Chris Blattman Thank you for sharing Chris Blattman ! For reading suggestions on conflict I highly recommend this excellent book by Jonathan Leader Maynard x.com/jleadermaynard…

I’ll take it: I did better than 91% of players in the FT's Election Game. Think you can do better? Test your campaign skills: ig.ft.com/us-election-ga… via @ft

Purely on electoral logic, this round of the Conservatives leadership election is fascinating. Eliminating and redistributing a centrist candidate’s votes has led to a 2 vote decrease in the other centrist candidate’s vote, and a net 22 increase for his opponents… huh?

This just in from source close to Cleverly: “MPs thought they'd 2nd guess & vote against person they least liked, rather than for person they actually wanted. Despite us all pleading for MPs to vote for their favourite candidate, James. In a smaller party that kind of thing

Delighted that the Routledge Handbook of Ideology and International Relations, which I co-edited with Mark L. Haas, is now available in paperback for just £35.99! Full details here: routledge.com/The-Routledge-…?

I’m excited to be speaking at the Cascade Institute tomorrow (Thursday) on ‘How Global Ideological Competition Drives Russia’s War in Ukraine’. 1pm Pacific/4pm East Coast/9pm UK/10pm W Europe. Join me on Zoom! Details below: cascadeinstitute.org/about/events/

Excited to be appearing at the time 'Politics of Fear' event at the Institute of Philosophy in London on 31st January! Details below: philosophy.sas.ac.uk/news-events/ev…

3 new jobs in my department at King's College London KCL Department of Political Economy - 2 in Political Theory, and one in Politics, Philosophy and Economics. It's a great department. Details below! kcl.ac.uk/jobs/108445-le… kcl.ac.uk/jobs/108485-le…

This is from a few weeks ago, but I really recommend this great column from Lise Butler at City St George's, University of London, on the lessons for the UK Labour Party from Canada. renewal.org.uk/2025/03/01/sle…

A new fixed term position in Political Theory in my great Department of Political Economy at King's College London. Do apply and spread the word! KCL Department of Political Economy jobs.ac.uk/job/DMK462/lec…

Magnificent instant Wikipedia service to keep us fully informed about the new pope…