Robert Falkner

To honour Barry Buzan's scholarly legacy in IR and contribution to @lseir.bsky.social, but also to launch the new book "The Big Picture Approach", which engages with Barry's distinctive intellectual project, we are holding a panel debate at LSE on 29 October, 18:30-20:00. In person & online.

🎤 My next book talk "Green Political Economy" will be at LSE @lseideas.bsky.social - on Tuesday 13 October, 6pm-7pm. The talk will introduce key themes of my new book, and specifically how geoeconomics plays into the global green transition. Registration needed at: www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/events...

In the past, leading economies were expected to enter a global green race that will accelerate the decarbonisation of the global economy. This optimistic view has given way to a more pessimistic outlook, with economic nationalism and geo-economic competition expected to slow the green transition.

Looking forward to presenting my new book "Green Political Economy" at Stockholm University on Thursday 24 September. Thanks to Karin Bäckstrand for inviting me to take part in her EPPLE seminar series: www.su.se/english/divi... @politybooks.bsky.social

📖 Just over a month to go until my new book, Green Political Economy, is published by @politybooks.bsky.social. Available in paperback, hardback and ebook, you can get it in the UK by late September, and in the US by early December 2026.

I'm grateful to the editors and production managers at Polity, who've done an amazing job turning the raw text into an appealing book. Many thanks to @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social and Harriet Bulkeley for their generous endorsements...

📖 Just over a month to go until my new book, Green Political Economy, is published by @politybooks.bsky.social. Available in paperback, hardback and ebook, you can get it in the UK by late September, and in the US by early December 2026.

📚My new paper on "Geopolitics and Tariffs: An International Relations Perspective" has just been published in the @lsepress.bsky.social journal Public Policy Review's latest special issue. In this paper, I argue that the dramatic escalation of tariffs under Trump 2.0 ...

You can download the paper at ppr.lse.ac.uk/articles/10....

📚My new paper on "Geopolitics and Tariffs: An International Relations Perspective" has just been published in the @lsepress.bsky.social journal Public Policy Review's latest special issue. In this paper, I argue that the dramatic escalation of tariffs under Trump 2.0 ...

...marks not merely a revival of economic protectionism, but a qualitative shift towards tariffs as a tool of geopolitical strategy. Trump, the self-declared "Tariff Man", is clearly a key factor in this story. However, the combination of a deepening US-China rift, ...

My new paper on "Chatham House and the global climate crisis" has just been published, as part of a wonderful collection of historical reflections that chart the first century of the London based think tank otherwise known as the Royal Institute of International Affairs.

If anything, the confluence of geopolitics and sustainability issues in today's world only serves to underline the importance of researching global climate & environmental issues through an international affairs lens.

My new paper on "Chatham House and the global climate crisis" has just been published, as part of a wonderful collection of historical reflections that chart the first century of the London based think tank otherwise known as the Royal Institute of International Affairs.

Over time, the CH environmental programme broadened its agenda to include many other global environmental issues, from ozone depletion and trade/environmental conflicts to deforestation, biosafety, and resource management.

My new paper on "Chatham House and the global climate crisis" has just been published, as part of a wonderful collection of historical reflections that chart the first century of the London based think tank otherwise known as the Royal Institute of International Affairs.

In this paper, I review the history of environmental and climate related research at Chatham House, from the late 1980s till today, while trying to assess its impact. Not only was Chatham House the first international affairs think tank to put climate change permanently on its research agenda...

My new paper on "Chatham House and the global climate crisis" has just been published, as part of a wonderful collection of historical reflections that chart the first century of the London based think tank otherwise known as the Royal Institute of International Affairs.

New publication! 📚 My new paper "World Society: From Analytical Dustbin to Master Concept of International Relations?” has been published in "The Big Picture as an Approach to the Study of International Relations Thinking With and Beyond Barry Buzan", published by @universitypress.cambridge.org

We'll be launching the book at a LSE Department of International Relations event in late October 2026 - watch out for future announcements.

New publication! 📚 My new paper "World Society: From Analytical Dustbin to Master Concept of International Relations?” has been published in "The Big Picture as an Approach to the Study of International Relations Thinking With and Beyond Barry Buzan", published by @universitypress.cambridge.org

Expertly edited by @ritafloyd.bsky.social and Laust Schouenborg, the volume brings together a stellar group of IR scholars who engage with Barry Buzan's Big Picture theorising and his many contributions to the development of International Relations theory.