Lucas Knotter
@lucaslitmanen.bsky.social
Lecturer in Politics and IR @PoLIS_Bath | IR Theory | State Creation | Recognition | Sovereignty | Football | Left-Handed
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Lucas Knotter
@lucaslitmanen.bsky.social
· Dec 19
It's real! My book on de facto statehood and classical realism is now available as a possible Christmas present ;)! Very exciting!
www.routledge.com/A-Theory-of-...
www.routledge.com/A-Theory-of-...
Very exciting to join the #BISAISA2025 conference in Newcastle last weekend! Thank you to the @aspirenetwork.bsky.social - especially Hillary Briffa and Chris Featherstone - for organising such a fun conversation on the challenges and opportunities of AI for teaching IR! Discussion to be continued!
October 15, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Very exciting to join the #BISAISA2025 conference in Newcastle last weekend! Thank you to the @aspirenetwork.bsky.social - especially Hillary Briffa and Chris Featherstone - for organising such a fun conversation on the challenges and opportunities of AI for teaching IR! Discussion to be continued!
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🌟Ep 4 of the @risjnl.bsky.social podcast! 🌟
Hosted by @sebkaempf.bsky.social this week is w/ Maria Mälksoo & her selection of articles conceptualising & applying ritual dynamics in the context of IR 🌎
Inc: @lucaslitmanen.bsky.social @simonkoschut.bsky.social
listen 👉
Hosted by @sebkaempf.bsky.social this week is w/ Maria Mälksoo & her selection of articles conceptualising & applying ritual dynamics in the context of IR 🌎
Inc: @lucaslitmanen.bsky.social @simonkoschut.bsky.social
listen 👉
Review of International Studies podcast - episode four
In the fourth podcast episode, Seb Kaempf discusses rethinking ritual dynamics with Maria Mälksoo.
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July 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🌟Ep 4 of the @risjnl.bsky.social podcast! 🌟
Hosted by @sebkaempf.bsky.social this week is w/ Maria Mälksoo & her selection of articles conceptualising & applying ritual dynamics in the context of IR 🌎
Inc: @lucaslitmanen.bsky.social @simonkoschut.bsky.social
listen 👉
Hosted by @sebkaempf.bsky.social this week is w/ Maria Mälksoo & her selection of articles conceptualising & applying ritual dynamics in the context of IR 🌎
Inc: @lucaslitmanen.bsky.social @simonkoschut.bsky.social
listen 👉
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📺 Watch: University of Bath on the rise within Global Top 150 in QS #WorldUniversity Rankings 2026
www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...
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June 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
📺 Watch: University of Bath on the rise within Global Top 150 in QS #WorldUniversity Rankings 2026
www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...
www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...
Excited to be back on King's College campus to attend the #aspirelaunch! 'Teaching-track jobs are so good that even men want to do them!' (Cathy Elliott)
June 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Excited to be back on King's College campus to attend the #aspirelaunch! 'Teaching-track jobs are so good that even men want to do them!' (Cathy Elliott)
Really insightful piece on the potential ramifications of a Trumpian foreign policy.
'For independence movements, the new rules of secession mean a more volatile and uncertain future.'
'For independence movements, the new rules of secession mean a more volatile and uncertain future.'
what does trump's foreign policy mean for separatists and secession movements around the world? our new piece with @ryan-griffiths.bsky.social argues breakaway regions could find new opportunities but also a lot more risks
www.foreignaffairs.com/world/new-pr...
www.foreignaffairs.com/world/new-pr...
The New Price of Statehood
Trump is a mixed blessing for the world’s separatists.
www.foreignaffairs.com
May 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Really insightful piece on the potential ramifications of a Trumpian foreign policy.
'For independence movements, the new rules of secession mean a more volatile and uncertain future.'
'For independence movements, the new rules of secession mean a more volatile and uncertain future.'
Postgraduate study opportunity for Palestinian scholars at the University of Bath.
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February 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Postgraduate study opportunity for Palestinian scholars at the University of Bath.
www.bath.ac.uk/campaigns/hi...
www.bath.ac.uk/campaigns/hi...
Classic Dutch facetiousness combined with classic 'safe haven NZ' trope. Classic Rutte foot-in-mouth awkwardness too.
January 16, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Classic Dutch facetiousness combined with classic 'safe haven NZ' trope. Classic Rutte foot-in-mouth awkwardness too.
Hard no to see a link between social media pile-ons on English Lit phds, and governments ending ALL hum/socsci funding...
December 4, 2024 at 8:03 AM
Hard no to see a link between social media pile-ons on English Lit phds, and governments ending ALL hum/socsci funding...
Many thanks to the team at @9dashline.bsky.social for allowing me to comment on Aotearoa's supposed recent 'turn' in foreign policy!
www.9dashline.com/article/new-...
www.9dashline.com/article/new-...
9DASHLINE — New Zealand foreign policy: From ‘independence’ to ‘realism’?
Written by Lucas Knotter. NZ’s supposedly ‘new’ foreign policy is thus
neither truly independent, nor truly realist, nor prompted to safeguard
Aotearoa’s public interest.
www.9dashline.com
September 9, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Many thanks to the team at @9dashline.bsky.social for allowing me to comment on Aotearoa's supposed recent 'turn' in foreign policy!
www.9dashline.com/article/new-...
www.9dashline.com/article/new-...
It's real! My book on de facto statehood and classical realism is now available as a possible Christmas present ;)! Very exciting!
www.routledge.com/A-Theory-of-...
www.routledge.com/A-Theory-of-...
December 19, 2023 at 9:56 PM
It's real! My book on de facto statehood and classical realism is now available as a possible Christmas present ;)! Very exciting!
www.routledge.com/A-Theory-of-...
www.routledge.com/A-Theory-of-...
Thanks 9DASHLINE for allowing me to express my thoughts on last month's #nzpol elections in Aotearoa!
www.9dashline.com/article/new-...
www.9dashline.com/article/new-...
November 6, 2023 at 1:10 PM
Thanks 9DASHLINE for allowing me to express my thoughts on last month's #nzpol elections in Aotearoa!
www.9dashline.com/article/new-...
www.9dashline.com/article/new-...
Excited to see that my book is now available on pre-order!
www.routledge.com/A-Theory-of-...
It's a heavily edited outcome of my PhD dissertation, and has been a looong time in the making. I must thank everyone who has helped me getting the book out in the world. I hope that people will enjoy it!
www.routledge.com/A-Theory-of-...
It's a heavily edited outcome of my PhD dissertation, and has been a looong time in the making. I must thank everyone who has helped me getting the book out in the world. I hope that people will enjoy it!
A Theory of De Facto States: Classical Realism and Exceptional Polities
A Theory of De Facto States offers a new perspective on the phenomenon of de facto states — political communities that manifest forms of statehood in international politics but lack international le...
www.routledge.com
September 21, 2023 at 9:19 AM
Excited to see that my book is now available on pre-order!
www.routledge.com/A-Theory-of-...
It's a heavily edited outcome of my PhD dissertation, and has been a looong time in the making. I must thank everyone who has helped me getting the book out in the world. I hope that people will enjoy it!
www.routledge.com/A-Theory-of-...
It's a heavily edited outcome of my PhD dissertation, and has been a looong time in the making. I must thank everyone who has helped me getting the book out in the world. I hope that people will enjoy it!