Ben O'Loughlin
@benoloughlin.bsky.social
Prof. of IR. Director, New Political Communication Unit, Royal Holloway | Co-Editor: Media, War and Conflict journal | Co-author: Strategic Narratives | Book series editor: AI Politics
Empire of AI by @karenhao.bsky.social. I'm fortunate to be leading a seminar on power next week, and this will be in it, as this basic, fundamental question has been bubbling under the surface with my students all term; it can go in many directions:
www.penguin.co.uk/books/460331...
www.penguin.co.uk/books/460331...
October 25, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Empire of AI by @karenhao.bsky.social. I'm fortunate to be leading a seminar on power next week, and this will be in it, as this basic, fundamental question has been bubbling under the surface with my students all term; it can go in many directions:
www.penguin.co.uk/books/460331...
www.penguin.co.uk/books/460331...
@andrewhoskins.bsky.social has a sense #AI won't be good for #memory, collective or otherwise. We are sharded and swimming alone in slop:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
@andrewhoskins.bsky.social has a sense #AI won't be good for #memory, collective or otherwise. We are sharded and swimming alone in slop:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This AI workshop is losing will and needing coffee.
September 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This AI workshop is losing will and needing coffee.
At the University of Valencia to explore AI and agency in politics, convened by Marco Guglielmo:
September 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
At the University of Valencia to explore AI and agency in politics, convened by Marco Guglielmo:
A lot of new articles out in our Media, War and Conflict journal here - great work from all the authors: journals.sagepub.com/toc/mwc//
September 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
A lot of new articles out in our Media, War and Conflict journal here - great work from all the authors: journals.sagepub.com/toc/mwc//
Today’s big question.
September 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Today’s big question.
Today’s big question.
September 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Today’s big question.
This is in Harvey's The Conditions of Postmodernity. If postmodernity was these things in 1985, would we need a new column now, or are we in a mix of modern and postmodern? Are we both narrative and anti-narrative today? Are you God the Father or the Holy Ghost or both or something new now? 👻
August 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This is in Harvey's The Conditions of Postmodernity. If postmodernity was these things in 1985, would we need a new column now, or are we in a mix of modern and postmodern? Are we both narrative and anti-narrative today? Are you God the Father or the Holy Ghost or both or something new now? 👻
David Foster Wallace, 1993, on US TV culture becoming slightly more playful and knowing. Maybe. 🐕
August 11, 2025 at 10:45 AM
David Foster Wallace, 1993, on US TV culture becoming slightly more playful and knowing. Maybe. 🐕
My book series with @andrewhoskins.bsky.social - we're getting good proposals and welcome more:
www.intellectbooks.com/ai-politics
www.intellectbooks.com/ai-politics
August 6, 2025 at 1:11 PM
My book series with @andrewhoskins.bsky.social - we're getting good proposals and welcome more:
www.intellectbooks.com/ai-politics
www.intellectbooks.com/ai-politics
What is an -ology?
Milja Kurki, International Relations in a Relational Universe
academic.oup.com/book/36827
Milja Kurki, International Relations in a Relational Universe
academic.oup.com/book/36827
August 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
What is an -ology?
Milja Kurki, International Relations in a Relational Universe
academic.oup.com/book/36827
Milja Kurki, International Relations in a Relational Universe
academic.oup.com/book/36827
Yves Citton in 2010 with a phrase, a sign: www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
July 27, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Yves Citton in 2010 with a phrase, a sign: www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
July 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
An insider account of the #G7 summit, with various analogies and warnings.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ju...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ju...
July 15, 2025 at 10:54 AM
An insider account of the #G7 summit, with various analogies and warnings.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ju...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ju...
Russia, Disinformation, and the Liberal Order
Written by friends who I long suspected were always going to fit Charlie Sheen, 🐬🐬🐬 and Hitler into the same paragraph.
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Written by friends who I long suspected were always going to fit Charlie Sheen, 🐬🐬🐬 and Hitler into the same paragraph.
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
July 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Russia, Disinformation, and the Liberal Order
Written by friends who I long suspected were always going to fit Charlie Sheen, 🐬🐬🐬 and Hitler into the same paragraph.
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Written by friends who I long suspected were always going to fit Charlie Sheen, 🐬🐬🐬 and Hitler into the same paragraph.
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
By the North Sea, diagrams.
June 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
By the North Sea, diagrams.
Annual leave starts today, not 100% sure these were uplifting choices. 🌤️
June 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Annual leave starts today, not 100% sure these were uplifting choices. 🌤️
A nice spot for thinking about international order. In a Belfast hotel blown up 36 times.
June 17, 2025 at 9:04 AM
A nice spot for thinking about international order. In a Belfast hotel blown up 36 times.
Here @adaystew.bsky.social is explaining how US public understanding is trapped in a few simple frames. Any enemy can be another Hitler, so any war against that country is morally necessary. We’re good they’re bad, so any critical reflection is not needed. Time magazine typical. Hence, wars.
June 16, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Here @adaystew.bsky.social is explaining how US public understanding is trapped in a few simple frames. Any enemy can be another Hitler, so any war against that country is morally necessary. We’re good they’re bad, so any critical reflection is not needed. Time magazine typical. Hence, wars.
Adam Curtis on being -- trapped -- in a moment of total uncertainty about what kind of politics may be about to emerge across the UK and maybe any democracies, in his new series: www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
June 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Adam Curtis on being -- trapped -- in a moment of total uncertainty about what kind of politics may be about to emerge across the UK and maybe any democracies, in his new series: www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
A gift from a very good masters student in my media, war and conflict class. A Bedouin camel.
May 27, 2025 at 11:56 AM
A gift from a very good masters student in my media, war and conflict class. A Bedouin camel.
If you're a US student looking to do a masters in the UK from September, do join our department information event online, info below, link here: eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/ap/t-59584e8...
May 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM
If you're a US student looking to do a masters in the UK from September, do join our department information event online, info below, link here: eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/ap/t-59584e8...