As we discuss the evolution of warfare this week in #IIRLeiden2025 sharing an interesting @foreignpolicy.com interview with Mara Karlin on the future of war (drones, AI, return of total war?) podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/f...
The Future of War
Podcast Episode · Foreign Policy Live · 11/06/2025 · 40m
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October 9, 2025 at 7:33 AM
As we discuss the evolution of warfare this week in #IIRLeiden2025 sharing an interesting @foreignpolicy.com interview with Mara Karlin on the future of war (drones, AI, return of total war?) podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/f...
As we discuss the evolution of warfare, and notably the conceptual and legal extension of the domain of war today in #IIRLeiden2025 an interesting podcast on thr US decision to label drug cartels terrorists www.npr.org/2025/10/06/n...
Trump calls cartels terrorists. Is that enough to go to war? : Consider This from NPR
Nearly a quarter century after the September 11th attacks, the Trump administration is using the language of terrorism to target a new enemy: Latin American drug cartels.The president says we’re in ar...
www.npr.org
October 7, 2025 at 7:08 AM
As we discuss the evolution of warfare, and notably the conceptual and legal extension of the domain of war today in #IIRLeiden2025 an interesting podcast on thr US decision to label drug cartels terrorists www.npr.org/2025/10/06/n...
Reading about youth-led protests in Nepal & Madagascar (and other countries) made me think: are we witnessing the rise/creation of a transnational "Gen Z identity" in politics, where shared symbols and tactics travel across borders to challenge the elites? #IIRLeiden2025
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Madagascar's president dissolves government amid 'Gen Z' protests
The UN says 22 people have been killed and more than 100 others injured since protests broke out on Thursday.
www.bbc.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Reading about youth-led protests in Nepal & Madagascar (and other countries) made me think: are we witnessing the rise/creation of a transnational "Gen Z identity" in politics, where shared symbols and tactics travel across borders to challenge the elites? #IIRLeiden2025
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Following our discussion of the liberal international order in #IIRLeiden2025 this week, an interesting read on the survival of this order without the US www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
How to Build a Post-American Liberal Order
The world’s democracies must work together—and constrain Washington.
www.foreignaffairs.com
September 25, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Following our discussion of the liberal international order in #IIRLeiden2025 this week, an interesting read on the survival of this order without the US www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
The new defense pact between Pakistan&Saudi Arabia raises a question to me: if liberalism mentions collective security by institutions, what does it mean when states turn to bilateral umbrellas instead? How does this reflect on liberalism in West Asia? #IIRLeiden2025
thediplomat.com/pakistan-and...
thediplomat.com/pakistan-and...
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia Forge Strategic Defense Pact Amid Shifting West Asian Dynamics
This is Pakistan’s most significant formal defense pact in decades, and the first such agreement that an Arab Gulf state has inked with a nuclear-armed partner.
thediplomat.com
September 22, 2025 at 7:55 AM
The new defense pact between Pakistan&Saudi Arabia raises a question to me: if liberalism mentions collective security by institutions, what does it mean when states turn to bilateral umbrellas instead? How does this reflect on liberalism in West Asia? #IIRLeiden2025
thediplomat.com/pakistan-and...
thediplomat.com/pakistan-and...
and following, as Finnemore & Sikkink build on the rising influence of NGOs to model norm life cycles, an interesting reading from @sch-ir.bsky.social on on the world gradually turned on NGOs #IIRLeiden2025 foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/08/n...
Why the World Turned on NGOs
From powerbrokers in the ’90s to pariahs today.
foreignpolicy.com
September 22, 2025 at 5:49 AM
and following, as Finnemore & Sikkink build on the rising influence of NGOs to model norm life cycles, an interesting reading from @sch-ir.bsky.social on on the world gradually turned on NGOs #IIRLeiden2025 foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/08/n...
As we start discussing Constructivism this week in #IIRLeiden2025, sharing an interesting conversation with Martha Finnemore on the importance of norms in international affairs from the @goodauth.bsky.social podcast goodauthority.org/news/norms-r...
What are international norms, and why do they matter?
Good Authority's latest podcast features Martha Finnemore, an expert on international norms. What are norms, and why do they matter?
goodauthority.org
September 22, 2025 at 5:40 AM
As we start discussing Constructivism this week in #IIRLeiden2025, sharing an interesting conversation with Martha Finnemore on the importance of norms in international affairs from the @goodauth.bsky.social podcast goodauthority.org/news/norms-r...
Also related to our discussion on Liberalism in #IIRLeiden2025 and in light of the 80th UNGA happening this month, an important and worrying piece from Michael Williams on the crisis of the Liberal Order jacobin.com/2025/09/libe...
jacobin.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Also related to our discussion on Liberalism in #IIRLeiden2025 and in light of the 80th UNGA happening this month, an important and worrying piece from Michael Williams on the crisis of the Liberal Order jacobin.com/2025/09/libe...
Students of #IIRLeiden2025 :relevant to the lecture on Liberalism today, interesting set of articles from BBC on the Hanseatic League, making some comparisons with contemporary international & regional organizations. Also useful to understand Kant’s ideas! t.co/Z9kkvr7Keq
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/A2MFANtn3Z/hanseatic_league?utm_source=pocket_mylist
t.co
September 18, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Students of #IIRLeiden2025 :relevant to the lecture on Liberalism today, interesting set of articles from BBC on the Hanseatic League, making some comparisons with contemporary international & regional organizations. Also useful to understand Kant’s ideas! t.co/Z9kkvr7Keq
"Anarchy is what states make of it?": wait for our Monday #IIRLeiden2025 and our discussion of Constructivism where will discuss that very question!
September 18, 2025 at 7:29 AM
"Anarchy is what states make of it?": wait for our Monday #IIRLeiden2025 and our discussion of Constructivism where will discuss that very question!
Imagine an international system where realism didn’t apply - no fear, no power struggles, no security dilemma. Would “states” as we know them even exist? After all, as Charles Tilly argued, “war made the state, and the state made war.”
Or does this not apply to the modern world? 🤔
#IIRLEIDEN2025
Or does this not apply to the modern world? 🤔
#IIRLEIDEN2025
September 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Imagine an international system where realism didn’t apply - no fear, no power struggles, no security dilemma. Would “states” as we know them even exist? After all, as Charles Tilly argued, “war made the state, and the state made war.”
Or does this not apply to the modern world? 🤔
#IIRLEIDEN2025
Or does this not apply to the modern world? 🤔
#IIRLEIDEN2025
This week we discuss Realism in #IIRLeiden2025 & the Security Dilemma. One has to start with Charles Glaser & his pc in @foreignaffairs.bsky.social t.co/a4huUhVYyL & his interview in the Power Problems podcast cato.org/multimedia/pow…
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/fear-factor-security-charles-glaser
t.co
September 15, 2025 at 4:31 AM
This week we discuss Realism in #IIRLeiden2025 & the Security Dilemma. One has to start with Charles Glaser & his pc in @foreignaffairs.bsky.social t.co/a4huUhVYyL & his interview in the Power Problems podcast cato.org/multimedia/pow…
One more example to expand our understanding of sovereignty in theory and practice in contemporary world politics in #IIRLeiden2025
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“The U.S. government is using tariffs and the Magnitsky Act to seek impunity for former President Jair Bolsonaro, who orchestrated a failed coup attempt on Jan. 8, 2023, in an effort to subvert the popular will,” writes President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil.
“The U.S. government is using tariffs and the Magnitsky Act to seek impunity for former President Jair Bolsonaro, who orchestrated a failed coup attempt on Jan. 8, 2023, in an effort to subvert the popular will,” writes President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil.
Opinion | Lula: Brazilian Democracy and Sovereignty Are Non-Negotiable
The president of Brazil calls U.S. tariffs on his country “not only misguided but also illogical” and defends former President Jair Bolsonaro’s conviction.
nyti.ms
September 15, 2025 at 4:23 AM
One more example to expand our understanding of sovereignty in theory and practice in contemporary world politics in #IIRLeiden2025
The strike in Doha and concerns about allies like the US’ defense guarantees can be interpreted as a classic lesson from Realism (self-help) which we will discuss today in #IIRLeiden2025
Reports say the US knew of Israel’s strike in Doha yet did not intervene. This must make Gulf countries and others question US's defense guarantees, and could erode US influence in the gulf and worldwide. Will this give other powers room to grow? #iirleiden2025
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Gulf countries question value of U.S. protection after Israeli attack
Israel’s airstrike Tuesday in Doha, Qatar, which hosts a major American military base, is making other U.S. allies in the Persian Gulf area nervous.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 15, 2025 at 4:22 AM
The strike in Doha and concerns about allies like the US’ defense guarantees can be interpreted as a classic lesson from Realism (self-help) which we will discuss today in #IIRLeiden2025
Reports say the US knew of Israel’s strike in Doha yet did not intervene. This must make Gulf countries and others question US's defense guarantees, and could erode US influence in the gulf and worldwide. Will this give other powers room to grow? #iirleiden2025
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Gulf countries question value of U.S. protection after Israeli attack
Israel’s airstrike Tuesday in Doha, Qatar, which hosts a major American military base, is making other U.S. allies in the Persian Gulf area nervous.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 13, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Reports say the US knew of Israel’s strike in Doha yet did not intervene. This must make Gulf countries and others question US's defense guarantees, and could erode US influence in the gulf and worldwide. Will this give other powers room to grow? #iirleiden2025
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
The EU’s call for an “independence moment” makes me think: is US unipolarity giving way not only to China’s rise, but also to allies seeking autonomy. Are these signs of multipolar order emerging rather than US-China bipolarity? #IIRLeiden2025
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
State of the EU: Security, Ukraine, Gaza, Competitiveness, EU-US trade | News | European Parliament
In the annual State of the European Union debate, MEPs quizzed President von der Leyen on the Commission’s work since the beginning of its new mandate and its upcoming plans.
www.europarl.europa.eu
September 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The EU’s call for an “independence moment” makes me think: is US unipolarity giving way not only to China’s rise, but also to allies seeking autonomy. Are these signs of multipolar order emerging rather than US-China bipolarity? #IIRLeiden2025
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
As we were discussing in #IIRLeiden2025 the concepts of sovereignty and state recognition, an interesting new read on the case of Somaliland we mentioned in class foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/09/s...
Stop Trying to Make Somaliland Happen
The United States should not legitimize another fragile rupture in an unsettled region.
foreignpolicy.com
September 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
As we were discussing in #IIRLeiden2025 the concepts of sovereignty and state recognition, an interesting new read on the case of Somaliland we mentioned in class foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/09/s...
Last week in #IIRLeiden2025 we discussed states like Somaliland and the politics of recognition. Now, US senators suggest recognising Somaliland if it accepts Gazan refugees.
Is this transactional use of recognition an example of neoliberal logic, where IO and IR are seen as tools?
aje.io/hwoyie
Is this transactional use of recognition an example of neoliberal logic, where IO and IR are seen as tools?
aje.io/hwoyie
Somaliland recognition for forced transfer of Palestinians? ‘Not worth it’
Locals and analysts say reported plan to forcibly move Palestinians from Gaza to Somaliland risks inflaming the region.
www.aljazeera.com
September 9, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Last week in #IIRLeiden2025 we discussed states like Somaliland and the politics of recognition. Now, US senators suggest recognising Somaliland if it accepts Gazan refugees.
Is this transactional use of recognition an example of neoliberal logic, where IO and IR are seen as tools?
aje.io/hwoyie
Is this transactional use of recognition an example of neoliberal logic, where IO and IR are seen as tools?
aje.io/hwoyie
As we discuss Westphalia, sovereignty, & international & global orders within & beyond the West this week in #IIRLeiden2025 I highly recommend this ISR
podcast w @aysezarakol.bsky.social
(interview by @hbanai.bsky.social ) on her excellent "Before the West" book isrb.podbean.com/e/in-convers...
podcast w @aysezarakol.bsky.social
(interview by @hbanai.bsky.social ) on her excellent "Before the West" book isrb.podbean.com/e/in-convers...
In Conversation with Ayse Zarakol on "Before the West: The Rise and Fall of Eastern World Orders" | ISR Podcast
A wide-ranging conversation with Professor Ayse Zarakol (University of Cambridge) on her latest book, Before the West: The Rise and Fall of Eastern World Orders (Cambridge University Press, 2022).
isrb.podbean.com
September 8, 2025 at 4:43 AM
As we discuss Westphalia, sovereignty, & international & global orders within & beyond the West this week in #IIRLeiden2025 I highly recommend this ISR
podcast w @aysezarakol.bsky.social
(interview by @hbanai.bsky.social ) on her excellent "Before the West" book isrb.podbean.com/e/in-convers...
podcast w @aysezarakol.bsky.social
(interview by @hbanai.bsky.social ) on her excellent "Before the West" book isrb.podbean.com/e/in-convers...
First #IIRLeiden2025 post: as we discuss History of IR & esp. legacies of Westphalia, sharing a great reading from Claire Vergerio on how states have been mythologized as the natural unit of political order (& hints on how we can think beyond them) www.bostonreview.net/articles/bey...
Beyond the Nation-State - Boston Review
Sovereign states have been wrongly mythologized as the natural unit of political order.
www.bostonreview.net
September 8, 2025 at 4:40 AM
First #IIRLeiden2025 post: as we discuss History of IR & esp. legacies of Westphalia, sharing a great reading from Claire Vergerio on how states have been mythologized as the natural unit of political order (& hints on how we can think beyond them) www.bostonreview.net/articles/bey...