Lucia Rafanelli
@lrafanell.bsky.social
Political theorist working on ethics & global politics at GW. Opinions my own. She/her.
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Lucia Rafanelli
@lrafanell.bsky.social
· Nov 10
Not just war by other means: Cross‐border engagement as political struggle
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com
I see many new people here so I thought I’d share a couple of my *open access* pieces! #poltheory #polisky
On why it’s dangerous to frame wartime reporting as “media warfare” (Constellations): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
On ethics & AI (@bigdatasoc.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1177/2053...
On why it’s dangerous to frame wartime reporting as “media warfare” (Constellations): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
On ethics & AI (@bigdatasoc.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1177/2053...
Reposted by Lucia Rafanelli
🚨New Shepherd.com article by James Pattison article out now! 🚨
Exploring 'The best books to understand how the global order is changing' w/ Anne Applebaum, Lucia Rafanelli Henry Farrell Abe Newman and more! 🌟
Read more about his book and his picks here 👉 https://ow.ly/MMMW50XxyAS
Exploring 'The best books to understand how the global order is changing' w/ Anne Applebaum, Lucia Rafanelli Henry Farrell Abe Newman and more! 🌟
Read more about his book and his picks here 👉 https://ow.ly/MMMW50XxyAS
The best books to understand how the global order is changing
James Pattison gives us his best books to understand how the global order is changing.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🚨New Shepherd.com article by James Pattison article out now! 🚨
Exploring 'The best books to understand how the global order is changing' w/ Anne Applebaum, Lucia Rafanelli Henry Farrell Abe Newman and more! 🌟
Read more about his book and his picks here 👉 https://ow.ly/MMMW50XxyAS
Exploring 'The best books to understand how the global order is changing' w/ Anne Applebaum, Lucia Rafanelli Henry Farrell Abe Newman and more! 🌟
Read more about his book and his picks here 👉 https://ow.ly/MMMW50XxyAS
The @wpsa.bsky.social Political Theory Virtual Community ~academic publishing panel~ is in a cool two weeks. Register today! (link in the quoted post) #poltheory #polisky
Join the @wpsa.bsky.social Political Theory Virtual Community Oct. 30 for a panel on academic publishing! Feat. 3 great speakers: Alison McQueen (@aejm.bsky.social), Shmuel Nili, & Jack Turner. No pre-reading required, only pre-registration! Registration & details here: mailchi.mp/5e42ef9434a2...
Join us in one month! Thursday, October 30 – Panel on Academic Publishing
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October 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The @wpsa.bsky.social Political Theory Virtual Community ~academic publishing panel~ is in a cool two weeks. Register today! (link in the quoted post) #poltheory #polisky
Join the @wpsa.bsky.social Political Theory Virtual Community Oct. 30 for a panel on academic publishing! Feat. 3 great speakers: Alison McQueen (@aejm.bsky.social), Shmuel Nili, & Jack Turner. No pre-reading required, only pre-registration! Registration & details here: mailchi.mp/5e42ef9434a2...
Join us in one month! Thursday, October 30 – Panel on Academic Publishing
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September 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Join the @wpsa.bsky.social Political Theory Virtual Community Oct. 30 for a panel on academic publishing! Feat. 3 great speakers: Alison McQueen (@aejm.bsky.social), Shmuel Nili, & Jack Turner. No pre-reading required, only pre-registration! Registration & details here: mailchi.mp/5e42ef9434a2...
Join us and our 3 great panelists, @aejm.bsky.social (Alison McQueen), Shmuel Nili, and Jack Turner, to talk about academic publishing! Thurs. Oct. 30, 4 pm ET over Zoom! No pre-reading but please register in advance!
The WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community will be hosting a panel on academic publishing on October 30 ⤵️
No advance reading is required, but please register in advance:
luc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@jmayerfeld.bsky.social
@lrafanell.bsky.social
@tunablazer.bsky.social
@glennmackin.bsky.social
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@lrafanell.bsky.social
@tunablazer.bsky.social
@glennmackin.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Join us and our 3 great panelists, @aejm.bsky.social (Alison McQueen), Shmuel Nili, and Jack Turner, to talk about academic publishing! Thurs. Oct. 30, 4 pm ET over Zoom! No pre-reading but please register in advance!
Join us later today! Sure to be a fun discussion! #poltheory #polsky
Join the @wpsa.bsky.social Political Theory Virtual Community 8/22, 2 pm ET to discuss 3 new books, no pre-reading required! Feat. @annajurkevics.bsky.social (Contested Territory), @kdpham.bsky.social (Architects of Dignity), & Graham Wright (Persuasion, Integration, & Deliberative Democracy).
SAVE THE DATE - Friday, August 22 – New Books Celebration & Discussion
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August 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Join us later today! Sure to be a fun discussion! #poltheory #polsky
I week from today! Come chat w/ 3 great authors about their fascinating new books! 📣 #poltheory #polisky
Join the @wpsa.bsky.social Political Theory Virtual Community 8/22, 2 pm ET to discuss 3 new books, no pre-reading required! Feat. @annajurkevics.bsky.social (Contested Territory), @kdpham.bsky.social (Architects of Dignity), & Graham Wright (Persuasion, Integration, & Deliberative Democracy).
SAVE THE DATE - Friday, August 22 – New Books Celebration & Discussion
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August 15, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I week from today! Come chat w/ 3 great authors about their fascinating new books! 📣 #poltheory #polisky
Delighted to be in such good company in the latest issue of @internatltheory.bsky.social! Check out the issue, including my open-access article on statelessness, here! #poltheory #polisky
New issue feat. @obrown.bsky.social & @arturochang.bsky.social; Todd Hall & Pat James; @elifkalay.bsky.social; @lrafanell.bsky.social; Yong-Soo Eun, Peter Marcus Kristensen, & Deepshikha Shahi; Michael Barnett & @aysezarakol.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @internatltheory.bsky.social
Latest issue | International Theory | Cambridge Core
International Theory
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August 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Delighted to be in such good company in the latest issue of @internatltheory.bsky.social! Check out the issue, including my open-access article on statelessness, here! #poltheory #polisky
Join the @wpsa.bsky.social Political Theory Virtual Community 8/22, 2 pm ET to discuss 3 new books, no pre-reading required! Feat. @annajurkevics.bsky.social (Contested Territory), @kdpham.bsky.social (Architects of Dignity), & Graham Wright (Persuasion, Integration, & Deliberative Democracy).
SAVE THE DATE - Friday, August 22 – New Books Celebration & Discussion
mailchi.mp
August 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Join the @wpsa.bsky.social Political Theory Virtual Community 8/22, 2 pm ET to discuss 3 new books, no pre-reading required! Feat. @annajurkevics.bsky.social (Contested Territory), @kdpham.bsky.social (Architects of Dignity), & Graham Wright (Persuasion, Integration, & Deliberative Democracy).
Reposted by Lucia Rafanelli
Tomorrow! 🔽
After a brief hiatus, the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community returns 7/11, 4 pm ET w/ Andrew March's "Can a State Have a Right to Exist?" & Anna Stilz as commenter! Join us to discuss this important & timely question. @wpsa.bsky.social #poltheory #polisky Details: mailchi.mp/0cc5739fb0a9...
Friday, July 11 - Andrew March on “Can a State Have a Right to Exist?”
mailchi.mp
July 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Tomorrow! 🔽
After a brief hiatus, the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community returns 7/11, 4 pm ET w/ Andrew March's "Can a State Have a Right to Exist?" & Anna Stilz as commenter! Join us to discuss this important & timely question. @wpsa.bsky.social #poltheory #polisky Details: mailchi.mp/0cc5739fb0a9...
Friday, July 11 - Andrew March on “Can a State Have a Right to Exist?”
mailchi.mp
July 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
After a brief hiatus, the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community returns 7/11, 4 pm ET w/ Andrew March's "Can a State Have a Right to Exist?" & Anna Stilz as commenter! Join us to discuss this important & timely question. @wpsa.bsky.social #poltheory #polisky Details: mailchi.mp/0cc5739fb0a9...
Friday, July 11 - Andrew March on “Can a State Have a Right to Exist?”
mailchi.mp
July 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
After a brief hiatus, the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community returns 7/11, 4 pm ET w/ Andrew March's "Can a State Have a Right to Exist?" & Anna Stilz as commenter! Join us to discuss this important & timely question. @wpsa.bsky.social #poltheory #polisky Details: mailchi.mp/0cc5739fb0a9...
The EJPT forum on my book, Promoting Justice Across Borders, is out in issue 24/3. Many thanks to Michael Blake for organizing, to Michael, Matthew Lister, & Minh Ly for thoughtful contributions, & to @liorerez.bsky.social for shepherding it at EJPT! #poltheory journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Moral judgment, self-determination, and toleration: Reflecting on reform intervention at the outer limits - Lucia M Rafanelli, 2025
Here, I reply to three commentaries on my recent book, Promoting Justice Across Borders: The Ethics of Reform Intervention. The main topics include the scope of...
journals.sagepub.com
June 30, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The EJPT forum on my book, Promoting Justice Across Borders, is out in issue 24/3. Many thanks to Michael Blake for organizing, to Michael, Matthew Lister, & Minh Ly for thoughtful contributions, & to @liorerez.bsky.social for shepherding it at EJPT! #poltheory journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
My new #OpenAccess article on statelessness and stateless people's resistance movements is now out in International Theory! Check it out below! #PolTheory #PoliSky #FirstView @internatltheory.bsky.social
#OpenAccess -
The spectre of statelessness - cup.org/42wNYDJ
- @lrafanell.bsky.social
"stateless people have broad prima facie moral permissions to resist the state system’s constitutive norms, practices, and institutions; that others may have obligations to support their efforts"
#FirstView
The spectre of statelessness - cup.org/42wNYDJ
- @lrafanell.bsky.social
"stateless people have broad prima facie moral permissions to resist the state system’s constitutive norms, practices, and institutions; that others may have obligations to support their efforts"
#FirstView
April 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
My new #OpenAccess article on statelessness and stateless people's resistance movements is now out in International Theory! Check it out below! #PolTheory #PoliSky #FirstView @internatltheory.bsky.social
Join the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community Friday 3/28 4 pm ET to discuss Shirley LePenne's "Guillotining the Political" w/ Banu Bargu as commenter! #polisky #poltheory Details here: mailchi.mp/e42079c050f2...
Friday, March 28 - Shirley Le Penne on "Guillotining the Political"
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March 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Join the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community Friday 3/28 4 pm ET to discuss Shirley LePenne's "Guillotining the Political" w/ Banu Bargu as commenter! #polisky #poltheory Details here: mailchi.mp/e42079c050f2...
Fellow academics! I'm putting together my tenure file (😬😵💫🤯), so if you've assigned my work in your classes, could you let me know about it via DM/email? Reposts appreciated! Thank you! 🙏 #poltheory #polisky #academicchatter #academicsky
March 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Fellow academics! I'm putting together my tenure file (😬😵💫🤯), so if you've assigned my work in your classes, could you let me know about it via DM/email? Reposts appreciated! Thank you! 🙏 #poltheory #polisky #academicchatter #academicsky
Join the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community THIS FRIDAY 2/28, 4 pm ET to discuss Donald Zarate's "Here and Now: Black Perspectives on Antiutopianism" w/ Patricia McManus as commenter. #polisky #poltheory Details here! mailchi.mp/a30e2acd013c...
Friday, February 28 - Donald Zarate on "Here and Now: Black Perspectives on Antiutopianism"
mailchi.mp
February 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Join the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community THIS FRIDAY 2/28, 4 pm ET to discuss Donald Zarate's "Here and Now: Black Perspectives on Antiutopianism" w/ Patricia McManus as commenter. #polisky #poltheory Details here! mailchi.mp/a30e2acd013c...
Next WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community coming up! Fri. 2/28, 4 pm ET, Donald Zarate will present "Here and Now: Black Perspectives on Antiutopianism" w/ Patricia McManus as commenter. Details below! #polisky #poltheory mailchi.mp/a30e2acd013c...
Friday, February 28 - Donald Zarate on "Here and Now: Black Perspectives on Antiutopianism"
mailchi.mp
February 14, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Next WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community coming up! Fri. 2/28, 4 pm ET, Donald Zarate will present "Here and Now: Black Perspectives on Antiutopianism" w/ Patricia McManus as commenter. Details below! #polisky #poltheory mailchi.mp/a30e2acd013c...
Join the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community this Friday 1/24, 4-5:30 pm ET to discuss @amitr.bsky.social and Michael Illuzzi's "Stories of Transnational Peoplehood" w/ our very own @tunablazer.bsky.social as commenter! Details here: mailchi.mp/160b383e0469... #polisky #poltheory
REMINDER: Fri. Jan. 24 - Michael Illuzzi and Amit Ron on "Stories of Transnational Peoplehood"
mailchi.mp
January 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Join the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community this Friday 1/24, 4-5:30 pm ET to discuss @amitr.bsky.social and Michael Illuzzi's "Stories of Transnational Peoplehood" w/ our very own @tunablazer.bsky.social as commenter! Details here: mailchi.mp/160b383e0469... #polisky #poltheory
My open-access piece “Not Just War by Other Means: Cross border engagement as political struggle” now has a fancy new issue number in Constellations. Check it out here! #poltheory #polisky onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Not just war by other means: Cross‐border engagement as political struggle
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 19, 2024 at 8:37 PM
My open-access piece “Not Just War by Other Means: Cross border engagement as political struggle” now has a fancy new issue number in Constellations. Check it out here! #poltheory #polisky onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
📣 Next session of the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community, happening in a few hours! ⬇️ #PolTheory #PoliSky
Join the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community Friday 12/13, 4 pm ET to discuss Becca Peach's paper on democracy & religious freedom w/ Chelsea Ebin as commenter! Details here: mailchi.mp/4659ab80a2ff...
#PoliSky #PolTheory
#PoliSky #PolTheory
Friday, December 13 - Becca Peach on "Mediating Democracy: How Religious Freedom became a Wall of Separation between Citizen and State"
mailchi.mp
December 13, 2024 at 3:31 PM
📣 Next session of the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community, happening in a few hours! ⬇️ #PolTheory #PoliSky
Join the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community Friday 12/13, 4 pm ET to discuss Becca Peach's paper on democracy & religious freedom w/ Chelsea Ebin as commenter! Details here: mailchi.mp/4659ab80a2ff...
#PoliSky #PolTheory
#PoliSky #PolTheory
Friday, December 13 - Becca Peach on "Mediating Democracy: How Religious Freedom became a Wall of Separation between Citizen and State"
mailchi.mp
December 3, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Join the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community Friday 12/13, 4 pm ET to discuss Becca Peach's paper on democracy & religious freedom w/ Chelsea Ebin as commenter! Details here: mailchi.mp/4659ab80a2ff...
#PoliSky #PolTheory
#PoliSky #PolTheory
Join us! 🤓
Three wonderful colleagues (@lrafanell.bsky.social, @glennmackin.bsky.social, and @jmayerfeld.bsky.social) and I run the WPSA political theory virtual community, a political theory workshop that meets on a monthly basis via Zoom to discuss work in progress. We would love to see new faces!
November 16, 2024 at 12:37 AM
Join us! 🤓
Join the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community Friday 11/15, 4 pm ET to discuss Katherine Hoyt's fascinating paper on natural law treatments of slavery in 16 & 17 c. political thought. We're happy to welcome @gabrielsalgado.bsky.social as commenter! #poltheory #polisky mailchi.mp/f16c712680a6...
Reminder: Friday, Nov. 15 - Katherine Hoyt on "Can the Enslavement of Africans in the New World be Justified under Natural Law?"
mailchi.mp
November 13, 2024 at 11:30 PM
Join the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community Friday 11/15, 4 pm ET to discuss Katherine Hoyt's fascinating paper on natural law treatments of slavery in 16 & 17 c. political thought. We're happy to welcome @gabrielsalgado.bsky.social as commenter! #poltheory #polisky mailchi.mp/f16c712680a6...
Reposted by Lucia Rafanelli
I see many new people here so I thought I’d share a couple of my *open access* pieces! #poltheory #polisky
On why it’s dangerous to frame wartime reporting as “media warfare” (Constellations): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
On ethics & AI (@bigdatasoc.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1177/2053...
On why it’s dangerous to frame wartime reporting as “media warfare” (Constellations): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
On ethics & AI (@bigdatasoc.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1177/2053...
Not just war by other means: Cross‐border engagement as political struggle
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 10, 2024 at 3:57 PM
I see many new people here so I thought I’d share a couple of my *open access* pieces! #poltheory #polisky
On why it’s dangerous to frame wartime reporting as “media warfare” (Constellations): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
On ethics & AI (@bigdatasoc.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1177/2053...
On why it’s dangerous to frame wartime reporting as “media warfare” (Constellations): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
On ethics & AI (@bigdatasoc.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1177/2053...
I see many new people here so I thought I’d share a couple of my *open access* pieces! #poltheory #polisky
On why it’s dangerous to frame wartime reporting as “media warfare” (Constellations): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
On ethics & AI (@bigdatasoc.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1177/2053...
On why it’s dangerous to frame wartime reporting as “media warfare” (Constellations): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
On ethics & AI (@bigdatasoc.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1177/2053...
Not just war by other means: Cross‐border engagement as political struggle
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 10, 2024 at 3:57 PM
I see many new people here so I thought I’d share a couple of my *open access* pieces! #poltheory #polisky
On why it’s dangerous to frame wartime reporting as “media warfare” (Constellations): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
On ethics & AI (@bigdatasoc.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1177/2053...
On why it’s dangerous to frame wartime reporting as “media warfare” (Constellations): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
On ethics & AI (@bigdatasoc.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1177/2053...