Reed M Wood
@reedmwood.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science
Not just top in the UK, top 5 in Europe.
April 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Not just top in the UK, top 5 in Europe.
Sometimes the world is a horrible place.
All the more reason to count your blessings. Today I feel lucky to be able to have a morning run in a forest during English bluebell season.
Rage depletes your batteries. Remember to recharge. It's going to be a long fight.
All the more reason to count your blessings. Today I feel lucky to be able to have a morning run in a forest during English bluebell season.
Rage depletes your batteries. Remember to recharge. It's going to be a long fight.
April 27, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Sometimes the world is a horrible place.
All the more reason to count your blessings. Today I feel lucky to be able to have a morning run in a forest during English bluebell season.
Rage depletes your batteries. Remember to recharge. It's going to be a long fight.
All the more reason to count your blessings. Today I feel lucky to be able to have a morning run in a forest during English bluebell season.
Rage depletes your batteries. Remember to recharge. It's going to be a long fight.
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It's hard to find the words. NSF just terminated the grant for Journeys, a mentoring workshop that tried to tackle underrepresentation of women in international relations. Future scholarship will be the worse for it. But this photo from our last gathering will motivate me to keep fighting.
April 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
It's hard to find the words. NSF just terminated the grant for Journeys, a mentoring workshop that tried to tackle underrepresentation of women in international relations. Future scholarship will be the worse for it. But this photo from our last gathering will motivate me to keep fighting.
An interesting and important read.
Is this river alive? Robert Macfarlane on the lives, deaths and rights of our rivers
As pollution levels hit record highs and fresh water becomes ‘the new oil’, is it time to radically reimagine our relationship to the natural world?
www.theguardian.com
April 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM
An interesting and important read.
But, sir, every plant and tree will die. Owls will deafen us with incessant hooting.
The town's sundial will be useless....
Dear UK government, are we really cribbing ideas from both Futurama and the Simpsons?
The town's sundial will be useless....
Dear UK government, are we really cribbing ideas from both Futurama and the Simpsons?
Experiments to dim the sun given green light
A government research group will explore whether Earth could be cooled by bouncing away sunlight
www.thetimes.com
April 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
But, sir, every plant and tree will die. Owls will deafen us with incessant hooting.
The town's sundial will be useless....
Dear UK government, are we really cribbing ideas from both Futurama and the Simpsons?
The town's sundial will be useless....
Dear UK government, are we really cribbing ideas from both Futurama and the Simpsons?
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From the UN: “Call for Inputs on the Human Rights Impacts of Administrative Measures to Counter Terrorism and (Violent) Extremism” www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for...
OHCHR | Call for Inputs on the Human Rights Impacts of Administrative Measures to Counter Terrorism and (Violent) Extremism
Background“Administrative measures” to counter terrorism and (violent) extremism have proliferated in many countries. These measures involve coercive restrictions on human rights imposed outside of th...
www.ohchr.org
April 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
From the UN: “Call for Inputs on the Human Rights Impacts of Administrative Measures to Counter Terrorism and (Violent) Extremism” www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for...
Kaschuta described internalizing tradwife ideas about women’s primacy in the home. When she tried to take on all the domestic labor in her own family, it nearly broke her. She started to realize that while the new right’s racism and misogyny were often delivered with an ironic smirk, it was no joke.
Opinion | The Vibe Shifts Against the Right
People who once found right-wing ideas scintillating are having second thoughts as they watch Trump put those ideas into practice.
www.nytimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Kaschuta described internalizing tradwife ideas about women’s primacy in the home. When she tried to take on all the domestic labor in her own family, it nearly broke her. She started to realize that while the new right’s racism and misogyny were often delivered with an ironic smirk, it was no joke.
The lesson to voters is be wary of anyone selling a quick fix to complex problems. They are invariably charlatans, and they seldom care about the hardships of the people whose votes they are courting.
How Brexit, a Startling Act of Economic Self-Harm, Foreshadowed Trump’s Tariffs
Britain’s decision to leave the European Union in 2016 was sold to voters as a magic bullet that would revitalize the country’s economy. Its impact is still reverberating.
www.nytimes.com
April 13, 2025 at 6:18 AM
The lesson to voters is be wary of anyone selling a quick fix to complex problems. They are invariably charlatans, and they seldom care about the hardships of the people whose votes they are courting.
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Sharp decline in number of Europeans travelling to the US. (Charts by @financialtimes.com)
April 12, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Sharp decline in number of Europeans travelling to the US. (Charts by @financialtimes.com)
"China condemns US protectionism". Now there's a headline no one in 2005 would have ever expected.
Next up, "US declares war on the global order it created." Oh wait...we did that one already.
Next up, "US declares war on the global order it created." Oh wait...we did that one already.
April 9, 2025 at 10:36 AM
"China condemns US protectionism". Now there's a headline no one in 2005 would have ever expected.
Next up, "US declares war on the global order it created." Oh wait...we did that one already.
Next up, "US declares war on the global order it created." Oh wait...we did that one already.
Trump is making relative gains great again.
IR nerds reconize the big winner here is Joseph Grieco. Vindicated at last. Again.
IR nerds reconize the big winner here is Joseph Grieco. Vindicated at last. Again.
April 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Trump is making relative gains great again.
IR nerds reconize the big winner here is Joseph Grieco. Vindicated at last. Again.
IR nerds reconize the big winner here is Joseph Grieco. Vindicated at last. Again.
Nice to see fare jumpers finally being fined on Greater Anglia trains. I was starting to feel like a chump for actually buying tickets.
a group of people are sitting at a table with a man in a white uniform saying no ticket .
ALT: a group of people are sitting at a table with a man in a white uniform saying no ticket .
media.tenor.com
April 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Nice to see fare jumpers finally being fined on Greater Anglia trains. I was starting to feel like a chump for actually buying tickets.
Anyone else shocked that a man whose signature financial strategy is bankrupting his businesses and failing to pay his debts has ruined the previously prosperous global economy of his predecessors?
April 7, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Anyone else shocked that a man whose signature financial strategy is bankrupting his businesses and failing to pay his debts has ruined the previously prosperous global economy of his predecessors?
I will be teaching our post-grad IR seminar in the autumn. Given current world events, I think I will load up on classics like EH Carr and Morgenthau.
Does anyone have a new favorite from the classics list or an old favourite they're dusting off after years of neglect?
Does anyone have a new favorite from the classics list or an old favourite they're dusting off after years of neglect?
April 7, 2025 at 6:03 AM
I will be teaching our post-grad IR seminar in the autumn. Given current world events, I think I will load up on classics like EH Carr and Morgenthau.
Does anyone have a new favorite from the classics list or an old favourite they're dusting off after years of neglect?
Does anyone have a new favorite from the classics list or an old favourite they're dusting off after years of neglect?
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I was just discussing the US admin being aligned with Russia in class Thursday and how that could alter Arctic (and other) relations
NEW: The actions of Trump and Vance in recent weeks highlight something under-appreciated.
The American right is now ideologically closer to countries like Russia, Turkey and in some senses China, than to the rest of the west (even the conservative west).
My column: www.ft.com/content/3046...
The American right is now ideologically closer to countries like Russia, Turkey and in some senses China, than to the rest of the west (even the conservative west).
My column: www.ft.com/content/3046...
April 5, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I was just discussing the US admin being aligned with Russia in class Thursday and how that could alter Arctic (and other) relations
Question of the day: How much poorer has Trump made you today relative to Wednesday?
April 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Question of the day: How much poorer has Trump made you today relative to Wednesday?
Just a reminder. Now is NOT the time to check how your 401k is holding up.
April 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Just a reminder. Now is NOT the time to check how your 401k is holding up.
A great crew to work with.
our new editorial team of the Journal of Global Security Studies at the ISA JOGSS's reception @journalofgss.bsky.social @drgholmes.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
A great crew to work with.
The Guardian may win the most accurate description of the impact of Trump Tariffs.
April 3, 2025 at 10:45 AM
The Guardian may win the most accurate description of the impact of Trump Tariffs.
If we just remember to take the Trump tariffs seriously, not literally, we will all be fine.
We have the best tarrifs.
We have the best tarrifs.
April 3, 2025 at 10:27 AM
If we just remember to take the Trump tariffs seriously, not literally, we will all be fine.
We have the best tarrifs.
We have the best tarrifs.