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Leeds, England
Joined January 2016
We're moving away from X and so will no longer be posting on this account. But don't worry, you can keep up to date with #BJPIR news by following us on our other social media platforms: On Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/bjpir.bsky.… On LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/politic…
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📣 New #openaccess #BJPIR article out now! 'The power of disrespect: Overt impoliteness and hierarchy in leader-level diplomacy' by Ali Balci, Hüsna Taş Yetim & Müberra Dinler 🔗 buff.ly/H3KtdwT @PolStudiesAssoc
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📣 New #openaccess #BJPIR article out now! 'Why reassuring allies is harder than deterring adversaries in extended deterrence: Evidence from US extended deterrence for South Korea' by @doyoung__lee 🔗 buff.ly/hKd5ICi @PolStudiesAssoc
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New paper out with Benjamin Martill & AlanConvery in @BritJPIR We used Leadership Trait Analysis on UK PM Keir Starmer. Turns out he's much tougher than the "cautious technocrat" image suggests🧵 @EdinburghPIR journals-sagepub-com.eux.idm…
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Trending in #IR: ooir.org/index.php?field=Soc… 1) Impoliteness in diplomacy (@BritJPIR) 2) Weaponized paradiplomacy: Taiwan (@reviewpacific) 3) Public opinion & IOs 4) Intelligence failures (@intelnatsecjnl) 5) Why reassuring allies is harder than deterring adversaries (@BritJPIR)
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Glad to see my paper published in @BritJPIR listed one of the "trending papers" in IR! Give it a read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
Trending in #IR: ooir.org/index.php?field=Soc… 1) Impoliteness in diplomacy (@BritJPIR) 2) Weaponized paradiplomacy: Taiwan (@reviewpacific) 3) Public opinion & IOs 4) Intelligence failures (@intelnatsecjnl) 5) Why reassuring allies is harder than deterring adversaries (@BritJPIR)
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📝 Don't miss this article! 'A ‘Good Story’: Von der Leyen’s Narrative on the Ukrainian War' by Isabel Camisão & Ana Teresa Peixinho 🔗 buff.ly/60hom3K @PolStudiesAssoc
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📣 New #openaccess #BJPIR article out now! 'Between compliance and capitulation: Explaining the termination of member state suspensions by international organisations' by Lukas Grundsfeld 🔗 buff.ly/p3UROTm @PolStudiesAssoc
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📣 New #BJPIR article out now! 'International network analysis based on big data: The case of economic cooperation among the G20' by Hang Luo & Boxuan Li 🔗 buff.ly/zJ2c7OU @PolStudiesAssoc
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The #BJPIR team will be taking a break over this festive period. ⛄ We will be back from the 5th January and look forward to hearing from you in the New Year.
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📝 Don't miss this article from the current issue of #BJPIR - Volume 27, Issue 4 'State populism in Russia in a time of war: Examining discourses on ‘anti-Russian’ sanctions' by Katarzyna Kaczmarska, Irina Busygina, @JornHolmHansen, Marthe Handå Myhre 🔗 buff.ly/RPY5bR5
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📣 New #openaccess #BJPIR article out now! 'New regulatory scaffolding for the United Kingdom: Brexit, devolution and the Windsor Framework' by @LisaClaireWhit1 & @DPhinnemore 🔗 buff.ly/lJ5Pxlf @PolStudiesAssoc
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My new article in @BritJPIR examines the alternate future that the Leave campaign presented to voters during the 2016 EU referendum campaign: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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Will there be war over Taiwan? This article argues cross-Strait deterrence remains structurally stable. Reunification by force carries extreme risks for China, and its benefits from retaking Taiwan are tenuous.
📣 New #openaccess #BJPIR article out now! 'Will there be war over Taiwan? Structural stability and policy pitfalls in cross-Strait deterrence' by Brandon K Yoder 🔗 buff.ly/ozN4anl @PolStudiesAssoc @politicsANU @ANUcass @anu_china
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Reunification by force is thus unlikely, barring fundamental shifts in the strategic situation.
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📝 Don't miss this article from the current issue of #BJPIR - Volume 27, Issue 4 (November 2025 'Enlargement as high politics: New insights on the integration of the German Democratic Republic into the European Community' by Alexander Klein 🔗⬇️
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