iojournal.bsky.social -
Special Section on the Future of IR
cup.org/4iGlq0B
In fall 2025, IO will publish a supplemental, online-only issue of the journal, focused on the Future of Global Governance and World Order.
May 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
DEADLINE: June 15, 2025
Call for Submissions from @iojournal.bsky.social -
Special Section on the Future of IR
cup.org/4iGlq0B
In fall 2025, IO will publish a supplemental, online-only issue of the journal, focused on the Future of Global Governance and World Order.
Call for Submissions from @iojournal.bsky.social -
Special Section on the Future of IR
cup.org/4iGlq0B
In fall 2025, IO will publish a supplemental, online-only issue of the journal, focused on the Future of Global Governance and World Order.
Just arrived!
Honored to be part of this "Oxford Handbook of Illiberalism" edited by the intrepid Marlene Laruelle @illsp.bsky.social which includes so many colleagues I admire.
My chapter focuses on the illiberal global politics of religion and civilizations: doi.org/10.1093/oxfo...
Honored to be part of this "Oxford Handbook of Illiberalism" edited by the intrepid Marlene Laruelle @illsp.bsky.social which includes so many colleagues I admire.
My chapter focuses on the illiberal global politics of religion and civilizations: doi.org/10.1093/oxfo...
May 14, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Just arrived!
Honored to be part of this "Oxford Handbook of Illiberalism" edited by the intrepid Marlene Laruelle @illsp.bsky.social which includes so many colleagues I admire.
My chapter focuses on the illiberal global politics of religion and civilizations: doi.org/10.1093/oxfo...
Honored to be part of this "Oxford Handbook of Illiberalism" edited by the intrepid Marlene Laruelle @illsp.bsky.social which includes so many colleagues I admire.
My chapter focuses on the illiberal global politics of religion and civilizations: doi.org/10.1093/oxfo...
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Funded workshop at Southampton on the topic of "Public Opinion, Identity, and Security in Europe"!
Workshop will be held on June 16. Please submit your proposals/abstract by May 21. (Please help circulate widely!)
Kamil Zwolski, John Denham, and I are the coordinators of this event.
Workshop will be held on June 16. Please submit your proposals/abstract by May 21. (Please help circulate widely!)
Kamil Zwolski, John Denham, and I are the coordinators of this event.
May 13, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Funded workshop at Southampton on the topic of "Public Opinion, Identity, and Security in Europe"!
Workshop will be held on June 16. Please submit your proposals/abstract by May 21. (Please help circulate widely!)
Kamil Zwolski, John Denham, and I are the coordinators of this event.
Workshop will be held on June 16. Please submit your proposals/abstract by May 21. (Please help circulate widely!)
Kamil Zwolski, John Denham, and I are the coordinators of this event.
Very interesting project, international network of scholars, and reading resources on "Civilizationism" #IR
thecivilizationismproject.stanford.edu
thecivilizationismproject.stanford.edu
The Civilizationism Project
thecivilizationismproject.stanford.edu
May 13, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Very interesting project, international network of scholars, and reading resources on "Civilizationism" #IR
thecivilizationismproject.stanford.edu
thecivilizationismproject.stanford.edu
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we all fail rather frequently in different aspects of academic work - but we rarely talk about it
check out this🔥@ispjournal.bsky.social forum on understanding, reflecting, and coping with failure
@meibauir.bsky.social @ncrenic.bsky.social @jrodehaun.bsky.social
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check out this🔥@ispjournal.bsky.social forum on understanding, reflecting, and coping with failure
@meibauir.bsky.social @ncrenic.bsky.social @jrodehaun.bsky.social
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Forum: Dead-Ends, Disasters, Delays? Reflecting on Research Failure in International Studies and Ways to Avoid It
Abstract. This forum urges international relations (IR) practitioners to rethink the nature of both failure and success, and their own responsibility in bu
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May 12, 2025 at 8:16 AM
we all fail rather frequently in different aspects of academic work - but we rarely talk about it
check out this🔥@ispjournal.bsky.social forum on understanding, reflecting, and coping with failure
@meibauir.bsky.social @ncrenic.bsky.social @jrodehaun.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/isp/article/...
check out this🔥@ispjournal.bsky.social forum on understanding, reflecting, and coping with failure
@meibauir.bsky.social @ncrenic.bsky.social @jrodehaun.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/isp/article/...
Despite its ambiguous nature Nye's concept of SOFT POWER captures in unique ways the importance of ideas and beliefs in generating consent, attraction, and legitimacy.
In this OUP edited volume by P. Mandaville we explore its applicability to the religious field:
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In this OUP edited volume by P. Mandaville we explore its applicability to the religious field:
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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May 12, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Despite its ambiguous nature Nye's concept of SOFT POWER captures in unique ways the importance of ideas and beliefs in generating consent, attraction, and legitimacy.
In this OUP edited volume by P. Mandaville we explore its applicability to the religious field:
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
In this OUP edited volume by P. Mandaville we explore its applicability to the religious field:
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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The Princeton University Press team is thrilled to congratulate Benjamin Nathans, whose book To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement is the winner of 2025 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction! 🎉
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May 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The Princeton University Press team is thrilled to congratulate Benjamin Nathans, whose book To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement is the winner of 2025 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction! 🎉
www.pulitzer.org/prize-winner...
www.pulitzer.org/prize-winner...
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Attention Higher Education, which has much more in common with Starbucks than it would like to acknowledge:
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Starbucks says cutting shop staff in favour of automation has failed
Chief executive Brian Nicoll vows to ‘fundamentally change’ strategy in face of worse-than-expected results
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April 30, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Attention Higher Education, which has much more in common with Starbucks than it would like to acknowledge:
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Happy May Day!! 😍🌹
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Toscanini dirige l'Internazionale
YouTube video by robisc01
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May 1, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Happy May Day!! 😍🌹
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2 new lecturer positions in the Middle East and Africa in the School of International Relations @standrewsir.bsky.social at the University of St Andrews: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...
May 1, 2025 at 8:51 AM
2 new lecturer positions in the Middle East and Africa in the School of International Relations @standrewsir.bsky.social at the University of St Andrews: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...
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In this TRIUM CONNECTS podcast, I talk to Matt Mulford about my new book 'The Market in Global International Society' (with Barry Buzan, OUP) & why the global market norm has proved so volatile over its 200-year history. Esp now during Trump's anti-globalist battle.
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April 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
In this TRIUM CONNECTS podcast, I talk to Matt Mulford about my new book 'The Market in Global International Society' (with Barry Buzan, OUP) & why the global market norm has proved so volatile over its 200-year history. Esp now during Trump's anti-globalist battle.
shows.acast.com/trium-connec...
shows.acast.com/trium-connec...
Short but incisive reflections by @dhnexon.bsky.social on one of the sexy concepts of the moment, "great power competition" #IR #HistIR
So much for “Great Power Competition”, The Duck of Minerva
www.duckofminerva.com/2025/03/so-m...
So much for “Great Power Competition”, The Duck of Minerva
www.duckofminerva.com/2025/03/so-m...
So much for “Great Power Competition”
The buzzword of the first Trump administration was “Great Power Competition.” That was also a lie.
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April 30, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Short but incisive reflections by @dhnexon.bsky.social on one of the sexy concepts of the moment, "great power competition" #IR #HistIR
So much for “Great Power Competition”, The Duck of Minerva
www.duckofminerva.com/2025/03/so-m...
So much for “Great Power Competition”, The Duck of Minerva
www.duckofminerva.com/2025/03/so-m...
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Happy to be ISA HIST Communications Officer for the next two years! If you don't yet, make sure to follow @hist-isanet.bsky.social for any and all Historical IR updates. Check out the section website here: www.isanet.org/ISA/Sections... 1/3
Historical International Relations Section (HIST)
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April 29, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Happy to be ISA HIST Communications Officer for the next two years! If you don't yet, make sure to follow @hist-isanet.bsky.social for any and all Historical IR updates. Check out the section website here: www.isanet.org/ISA/Sections... 1/3
Terrific new handbook on International Political Sociology, a what's what and who's who in the field:
"The Oxford Handbook of International Political Sociology"
eds. Stacie E. Goddard, George Lawson, and Ole Jacob Sending
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"The Oxford Handbook of International Political Sociology"
eds. Stacie E. Goddard, George Lawson, and Ole Jacob Sending
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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April 28, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Terrific new handbook on International Political Sociology, a what's what and who's who in the field:
"The Oxford Handbook of International Political Sociology"
eds. Stacie E. Goddard, George Lawson, and Ole Jacob Sending
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
"The Oxford Handbook of International Political Sociology"
eds. Stacie E. Goddard, George Lawson, and Ole Jacob Sending
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Check out this new @ejir.bsky.social article by Zikun Yang, who's writing richer histories and theory abt China's performance across key areas of multilateralism @campolis.bsky.social based on primary research in multiple countries and languages. She's on the academic job market too - hire her!
Extremely thrilled to share that my article "The multiple audiences dynamic of status (dis) satisfaction: examining China’s shifting response to the emerging global environmental regime, 1950–1972" is now published #openaccess in @ejir.bsky.social at doi.org/10.1177/1354...! (1/n)
The multiple audiences dynamic of status (dis)satisfaction: examining China’s shifting response to the emerging global environmental regime, 1950–1972 - Zikun Yang, 2025
How does status dissatisfaction shape a state’s behavior? Existing literature suggests that mistreatment and misconception by the great powers could elicit a st...
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April 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Check out this new @ejir.bsky.social article by Zikun Yang, who's writing richer histories and theory abt China's performance across key areas of multilateralism @campolis.bsky.social based on primary research in multiple countries and languages. She's on the academic job market too - hire her!
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New piece! Sam Hamad on the relationship between the Global War on Terror and the transnational illiberalism of today. Check it out!
@ieres-gwu.bsky.social
@ieres-gwu.bsky.social
Illiberalism in its Epoch: Modern Illiberalism as a Consequence of the Global War on Terror illiberalism.org |
Sam Hamad on the relationship between the Global War on Terror and the transnational illiberalism of today.
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April 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
New piece! Sam Hamad on the relationship between the Global War on Terror and the transnational illiberalism of today. Check it out!
@ieres-gwu.bsky.social
@ieres-gwu.bsky.social
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This semester, I am organizing weekly International Office Hours that are open to everyone. Wanna talk about your research? Have questions about European politics, about the far right, or about soccer and politics? Sign up now or a next time! 👇
Office Hours Sign-Up Sheet
SIGN-UP SHEET FOR “INTERNATIONAL OFFICE HOURS” WITH CAS MUDDE IN SPRING 2025, I WILL HOLD “INTERNATIONAL OFFICE HOURS” FOR COLLEAGUES/STUDENTS/OTHERS WHO WANT TO TALK TO ME ABOUT THEIR RESEARCH OR...
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February 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This semester, I am organizing weekly International Office Hours that are open to everyone. Wanna talk about your research? Have questions about European politics, about the far right, or about soccer and politics? Sign up now or a next time! 👇
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"Elegantly written and logically constructed, it is a must-read for anyone interested in the dynamics of regime change, democratization and revolution."
Return of Tyranny by Killian Clarke, Coming September 2025
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Return of Tyranny by Killian Clarke, Coming September 2025
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Return of Tyranny
Cambridge Core - Middle East Studies - Return of Tyranny
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April 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
"Elegantly written and logically constructed, it is a must-read for anyone interested in the dynamics of regime change, democratization and revolution."
Return of Tyranny by Killian Clarke, Coming September 2025
cup.org/42QxbvA
Return of Tyranny by Killian Clarke, Coming September 2025
cup.org/42QxbvA