Professor of International Relations at University of Warwick; Latin America; Historical IR; small stateshttps://bsky.app/profile/tomlongphd.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomlongphd.bsky.social/post/3mjwirucz5s2uWe really appreciate this recognition from the @isanet.bsky.social Diplomatic Studies Section! The paper is available open access in the @globalhistjnl.bsky.social 👇 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-global-history/article/seeing-the-berlin-conference-from-the-periphery-latin-american-reactions-to-imperialism-elsewhere-188485/DBA9AA4117A443E01190BE180DED3AAD [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Apr 2026 12:46 +0000at://did:plc:gvmr7uz224us4py7qsql5vgc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwirucz5s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomlongphd.bsky.social/post/3mgpgz44stk2eWhy have Latin American small states retained their affinity for China's Belt and Road Initiative despite varying results? Alongside Zara Albright & Diego Telias, we argue that BRI offered discursive resources even when material benefits fell short. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09557571.2026.2637109#abstract10 Mar 2026 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:gvmr7uz224us4py7qsql5vgc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgpgz44stk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/tomlongphd.bsky.social/post/3mggcst44qs22Interested in how international inequalities are institutionalized? In the history of IOs? Please check our new paper in @isq-jrnl.bsky.social! 👇 [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Mar 2026 22:01 +0000at://did:plc:gvmr7uz224us4py7qsql5vgc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mggcst44qs22https://bsky.app/profile/tomlongphd.bsky.social/post/3m7qlk3gckc2jWonderful news!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Dec 2025 22:07 +0000at://did:plc:gvmr7uz224us4py7qsql5vgc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7qlk3gckc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomlongphd.bsky.social/post/3m7qljkjoqk2jAbsolutely fantastic opportunity for an IR scholar focused on Latin America at the Parsee School at Boston University. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31333 https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/3133311 Dec 2025 22:07 +0000at://did:plc:gvmr7uz224us4py7qsql5vgc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7qljkjoqk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomlongphd.bsky.social/post/3m6x26gzrnk2iThe new special issue of EJIR is a wonderful and diverse look at "History and Theory in International Relations". The issue includes my article with @caschulz.bsky.social on critical junctures in IR: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13540661251379629 🧵🧵🧵 @ejir.bsky.social @warwickpais.bsky.social01 Dec 2025 18:20 +0000at://did:plc:gvmr7uz224us4py7qsql5vgc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6x26gzrnk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/tomlongphd.bsky.social/post/3m6gmiytwuk2vGreat to be back in Mexico City, visiting some old friends! https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/turn-against-empire-benito-juarezs-liberal-rejoinder-to-the-french-intervention-in-mexico/DD724411FCA386D1C142AD2B0722601B25 Nov 2025 05:33 +0000at://did:plc:gvmr7uz224us4py7qsql5vgc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6gmiytwuk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomlongphd.bsky.social/post/3m5wp6zbl522xIt was great to talk with France 24 about US military operations in the Caribbean. Southern Sphere seems part and parcel of an effort to repurpose the language, legal rationale, and technologies developed in the "war on terrorism" for a newly aggressive war on drugs. https://www.france24.com/fr/am%C3%A9riques/20251114-%C3%A9tats-unis-vs-venezuela-le-grand-flou-de-l-op%C3%A9ration-lance-du-sud18 Nov 2025 21:38 +0000at://did:plc:gvmr7uz224us4py7qsql5vgc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5wp6zbl522xhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomlongphd.bsky.social/post/3m3rwwgfidc2lGreg Grandin's new book is sweeping, ambitious, and compelling. Likely to be read as a history of Latin America, the region primarily acts as a mirror to the United States. "However, in this reflection, the history of Latin America is distorted," I argue. My review: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/americas/article/abs/america-america-a-new-history-of-the-new-world-by-greg-grandin-new-york-penguin-random-house-2025-pp-768-3500-cloth/8F6C14298432FFF1D3E043C98A84365A?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=bookmark22 Oct 2025 13:23 +0000at://did:plc:gvmr7uz224us4py7qsql5vgc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3rwwgfidc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomlongphd.bsky.social/post/3lucmcgfk4k2pAnd check out the underpinning research, open access in APSR! https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/turn-against-empire-benito-juarezs-liberal-rejoinder-to-the-french-intervention-in-mexico/DD724411FCA386D1C142AD2B0722601B [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Jul 2025 09:07 +0000at://did:plc:gvmr7uz224us4py7qsql5vgc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lucmcgfk4k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/tomlongphd.bsky.social/post/3ltz6nlbbmc2rThe history of international order is usually the history of the great powers. But what can we learn from looking at worldviews of those who resisted intervention? Very pleased to have this new post available on The Conversation with my coauthor and friend @caschulz.bsky.social. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Jul 2025 15:08 +0000at://did:plc:gvmr7uz224us4py7qsql5vgc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltz6nlbbmc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomlongphd.bsky.social/post/3lri6h2chv226IR accounts of history have long emphasized turning points; increasingly, IR scholars invoke "critical junctures." But how should IR understand these? In this article, forthcoming in EJIR, @caschulz.bsky.social, and I propose a framework for CJ analysis in IR: https://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/191203/13 Jun 2025 09:59 +0000at://did:plc:gvmr7uz224us4py7qsql5vgc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lri6h2chv226https://bsky.app/profile/tomlongphd.bsky.social/post/3lp7c6md5hc2cIt was a pleasure to host Ignacio Higueras Hare, Peru's ambassador to the UK, at the University of Warwick and @warwickpais.bsky.social. We appreciated his remarks about Latin American integration, and especially his outreach to our students. https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/news/topstory1/15 May 2025 10:21 +0000at://did:plc:gvmr7uz224us4py7qsql5vgc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp7c6md5hc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/tomlongphd.bsky.social/post/3loxqrf7cn22oSmall States & Territories assembled a great forum on Veenendaal and Corbett's influential, "Why Small States Offer Important Answers to Large Questions." My essay, "Historical dynamics of international relationships: Veenendaal and Corbett beyond comparative politics" https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/134770/1/Historical%20dynamics%20of%20international%20relationships_Veenendaal%20and%20Corbett%20beyond%20comparative%20politics.pdf12 May 2025 10:21 +0000at://did:plc:gvmr7uz224us4py7qsql5vgc/app.bsky.feed.post/3loxqrf7cn22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/tomlongphd.bsky.social/post/3lomgzls3lk2vExcited to be in this issue of APSR, with "A Turn Against Empire: Benito Juárez’s Liberal Rejoinder to the French Intervention in Mexico," with @caschulz.bsky.social. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055424000613 @warwickpais.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2025 22:28 +0000at://did:plc:gvmr7uz224us4py7qsql5vgc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lomgzls3lk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomlongphd.bsky.social/post/3lmh3ylklak2jBig congratulations to my @warwickpais.bsky.social colleague, Charlie Price! [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Apr 2025 08:36 +0000at://did:plc:gvmr7uz224us4py7qsql5vgc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmh3ylklak2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomlongphd.bsky.social/post/3lm2hcu7fzs2pThe assault on the US knowledge infrastructure continues. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Apr 2025 07:54 +0000at://did:plc:gvmr7uz224us4py7qsql5vgc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm2hcu7fzs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/tomlongphd.bsky.social/post/3llzhtwid2s2pThe Wilson Center has been effectively shuttered by Trump and Musk. This saves taxpayers almost nothing, while erasing space for policy research, dialogue, and exchange, all things I gained from and made a small contribution to. For shame. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/us/politics/wilson-center-shutdown-musk.html?smid=nytcore-android-share04 Apr 2025 22:31 +0000at://did:plc:gvmr7uz224us4py7qsql5vgc/app.bsky.feed.post/3llzhtwid2s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/tomlongphd.bsky.social/post/3llsxukryj22rThe arguments the Trump admin is making in this case are alarming. The USG can deport someone with legal status to another country's prisons (supposedly by mistake), cannot correct that error, nor be challenged in court as a "unitary executive". No limits, no checks. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/us/politics/maryland-man-deportation-error-el-salvador.html?smid=nytcore-android-share02 Apr 2025 08:29 +0000at://did:plc:gvmr7uz224us4py7qsql5vgc/app.bsky.feed.post/3llsxukryj22r