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Politics in the Rearview MirrorBullies, Follies, and Decadent Orders: Nigeria's CPC Designation and the Practice of International BullyingIn November 2025, the Trump government designated Nigeria a 'Country of Particular Concern' (CPC) under the 1998 International Religious Freedom Act, threatening to end aid or even launch a military attack. Is this merely a policy decision, or part of a deeper geopolitical dynamic? This week, we explore the complex intersection of US foreign policy, religious freedom, and international order with the author of the Duck of Minerva article entitled "Bullies, Follies, and the Decadent Orders", Dr. Kodili Chukwuma. He argues that these actions illustrate "bullying as a discourse and practice of international ordering". Tune in to understand the powerful, paradoxical...
2025-11-2825 minPolitics in the Rearview MirrorAnti-Semitism, Israel, and the Problem of Proxy RepresentationIn this episode, we take another look at the Israeli-Palestine conflict, which some have described as the “third rail” in British academia. With the ceasefire at the verge of collapse and domestic tensions remaining high in the aftermath of the attack on the Synagogue in Manchester, the urgent need for a public, thoughtful conversation about Jews, Israel, and Palestine is clear. Joining the podcast this week is Prof. Ilan Baron, a Professor in International Political Theory at the School of Government and International Affairs and Director of the Centre for the Study of Jewish Culture, Society and Politics at Durh...
2025-10-3125 min
The Un-Diplomatic PodcastPart II: On a Third Nuclear Age and Multipolar Order w/ Benjamin Zala | Ep. 152What is multipolarity? Is the unipolar moment totally over? What is a great power?How do nukes fit into these questions? And how do the left, the right, and the restrainers metabolise these questions? Dr. Benjamin Zala and Dr. Van Jackson talk about all this and more in Part II of their conversation.Subscribe to the Un-Diplomatic Newsletter: https://www.un-diplomatic.comThird Nuclear Age article by Andrew Futter and Ben Zala: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/european-journal-of-international-security/article/strategic-nonnuclear-weapons-and-the-onset-of-a-third-nuclear-age/91EEB3B77D348252815F9F7B59DB8A32Thinking clearly about China's n...
2023-04-2959 minThe Un-Diplomatic PodcastPart I: On a Third Nuclear Age and Multipolar Order w/ Benjamin Zala | Ep. 151What is the nuclear revolution and why can't we agree on it? What is the Third Nuclear Age, why is it problematic as a concept, and what special dangers or opportunities might it hold? How important is multipolarity, and what counts as a pole? What counts as "emerging technologies" and how do they affect the risks of nuclear war? Is arms control possible in advanced conventional (non-nuclear) weaponry? And why is China expanding its nuclear arsenal? Dr. Benjamin Zala and Dr. Van Jackson talk about all this and more in the first of two episodes on the topic.
2023-04-2157 min
Duckcalls: Duck of Minerva podcastClimate, Justice, and IRAdam, Daniela and Jarrod discuss the challenge of thinking about climate justice in the context of IR and existing models of justice and reparations.
2023-02-081h 00Duckcalls: Duck of Minerva podcastDoes IR ask big questions?Jarrod is joined by Daniela Lai and Adam Lerner to talk about the role of big questions in IR scholarship and teaching.
2022-11-2355 minDuckcalls: Duck of Minerva podcastStop the party:Turkey as an obstacle to Finnish and Swedish accession to NATOJarrod talks with Lisel Hintz of Johns Hopkins University and Sibel Oktay of the University of Illinois Springfield and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs about the complex history of Turkey in NATO as well as the domestic and intralliance sources of Turkey's current resistance to Finnish and Swedish accession to NATO.
2022-05-231h 05Duckcalls: Duck of Minerva podcastDuck Events Podcast: Zeitenwende? German foreign policy after UkraineJarrod talks with Georg Löfflmann (University of Warwick) and Frank Stengel (Kiel University) about the changes in German foreign policy in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and, in particular, about the idea that Germany is experiencing a watershed moment.
2022-05-101h 16
WortMelderEpisode 04: "Klimawandel und Klimagerechtigkeit"Der Klimawandel rufe schlichtweg Ungerechtigkeiten hervor oder befördere zumindest bestehende Ungerechtigkeiten, sagt Prof. Dr. Andreas Goldthau. Der Politologe und Inhaber der Franz Haniel Professur für Public Policy an der Willy Brandt School of Public Policy der Universität Erfurt erforscht „Die Systemischen Auswirkungen der globalen Energiewende“ und leitet ein gleichnamiges Forschungsprojekt am Potsdamer Institut für transformative Nachhaltigkeitsforschung. Vor allem, wenn man auf die Länder des globalen Südens schaue, zeigten sich diese durch den Klimawandel hervorgerufenen Ungerechtigkeiten. Wie kann die Weltgemeinschaft also zu mehr Klimagerechtigkeit beitragen? Was tun wir bereits und was muss noch getan werden, um die Erd...
2021-11-0531 minDuckcalls: Duck of Minerva podcastDuck Podcast 8: Marwa DaoudyJarrod talks with Professor Marwa Daoudy about her new book, The Origins of The Syrian Conflict: Climate Change and Human Security (Cambridge, 2020). Daoudy challenges the conventional wisdom in some policy circles that climate change was the primary driver behind the start of the Syrian conflict. We discuss some of the difficult questions about causality and the ability of IR theory to provide adequate tools for addressing climate change. We also discuss the origins of the book and her broad, multidisciplinary approach.
2021-08-1459 minDuckcalls: Duck of Minerva podcastDuckcalls Events Series 1: Solarwinds discussion with Nina Kollars and Mark RaymondA discussion with Nina Kollars and Mark Raymond about the SolarWinds hack, recorded in March, 2021
2021-05-171h 01Duckcalls: Duck of Minerva podcastDuck Podcast: Philip CunliffeDuck podcast with Philip Cunliffe, Senior Lecturer at the University of Kent, on his new book The New Twenty Year's Crisis
2021-01-261h 262020-11-071h 01Duckcalls: Duck of Minerva podcastProfessor Julie Kaarbo on the Duck of MinervaProfessor Julie Kaarbo (U. of Edinburgh) discusses role theory, the relationship between FPA and IR theory, and a new project she is calling Breaking Bad. As always thanks go to Steve Dancz (https://stevedancz.com) for our theme music.
2020-09-191h 12
Za Humny podcast19 - Karanténa po vestfálskuKterý příběh si jako společnost vyprávíme už několik století? A jak vlastně vznikla politická mapa světa? Národní stát se během koronavirové krize - stejně jako Jan Hamáček - energicky hlásí o slovo. Přišel o něj ale vlastně někdy? Probereme nejenom společné soužití národa a státu a vznik myšlenky národního státu jako takové, ale i to, které síly ho dnes oslabují a jestli náhodou už není tak trochu přežitkem. Dojde i na rozdíl mezi “lidmi někde” a “lidmi všude”, nebo na to...
2020-03-2234 minDuckcalls: Duck of Minerva podcastCatherine Sanger - Teaching Online in the Time of COVID 19 (with Luke Perez)
2020-03-2235 min
Duckcalls: Duck of Minerva podcastEpisode 2: Dan NexonIn episode two, former ISQ editor Dan Nexon takes us behind the scenes a bit to discuss editing a major IR journal and shares insights and advice on publishing.
2019-11-111h 38
Duckcalls: Duck of Minerva podcastEpisode 1: Jelena SuboticIn this inaugural Duck of Minerva podcast, we talk with Professor Jelena Subotic about her new book, Yellow Star, Read Star: Holocaust Remembrance after Communism due out with Cornell University Press at the end of 2019 (https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501742408/yellow-star-red-star/).
2019-10-151h 08
Minerva CastPodcast No. 14 - Interview with Mike TierneyThe fourteenth Duck of Minerva podcast features Michael J. Tierney. From his webpage:Professor Tierney received a B.A. from William and Mary in 1987 and a Ph.D. from the University of California at San Diego in 2003. He teaches courses on international relations, international organization, and research methods. He has published two books: Greening Aid? Understanding the Environmental Impact of Development Assistance, Oxford University Press, 2008; Delegation and Agency in International Organizations, Cambridge University Press, 2006. Professor Tierney has published articles in a variety of journals including International Organization,International Studies Quarterly, Review of International Organizations, World Development, Review...
2012-11-3000 minMinerva CastPodcast No. 13 - A Conversation with Nicholas OnufThe thirteenth Duck of Minerva podcast features Nicholas Onuf. Nick is one of the "founding parents" of contemporary constructivism. His book, World of Our Making: Rules and Rule in Social Theory and International Relation -- which has been reissued by Routledge -- introduced the term to describe an approach to the study of world politics.The podcast is wide-ranging -- part of oral history, part interview, part discussion -- such that I've had difficulty figuring out how to insert chapters. If you're listening via m4a, you'll see that the podcast has only a few chapter titles. "Enter...
2012-11-0900 minMinerva CastPodcast No. 12 - SF and Pedagogy Panel at ISA-NE 2012This is the audio from the Speculative Fiction and Pedagogy panel at the International Studies Association-Northeast 2012 convention. The panel featured Henry Farrell, Dan Nexon, Jennifer Lobasz, and PTJ.Note: that this is now a legacy podcast distribution channel. The new feed is: http://www.whiteoliphaunt.com/duckofminerva/podcast/. I will continue to post Duck of Minerva podcasts here for the time being, but I suggest switching over the new feed.
2012-11-0800 min