Lucian Ashworth
@lucianashworth.bsky.social
Purveyor of fine international relations. The history of international thought a speciality. Just don't ask where I'm from (it's complicated). professor @ MUNL
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Those interested in the historiography of IR/its continued salience see Sean Molloy on debate btw Normal Angell & Thayer Mahan 👇
My exposure to Angell was via @lucianashworth.bsky.social founder of the 'Limerick School' - big impact on a wide # of IR scholars
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My exposure to Angell was via @lucianashworth.bsky.social founder of the 'Limerick School' - big impact on a wide # of IR scholars
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Angell versus Mahan: revisiting International Relations on the eve of World War I - Seán Molloy, 2024
In 1912 a debate erupted between Alfred Thayer Mahan and Norman Angell. The debate revolved around what motivates states and what constitutes the fundamental ba...
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August 14, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Those interested in the historiography of IR/its continued salience see Sean Molloy on debate btw Normal Angell & Thayer Mahan 👇
My exposure to Angell was via @lucianashworth.bsky.social founder of the 'Limerick School' - big impact on a wide # of IR scholars
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
My exposure to Angell was via @lucianashworth.bsky.social founder of the 'Limerick School' - big impact on a wide # of IR scholars
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Nice review of Erased in @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social lareviewofbooks.org/article/an-a...
An Active Project of Exclusion | Los Angeles Review of Books
Geertje Bol and Jan Eijking review “Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men,” by Patricia Owens.
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August 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Nice review of Erased in @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social lareviewofbooks.org/article/an-a...
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🚨 2025 HIST prize details
Our ISA section website will be updated shortly. In the meantime, have a look at this thread for all up-to-date information about our prizes 👇
Note that *all nominations* are due August 1st and should be sent (by email) to the respective committee chair. 🧵
Our ISA section website will be updated shortly. In the meantime, have a look at this thread for all up-to-date information about our prizes 👇
Note that *all nominations* are due August 1st and should be sent (by email) to the respective committee chair. 🧵
May 14, 2025 at 11:35 AM
🚨 2025 HIST prize details
Our ISA section website will be updated shortly. In the meantime, have a look at this thread for all up-to-date information about our prizes 👇
Note that *all nominations* are due August 1st and should be sent (by email) to the respective committee chair. 🧵
Our ISA section website will be updated shortly. In the meantime, have a look at this thread for all up-to-date information about our prizes 👇
Note that *all nominations* are due August 1st and should be sent (by email) to the respective committee chair. 🧵
‘When asked if he'd consider using military force to annex Canada, Trump said he thinks "we're not gonna ever get to that point" but "something could happen with Greenland" — the autonomous Danish territory which he's also mentioned absorbing.’
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Trump reiterates 51st state threat as Carney prepares for critical White House meeting | CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump is doubling down on threats to make Canada the 51st state and says he'll "always talk about that" as Prime Minister Mark Carney prepares for a crucial White House meeting a...
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May 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
‘When asked if he'd consider using military force to annex Canada, Trump said he thinks "we're not gonna ever get to that point" but "something could happen with Greenland" — the autonomous Danish territory which he's also mentioned absorbing.’
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Ruling through fear
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I live in the US and have a green card. If I leave the country, will I be allowed back in? | Arwa Mahdawi
Even a summer holiday isn’t straightforward any more - and all across the US, millions of people are having to make calculations like mine, writes Arwa Mahdawi
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April 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Ruling through fear
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As the guardrails of free speech & the rule of law buckle.
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Denied, detained, deported: the people ensnared in Trump’s immigration crackdown
The White House is targeting people seen as opponents of its agenda – here are some of the most high-profile cases
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April 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
As the guardrails of free speech & the rule of law buckle.
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Someone who can’t take a hint.
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Liz Truss to launch ‘uncensored’ social network to counter mainstream media
Former PM says she wants to protect free speech after being ‘cut off at the knees’ by ‘the elite’ while at No 10
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April 15, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Someone who can’t take a hint.
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Ain't Going to Play Sun City
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CAUT advises academics against non-essential travel to the U.S.
Given the rapidly evolving political landscape in the United States and reports of individuals encou
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April 15, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Ain't Going to Play Sun City
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'Digital fossils'
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A weird phrase is plaguing scientific papers – and we traced it back to a glitch in AI training data
Once errors creep into the AI knowledge base, they can be very hard to get out.
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April 15, 2025 at 10:46 AM
'Digital fossils'
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It's only April, but it looks like JD Vance has the World's Worst Diplomat 2025 award in the bag.
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Beijing attacks JD Vance’s ‘Chinese peasants’ remark in tariffs interview
Chinese foreign ministry calls comments by US vice-president ‘ignorant and disrespectful’
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April 8, 2025 at 12:52 PM
It's only April, but it looks like JD Vance has the World's Worst Diplomat 2025 award in the bag.
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This is the basic problem.
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There Are No Adults in the Room
A brief note on the inherent media problem with covering galactically stupid policies.
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April 7, 2025 at 10:28 AM
This is the basic problem.
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Video obtained by @nytimes.com confirms the IDF fired on and killed clearly identified Red Crescent medics in Gaza. 15 were killed. Satellite pics analyzed by @ckoettl.bsky.social & @sanjanamv.bsky.social show the IDF then buried the medics andambulances. Story 👇 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...
Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On (Gift Article)
The U.N. has said Israel killed the workers. The video appears to contradict Israel’s version of events, which said the vehicles were “advancing suspiciously” without headlights or emergency signals.
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April 5, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Video obtained by @nytimes.com confirms the IDF fired on and killed clearly identified Red Crescent medics in Gaza. 15 were killed. Satellite pics analyzed by @ckoettl.bsky.social & @sanjanamv.bsky.social show the IDF then buried the medics andambulances. Story 👇 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...
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In sum, the US is fucked. Geopolitical suicide and economic self-immolation, both at the same time.
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April 4, 2025 at 12:14 PM
In sum, the US is fucked. Geopolitical suicide and economic self-immolation, both at the same time.
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While the Trump Administration strives to liberate itself from reality...
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Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer
Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure
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April 3, 2025 at 11:24 AM
While the Trump Administration strives to liberate itself from reality...
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Now they are just having a laugh...
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US officials object to European push to buy weapons locally
U.S. officials have told European allies they want them to keep buying American-made arms, amid recent moves by the European Union to limit U.S. manufacturers' participation in weapons tenders, five sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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April 2, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Now they are just having a laugh...
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I have uploaded the introductory chapter to my book, 'No Platform: A History of Anti-Fascism, Universities and the Limits of Free Speech' to ResearchGate and Academia dot Edu.
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March 30, 2025 at 10:03 AM
I have uploaded the introductory chapter to my book, 'No Platform: A History of Anti-Fascism, Universities and the Limits of Free Speech' to ResearchGate and Academia dot Edu.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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World's Worst Diplomat.
I would use James Der Derian's concept of anti-diplomacy, but that might be giving a solid meaning to an approach that has more in common with a badly made blancmange.
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I would use James Der Derian's concept of anti-diplomacy, but that might be giving a solid meaning to an approach that has more in common with a badly made blancmange.
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The Observer view on JD Vance: spurned in Greenland and humiliated at home, the vice-president should resign
His foolish foreign trip and the response to the Signal chat leak reflect the irresponsibility of White House team
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March 30, 2025 at 12:39 PM
World's Worst Diplomat.
I would use James Der Derian's concept of anti-diplomacy, but that might be giving a solid meaning to an approach that has more in common with a badly made blancmange.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I would use James Der Derian's concept of anti-diplomacy, but that might be giving a solid meaning to an approach that has more in common with a badly made blancmange.
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... and now coming after UNCLOS III
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Canadian company in negotiations with Trump to mine seabed
Environmentalists call bid to skirt UN treaty ‘reckless’ amid fears that mining will cause irreversible loss of biodiversity
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March 29, 2025 at 12:05 PM
... and now coming after UNCLOS III
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Where we are
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This op-ed could lead to me being deported from America | Berna León
I could never have imagined that writing a critical piece about the government could put me at risk of deportation
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March 29, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Where we are
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“The old relationship we had with the United States based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation is over.”
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End of an era for Canada-US ties, says PM Carney
YouTube video by Guardian News
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March 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
“The old relationship we had with the United States based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation is over.”
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Right. Visitors risk detention if they express certain opinions.
Marco Rubio on Rumeysa Ozturk: "We revoked her visa ... once you've lost your visa, you're no longer legally in the United States ... if you come into the US as a visitor and create a ruckus for us, we don't want it. We don't want it in our country. Go back and do it in your country."
March 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Right. Visitors risk detention if they express certain opinions.
