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Linus Hagström @linushagstrom.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Postdoc in Narrative Geopolitics @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social We’re looking for a postdoc w expertise in machine learning, data mining, or related quantitative methods to explore how emotionally charged narratives shape international security & great power politics. fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

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Postdoc with a focus on quantitative narrative geopolitics

Description The postdoctoral position is part of the interdisciplinary research environment on narrative geopolitics, established with funding from the Swedish Armed Forces. The role involves interdis

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 27/06/2025

"There is NOT a remote option for this position. A small travel stipend of two gold doubloons will be provided. However, interns must organize their own transportation to and from the subterranean lair."

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Dragon Hoarding Enormous Pile of Treasure Seeks Unpaid Intern

Dragon seeks smart, motivated intern to help manage a sprawling cavern of various golden treasures. This is the perfect opportunity for a go-getter...

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Dan Öberg @warrhizome.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

I’m halfway into this amazing work by Erik Rechborn-Kjennerud that just dropped. I assume it will quickly become a go-to book in the genre. If you are interested in how and with what consequences militaries wage war, do yourself a favor and grab a copy. direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...

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The World According to Military Targeting

A revealing account of the prevalence—and alarming ubiquity—of military targeting, and how it has become a self-propelling worldview driven by dominance, v

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Matthew Ford @warmatters.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Panel Discussion & Book Launch – War in the Smartphone Age on 2 July 2025 from 18:00-19:00 @warstudieskcl.bsky.social Discussants: @markgaleotti.bsky.social @snellarthur.bsky.social Joelle Rizk Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/panel-disc...

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Matthew Ford @warmatters.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

I've just read @williammerrin.bsky.social and @andrewhoskins.bsky.social's fast paced book "Sharded Media". If you who want to understand the highly fragmented state of our media ecologies and how this framed/shaped Trump's 2024 election then this is for you. www.amazon.co.uk/SHARDED-MEDI...

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SHARDED MEDIA: Trump’s Rage Against the Mainstream eBook : Merrin, William, Hoskins, Andrew: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

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Natalie M. Smith @nataliesmith.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

My most recent post for Scilicet, on viking history and Swedish national identity

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Matthew Ford @warmatters.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

My third book. All published by Oxford University Press.

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Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

"A well-delivered lecture isn’t primarily a delivery system for information. It is an ignition point for curiosity, all the better for being experienced in an audience." Marvellous defence of the increasingly maligned university experience by @patporter76.bsky.social thecritic.co.uk/university-a...

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University: a good idea | Patrick Porter | The Critic Magazine

A former student of mine has penned an attack on universities, derived from their own disappointing experience studying Politics and International Relations at the place where I ply my trade. In short...

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Søren Sjøgren @sorensjogren.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

🔔 New article: Mission command in a multinational context. 🧵on NATO's challenges in moving from describing mission command in written doctrine to actual practice. The article is based on 33 interviews with commanders and senior staff officers. Open access @sjms.bsky.social: sjms.nu/articles/10....

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Dan Öberg @warrhizome.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

”War has never been just an extension of politics by other means; war…creates its own politics.” - Jim Molan

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EJIR @ejir.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

In his new article in EJIR, @palestrinomirko.bsky.social examines the social construction of victory through the example of wartime gardening. You can find the full publication here: t1p.de/8n0sh

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Søren Sjøgren @sorensjogren.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

“I think we’re overly centralized, overly bureaucratic, and overly risk averse, which is the opposite of what we’re going to need in any type of warfare...” Across the organisations, staff tend to develop machine-like behaviour. Why? A short 🧵 based on: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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a cartoon sloth is stamping a piece of paper while a bear looks on

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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

In an epic move, the Finnish band Kaj has conducted a successful coup d’etat in Sweden by winning Melodifestivalen and thereby representing Sweden in this year’s Eurovision HEJA KAJ PERKELE TORILLE 🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮 (I mean 🇸🇪)

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FINALEN: KAJ - Bara bada bastu

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Several countries on the Eastern Flank of NATO are considering leaving the Ottawa Treaty, which bans anti-personnel mines. Yesterday, Finland and Poland both announced their intentions to leave the treaty in the coming weeks.

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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Sanna Marin throwing some impressive shade here: ”To start, Europe must rid itself of the dangerous illusion that it is weak—and stop acting like it. There is no trade-off between investing in the defence of Europe as a whole and investing in the defence of Ukraine—they are one and the same.”

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Now is the time for Europe to show strength, not division, argues Sanna Marin

Finland’s former leader makes the case for stumping up tens of billions more for Ukraine

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Christoph Harig @charig.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

"The assumption still reigns, west of Warsaw, that war is something that happens to other people, a long way away"

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Duncan Bell @duncanbell.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

NEW ARTICLE: Duncan Bell & Apolline Taillandier, "Cosmos-Politanism: Transhumanist Visions of Global Order from the First World War to the Digital Age," Perspectives on Politics (2024) @blazefutures.bsky.social bit.ly/3D5vUY5

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Cosmos-Politanism: Transhumanist Visions of Global Order from the First World War to the Digital Age | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core

Cosmos-Politanism: Transhumanist Visions of Global Order from the First World War to the Digital Age

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Military Writers Guild @milwritersguild.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

We are thrilled to announce launch of the Military Writers Guild Awards! These awards recognize the contributions of writers focusing on military affairs. We invite submissions across 3 categories: Professional Writing, Creative Writing, and Emerging Writers. www.militarywritersguild.org/awards

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Awards — Military Writers Guild

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Dan Öberg @warrhizome.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

”…we should neither overestimate the extent of human control over machines in war - as algorithms increasingly inform and shape warfaring decisions - nor exaggerate the degree to which they can entirely supplant humans - even in reconstituted or augmented ones of the future.” - James Johnson

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Dan Öberg @warrhizome.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Full article: War, Ontology and Bodies: Beyond Human-Centred Approaches

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Mark B Salter @markbsalter.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Proud to announce the publication of Security Dialogue Volume 56 Issue 1, February 2025 journals.sagepub.com/toc/sdib/56/...

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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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