The Philippics @thephilippics.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Prof Terry Cannon kicks off our @uclrdr.bsky.social research seminar series on whether or not there has been progress in DRR... 021
The Philippics @thephilippics.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Opening of @uclrdr.bsky.social risk communication lecture for UCL200 anniversary! 010
The Philippics @thephilippics.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Still some seats left for my book talk this coming Thursday 5 February @ @lselaw.bsky.social - me talking about my latest book, The National Interest, with @anandmenon.bsky.social and Helen Thompson as respondents. Sign up below! lselaw.events/event/the-na...lselaw.eventsThe national interest: politics after globalisation - LSE Law School EventsOur panel of three experts will discuss whether there really is such a thing as the national interest, whether it really is back, who decides what it is, and what effects thinking in terms of national... 011
The Philippics @thephilippics.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Happy to share this CfP fro one of the best up and coming security studies journals ... take a look. cis-fpn.rs/call-for-pap...cis-fpn.rsCALL FOR PAPERS: Journal of Regional Security - Special Issue on Energy and Regional Security Dynamics - Centre for International SecurityCALL FOR PAPERS: Journal of Regional Security Special Issue on Energy and Regional Security Dynamics (Spring 2027) Guest Editor: Dr Nevena Šekarić Stojanović, Research Fellow, Institute of Internation... 000
The Philippics @thephilippics.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Happy Christmas! Logging off until the new term. 000
The Philippics @thephilippics.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Congratulations to Prof Tom Pegram! New politics professor at @ucl.ac.uk 000
The Philippics @thephilippics.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Tomorrow! Still some spaces if you book through link below! 000
Reposted by The PhilippicsUnHerd @unherd.com · 30/04/2025When things are bad at home, British politicians always obfuscate and turn to the EU. Keir Starmer is no different | Philip Cunliffe unherd.com/newsroom/eu-...unherd.comEU trade deal can’t hide Starmer's failuresIn advance of the UK-EU summit scheduled for 19 May, Britain’s Labour government has indicated that the occasion will be used to reboot its relationship with the EU, marking a “new strategic… 011
Reposted by The PhilippicsUnHerd @unherd.com · 18/07/2025‘The UK state is evidently still capable of significant and costly logistical and infrastructural exertions when it comes to causes it deems worthy’ | Philip Cunliffeunherd.comThe Afghan cover-up will haunt the UKThe twenty-year war continues to plague Britain. Photo: Massoud Hossaini/Getty. 001
Reposted by The PhilippicsLongtail News @longtail-news.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Feed: "UnHerd" By: Philip Cunliffe on Friday, July 18, 2025unherd.comThe Afghan cover-up will haunt the UKIt will accelerate elites‚Äô downfall 001
Reposted by The PhilippicsUnHerd @unherd.com · 13/08/2025We are in a new era of geopolitical rivalry, but it’s not the one you think | Philip Cunliffeunherd.comThe new Cold War will divide the WestJ.D. Vance has barracked Europeans over mass immigration and freedom of speech. Photo: Photo by Kevin Lamarque-Pool/Getty Images 011
Reposted by The PhilippicsNew Books Network @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Read our latest newsletter! University of Newcastle Book Fair | Alternative Angles: Forests | Fast 5 with Philip Cunliffe | Africa Past and Present with Peter Alegi newbooksnetwork.substack.com/p/the-future... Our newsletter is freely available so share it widely!newbooksnetwork.substack.comThe Future of African Studies“When done well, scholarly podcasting can engage with a wider audience, enhance visibility, enrich promotion and tenure portfolios, strengthen professional networking, and foster a sense of community.... 031
Reposted by The PhilippicsUnHerd @unherd.com · 02/08/2025The more Israel wins militarily, the more it loses politically. Trump is now joining the backlash, writes Philip Cunliffe 👇 buff.ly/jQaMaxt 001
The Philippics @thephilippics.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Was delighted to join @E_IR's 'Thinking Global' podcast to talk about my latest book, The National Interest. The host @kieranjomeara was not only intellectually generous but also gave me the space and time to develop the arguments. open.spotify.com/show/4NNZ6Xe...open.spotify.comPhilip Cunliffe on The National Interest 010
The Philippics @thephilippics.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Thanks to all those who came to my book talk on the national interest at my former uni - really enjoyable, and wonderfully engaged students. 000
Reposted by The PhilippicsLindsey Arielle Davidson @hebraicaveritas.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Open letter in support of Prof Michael Ben-Gad, City University London, targeted and harassed by “students” in a protest group, for no other reason than pure anti-semitism - for being an Israeli Jew. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.comStanding against targeted harassment of Professor Michael Ben-Gad21 October 2025 We, the undersigned, are deeply concerned by a targeted harassment campaign against Michael Ben-Gad, Professor of Economics at City St George’s, University of London, led by a group ca... 277
Reposted by The Philippicspodparley.bsky.social @podparley.bsky.social · 03/08/2025🎧 New Books in Intellectual History Philip Cunliffe, "The National Interest: Politics After Globalization" (Polity Press, 2025) (58min) by New Books Network Listen Details #NewBooks #IntellectualHistory #PoliticalScience2025 021
The Philippics @thephilippics.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Back at Kent to deliver research paper on distribution of power and provision of peacekeeping ... very useful feedback on extending analysis to other public goods ... 010
The Philippics @thephilippics.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Great panel - touching on possibilities of the mooted 'reassurance force' for Ukraine ... 000
The Philippics @thephilippics.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Opening up of Stockholm workshop on future of international military missions 000
Reposted by The PhilippicsNuffield College Library @nuffieldlibrary.bsky.social · 22/08/2025This week's new books! Find them all on the new books display in the First Floor Lobby #NewBooks 031
The Philippics @thephilippics.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Long-observed fact that post-45 leaders were veterans of the world wars; what about IR theorists? C.P. Kindleberger and Kissinger both served in WWII, Waltz was a veteran of the Korean War, Mearsheimer served in the USAF, any other big theorists with military experience? 010
The Philippics @thephilippics.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Always a pleasure re-reading classic texts in preparing undergrad lectures. Charlie Kindleberger - just brilliant. 000
Reposted by The PhilippicsPierre d’Alancaisez (is) Verdurin @verdur.in · 24/07/2025Last night at Verdurin, launching Philip Cunliffe's The National Interest. @thephilippics.bsky.social @politybooks.bsky.social 112
Reposted by The PhilippicsPierre d’Alancaisez (is) Verdurin @verdur.in · 15/07/2025I'm looking forward to having Philip Cunliffe back on the Verdurin sofa next week for a conversation on The National Interest. 📅 23 July, 7pm 📍 Verdurin, Hoxton 🎟️ £10, includes book discount at buff.ly/rr2Hm82 101
Reposted by The PhilippicsUnHerd @unherd.com · 09/07/2025‘We have the prospect of a very stoppable force crashing into a very moveable object' | Philip Cunliffe unherd.com/newsroom/tru...unherd.comTrump won’t defeat BricsHaving beaten a rapid retreat following the opening volley of “Liberation Day” in April, Donald Trump has now made another sally in his global trade war. On Sunday night, he threatened to impose… 001
Reposted by The PhilippicsPierre d’Alancaisez (is) Verdurin @verdur.in · 12/06/2025Coming up at Verdurin: The National Interest, with Philip Cunliffe With peak globalization behind us, a new debate on the meaning of national interests is urgent. “Putting America First” has a ring to it, but what does it mean for Britain to follow its interests? 📅 23 July, 7pm 🎟️ buff.ly/S2IJtNt 001
Reposted by The PhilippicsUnHerd @unherd.com · 20/05/2025Britain’s proposed EU youth mobility scheme is a relic of a bygone era. It is costly policy built to appeal to centrist dads | Philip Cunliffeunherd.comWho does the EU youth mobility scheme really benefit?Much of the commentary around Britain’s new “reset” deal with the EU is understandably focused on weighing the distribution of benefits and costs to the two parties involved. The youth mobility… 001
Reposted by The PhilippicsAshley Frawley @ashleyafrawley.bsky.social · 30/04/2025"That a globalist technocrat has embraced the language of assertive nationhood marks perhaps the most significant turning point in our post-global world yet." Is Carney's Canadian election victory the end of globalism? @thephilippics.bsky.social for Compact www.compactmag.com/article/how-...compactmag.comHow Trump Won the Canadian ElectionThe victory of Mark Carney’s Liberal Party in Canada’s election is widely hailed as marking a significant turning point in world politics. 101
The Philippics @thephilippics.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Interesting to see how many of my IR students this year seemed to come onto the course instinctive realists and left more liberal ... appreciative of the connection between self-interest and cooperation. I take it as a win. 😅 010
Reposted by The PhilippicsUnHerd @unherd.com · 15/04/2025'Blathering about interests and values while letting foreigners asset-strip British utilities and industries was possible for the last thirty years because we lived in a world of unipolar globalisation' | Philip Cunliffeunherd.comA British revival needs more than steelIf steel is so important, then why was the Port Talbot steelworks allowed to close? Photo by GEOFF CADDICK/AFP via Getty Images) 001
Reposted by The PhilippicsUnHerd @unherd.com · 28/02/2025Pursuing the national interest today requires remaking the British state itself. Is Kemi Badenoch’s conservative realism up to the task? | Philip Cunliffebuff.lyKemi Badenoch is turning realism into a culture warOne of the most dramatic effects of Donald Trump’s second administration is that it has thrust the doctrine of realism to the forefront of public debate. A storied theoretical tradition rooted in the… 011
Reposted by The PhilippicsLongtail News @longtail-news.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Feed: "UnHerd" By: Philip Cunliffe on Tuesday, April 15, 2025unherd.comA British revival needs more than steelGlobalisation has mauled our country 001
The Philippics @thephilippics.bsky.social · 17/04/2025The national interest has resurfaced in public life. It's welcome, I argue in my latest for @unherd.com 020
The Philippics @thephilippics.bsky.social · 03/04/2025What a privilege to be an educator in political science and international relations in times like these. 030
The Philippics @thephilippics.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Final slide of my IR course for this term ... the end of unipolarity 010
The Philippics @thephilippics.bsky.social · 18/02/2025🚨NEW PAPER 🚨 With peacekeepers being mooted for Ukraine peace deal, worthwhile thinking about how peace ops / peacekeeping under multipolarity or bipolarity looks different from peacekeeping under unipolarity ... 121
The Philippics @thephilippics.bsky.social · 14/11/2024media.tenor.coma south park poster with a man in a cageALT: a south park poster with a man in a cage 010