Jason Ralph
@jasonralph.bsky.social
Prof International Relations. Author of On Global Learning. Pragmatic Constructivism, International Practice and the Challenge of Global Governance, Cambridge University Press, 2023.
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My book “On Global Learning” is now available in paperback with a 20% discount. See flyer below. It offers a theory of social learning that allows us to assess and critique (or support) institutionalised practices in the face of the global security, health and climate challenge.
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International society as an ontological security provider: a framework for analysis - https://cup.org/3VTFwLU
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International society as an ontological security provider: a framework for analysis - https://cup.org/3VTFwLU
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October 7, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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International society as an ontological security provider: a framework for analysis - https://cup.org/3VTFwLU
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How can the UK navigate the illiberal world order? @jasonralph.bsky.social and myself argue policymakers should embrace philosophical pragmatism. We pick out four aspects. Together it adds up to a practical framework for the 21st century. These four aspects are: 1/
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Articles - New Diplomacy Project — New Diplomacy Project
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August 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
How can the UK navigate the illiberal world order? @jasonralph.bsky.social and myself argue policymakers should embrace philosophical pragmatism. We pick out four aspects. Together it adds up to a practical framework for the 21st century. These four aspects are: 1/
www.newdiplomacy.uk/articles
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As @teamlabouruk.bsky.social marks its one year anniversary in office, Prof @jamiegaskarth.bsky.social & Prof @jasonralph.bsky.social ask the question "can foreign policy be pragmatic and progressive?"
www.newdiplomacy.uk/articles/kar...
www.newdiplomacy.uk/articles/kar...
Can foreign policy be pragmatic and progressive? — New Diplomacy Project
These are dark times for progressive foreign policy. We are moving towards an illiberal world order. In this climate, how can the UK advance progressive foreign policy goals? Many UK policymake...
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August 5, 2025 at 10:18 AM
As @teamlabouruk.bsky.social marks its one year anniversary in office, Prof @jamiegaskarth.bsky.social & Prof @jasonralph.bsky.social ask the question "can foreign policy be pragmatic and progressive?"
www.newdiplomacy.uk/articles/kar...
www.newdiplomacy.uk/articles/kar...
Can we find the middle way between being “simultaneously too offensive and too thin-skinned.” ?https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/06/art-self-control-provocation/683205/?gift=gYjbc9Gs4NbGCDR6zPZBTpw_ofttzcdPFxwYs3CXFBs
The Strength You Gain by Not Taking Offense
We all face uncivil behavior or insulting comments at times, but you can choose how to react.
www.theatlantic.com
June 20, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Can we find the middle way between being “simultaneously too offensive and too thin-skinned.” ?https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/06/art-self-control-provocation/683205/?gift=gYjbc9Gs4NbGCDR6zPZBTpw_ofttzcdPFxwYs3CXFBs
Important contribution from across ‘the pond’ - A Progressive Future Depends on National Identity www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/o...
Opinion | A Progressive Future Depends on National Identity
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June 19, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Important contribution from across ‘the pond’ - A Progressive Future Depends on National Identity www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/o...
“And in the floating jubilee that was his band, the Family Stone, he gave America a vision of itself: racially and emotionally integrated, celestially oriented, if not healed then at least open to healing. “ www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
The Singer Who Saw America’s Best and Worst
Sly Stone fused joyful visions of the country with a deep understanding of its worst ills.
www.theatlantic.com
June 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
“And in the floating jubilee that was his band, the Family Stone, he gave America a vision of itself: racially and emotionally integrated, celestially oriented, if not healed then at least open to healing. “ www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
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"If either party to this internal debate should be apologizing, it’s not the liberals who presciently warned that the left risked going off the rails and enabling Trump to win."
Did free-speech liberals lay the groundwork for Trump? An old anti-anti-communist belief resurfaces. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Are Liberals to Blame for the New McCarthyism?
Many leftists seem to think so.
www.theatlantic.com
June 12, 2025 at 1:23 AM
"If either party to this internal debate should be apologizing, it’s not the liberals who presciently warned that the left risked going off the rails and enabling Trump to win."
Pleased my paper “American Pragmatism, The Frankfurt School and the future of Critical IR theory” has been accepted for publication in Review of International Studies. Abstract 👇
May 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Pleased my paper “American Pragmatism, The Frankfurt School and the future of Critical IR theory” has been accepted for publication in Review of International Studies. Abstract 👇
Filip Balunovic is the author of “Revival of the Left in the Balkans: Counter-Hegemonic Activism and Ideas That Fueled It.” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/o...
Opinion | Something Extraordinary Is Happening in My Country
www.nytimes.com
May 12, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Filip Balunovic is the author of “Revival of the Left in the Balkans: Counter-Hegemonic Activism and Ideas That Fueled It.” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/o...
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📣 Don't miss this new blog by @jasonralph.bsky.social
Read 'Trump’s defiance of the courts shows how foreign policy can enable an imperial presidency' here: blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
Read 'Trump’s defiance of the courts shows how foreign policy can enable an imperial presidency' here: blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
blogs.lse.ac.uk
May 9, 2025 at 7:46 AM
📣 Don't miss this new blog by @jasonralph.bsky.social
Read 'Trump’s defiance of the courts shows how foreign policy can enable an imperial presidency' here: blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
Read 'Trump’s defiance of the courts shows how foreign policy can enable an imperial presidency' here: blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
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Trump’s defiance of the courts shows how foreign policy can enable an imperial presidency writes @jasonralph.bsky.social of @universityofleeds.bsky.social
blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
April 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Trump’s defiance of the courts shows how foreign policy can enable an imperial presidency writes @jasonralph.bsky.social of @universityofleeds.bsky.social
blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
„The wrong way to respond is to promise, as Biden did, that America will be “back.” That ignores the enormous mistakes elites made over the last three decades and the political context that allowed Mr. Trump to return to power with the mind-set of an arsonist.“
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/o...
Opinion | Trump Has Destroyed What Made America Great. It Only Took 100 Days.
This is more than a shift in foreign policy; it’s a divorce so comprehensive that it makes Brexit look modest by comparison.
www.nytimes.com
April 27, 2025 at 7:38 PM
„The wrong way to respond is to promise, as Biden did, that America will be “back.” That ignores the enormous mistakes elites made over the last three decades and the political context that allowed Mr. Trump to return to power with the mind-set of an arsonist.“
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/o...
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"We cannot give everyone a trial," says the president of these United States.
April 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
"We cannot give everyone a trial," says the president of these United States.
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🎉There have been several new @ejisbisa.bsky.social articles published on FirstView this week!🎉
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FirstView articles | European Journal of International Security | Cambridge Core
European Journal of International Security - Professor Andrew Mumford
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April 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🎉There have been several new @ejisbisa.bsky.social articles published on FirstView this week!🎉
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“For decades, progressivism has deluded itself into believing that process can obviate the need for discretion. Reformers became so obsessed with ensuring that government would not trample the powerless that they have prevented government from doing its job.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Question Progressives Refuse to Answer
As Democrats became the party of proceduralism, they sidestepped a crucial debate.
www.theatlantic.com
April 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
“For decades, progressivism has deluded itself into believing that process can obviate the need for discretion. Reformers became so obsessed with ensuring that government would not trample the powerless that they have prevented government from doing its job.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
“…it sounds like one of the primary means of persuasion that you used was very patient public education, going out to people.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...
Opinion | To Save Democracy, the U.S. Should Take a Page From Poland’s Playbook
Poland pulled back from an authoritarian slide. What can the U.S. learn from its nonpartisan approach?
www.nytimes.com
April 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
“…it sounds like one of the primary means of persuasion that you used was very patient public education, going out to people.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...
My book “On Global Learning” is now available in paperback with a 20% discount. See flyer below. It offers a theory of social learning that allows us to assess and critique (or support) institutionalised practices in the face of the global security, health and climate challenge.
April 1, 2025 at 11:16 AM
My book “On Global Learning” is now available in paperback with a 20% discount. See flyer below. It offers a theory of social learning that allows us to assess and critique (or support) institutionalised practices in the face of the global security, health and climate challenge.
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Trump and Musk believe our country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring us to stop them. On Saturday, we're taking to the streets nationwide to fight back with a clear message: Hands off!
Please join us: handsoff2025.com/?SQ...
Please join us: handsoff2025.com/?SQ...
March 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Trump and Musk believe our country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring us to stop them. On Saturday, we're taking to the streets nationwide to fight back with a clear message: Hands off!
Please join us: handsoff2025.com/?SQ...
Please join us: handsoff2025.com/?SQ...
“The U.S. will support Europe with nuclear deterrence of Russia, and NATO should only count on U.S. forces not required for homeland defense or China deterrence missions, …” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Secret Pentagon memo on China, homeland has Heritage fingerprints
An secret memo from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth focuses on deterring China’s seizure of Taiwan and shoring up homeland defense. The guidance mimics language of a report from the conservative think ...
www.washingtonpost.com
March 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
“The U.S. will support Europe with nuclear deterrence of Russia, and NATO should only count on U.S. forces not required for homeland defense or China deterrence missions, …” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
I thought US policy on Ukraine might have been part of a US-Russia-PRC tacit agreement to have regional spheres of influence. But this suggests it is about shifting priorities to get the US, as well as Russia & Europe, to deny the PRC a sphere in its backyard. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Secret Pentagon memo on China, homeland has Heritage fingerprints
An secret memo from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth focuses on deterring China’s seizure of Taiwan and shoring up homeland defense. The guidance mimics language of a report from the conservative think ...
www.washingtonpost.com
March 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I thought US policy on Ukraine might have been part of a US-Russia-PRC tacit agreement to have regional spheres of influence. But this suggests it is about shifting priorities to get the US, as well as Russia & Europe, to deny the PRC a sphere in its backyard. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
The lag between the ISA conference bar and reality is long, sometimes infinite. In this case? 3 weeks @cbueger.bsky.social
China is considering joining the potential peacekeeping mission for Ukraine being spearheaded by European leaders, German newspaper Welt reported on Saturday.
China reportedly mulling participation in Ukraine peacekeeping mission
Beijing’s inclusion in the mission “could potentially increase Russia’s acceptance of peacekeeping forces in Ukraine,” EU diplomats tell Welt.
www.politico.eu
March 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The lag between the ISA conference bar and reality is long, sometimes infinite. In this case? 3 weeks @cbueger.bsky.social
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Witkoff on UK troop proposals. “it’s a combination of a posture and a pose and…simplistic. I think there’s this … sort of notion of we’ve all got to be like Winston Churchill, the Russians are gonna march across Europe. I think that’s preposterous” singjupost.com/transcript-o...
Transcript of Steve Witkoff’s Interview on The Tucker Carlson Show
Read the full transcript of President Trump's chief negotiator Steve Witkoff’s interview on The Tucker Carlson Show, Premiered March 21, 2025. TRANSCRIPT: The Art of Presidential Diplomacy TUCKER CARL...
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March 23, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Witkoff on UK troop proposals. “it’s a combination of a posture and a pose and…simplistic. I think there’s this … sort of notion of we’ve all got to be like Winston Churchill, the Russians are gonna march across Europe. I think that’s preposterous” singjupost.com/transcript-o...
Brooks: “As a matter of principle, Democrats should be screaming bloody murder about Trump’s threat to the Constitution. As a matter of political tactics, I think they’re better off emphasizing Trumpian incompetence….and there is a lot of it.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/o...
Opinion | Trump Voters Love Him More Than Before. Four Conservative Columnists Pinpoint Why.
More registered voters think America is on the right track than at any point since 2004, a new poll says. What does that mean about Trump?
www.nytimes.com
March 21, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Brooks: “As a matter of principle, Democrats should be screaming bloody murder about Trump’s threat to the Constitution. As a matter of political tactics, I think they’re better off emphasizing Trumpian incompetence….and there is a lot of it.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/o...
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"I have a confession. I’ve been having a 35-year love affair with American democracy."
Professor Jason Ralph explores American Pragmatism and American Democracy in his latest blog piece for @cdpleeds.bsky.social
cdp.leeds.ac.uk/2025/03/12/a...
Professor Jason Ralph explores American Pragmatism and American Democracy in his latest blog piece for @cdpleeds.bsky.social
cdp.leeds.ac.uk/2025/03/12/a...
American Pragmatism and American Democracy
Jason Ralph, University of LeedsI have a confession. I’ve been having a 35-year love affair with American democracy. Under the cover of annual visits to the US - usually to the International Stu
cdp.leeds.ac.uk
March 21, 2025 at 8:07 AM
"I have a confession. I’ve been having a 35-year love affair with American democracy."
Professor Jason Ralph explores American Pragmatism and American Democracy in his latest blog piece for @cdpleeds.bsky.social
cdp.leeds.ac.uk/2025/03/12/a...
Professor Jason Ralph explores American Pragmatism and American Democracy in his latest blog piece for @cdpleeds.bsky.social
cdp.leeds.ac.uk/2025/03/12/a...