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Hubert Zimmermann

@hubzimm.bsky.social
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Prof IR @ uni-Marburg; Struggling upwards

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Krsto Lazarević @krstorevic.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Und wir wissen aus anderen Studien, dass es AfD-Wählenden finanziell gar nicht so schlecht geht. Im Grunde sind es ähnliche Gruppen, bei denen schon die NSDAP vor knapp 100 Jahren stark war: Kleinbürgertum, Handwerker, Selbstständige, (ehemals) protestantische Mittelschicht. Eher ländlich.
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Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
#hartaberfair. Wie schlimm der Abstieg von Fabio de Masi ist. Vom Kämpfer gegen Finanzoligarchen zum Steigbügelhalter für die AfD und ‘Antisystem’-Politiker
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Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Jetzt wird’s ernst, Vladimir
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Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Recommended: a scathing and funny take-down of academic life in the humanities (not just a comment on Arday) samkriss.substack.com/p/the-carrio...
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The carrion-eaters
What we did to Jason Arday
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Berlin Center for Cold War Studies @berlincoldwar.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
'Anhand militärischer Auslandseinsätze wird seit den 1990ern Außenpolitik, aber auch das innere Selbstverständnis der Bundesrepublik verhandelt.' Hubert Zimmermann auf unserer Berliner Ringvorlesung @humboldtuni.bsky.social. Nächster Termin am 2. Juni um 18 h: www.berlinerkolleg.com/detail/inter...
Foto zeigt Person am Stehpult, im Hintergrund die Logos von Berliner Kolleg/IfZ, BSTA und HUB. Foto: ©bmr@bkkk/ifz2026.
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Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Must-read thread for everyone interested in Germany‘s (bleak) future
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Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
BA Arbeiten und Hausarbeiten im KI -Zeitalter zu lesen erfüllt alle Anforderungen der sog. Bullshit-Jobs von Graeber
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Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Why has Trump started this war? Opinions are extremely divided, as they are on whether the war will be short and long, and what the actual goal is. Below a thread on the first question, based on news report and my recent ZFAS piece on US engagement in th region (1) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Legitimising and Delegitimising Military Engagement Abroad: An Inquiry Into U.S. Debates on the Continuity of Intervention in the Middle East - Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik
Given the current instability in the Middle East and America’s traditional role as a mediator, the debate over U.S. engagement in the region is an important indicator of the trajectory of U.S. foreign...
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🇩🇰🇺🇦🇬🇪🇪🇺Tordenskjold🔔 @tordenskjoldcph.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Well explained. The behavior of 🇷🇺 and its close allies has excedded all of my fears regarding brutality. But the real surprise has been how big countries 🇮🇳🇧🇷🇿🇦 in the Global South has enabled 🇷🇺n imperialism. As former colonies they have irreparably undermined their former anti-colonial stance.
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Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Lesenswert:
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Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
American Exceptionalism www.der-postillon.com/2026/02/usa-...
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Infografik: Wie normale Länder auf Ereignisse reagieren – und was die USA stattdessen tun
Jeder weiß: Die USA sind das Greatest Country in the World. Doch auch in anderen Belangen unterscheidet sich das Land stark von anderen westlich geprä
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Sabine Fischer @sabfis3.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Bitte unterstützt die Menschen in der #Ukraine und spendet an dieses Konto. Jeder Euro zählt. Danke! Konto: We Aid gGmbH IBAN: DE 52370205000001838801 Kennwort: Ukraine2Power Ukraine2Power ist gemeinnützig und stellt Spendenquittungen aus.
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Elvira Rosert @elvirarosert.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Die Erschießung von Renee Nicole Good zeigt (zum wiederholten Mal) die manipulative Macht der Trump-Regierung. Man sollte nicht glauben, dass sie lediglich gekonnt die kleinsten Ambiguitäten ausnutzen und ihnen in anderen Fällen Grenzen durch noch eindeutigere Fakten gesetzt wären. Vielmehr sehen +
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Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Eerie parallels: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_W...
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Civil War (film) - Wikipedia
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Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
The ONE thing which gives Europe global leverage and the EP blows it
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Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
www.zdfheute.de/video/phoeni...
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Reaktion der Europäer auf Trump: "Die Faxen dicke"
Gespräch mit Studiogast Politikwissenschaftler Hubert Zimmermann (Universität Marburg) zur europäischen Region auf Trumps Zoll-Ankündigungen und seinen Social Media Posts am 20.01.2026
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Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
MUST LISTEN: An impressive speech on the path of Middle Powers in a world of power politics: that’s how European leaders should sound!!
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Janis Kluge @jakluge.de · 13/01/2026
Which economy is more productive - Germany or the US? It seems the answer would be clear, but it's not. The mood in Germany is so deeply negative, even aggressively pessimistic, that I thought we had fallen behind by a lot. But here are the facts - they surprised me as well:
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Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
About time! at IPSA in Santiago de Chile 2008 or 2009 I presented my first paper on that www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/m...
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EU stimmt für Mercosur-Abkommen
Mehr als ein Vierteljahrhundert nach Verhandlungsbeginn kann das Freihandelsabkommen zwischen der EU und südamerikanischen Staaten abgeschlossen werden. Die Industrie atmet auf, andere bleiben besorgt...
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Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Puh…glatter Mord! G.Floyd 2. Shit is gonna happen….. Videos Show Federal Agent Shooting Motorist in Minneapolis www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...
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Videos Show Federal Agent Shooting Motorist in Minneapolis
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Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
This 👇 might not be a coherently planned strategy but it is certainly in line with Trumps overall spheres of influence approach (see Goddard’s seminal Foreign Affairs article: www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...) and Goddard and Newmans Neo-Royalism which
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The Rise and Fall of Great-Power Competition
Trump’s new spheres of influence.
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Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Quite rare that a general strategy document like the NSS and its ‘Trump corollary’ www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u.... (p.14-15) is put into practice immediately. Only parallel I know of: Bush’ infamous 2002 NSS. That didn’t end well….
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Jan-Philipp Hein @aufmacher.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Großartige Abrechnung mit den sich selbst gerne als „Realisten“ bezeichnenden Fehldeutern Russlands, die der Ukraine aus sicherer Entfernung die Unterwerfung empfehlen. Bernd Rheinberg nimmt sie bei den Salonkolumnisten Punkt für Punkt für Punkt auseinander www.salonkolumnisten.com/die-realiste...
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Die Realisten Moskaus - Salonkolumnisten
Seit Beginn des russischen Überfalls auf die Ukraine treten in Deutschland sogenannte Realisten auf, die der Ukraine eine Beendigung des Krieges nahelegen. Doch die Absichten der Realisten sind nicht ...
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Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
www.ft.com/content/9536...
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Trump’s America and a clash of civilisations with Europe
The White House sees mass immigration as a bigger threat than Russia — and it is pressuring Europe to agree
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Rutger Bregman @rutgerbregman.com · 25/11/2025
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Interventionsfrage bleibt aktuell: Fast zum Jahrestag des Erscheinens meines Buchs ‚Militärische Missionen’ noch eine Rezension von Hendrik Simon lnkd.in/eZycupWw in der Frankfurter Rundschau. lnkd.in/em-djAzq
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
(Miami Herald) - The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald .. @miamiherald.com www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
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U.S. poised to strike military targets in Venezuela in escalation against Maduro regime
The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald...
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Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
My take on future US policy in the Middle East link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Legitimising and Delegitimising Military Engagement Abroad: An Inquiry Into U.S. Debates on the Continuity of Intervention in the Middle East - Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik
Given the current instability in the Middle East and America’s traditional role as a mediator, the debate over U.S. engagement in the region is an important indicator of the trajectory of U.S. foreign...
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Hasnain Kazim @hasnainkazim.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Bei allen Hoffnungen sollten wir das nicht vergessen:
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Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Preparing the next semester teaching IR and polisci, I can not overcome the feeling that due to AI much of our work has become obsolete. As this blog post calls it, a ‚Ponzi scheme’ in which most of what we do is ‚fake’. junotane.com/posts/ai-red...
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AI redefines international relations teaching - Junotane
How many International Relations (IR) professors have used Google’s new AI tool NotebookkLM? Just wondering, because it basically makes what you do everyday, absolutely pointless!
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Fabrizio Coticchia @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
ops..."US Pushes Back on Italy Counting Sicily Bridge as NATO Asset" (yet, still not clear how Italy had mysteriously reached the 2%...) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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US Frowns on Italy’s Idea of Making Sicily Bridge a NATO Asset
The US said it disapproves of any creative accounting by European allies to reach a new NATO spending target, putting Italy on the spot as the government weighs whether to count the construction of th...
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Armin Schaefer @arminschaefer.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
I am looking for a PhD student in Comparative Politics @powimz.bsky.social. My research focuses on political (in-)equality, representation, and responsiveness. I would be grateful if you could help to spread the word. stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/49637
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Nico Lange @nicolange.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Es ist peinlich, dass so viele politische Akteure in Deutschland immer wieder 1:1 die Position des Kreml nachsingen. Das ist im Grunde ein Verrat an den deutschen Interessen von so manchem, der so tut, als sei er ein ganz besonders guter Deutscher.
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Anika Oettler @anikaoettler.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Two new interdisciplinary English-taught MA programs at the University of Marburg on research in political and social science!🧐 Discover more about these innovative programs and how to apply here: www.uni-marburg.de/en/fb03/stud...
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Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
What a silly headline. With a threatening Russia and an erratic US, a rise in defense spending would have happened any way. and the 5% or 2% numbers are meaningless as burden sharing research has demonstrated often enough www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/w...
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In a Win for Trump, NATO Agrees to a Big Increase in Military Spending
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Maximilian Mayer @maximilianiras.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Scholz and his designated successor agree that something historic happened that day in Washington. The Americans are threatening not only to abandon Ukraine but also all their allies“ Fascinating background reporting on how German Leaders realized that US support of NATO is no longer reliable.
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The Night Chancellor Merz Changed His Mind About Donald Trump
The incoming German chancellor campaigned as a debt hawk. Then a source told him about Trump’s plans for NATO.
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Claas Gefroi @claasgefroi.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Die Polizei in Washington hat einen 80-jährigen Veteranen festgenommen, der gegen Trumps Militärparade protestierte. Man bleibt sprachlos zurück. Video via Republicans against Trump.
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Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
This is an insane chart
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Anja Menzel @anjamenzel.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Ein herzlicher Dank geht an @andrealiese.bsky.social, @hubzimm.bsky.social, Andreas Hasenclever, Thomas Gehring, Maike Messerschmidt, Manuel Becker und Mathies Kempken, die mit ihren hochkarätigen Beiträgen das Buch möglich gemacht haben.
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Vassili Golod @golod.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Kyjiw heute Nacht. Eine der schlimmsten Nächte, die ich erlebt habe. Russland hat die Ukraine nach Informationen der Luftwaffe mit 14 ballistischen Raketen und 250 Drohnen angegriffen. Wenn dieser Terror nach 1186 Tagen möglich ist, reicht der Druck auf den Aggressor nicht aus.
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Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
A depressing experiment: what happens when the most powerful country is put in the service of the bottomless greed of a small oligarchy www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/w...
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Why Vietnam Ignored Its Own Laws to Fast-Track a Trump Family Golf Complex
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Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
And what a coincidence: Strengthening this team is a world class player in terms of suspected corruption, the FIFA President
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Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Ernst Fraenkel über den Dual State: wieder ein lesenswerter Artikel des Atlantic
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Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
It's impossible and irresponsible to assign takehome papers any more. It's either writing, by hand, in class, or oral exams, or some other type of active project (I had students go to the library archive, conduct interviews, document their archival research etc). No papers, no reading reports. Hell.
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Abe Newman @abenewman.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
1/ US tariff omnishambles part 2: If the US hoped that tariffs could help create an anti-China bloc, they look to be having the opposite effect. The end result has been to create uncertainty amongst or closest allies and push many third countries closer to China.
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Exclusive | U.S. Plans to Use Tariff Negotiations to Isolate China
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wants trading partners to limit China’s involvement in their economies in exchange for concessions on reciprocal tariffs.
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Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Pope‘s last order to his subordinates: ‚You couldn’t keep them away? So go down to the piazza and check if they have some leftover chocolate eggs at the kiosk, but not the expensive ones.‘ RIP
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Jenny Günther @jennyguenther.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
In unsicheren Zeiten sprechen Politiker von Krieg und ich dafür mit Ole Nymeon warum junge Menschen auch "Gegen die #Kriegstüchtigkeit" @rowohlt.bsky.social sein können. Mit @hubzimm.bsky.social geht es zudem um die Hintergründe von "Militärische Missionen" podcaste97de5.podigee.io/312-militari...
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Militärische Missionen, Kriegstüchtigkeit und Friedensverhandlungen
Woop! Woop! In unsicheren Zeiten sprechen Politiker von "Kriegstüchtigkeit" und ich dafür mit Ole Nymeon warum junge Menschen auch "Gegen die Kriegstüchtigkeit" (Rowohlt) sein können. Mit Hubert Zimme...
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Franz-Stefan Gady @hoanssolo.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Whether a deliberate missile strike or a reckless, misguided attack, today’s heinous Russian assault on Sumy follows a familiar pattern.
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Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Europeans travelling to US
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Hubert Zimmermann @hubzimm.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
BSky Community: Has anybody (besides me) put a moratorium to conference attendances in the US or research stays there, as long as the current anti-academic policy continues? Asking for a media request just to get a general idea
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