Gustav Meibauer
@meibauir.bsky.social
Asst Prof in International Relations, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen (@radboudpol.bsky.social) 🇳🇱; IR theory, foreign policy, communication, security, intervention; no-fly zones; he/him; posts in 🇩🇪/🇬🇧
🚨 Abstract Submission for #EISAPEC26 is now open 🚨
Please consider submitting your paper/panel/roundtable to the #REALism standing section - the foremost forum for critical discussion of all things realist thought, theory & analysis. Critics also welcome!
We look forward to seeing you in 🇵🇹💃
Please consider submitting your paper/panel/roundtable to the #REALism standing section - the foremost forum for critical discussion of all things realist thought, theory & analysis. Critics also welcome!
We look forward to seeing you in 🇵🇹💃
December 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
🚨 Abstract Submission for #EISAPEC26 is now open 🚨
Please consider submitting your paper/panel/roundtable to the #REALism standing section - the foremost forum for critical discussion of all things realist thought, theory & analysis. Critics also welcome!
We look forward to seeing you in 🇵🇹💃
Please consider submitting your paper/panel/roundtable to the #REALism standing section - the foremost forum for critical discussion of all things realist thought, theory & analysis. Critics also welcome!
We look forward to seeing you in 🇵🇹💃
People continue to be surprised by this stuff as if we don't already know that the main point of strategy documents for the Trump admin is throwing far-right talking points together in exactly the way that produces maximum trolling.
December 5, 2025 at 7:42 AM
People continue to be surprised by this stuff as if we don't already know that the main point of strategy documents for the Trump admin is throwing far-right talking points together in exactly the way that produces maximum trolling.
Tag yourselves; I'm regulatory suffocation.
December 5, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Tag yourselves; I'm regulatory suffocation.
Here we go again. #NoFlyZone #Venezuela
November 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Here we go again. #NoFlyZone #Venezuela
Immerhin hat überhaupt mal jemand 'ne Dauerstelle gefunden.
November 11, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Immerhin hat überhaupt mal jemand 'ne Dauerstelle gefunden.
Erst der Louvre und jetzt das.
November 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Erst der Louvre und jetzt das.
When that grant application is finally off your desk.
October 14, 2025 at 8:20 AM
When that grant application is finally off your desk.
Ah the endless joys and dark hallways of early morning teaching during winter.
October 8, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Ah the endless joys and dark hallways of early morning teaching during winter.
Neorealism, liberalism, constructivism.
October 7, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Neorealism, liberalism, constructivism.
Beste Art von Hetzer.
October 3, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Beste Art von Hetzer.
It's real! "The No-Fly Zone in US Foreign Policy" in hand and successfully launched at @radboudpol.bsky.social today 🥳 - get your copy here (bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-no-fly-z...) and/or ask your library to stock it! 🙏
October 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
It's real! "The No-Fly Zone in US Foreign Policy" in hand and successfully launched at @radboudpol.bsky.social today 🥳 - get your copy here (bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-no-fly-z...) and/or ask your library to stock it! 🙏
The unusual flying objects we like to see at (abandoned) airports.
September 27, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The unusual flying objects we like to see at (abandoned) airports.
Das ist ein starkes Zeichen. Go, Hannah!
September 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Das ist ein starkes Zeichen. Go, Hannah!
Instead, the focus is often on navigating contradictory international and domestic political incentives and constraints, leading to US intervention in an ill-considered and incremental manner.
Using a neoclassical realist framework, I discuss factors that make such muddling more likely.
4/7
Using a neoclassical realist framework, I discuss factors that make such muddling more likely.
4/7
September 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Instead, the focus is often on navigating contradictory international and domestic political incentives and constraints, leading to US intervention in an ill-considered and incremental manner.
Using a neoclassical realist framework, I discuss factors that make such muddling more likely.
4/7
Using a neoclassical realist framework, I discuss factors that make such muddling more likely.
4/7
The book shows how debates about, and actual use of, no-fly zones in US foreign policy have not been primarily about managing conflict or protecting civilians.
3/7
3/7
September 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The book shows how debates about, and actual use of, no-fly zones in US foreign policy have not been primarily about managing conflict or protecting civilians.
3/7
3/7
The no-fly zone has been a oft-used instrument in US foreign policy.
I examine why the instrument has such a hold on leaders’ imaginations and rhetoric despite its patchy record in practice.
I do so via case studies on conflicts in Iraq, Bosnia, Kosovo, South Sudan/Darfur, Libya and Syria.
2/7
I examine why the instrument has such a hold on leaders’ imaginations and rhetoric despite its patchy record in practice.
I do so via case studies on conflicts in Iraq, Bosnia, Kosovo, South Sudan/Darfur, Libya and Syria.
2/7
September 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The no-fly zone has been a oft-used instrument in US foreign policy.
I examine why the instrument has such a hold on leaders’ imaginations and rhetoric despite its patchy record in practice.
I do so via case studies on conflicts in Iraq, Bosnia, Kosovo, South Sudan/Darfur, Libya and Syria.
2/7
I examine why the instrument has such a hold on leaders’ imaginations and rhetoric despite its patchy record in practice.
I do so via case studies on conflicts in Iraq, Bosnia, Kosovo, South Sudan/Darfur, Libya and Syria.
2/7
🚨 Publication Day 🚨
'The No-Fly Zone in US Foreign Policy' is now in (online) bookstores near you - check it out here: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-no-fly-z...
1/7
'The No-Fly Zone in US Foreign Policy' is now in (online) bookstores near you - check it out here: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-no-fly-z...
1/7
September 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
🚨 Publication Day 🚨
'The No-Fly Zone in US Foreign Policy' is now in (online) bookstores near you - check it out here: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-no-fly-z...
1/7
'The No-Fly Zone in US Foreign Policy' is now in (online) bookstores near you - check it out here: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-no-fly-z...
1/7
Man hat's nicht leicht, aber leicht hat's einen.
August 28, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Man hat's nicht leicht, aber leicht hat's einen.
Things are kicking off at the #REALism section with Olivier Zajec's presentation on Aristotelian ethics and Mian Xu's argument on Morgenthau and Machiavelli - appropriate for Bologna!
Come find the section in Hercolani, Aula 6 - #EISAPEC25
Come find the section in Hercolani, Aula 6 - #EISAPEC25
August 27, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Things are kicking off at the #REALism section with Olivier Zajec's presentation on Aristotelian ethics and Mian Xu's argument on Morgenthau and Machiavelli - appropriate for Bologna!
Come find the section in Hercolani, Aula 6 - #EISAPEC25
Come find the section in Hercolani, Aula 6 - #EISAPEC25
Reskeet with how people would know if you suddenly became rich
August 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Reskeet with how people would know if you suddenly became rich
I grew up on these streets
August 1, 2025 at 6:28 AM
I grew up on these streets