Daniel R. McCarthy
@drmccarthy.bsky.social
Associate Prof in IR at The University of Melbourne
Interests: STS, IR, Tech, Utopia, American National Security and Foreign Policy
Series Editor, Technology, International Relations and World Order, Routledge
Interests: STS, IR, Tech, Utopia, American National Security and Foreign Policy
Series Editor, Technology, International Relations and World Order, Routledge
Interesting article on foresight analysis in IOs 👇 that will be of relevance to folks interested in future studies in IR, scenarios, utopia, etc
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Unknowing the future: Speculative foresight in international institutions and the unexpected ‘origins’ of expertise | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core
Unknowing the future: Speculative foresight in international institutions and the unexpected ‘origins’ of expertise
www.cambridge.org
September 16, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Interesting article on foresight analysis in IOs 👇 that will be of relevance to folks interested in future studies in IR, scenarios, utopia, etc
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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ARTICLE:
Duncan Bell, "John Stuart Mill on Federation, Civilization and Empire," History of Political Thought (2024)
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Duncan Bell, "John Stuart Mill on Federation, Civilization and Empire," History of Political Thought (2024)
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John Stuart Mill on Federation, Civilization and Empire: Ingenta Connect
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September 13, 2026 at 1:22 PM
ARTICLE:
Duncan Bell, "John Stuart Mill on Federation, Civilization and Empire," History of Political Thought (2024)
go.shr.lc/3EFfrLf
Duncan Bell, "John Stuart Mill on Federation, Civilization and Empire," History of Political Thought (2024)
go.shr.lc/3EFfrLf
Things ex-pat Canadians learn: the Canadian Internet economy is very dated.
Want to buy a gift card from a restaurant? Can't do it from overseas. No idea why. Have to call direct.
Want to buy a gift card from a restaurant? Can't do it from overseas. No idea why. Have to call direct.
September 8, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Things ex-pat Canadians learn: the Canadian Internet economy is very dated.
Want to buy a gift card from a restaurant? Can't do it from overseas. No idea why. Have to call direct.
Want to buy a gift card from a restaurant? Can't do it from overseas. No idea why. Have to call direct.
He had to experience deportation to understand it was terrifying.
In sum: a sociopath with zero empathy.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
In sum: a sociopath with zero empathy.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Deported Milo Yiannopoulos says he is ‘ashamed’ of support for Trump
British far-right pundit breaks silence on ICE arrest and deportation and says he was ‘really, really terrified’
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2026 at 9:45 AM
He had to experience deportation to understand it was terrifying.
In sum: a sociopath with zero empathy.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
In sum: a sociopath with zero empathy.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
📣OCIS 2027 Call for Papers is now open - check it out 👇
Jointly organized by ANU and USP, it is taking place in Suva, Fiji, July 7-9 2027
For our American IR friends: Fiji in July > Atlanta in March 😉
ocis.org.au/2027-call-fo...
Jointly organized by ANU and USP, it is taking place in Suva, Fiji, July 7-9 2027
For our American IR friends: Fiji in July > Atlanta in March 😉
ocis.org.au/2027-call-fo...
2027 OCIS Call for Papers – 2027 OCIS
ocis.org.au
September 2, 2026 at 6:26 AM
📣OCIS 2027 Call for Papers is now open - check it out 👇
Jointly organized by ANU and USP, it is taking place in Suva, Fiji, July 7-9 2027
For our American IR friends: Fiji in July > Atlanta in March 😉
ocis.org.au/2027-call-fo...
Jointly organized by ANU and USP, it is taking place in Suva, Fiji, July 7-9 2027
For our American IR friends: Fiji in July > Atlanta in March 😉
ocis.org.au/2027-call-fo...
Missed this one when it first came out: @janeijking.com on Jules Verne, fiction/literature, and technocratic worldmaking in RIS. Very good, very interesting piece 👇
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Machine conquest: Jules Verne’s technocratic worldmaking | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core
Machine conquest: Jules Verne’s technocratic worldmaking - Volume 51 Issue 2
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September 1, 2026 at 5:45 AM
Missed this one when it first came out: @janeijking.com on Jules Verne, fiction/literature, and technocratic worldmaking in RIS. Very good, very interesting piece 👇
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Wake up, babe. The Prime Minister just dropped “hydronym”.
August 27, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Wake up, babe. The Prime Minister just dropped “hydronym”.
Lake America.
*Sigh*
*Sigh*
August 27, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Lake America.
*Sigh*
*Sigh*
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My article, African Feminisms in International Relations, is out in International Theory. In it, I discuss how engagement with African feminisms can enhance the study of IR.
#OpenAccess from our latest issue -
African feminisms in International Relations - https://cup.org/4wthdnW
- @peacemedie.bsky.social
African feminisms in International Relations - https://cup.org/4wthdnW
- @peacemedie.bsky.social
August 11, 2026 at 10:28 AM
My article, African Feminisms in International Relations, is out in International Theory. In it, I discuss how engagement with African feminisms can enhance the study of IR.
Utopianists - SI on Utopia in Authoritarian Times 👇 in Utopian Studies will be of interest given, you know, everything.......
muse.jhu.edu/issue/57160/...
muse.jhu.edu/issue/57160/...
Project MUSE -- Verification required!
muse.jhu.edu
August 26, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Utopianists - SI on Utopia in Authoritarian Times 👇 in Utopian Studies will be of interest given, you know, everything.......
muse.jhu.edu/issue/57160/...
muse.jhu.edu/issue/57160/...
Trump's American exceptionalism shines through in this weird idea that people living in other places want to be American.
The crusading liberal universalism has gone in favour of chauvinist civilizational identity but the 'city on a hill' idea remains.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
The crusading liberal universalism has gone in favour of chauvinist civilizational identity but the 'city on a hill' idea remains.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
‘No more!!!’: Trump lashes out after US-Canada talks devolve into trade war
PM Mark Carney says ‘we got attacked’ as tariffs come into force on items from hockey sticks to tongue depressors
www.theguardian.com
August 25, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Trump's American exceptionalism shines through in this weird idea that people living in other places want to be American.
The crusading liberal universalism has gone in favour of chauvinist civilizational identity but the 'city on a hill' idea remains.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
The crusading liberal universalism has gone in favour of chauvinist civilizational identity but the 'city on a hill' idea remains.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Utopianists - story in @news.abc.net.au on libertarian utopia Prospera 👇will be of interest. An ex. of an enclave utopia w/ implications for how we think about utopia and spatial relations in IR.
@mattfluck.bsky.social engages this idea in forthcoming work
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
@mattfluck.bsky.social engages this idea in forthcoming work
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
Inside the libertarian city on a Caribbean island backed by Silicon Valley
It might sound like something out of a Reddit thread — a Caribbean island where libertarians, biohackers and crypto bros are building an experimental city. In Honduras, it's real.
www.abc.net.au
August 22, 2026 at 4:32 AM
Utopianists - story in @news.abc.net.au on libertarian utopia Prospera 👇will be of interest. An ex. of an enclave utopia w/ implications for how we think about utopia and spatial relations in IR.
@mattfluck.bsky.social engages this idea in forthcoming work
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
@mattfluck.bsky.social engages this idea in forthcoming work
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
Check it out - @versobooks.bsky.social has launched a new 'Southern Questions' series 👇 edited by Adom Getachew and Thomas Meaney that will likely be of wide interest
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/collec...
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/collec...
Verso's Southern Questions
Decolonisation was the major historical process of the twentieth century. Its unfinished projects continue to shape our present. The defeat, withdrawal, and reconfiguration of Western colonial power i...
www.versobooks.com
August 20, 2026 at 4:49 AM
Check it out - @versobooks.bsky.social has launched a new 'Southern Questions' series 👇 edited by Adom Getachew and Thomas Meaney that will likely be of wide interest
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/collec...
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/collec...
Utopianists in IR - recent article on technology, diplomactic peace in Africa, and utopia, drawing on Mathias Thaler's work on peace as a 'minor utopia' will be of interest 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com
August 18, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Utopianists in IR - recent article on technology, diplomactic peace in Africa, and utopia, drawing on Mathias Thaler's work on peace as a 'minor utopia' will be of interest 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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this is a lovely project!
This is a really beautiful website by @jdworkin.bsky.social on the everyday household items that were once only dreamt about – a music player, nightlight, family photos, clean water, ice, spices, and more.
10/10 would recommend exploring it! ordinaryabundance.com
10/10 would recommend exploring it! ordinaryabundance.com
Ordinary Abundance
A walk through a modern apartment, through the eyes of the people for whom everything in it was new.
ordinaryabundance.com
August 13, 2026 at 1:12 AM
this is a lovely project!
Working on second edition of Technology and World Politics 👇at the moment.
Nice to engage across the whole breadth of work on technology in IR again
2nd edition out with @routledgebooks.bsky.social next year
www.routledge.com/Technology-a...
Nice to engage across the whole breadth of work on technology in IR again
2nd edition out with @routledgebooks.bsky.social next year
www.routledge.com/Technology-a...
Technology and World Politics: An Introduction
This edited volume provides a convenient entry point to the cutting-edge field of the international politics of technology, in an interesting and informative manner. Technology and World Politics intr...
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August 13, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Working on second edition of Technology and World Politics 👇at the moment.
Nice to engage across the whole breadth of work on technology in IR again
2nd edition out with @routledgebooks.bsky.social next year
www.routledge.com/Technology-a...
Nice to engage across the whole breadth of work on technology in IR again
2nd edition out with @routledgebooks.bsky.social next year
www.routledge.com/Technology-a...
Shanon Brincat's new volume 👇 on dialectic in international relations will be of interest to IR theory scholars - he conducts dialogue with authors using the approach from various perspectives (Hegelian, Marxist, Critical Realist, Buddhist, etc).
#irtheory
academic.oup.com/book/63069
#irtheory
academic.oup.com/book/63069
Dialectical Dialogues in Global International Relations
Abstract. This is a unique volume of transcultural dialogue in which Shannon Brincat brings together a diverse group of scholars who use a dialectical appr
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August 12, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Shanon Brincat's new volume 👇 on dialectic in international relations will be of interest to IR theory scholars - he conducts dialogue with authors using the approach from various perspectives (Hegelian, Marxist, Critical Realist, Buddhist, etc).
#irtheory
academic.oup.com/book/63069
#irtheory
academic.oup.com/book/63069
I realize this is Bluesky, and thus not the audience, but I'm sharing this in case anyone has a crazy uncle who believes Trump and RFK Jr's nonsense and needs some light reading assistance.......
publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/vaccine...
www.theguardian.com/society/2010...
publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/vaccine...
www.theguardian.com/society/2010...
Lancet retracts 'utterly false' MMR paper
After medical council ruling last week that MMR doctor Andrew Wakefield was dishonest, journal finally quashes paper
www.theguardian.com
August 11, 2026 at 12:17 AM
I realize this is Bluesky, and thus not the audience, but I'm sharing this in case anyone has a crazy uncle who believes Trump and RFK Jr's nonsense and needs some light reading assistance.......
publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/vaccine...
www.theguardian.com/society/2010...
publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/vaccine...
www.theguardian.com/society/2010...
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Antisemitism royal commission told misogyny a major driver of extremism in young men
Misogyny a major driver of extremism in young men, royal commission told
Misogyny and its amplification through the "manosphere" may be a key driver of ideologically motivated extremism in young men and boys in Australia, the antisemitism royal commission has heard.
www.abc.net.au
August 6, 2026 at 4:17 AM
Antisemitism royal commission told misogyny a major driver of extremism in young men
Utopianists in IR - if you have not had the chance to read the book below 👇 it is well worth a look
Koenig-Archibugi takes on core issues at the heart of arguments around utopia in IR, including issues of method, scale, and feasibility as it relates to a world state
academic.oup.com/book/57306
Koenig-Archibugi takes on core issues at the heart of arguments around utopia in IR, including issues of method, scale, and feasibility as it relates to a world state
academic.oup.com/book/57306
The Universal Republic: A Realistic Utopia?
Abstract. Can humanity achieve collective self-government in a highly interdependent world? Catastrophic climate change, biodiversity loss, pandemics, war
academic.oup.com
August 6, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Utopianists in IR - if you have not had the chance to read the book below 👇 it is well worth a look
Koenig-Archibugi takes on core issues at the heart of arguments around utopia in IR, including issues of method, scale, and feasibility as it relates to a world state
academic.oup.com/book/57306
Koenig-Archibugi takes on core issues at the heart of arguments around utopia in IR, including issues of method, scale, and feasibility as it relates to a world state
academic.oup.com/book/57306
Utopianists - check out this interesting article on Soviet temporalities, the home, and revolutionary time 👇
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Time at Home: The October Revolution and Soviet Temporalities
The October Revolution ushered in a radical, future-orientated political agenda. Almost immediately, through the press, advice literature, activism and avant-garde planning, a lively discourse on dom...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 4, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Utopianists - check out this interesting article on Soviet temporalities, the home, and revolutionary time 👇
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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This is going to be great! Please do join us in Fiji next July
📣OCIS 2027 Conference has just been announced 📣
The Oceanic Conference on International Studies will take place in Suva, Fiji, jointly organized by ANU and the University of the South Pacific
Great conference - check out 👇
@georgelawson.bsky.social @anubellschool.bsky.social
ocis.org.au
The Oceanic Conference on International Studies will take place in Suva, Fiji, jointly organized by ANU and the University of the South Pacific
Great conference - check out 👇
@georgelawson.bsky.social @anubellschool.bsky.social
ocis.org.au
2027 OCIS
ocis.org.au
August 3, 2026 at 3:39 AM
This is going to be great! Please do join us in Fiji next July
📣OCIS 2027 Conference has just been announced 📣
The Oceanic Conference on International Studies will take place in Suva, Fiji, jointly organized by ANU and the University of the South Pacific
Great conference - check out 👇
@georgelawson.bsky.social @anubellschool.bsky.social
ocis.org.au
The Oceanic Conference on International Studies will take place in Suva, Fiji, jointly organized by ANU and the University of the South Pacific
Great conference - check out 👇
@georgelawson.bsky.social @anubellschool.bsky.social
ocis.org.au
2027 OCIS
ocis.org.au
August 2, 2026 at 10:17 PM
📣OCIS 2027 Conference has just been announced 📣
The Oceanic Conference on International Studies will take place in Suva, Fiji, jointly organized by ANU and the University of the South Pacific
Great conference - check out 👇
@georgelawson.bsky.social @anubellschool.bsky.social
ocis.org.au
The Oceanic Conference on International Studies will take place in Suva, Fiji, jointly organized by ANU and the University of the South Pacific
Great conference - check out 👇
@georgelawson.bsky.social @anubellschool.bsky.social
ocis.org.au
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“Teaching Autocracy and Autocratic Politics” is now out. To my knowledge, this is the first book that considers how instructors can teach about autocracy in a university setting.
www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/tea...
www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/tea...
Teaching Autocracy and Autocratic Politics
‘This is a terrific and thoughtful book about a question our field has overlooked: how to teach the politics of authoritarianism well. Filled with creative ideas and practical tools, it will be invalu...
www.e-elgar.com
July 27, 2026 at 10:46 AM
“Teaching Autocracy and Autocratic Politics” is now out. To my knowledge, this is the first book that considers how instructors can teach about autocracy in a university setting.
www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/tea...
www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/tea...