Stéphanie Martel
@smartel.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Political Studies (IR), Queen's University | IR; Southeast Asia; ASEAN; WPS; diplomacy; global governance; narratives. Mom of 2 (4YO & 1YO). Hobbies include (not being particularly good at) ballet & embroidery. She/Elle.
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Reuters: Two European officials assess U.S. military intervention is likely—possibly within 24 hours. An Israeli official says Trump appears to have decided to intervene, though scope and timing remain unclear.
NYT: U.S. Moves Some Personnel From Key Air Base as Tensions Mount With Iran
Nonessential personnel are being removed from Udeid Air Base in Qatar, the main U.S. air operations hub in the region, as President Trump weighs a military response to Iran’s crackdown on protests.
Nonessential personnel are being removed from Udeid Air Base in Qatar, the main U.S. air operations hub in the region, as President Trump weighs a military response to Iran’s crackdown on protests.
January 14, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Reuters: Two European officials assess U.S. military intervention is likely—possibly within 24 hours. An Israeli official says Trump appears to have decided to intervene, though scope and timing remain unclear.
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I just finished a three-year term as an editor at an international relations journal. I began at the start of the LLM era but ended right in the middle of it. Our volume of submissions tripled and our desk reject rate rose to 75%. I have some thoughts.
open.substack.com/pub/hegemon/...
open.substack.com/pub/hegemon/...
The Age of Academic Slop is Upon Us
what happens when AI automates "normal science"?
open.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:38 PM
I just finished a three-year term as an editor at an international relations journal. I began at the start of the LLM era but ended right in the middle of it. Our volume of submissions tripled and our desk reject rate rose to 75%. I have some thoughts.
open.substack.com/pub/hegemon/...
open.substack.com/pub/hegemon/...
PM doesn't know how much this kind of public diplomacy is working on my unrepresentative sample of 4 YO girls (n=1).
Then again she was already sold last election due to red being her favourite colour that day (she still brags about "her" victory).
Then again she was already sold last election due to red being her favourite colour that day (she still brags about "her" victory).
En fin de semaine dernière, c’était le temps de bâtir (avec des blocs LEGO).
Merci à l’ambassadeur Harris pour ce cadeau. Nous sommes solidaires du Danemark. 🇨🇦🇩🇰
Merci à l’ambassadeur Harris pour ce cadeau. Nous sommes solidaires du Danemark. 🇨🇦🇩🇰
January 13, 2026 at 3:07 AM
PM doesn't know how much this kind of public diplomacy is working on my unrepresentative sample of 4 YO girls (n=1).
Then again she was already sold last election due to red being her favourite colour that day (she still brags about "her" victory).
Then again she was already sold last election due to red being her favourite colour that day (she still brags about "her" victory).
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"The business model of most consumer technology is to identify some thick desire, find the part of it that produces a neurological reward, and then deliver that reward without the rest of the package."
«The person who bakes bread isn't trying to fix the world.
They're not making any attempt to either dent or undent the universe.
They're trying to spend a Sunday afternoon in a way that doesn't leave them feeling emptied out.»
They're not making any attempt to either dent or undent the universe.
They're trying to spend a Sunday afternoon in a way that doesn't leave them feeling emptied out.»
Thin Desires Are Eating Your Life
The defining experience of our age seems to be hunger.
We're hungry for more, but we have more than we need.
We're hungry for less, while more accumulates and multiplies.
We're hungry and we don'...
www.joanwestenberg.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:46 AM
"The business model of most consumer technology is to identify some thick desire, find the part of it that produces a neurological reward, and then deliver that reward without the rest of the package."
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If I was the commander in chief of the Imperial hegemon I would simply not dismantle the network of military and diplomatic alliances, favourable trade deals, and broad cultural paramountcy that had made my nation the most wealthy and powerful the world has ever seen.
January 11, 2026 at 9:28 AM
If I was the commander in chief of the Imperial hegemon I would simply not dismantle the network of military and diplomatic alliances, favourable trade deals, and broad cultural paramountcy that had made my nation the most wealthy and powerful the world has ever seen.
I just wrote "absolutement" in a (too) quick reply email to a Francophone student, on top of the additional, more "standard" code-switching. 💀
I'm not sure how I feel about it. Or should I say: Je ne suis pas certaine de comment je me sens par rapport à ça.
Apart from LMAO, obv.
I'm not sure how I feel about it. Or should I say: Je ne suis pas certaine de comment je me sens par rapport à ça.
Apart from LMAO, obv.
December 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I just wrote "absolutement" in a (too) quick reply email to a Francophone student, on top of the additional, more "standard" code-switching. 💀
I'm not sure how I feel about it. Or should I say: Je ne suis pas certaine de comment je me sens par rapport à ça.
Apart from LMAO, obv.
I'm not sure how I feel about it. Or should I say: Je ne suis pas certaine de comment je me sens par rapport à ça.
Apart from LMAO, obv.
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📢 @RSIS_NTU @NTUsg is hiring tenure-track positions in Strategic Studies, Asian Studies, IR, and IPE. Deadline: 31 Jan 2026. Please RT & share with anyone on the market!
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Assistant / Associate Professor in Asian Studies / International Relations (Tenure-Track / Tenured) [RSIS]
The S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, is seeking to appoint an Assistant/Associate Professor (Tenure-Track/Tenured) in Asian Studies ...
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December 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
📢 @RSIS_NTU @NTUsg is hiring tenure-track positions in Strategic Studies, Asian Studies, IR, and IPE. Deadline: 31 Jan 2026. Please RT & share with anyone on the market!
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“Leavitt told reporters at the White House press briefing that Hegseth authorized Adm. Frank Bradley to carry out the second strike, which reportedly killed two people who were hanging onto the burning vessel after an initial strike.” Wow. 12/1/25 thehill.com/homenews/562...
December 1, 2025 at 10:48 PM
“Leavitt told reporters at the White House press briefing that Hegseth authorized Adm. Frank Bradley to carry out the second strike, which reportedly killed two people who were hanging onto the burning vessel after an initial strike.” Wow. 12/1/25 thehill.com/homenews/562...
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We've pushed back against course cuts and corporatisation, and we're starting to see results.
December 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
We've pushed back against course cuts and corporatisation, and we're starting to see results.
"Use plain language."
December 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
"Use plain language."
*paging Carol Cohn (as every IR feminist updates their teaching slides)*
These are good. And with apologies I did tweet something on the hellsite that appears to have gone viral: x.com/dandrezner/s...
I keep on reading this and seeing Operation Husky Fanboy
Also
Operation Trouser Snake
Operation Pocket Pool
Operation Nothin' Up My Sleeve
Also
Operation Trouser Snake
Operation Pocket Pool
Operation Nothin' Up My Sleeve
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
*paging Carol Cohn (as every IR feminist updates their teaching slides)*
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The UK outright engaged in stationary banditry, stealing from the poor to give to the rich, all in order to appease the most petty xenophobe bigots on earth. And I feel sure it won't even work on the Home Secretary's terms, ultimately all this will strengthen not weaken Reform.
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 7:44 AM
The UK outright engaged in stationary banditry, stealing from the poor to give to the rich, all in order to appease the most petty xenophobe bigots on earth. And I feel sure it won't even work on the Home Secretary's terms, ultimately all this will strengthen not weaken Reform.
"Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit has analysed leaked military documents, secret recordings and rare insider testimonies to expose how military leaders are struggling to defend Myanmar’s largest cities from urban rebel groups."
Myanmar’s urban assassins: The fighters hunted by the military
Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit exposes military attempts to crush rebel underground groups operating in big cities.
www.aljazeera.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
"Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit has analysed leaked military documents, secret recordings and rare insider testimonies to expose how military leaders are struggling to defend Myanmar’s largest cities from urban rebel groups."
"They spend their days arresting schoolteachers and tear-gassing kids from a safe distance away. [...] That said, they also are little babies, because they don’t believe there should be any consequences for their actions, and even the smallest harm they suffer is an outrage".
New in PN: The softest Nazis you ever did see
"Call it tough guy in the streets and widdle guy in the sheets (of paper for court filings). Truly, nothing revealed this better than the DC Sandwich Guy, Sean Dunn, who a jury found not guilty yesterday."
"Call it tough guy in the streets and widdle guy in the sheets (of paper for court filings). Truly, nothing revealed this better than the DC Sandwich Guy, Sean Dunn, who a jury found not guilty yesterday."
The softest Nazis you ever did see
They're tough guys in the streets and delicate little babies in court.
www.publicnotice.co
November 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
"They spend their days arresting schoolteachers and tear-gassing kids from a safe distance away. [...] That said, they also are little babies, because they don’t believe there should be any consequences for their actions, and even the smallest harm they suffer is an outrage".
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We strongly condemn @CondéNast’s consolidation plans for Teen Vogue, a move that is clearly designed to blunt the award-winning magazine’s insightful journalism at a time when it is needed the most. More from our statement:
November 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
We strongly condemn @CondéNast’s consolidation plans for Teen Vogue, a move that is clearly designed to blunt the award-winning magazine’s insightful journalism at a time when it is needed the most. More from our statement:
Look, it's impossible to get just how stupid this is into a single headline, but I tried, okay?
60 Minutes Edits Donald Trump Telling Them 60 Minutes Should Edit Donald Trump Talking About How 60 Minutes Paid Him For Editing Kamala Harris
60 Minutes is under new management and things are getting stupid faster than you might expect. Last night’s episode featured President Trump, which is…
60 Minutes is under new management and things are getting stupid faster than you might expect. Last night’s episode featured President Trump, which is…
November 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and kindly reply to this invitation within one week of receipt of this email. If you accept the invitation to review, you will be notified via e-mail about how to access Manuscript Central.
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and let me know if you have any questions! 🤗
November 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and kindly reply to this invitation within one week of receipt of this email. If you accept the invitation to review, you will be notified via e-mail about how to access Manuscript Central.
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Brutal loss. Gutting. But a brilliant season for the Jays and an all-timer World Series. A stunner of a team.
Bring it home next year.
Bring it home next year.
November 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Brutal loss. Gutting. But a brilliant season for the Jays and an all-timer World Series. A stunner of a team.
Bring it home next year.
Bring it home next year.
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This game isn’t gonna end until they send Gausman out to pitch.
November 2, 2025 at 4:06 AM
This game isn’t gonna end until they send Gausman out to pitch.
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I'm drinking a lot of whisky but it's Canadian so, that should do it.
November 2, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I'm drinking a lot of whisky but it's Canadian so, that should do it.
Very that.
FUCK WHY DID YOU GUYS LET ME TRY THIS IVE NEVER BEEN SO STRESSED IN MY FUCKING LIFE
Ok I gave this “baseball” thing another shot and maybe it’s not so bad
November 2, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Very that.
How do you real fans out there even surviving this. It's the first time I've ever been emotionally invested in baseball, I'm home watching this alone, it's not even my city, and I feel like my heart is going to explode.
November 2, 2025 at 3:45 AM
How do you real fans out there even surviving this. It's the first time I've ever been emotionally invested in baseball, I'm home watching this alone, it's not even my city, and I feel like my heart is going to explode.
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On the one hand it obviously wasn’t intentional but on the other hand that was the third pitch in that at-bat that was *real* high and inside. I get why Jimenez was pissed.
I know everyone in that park is on edge right now but there is no way pitchers are intentionally hitting guys in a fucking Game 7 that is still up for grabs.
Benches and bullpens clear after Wrobleski hit Gimenez
November 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
On the one hand it obviously wasn’t intentional but on the other hand that was the third pitch in that at-bat that was *real* high and inside. I get why Jimenez was pissed.