Kieran O’Meara

'In Dark Times'
- The 14th Annual Graduate Conference in IPT Organising Committee.

Stay tuned for our Call for Papers for the July 20–21, 2026 conference: 'International Politics/(Un)Ethical Worlds: Morality, Power, Resistance and the Aesthetics of Politics in Dark Times.'

UPDATE

The 14th Annual Graduate Conference in International Political Theory will be held on the 20-21st July 2026 with the following title:

International Politics/(Un)Ethical Worlds: Morality, Power, Resistance and the Aesthetics of Politics in Dark Times.

More to follow, watch this space!

Cosmopolitan imaginaries and international disorder One can hardly envisage a more intelligently cogent exploration of the cosmopolitan imaginary in international society. In this book, Aaron McKeil addresse

Very happy that my review of Aaron McKeil’s ‘Cosmopolitan Imaginaries and International Disorder’ - exploring why modern cosmopolitan ideas and movements have been unable to overturn the norms of international order - is available now in @iajournal.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1093/ia/i...

Cosmopolitan imaginaries and international disorder One can hardly envisage a more intelligently cogent exploration of the cosmopolitan imaginary in international society. In this book, Aaron McKeil addresse

Very happy that my review of Aaron McKeil’s ‘Cosmopolitan Imaginaries and International Disorder’ - exploring why modern cosmopolitan ideas and movements have been unable to overturn the norms of international order - is available now in @iajournal.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1093/ia/i...

Happy to say that my thoughts on the events in Venezuela last weekend were printed in Mondays edition of @thetimes.com 🗞️ 📰

'The second result of our difference about human sin is that we disagree about the possible extent of social change and the essential adaptability of human institutions.'

Lost BBC broadcast transcript where Martin Wight explores modernity and institutional change, aired after 'The Goon Show.'

Thinking Global Podcast – Anthony F. Lang Jr. Anthony F. Lang Jr. speaks about universal values, International Political Theory (IPT), normativity, ethics, Grotius and more.

Really enjoyed speaking with @kieranomeara.bsky.social and Dan Drury on @e-international.bsky.social on my intellectual journey in IR: eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

"'Security is mainly a matter of giving the intended aggressor fair warning of what he would be up against.' 'A definition of aggression...is a signpost for the guilty.' Discuss"

Martin Wight's June Examination for 'International Institutions' taught at LSE in 1949 @lseid.bsky.social

E-IRxBISA Archives – E-International Relations Roland Bleiker, the Keynote Speaker of the BISA Conference 2025, speaks about emotions and visuality in international politics, the conference, advice to young scholars and more.

@e-international.bsky.social podcast @ #BISA2025 🎉

The 4 E-IR podcasts recorded with us in Belfast have now been uploaded and you can listen to them all at the link down below - a huge thank you to the whole team 🌟

🎧 Listen here - buff.ly/JvVrHsD

@faloulah.bsky.social
@kieranomeara.bsky.social

Come join myself, @faloulah.bsky.social and Daniel Drury at the @e-international.bsky.social stand @mybisa.bsky.social conference in Belfast. Come have a chat and record with us LIVE for the Thinking Global Podcast!

This week, join @faloulah.bsky.social and myself of @e-international.bsky.social‬ recording LIVE from the @mybisa.bsky.social conference in Belfast. If you’re attending, come find us so we can record you and bring your research to our global listenership! #BISA2025

Thinking Global, @e-international.bsky.social‬ podcast, is recording at #BISA2025 🎙️

Join @kieranomeara.bsky.social‬ @faloulah.bsky.social‬ & others to share your research, thoughts and impressions directly from #BISA2025! 🎉

Learn more! 👉 buff.ly/mHkyijl

@bisasee.bsky.social
@ipegbisa.bsky.social

We love a 5 ⭐️ review from a colleague 😂

Can’t wait! Come and find us @mybisa.bsky.social in Belfast!

Naturally, in the weeks leading up to his 24th birthday, Martin Wight takes notes in A.E. Taylor’s book on Socrates in Greek. 😂

Eddie O'Meara, 2023-2025.
Sleep well, my gorgeous boy.

Opinion – Trump, Shattered Diplomacy and International Society Trump’s break with traditional diplomatic norms is a potential pivot point where new expectations and possibilities for state behaviour may emerge.

Check out my opinion piece for @e-international.bsky.social. I argue that Trump's diplomatic conduct has not undermined Diplomacy as an institution of International Society; rather it has reminded us that it is contingent upon reciprocated practices. A 10-minute read!
www.e-ir.info/2025/04/13/o...

E-International Relations is now on Bluesky for all of your #internationalrelations needs! Just go to: @e-international.bsky.social

My idea was to have a Friday afternoon where I did some easier work. 🤪

What a day…
- Marking undergrad work.
- Writing a paper for a workshop.
- Abstract reviewing for @standrewsipt.bsky.social
- Tutoring
- Editing a podcast episode for E-IR

And

- Practically foxtrotting around the office to today’s soundtrack of… 😂

Turnout of #deutschewahl #Wahl2025 highest since reunification at 82.5%, but areas of AfD popularity visibly appear to be lower or below average (using @reuters.com data). If a ⚫️🔴/⚫️🔴🟢 coalition stagnates, the AfD have been placed in prime position to claim 'legitimate alternative' status. Worrying.

In a single statement about Ukraine, J.D. Vance illustrates how little he understands of what national sovereignty entails conceptually. That said, as the overarching ideology dictates that all things can undergo commodification, maybe it was only a matter of time?

Cash 4 Norms all along.

So happy to say that I will be chairing 2 Roundtables at the @mybisa.bsky.social conference in June in Belfast. The 1st on #openaccess #polsci and the 2nd on the future of the English School. Also, I will be presenting my paper to a BISA CRIPT panel on Pacifist International Theory. Come along! ☺️

The @thesun.co.uk really is a rag. Yesterday’s paper vs BBC on repealing the Legacy Act. “Labour’s hard left often side with terrorists.” 🥱🙄🙄 Just blatant rightist rubbish that forgot ‘news’ some time ago.

Positionality statement: I am a Liverpool @lfcr.bsky.social fan though, so..

Once again I find myself in awe of Martin Wight’s style as a young writer. What a line:

“It is easy to make a bargain with the Devil, and impossible to see that he keeps it.”

A student asked me "Does @just-stopoil.bsky.social believe they have had an effect?"
- Est. 4.4 Bn barrels of oil unlicensed for drilling due to action.
- That's 1.9 Mn tonnes of CO2e.
- That's 1,339,422 barrels of oil stopped per arrest.
- That's 24 Mn barrels per imprisonment.

Yes. Yes it does.

Wight reminding me why his pacifist thought slaps! Here, talking about #pacifism, #internationalrelations, and British #Imperialism in India, responding to the then Bishop of Bombay Richard D Acland’s claim that pacifism exaggerates the sanctity of life and that imperialism is a Christian act - 1936

Yesterday it was lovely to host a Christmas Party for my @uniofstandrews.bsky.social 1st year #InternationalRelations PhD colleagues and friends in my little flat. What an amazing bunch of scholars from all over the world! Merry Christmas all the academics in my phone! 😂 Have a great one! 🎄🎁🫂

Would anybody be interested in listening to a podcast series just looking at how international relations, conflict studies, post colonial thought, feminist thought, IR Theory and sport variously intersect?? If so, what would make you listen??

X (twitter) is feeling more and more like 4chan with every day that passes.