Renee Marlin-Bennett
@rmarlin-b.bsky.social
Political Scientist | IR Theory & Global Politics of Information | Power*ing* and the dark side of soft power | https://www.marlin-bennett.com/ | Salzburg Global Fellow | Amateur dancer, singer, & cook.
New (& somewhat quirky) article!
Marlin‐Bennett Renée. 2025. “War Talk as Strategic Ontology: Lessons from the Assyria–Judah Conflict of 701 BCE.” Media, War & Conflict OnlineFirst (September). doi.org/10.1177/1750....
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Marlin‐Bennett Renée. 2025. “War Talk as Strategic Ontology: Lessons from the Assyria–Judah Conflict of 701 BCE.” Media, War & Conflict OnlineFirst (September). doi.org/10.1177/1750....
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September 21, 2025 at 2:49 AM
New (& somewhat quirky) article!
Marlin‐Bennett Renée. 2025. “War Talk as Strategic Ontology: Lessons from the Assyria–Judah Conflict of 701 BCE.” Media, War & Conflict OnlineFirst (September). doi.org/10.1177/1750....
journals-sagepub-com.proxy1.library.jhu.edu/doi/full/10....
Marlin‐Bennett Renée. 2025. “War Talk as Strategic Ontology: Lessons from the Assyria–Judah Conflict of 701 BCE.” Media, War & Conflict OnlineFirst (September). doi.org/10.1177/1750....
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I am not sure how to go forward today with the normal stuff of writing my APSA paper and getting my syllabus ready when democracy is dying in real time.
And if we go about our day smiling at folks and saying "Hi! How're you doing?" like usual, are we lobsters in a pot of cold water?
And if we go about our day smiling at folks and saying "Hi! How're you doing?" like usual, are we lobsters in a pot of cold water?
August 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I am not sure how to go forward today with the normal stuff of writing my APSA paper and getting my syllabus ready when democracy is dying in real time.
And if we go about our day smiling at folks and saying "Hi! How're you doing?" like usual, are we lobsters in a pot of cold water?
And if we go about our day smiling at folks and saying "Hi! How're you doing?" like usual, are we lobsters in a pot of cold water?
Even after a gazillion years as a professor, having a paper accepted for publication in a referee journal is still exciting. It's even better when a superb referee is really helpful.
July 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Even after a gazillion years as a professor, having a paper accepted for publication in a referee journal is still exciting. It's even better when a superb referee is really helpful.
The Houthis aren't really doing anything to help the Palestinians.
Just stating the obvious because I haven't seen it said lately.
(Like here 👇)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Just stating the obvious because I haven't seen it said lately.
(Like here 👇)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Seafarers from cargo ship attacked by Houthis rescued after 48 hours in water
Four more people rescued, with 11 still missing and six believed kidnapped, after Eternity C sank in Red Sea
www.theguardian.com
July 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The Houthis aren't really doing anything to help the Palestinians.
Just stating the obvious because I haven't seen it said lately.
(Like here 👇)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Just stating the obvious because I haven't seen it said lately.
(Like here 👇)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
More of Trump's awfulness on full display.
May 12, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
May 12, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
May 12, 2025
The biggest news over the weekend was silence: the silence of Republicans.
open.substack.com
May 13, 2025 at 6:12 AM
More of Trump's awfulness on full display.
May 12, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
May 12, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
A French researcher, en route to a scientific conference, was denied entry to the US for criticizing Trump's policy on research. "Evidence" found on social media. Phone & laptop confiscated, too.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
French researcher denied entry to US for 'expressing personal opinion' on Trump policies
France's research minister expressed 'concern' on Wednesday at this decision by the US authorities. The researcher underwent a random check on arrival, before his computer and phone were searched, a s...
www.lemonde.fr
April 8, 2025 at 2:13 AM
A French researcher, en route to a scientific conference, was denied entry to the US for criticizing Trump's policy on research. "Evidence" found on social media. Phone & laptop confiscated, too.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
Educate if you can! Q I posed in class today: "What is a tariff?" [Silence, then one timorous hand]. "A tax on exports?" & that gave me my opening in an IR theory class to talk about the constitution of the liberal world order as a benefit to the US, tariffs in context of mercantilism... 1/8
April 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Educate if you can! Q I posed in class today: "What is a tariff?" [Silence, then one timorous hand]. "A tax on exports?" & that gave me my opening in an IR theory class to talk about the constitution of the liberal world order as a benefit to the US, tariffs in context of mercantilism... 1/8
Congratulations, Wisconsin!
April 2, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Congratulations, Wisconsin!
Reposted by Renee Marlin-Bennett
Reposted by Renee Marlin-Bennett
You cannot make this shit up. Sharing this jaw-dropping story with a gift link -- give it a read.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
You cannot make this shit up. Sharing this jaw-dropping story with a gift link -- give it a read.
This is so chilling: www.msn.com/en-us/news/c...
MSN
www.msn.com
March 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This is so chilling: www.msn.com/en-us/news/c...
February 27, 2025 at 8:10 AM
On the other site, former Ambassador Dennis Ross wrote: “One cannot be pro- Palestinian and pro-Hamas. No one has done more than Hamas to make Palestinians suffer and…[con’t]
February 24, 2025 at 3:08 AM
On the other site, former Ambassador Dennis Ross wrote: “One cannot be pro- Palestinian and pro-Hamas. No one has done more than Hamas to make Palestinians suffer and…[con’t]
Reposted by Renee Marlin-Bennett
The wages of the richest 1% have skyrocketed 182% since 1979.
Meanwhile, the wages of the bottom 90% have seen just 44% growth.
Trickle down economics was always a hoax.
Meanwhile, the wages of the bottom 90% have seen just 44% growth.
Trickle down economics was always a hoax.
February 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The wages of the richest 1% have skyrocketed 182% since 1979.
Meanwhile, the wages of the bottom 90% have seen just 44% growth.
Trickle down economics was always a hoax.
Meanwhile, the wages of the bottom 90% have seen just 44% growth.
Trickle down economics was always a hoax.
Yet another scary thing. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Vaccine safety panel long criticized by RFK Jr. told to postpone meeting
Health and Human Services officials said the postponement was to accommodate public comment ahead of the meeting but experts decried the delay.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 22, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Yet another scary thing. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Despite everything, Shabbat arrives. Shabbat Shalom.
February 22, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Despite everything, Shabbat arrives. Shabbat Shalom.
It's going to be another face-palming day.
February 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
It's going to be another face-palming day.
Busy responding to a referee report for an R&R. R1 was pretty positive. R2 thinks it's all BS and is nasty about it, full of personal attacks on my intelligence. In my response, I'm just saying:
I will not respond to referee comments that are demeaning.
I think that's fair. #politicalscience
I will not respond to referee comments that are demeaning.
I think that's fair. #politicalscience
February 10, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Busy responding to a referee report for an R&R. R1 was pretty positive. R2 thinks it's all BS and is nasty about it, full of personal attacks on my intelligence. In my response, I'm just saying:
I will not respond to referee comments that are demeaning.
I think that's fair. #politicalscience
I will not respond to referee comments that are demeaning.
I think that's fair. #politicalscience
I cannot allow myself to procrastinate by transcribing handwritten texts at the Library of Congress (crowd.loc.gov), but gosh it's tempting.
Deadlines loom for me, but maybe someone out there in the BlueSky might be interested.
#polisky -- there's stuff of interest here
Deadlines loom for me, but maybe someone out there in the BlueSky might be interested.
#polisky -- there's stuff of interest here
By the People
Home
Crowdsourcing project By the People invites
anyone to become a Library of Congress virtual volunteer. Explore, transcribe, review,
...
crowd.loc.gov
February 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I cannot allow myself to procrastinate by transcribing handwritten texts at the Library of Congress (crowd.loc.gov), but gosh it's tempting.
Deadlines loom for me, but maybe someone out there in the BlueSky might be interested.
#polisky -- there's stuff of interest here
Deadlines loom for me, but maybe someone out there in the BlueSky might be interested.
#polisky -- there's stuff of interest here
A couple thousand years ago, as the world was crashing around him, Raban Shimon ben Gamliel said:
on 3 things the world exists:
on truth, on justice, and on peace.
I feel like he was talking to us.
on 3 things the world exists:
on truth, on justice, and on peace.
I feel like he was talking to us.
January 31, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A couple thousand years ago, as the world was crashing around him, Raban Shimon ben Gamliel said:
on 3 things the world exists:
on truth, on justice, and on peace.
I feel like he was talking to us.
on 3 things the world exists:
on truth, on justice, and on peace.
I feel like he was talking to us.
Glenn Sonnenberg stays true to what used to be called "Moderate Republican" views. Principled conservatives still exist and we liberals can have productive conversations with them.
#1059 Musings Beyond the Bunker (Friday January 31) open.substack.com/pub/musingsb...
#1059 Musings Beyond the Bunker (Friday January 31) open.substack.com/pub/musingsb...
#1059 Musings Beyond the Bunker (Friday January 31)
Good morning,
open.substack.com
January 31, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Glenn Sonnenberg stays true to what used to be called "Moderate Republican" views. Principled conservatives still exist and we liberals can have productive conversations with them.
#1059 Musings Beyond the Bunker (Friday January 31) open.substack.com/pub/musingsb...
#1059 Musings Beyond the Bunker (Friday January 31) open.substack.com/pub/musingsb...
I am not sure I should have read this right before bed.
A compelling, unsettling picture.
A compelling, unsettling picture.
January 31, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I am not sure I should have read this right before bed.
A compelling, unsettling picture.
A compelling, unsettling picture.
Because why not?
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/u...
President Blames D.E.I. and Biden for Crash Under Trump’s Watch
President Trump’s remarks, suggesting without evidence that diversity in hiring and other Biden administration policies somehow caused the disaster, reflected his instinct to immediately frame major e...
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Because why not?
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/u...
In Fictional World Politics class today, I'll be teaching/we'll be discussing Dr. Strangelove. I rewatched it for prep.
A decade ago, I would have said this was a period set piece, relevant to an earlier world order.
Now? It's fresh & scarily relevant. #polisky #politicalscience
A decade ago, I would have said this was a period set piece, relevant to an earlier world order.
Now? It's fresh & scarily relevant. #polisky #politicalscience
January 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
In Fictional World Politics class today, I'll be teaching/we'll be discussing Dr. Strangelove. I rewatched it for prep.
A decade ago, I would have said this was a period set piece, relevant to an earlier world order.
Now? It's fresh & scarily relevant. #polisky #politicalscience
A decade ago, I would have said this was a period set piece, relevant to an earlier world order.
Now? It's fresh & scarily relevant. #polisky #politicalscience
When I teach my undergrad or grad course on borders, I devote a week to citizenship & statelessness.
To be stateless (www.unhcr.org/ibelong/abou...) is to live in a deeply precarious condition, to not have a place on the planet where one can exist, reducing the human rights bearer to "bare life."
To be stateless (www.unhcr.org/ibelong/abou...) is to live in a deeply precarious condition, to not have a place on the planet where one can exist, reducing the human rights bearer to "bare life."
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January 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
When I teach my undergrad or grad course on borders, I devote a week to citizenship & statelessness.
To be stateless (www.unhcr.org/ibelong/abou...) is to live in a deeply precarious condition, to not have a place on the planet where one can exist, reducing the human rights bearer to "bare life."
To be stateless (www.unhcr.org/ibelong/abou...) is to live in a deeply precarious condition, to not have a place on the planet where one can exist, reducing the human rights bearer to "bare life."