Nina C. Krickel-Choi
@nckc.bsky.social
Postdoc at Lund University | Visiting Fellow at the European University Institute
IR theory, security studies, climate change imaginaries, existentialism, IR in East Asia.
Also esports.
She/Her
IR theory, security studies, climate change imaginaries, existentialism, IR in East Asia.
Also esports.
She/Her
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Nina C. Krickel-Choi
@nckc.bsky.social
· Mar 14
Recent Contributions Published Ahead of Print
| Czech Journal of International Relations
cjir.iir.cz
📢So happy that every piece of the 🔥Special Issue “Grappling with the climate crisis in IR” is out now! 🥳🥳🥳
It's published by CJIR, all open access, and you can find the contributions here 🤗: cjir.iir.cz/index.php/cj...
A short 🧵👇 (1/8)
It's published by CJIR, all open access, and you can find the contributions here 🤗: cjir.iir.cz/index.php/cj...
A short 🧵👇 (1/8)
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The heat energy we added to the ocean LAST YEAR is the equivalent of:
- Detonating ten hydrogen bombs every minute
- operating over a hundred large power plants continuously for all of written human history
- Five times all the electricity human beings have ever used
- Detonating ten hydrogen bombs every minute
- operating over a hundred large power plants continuously for all of written human history
- Five times all the electricity human beings have ever used
Ocean heat content increased by 23 billion trillion joules, which was around 39 times greater than global primary energy use this year. This is the largest rise in OHC since 2017; overall OHC has increased by over 500 zettajoules since the 1940s.
January 14, 2026 at 9:05 PM
The heat energy we added to the ocean LAST YEAR is the equivalent of:
- Detonating ten hydrogen bombs every minute
- operating over a hundred large power plants continuously for all of written human history
- Five times all the electricity human beings have ever used
- Detonating ten hydrogen bombs every minute
- operating over a hundred large power plants continuously for all of written human history
- Five times all the electricity human beings have ever used
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2025 was an exceptional year for the Earth's climate
⬆️ Warmest ocean heat content
⬆️ Tied as second warmest surface temps
⬆️ Second warmest troposphere
⬆️ Record high sea level and GHGs
⬇️ Record low winter Arctic ice
New State of the Climate over at Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/...
⬆️ Warmest ocean heat content
⬆️ Tied as second warmest surface temps
⬆️ Second warmest troposphere
⬆️ Record high sea level and GHGs
⬇️ Record low winter Arctic ice
New State of the Climate over at Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/...
January 14, 2026 at 2:53 PM
2025 was an exceptional year for the Earth's climate
⬆️ Warmest ocean heat content
⬆️ Tied as second warmest surface temps
⬆️ Second warmest troposphere
⬆️ Record high sea level and GHGs
⬇️ Record low winter Arctic ice
New State of the Climate over at Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/...
⬆️ Warmest ocean heat content
⬆️ Tied as second warmest surface temps
⬆️ Second warmest troposphere
⬆️ Record high sea level and GHGs
⬇️ Record low winter Arctic ice
New State of the Climate over at Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/...
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News from CEEISA. Save the date!!
January 13, 2026 at 12:14 PM
News from CEEISA. Save the date!!
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January 12, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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In a newly published paper, we find that in 2025 human emissions of greenhouse gases added around 23 billion trillion joules of heat to the world's oceans – 39 times as much as the annual energy produced by all human activity on Earth. link.springer.com/ar...
January 13, 2026 at 12:32 AM
In a newly published paper, we find that in 2025 human emissions of greenhouse gases added around 23 billion trillion joules of heat to the world's oceans – 39 times as much as the annual energy produced by all human activity on Earth. link.springer.com/ar...
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“The particular rage women elicit when they undermine male authority figures, and the way they are then read as bitches who deserve to be shot, is an archetypical example of a distinctively gendered dynamic that we ignore to our peril.“ - @katemanne.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/katemann...
open.substack.com/pub/katemann...
January 12, 2026 at 3:48 PM
“The particular rage women elicit when they undermine male authority figures, and the way they are then read as bitches who deserve to be shot, is an archetypical example of a distinctively gendered dynamic that we ignore to our peril.“ - @katemanne.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/katemann...
open.substack.com/pub/katemann...
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Time to stop writing articles about the "security" or "economic" reasons to capture Greenland, they are irrelevant
Not everyone believed me when I wrote that Trump wants Greenland becuase it would make him feel important, but that's what he told the NYT:
When asked why he needed to possess the territory, he said: “Because that’s what I feel is psychologically needed for success"
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
When asked why he needed to possess the territory, he said: “Because that’s what I feel is psychologically needed for success"
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Time to stop writing articles about the "security" or "economic" reasons to capture Greenland, they are irrelevant
Consider CJIR for your special issue!👇
It has excellent and engaged editors, and a smooth and efficient workflow! 🤗
It has excellent and engaged editors, and a smooth and efficient workflow! 🤗
The Czech Journal of International Relations invites proposals for special issues to be considered for publication in upcoming volumes!
Please send your proposal and a brief CV of the editor(s) to the CJIR editor-in-chief at michal.kolmas@mup.cz by February 28, 2026.
cjir.iir.cz/index.php/cj...
Please send your proposal and a brief CV of the editor(s) to the CJIR editor-in-chief at michal.kolmas@mup.cz by February 28, 2026.
cjir.iir.cz/index.php/cj...
Call for Special Issues
| Czech Journal of International Relations
cjir.iir.cz
January 8, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Consider CJIR for your special issue!👇
It has excellent and engaged editors, and a smooth and efficient workflow! 🤗
It has excellent and engaged editors, and a smooth and efficient workflow! 🤗
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Here are the reasons NOT to join Volt in 2026, so feel free to keep scrolling... or join Volt today https://volt.team/simple-join/en 💜
January 6, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Here are the reasons NOT to join Volt in 2026, so feel free to keep scrolling... or join Volt today https://volt.team/simple-join/en 💜
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🚨 REMINDER – APPLICATIONS CLOSING SOON! You can still apply until 10 January 2026 and become part of the Institute of International Relations Prague as a Researcher / Senior Researcher! 📚
www.iir.cz/job-offer-jo...
www.iir.cz/job-offer-jo...
JOB OFFER: Researcher / Senior Researcher | Ústav mezinárodních vztahů - Expertise to impact
Ústav mezinárodních vztahů, v. v. i. (ÚMV), je nezávislá veřejná výzkumná instituce, která provádí výzkum v oblasti mezinárodních studií. Jejím zřizovatelem je Ministerstvo zahraničních věcí České rep...
www.iir.cz
January 5, 2026 at 11:10 AM
🚨 REMINDER – APPLICATIONS CLOSING SOON! You can still apply until 10 January 2026 and become part of the Institute of International Relations Prague as a Researcher / Senior Researcher! 📚
www.iir.cz/job-offer-jo...
www.iir.cz/job-offer-jo...
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Looking for ideas!
I am designing a course I'm calling either "Urban Climate Futures" or "Urban Environmental Futures" to teach in spring 2027. I've decided that I am going to set aside 2-3 weeks in the class for students to "book club" a text of their choosing.
I am designing a course I'm calling either "Urban Climate Futures" or "Urban Environmental Futures" to teach in spring 2027. I've decided that I am going to set aside 2-3 weeks in the class for students to "book club" a text of their choosing.
December 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Looking for ideas!
I am designing a course I'm calling either "Urban Climate Futures" or "Urban Environmental Futures" to teach in spring 2027. I've decided that I am going to set aside 2-3 weeks in the class for students to "book club" a text of their choosing.
I am designing a course I'm calling either "Urban Climate Futures" or "Urban Environmental Futures" to teach in spring 2027. I've decided that I am going to set aside 2-3 weeks in the class for students to "book club" a text of their choosing.
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I just sent a letter to the German Attorney General, filing a criminal complaint for war crimes against people under the German Code of Crimes against International Law against #Trump, #Hegseth, Bradley and other unknown parties for the boat strikes in the #Caribbean. I'm not a lawyer, so I could be
December 16, 2025 at 7:21 AM
I just sent a letter to the German Attorney General, filing a criminal complaint for war crimes against people under the German Code of Crimes against International Law against #Trump, #Hegseth, Bradley and other unknown parties for the boat strikes in the #Caribbean. I'm not a lawyer, so I could be
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Violence against women and girls has moved into our devices. From image-based abuse to coordinated harassment and non-consensual synthetic media, these attacks silence, intimidate and exclude women from public life. We must stop this.
Read our full statement: https://loom.ly/ix2wXzw
Read our full statement: https://loom.ly/ix2wXzw
December 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Violence against women and girls has moved into our devices. From image-based abuse to coordinated harassment and non-consensual synthetic media, these attacks silence, intimidate and exclude women from public life. We must stop this.
Read our full statement: https://loom.ly/ix2wXzw
Read our full statement: https://loom.ly/ix2wXzw
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People of London, come to my talk, today at the LSE, 4 PM.
On Wednesday evening we're hosting @jelenasubotic.bsky.social at @lseir.bsky.social to talk about her fantastic new book 'The Art of Status: Looted Treasures and the Global Politics of Restitution'. It's free to attend, but registration is necessary. Please come along! Details below...
December 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
People of London, come to my talk, today at the LSE, 4 PM.
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New issue of the Czech Journal of International Relations is out and feautres, inter alia, this wonderful book forum on Quinn Slobodian's Hayek's Bastards. Much recommended, and as usual, Open Access: cjir.iir.cz/index.php/cj...
December 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM
New issue of the Czech Journal of International Relations is out and feautres, inter alia, this wonderful book forum on Quinn Slobodian's Hayek's Bastards. Much recommended, and as usual, Open Access: cjir.iir.cz/index.php/cj...
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Happy December! I'm excited to share three publications that dropped last week (and today) that have been in process for some time, and I'm thrilled that they are all out in the world and, more importantly, open-access!
December 1, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Happy December! I'm excited to share three publications that dropped last week (and today) that have been in process for some time, and I'm thrilled that they are all out in the world and, more importantly, open-access!
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Were former Japanese Prime Ministers Yukio Hatoyama and Naoto Kan security policy amateurs? Conversely, was Abe Shinzō an expert? How and why do reputations for expertise and amateurism emerge and spread? For some answers, see my new article with Björn Jerdén.
doi.org/10.1057/s413...
doi.org/10.1057/s413...
The narrative construction of political competence: challenging the expert/amateur binary in Japan’s foreign and security policy - International Politics
Whether expertise or amateurism is attributed to political leaders can play a pivotal role in their success. This article analyzes the dissemination of such reputations, focusing on the perceived fore...
doi.org
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Were former Japanese Prime Ministers Yukio Hatoyama and Naoto Kan security policy amateurs? Conversely, was Abe Shinzō an expert? How and why do reputations for expertise and amateurism emerge and spread? For some answers, see my new article with Björn Jerdén.
doi.org/10.1057/s413...
doi.org/10.1057/s413...
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Gerade unterzeichnet 👇
✈️ Die Koalitionsspitzen wollen die Flugsteuer senken – gleichzeitig wird das Deutschlandticket teurer. Statt Billigflüge zu subventionieren, sollten sie lieber in die Bahn investieren und für günstige Zugtickets sorgen.
Der Appell ➡️ aktion.campact.de/s/flugsteuer...
✈️ Die Koalitionsspitzen wollen die Flugsteuer senken – gleichzeitig wird das Deutschlandticket teurer. Statt Billigflüge zu subventionieren, sollten sie lieber in die Bahn investieren und für günstige Zugtickets sorgen.
Der Appell ➡️ aktion.campact.de/s/flugsteuer...
Flugsteuer muss bleiben – jetzt Appell unterzeichnen
Die Koalitionsspitzen wollen die Flugsteuer senken – auf Kosten des Klimas. Das müssen wir verhindern!
aktion.campact.de
November 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Gerade unterzeichnet 👇
✈️ Die Koalitionsspitzen wollen die Flugsteuer senken – gleichzeitig wird das Deutschlandticket teurer. Statt Billigflüge zu subventionieren, sollten sie lieber in die Bahn investieren und für günstige Zugtickets sorgen.
Der Appell ➡️ aktion.campact.de/s/flugsteuer...
✈️ Die Koalitionsspitzen wollen die Flugsteuer senken – gleichzeitig wird das Deutschlandticket teurer. Statt Billigflüge zu subventionieren, sollten sie lieber in die Bahn investieren und für günstige Zugtickets sorgen.
Der Appell ➡️ aktion.campact.de/s/flugsteuer...
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Two fully funded PhD positions in my department with a focus on AI and war. Please circulate widely and apply here before Jan 6: www.fhs.se/en/swedish-d...
PhD positions in War Studies with specialisation in AI - Swedish Defence University (SEDU)
www.fhs.se
November 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Two fully funded PhD positions in my department with a focus on AI and war. Please circulate widely and apply here before Jan 6: www.fhs.se/en/swedish-d...
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New paper!
Ian Paterson and I explore Scotland’s desecuritisation of immigration, outlining how desecurisation can be an affectively attractive method to pursue the self as well as an ethical ontological security seeking practice.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Ian Paterson and I explore Scotland’s desecuritisation of immigration, outlining how desecurisation can be an affectively attractive method to pursue the self as well as an ethical ontological security seeking practice.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
New paper!
Ian Paterson and I explore Scotland’s desecuritisation of immigration, outlining how desecurisation can be an affectively attractive method to pursue the self as well as an ethical ontological security seeking practice.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Ian Paterson and I explore Scotland’s desecuritisation of immigration, outlining how desecurisation can be an affectively attractive method to pursue the self as well as an ethical ontological security seeking practice.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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I am genuinely confused (and potentially concerned) as to why ISA is sending out different messaging and framing to different segments of ISA membership about traveling to the 2026 conference. These are screenshots from three different scholars I know of the "same" email we received today from ISA.
October 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I am genuinely confused (and potentially concerned) as to why ISA is sending out different messaging and framing to different segments of ISA membership about traveling to the 2026 conference. These are screenshots from three different scholars I know of the "same" email we received today from ISA.
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Currently trying to put a panel together on West African security for #BISA2026. We have 3 panelists and need at least another. If interested could you please inbox or email me? conference.bisa.ac.uk/call-papers-0 @mybisa.bsky.social @samjarvis.bsky.social @drswhite.bsky.social
Call for papers
The call for papers for the BISA 2026 conference taking place in Brighton in June 2026.
conference.bisa.ac.uk
October 30, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Currently trying to put a panel together on West African security for #BISA2026. We have 3 panelists and need at least another. If interested could you please inbox or email me? conference.bisa.ac.uk/call-papers-0 @mybisa.bsky.social @samjarvis.bsky.social @drswhite.bsky.social
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📣 Anyone working on creative methods in political research and attending @mybisa.bsky.social #BISA2026 next year? We are looking for another participant in our roundtable on zine-making and creative methods as part of @cawpbisa.bsky.social if it sounds like you - please get in touch ASAP!
October 29, 2025 at 9:21 AM
📣 Anyone working on creative methods in political research and attending @mybisa.bsky.social #BISA2026 next year? We are looking for another participant in our roundtable on zine-making and creative methods as part of @cawpbisa.bsky.social if it sounds like you - please get in touch ASAP!