Associate Prof in International Relations (Education) @LSE. Interested in Realism, international security, military intervention, US foreign policy, and historical IR.https://bsky.app/profile/lucatardelli.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucatardelli.bsky.social/post/3mlnf7vy5ec2b𒂼𒄄 = ama-gi⁴ = Sumerian, commonly translated as 'freedom' (and the earliest instance of this concept in history), but literally meaning 'return to mother'. Belated happy #mothersday12 May 2026 08:39 +0000at://did:plc:i2e3il4ydq2m2gwt2bl5lgit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnf7vy5ec2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucatardelli.bsky.social/post/3mku7x24vmc2g"We're finished". [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 May 2026 08:28 +0000at://did:plc:i2e3il4ydq2m2gwt2bl5lgit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mku7x24vmc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/lucatardelli.bsky.social/post/3mjoooir4js23Our IR201 LSE Summer School course on 'Power Shift: The West, the BRICS, and the Crisis of the Liberal International Order' will run on 13-31 July, taught again by my great colleague @rohanmukherjee.bsky.social and yours truly. Share this with any interested students! https://www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse/summer-schools/summer-school/courses/international-relations/ir20117 Apr 2026 10:10 +0000at://did:plc:i2e3il4ydq2m2gwt2bl5lgit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjoooir4js23https://bsky.app/profile/lucatardelli.bsky.social/post/3mjkbyzewxc25Given the tensions between the Trump administration and Pope Leo XIV, come along to our @lseir.bsky.social event to learn more about the 'Papacy in Global Politics', with @massimofaggioli.bsky.social, Dr Carmody Grey, and Prof.James Walters. Chaired by yours truly. https://www.lse.ac.uk/international-relations/events/2026/papacy-in-global-politics-pope-leo-xiv-and-peacemaking-today15 Apr 2026 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:i2e3il4ydq2m2gwt2bl5lgit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjkbyzewxc25https://bsky.app/profile/lucatardelli.bsky.social/post/3mjjiza343c2q"You think we couldn’t get a nice drone on the Shard?". https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/14/uk-war-footing-defence-review-fiona-hill?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other15 Apr 2026 08:45 +0000at://did:plc:i2e3il4ydq2m2gwt2bl5lgit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjiza343c2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucatardelli.bsky.social/post/3mio2gnfefc2xShared some thoughts with The i Paper on NATO and the challenge posed by Russia. https://inews.co.uk/news/four-ways-putin-more-dangerous-uk-thanks-trump-4332279?utm_source=x&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social_x_posts04 Apr 2026 10:43 +0000at://did:plc:i2e3il4ydq2m2gwt2bl5lgit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mio2gnfefc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucatardelli.bsky.social/post/3miemnk7w4s26White House these days. [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Mar 2026 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:i2e3il4ydq2m2gwt2bl5lgit/app.bsky.feed.post/3miemnk7w4s26https://bsky.app/profile/lucatardelli.bsky.social/post/3mhnx7ko7ls2zscandal ➡️ scandalum/σκάνδαλον ➡️ stumbling block, trap, inducement to si n. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Mar 2026 16:20 +0000at://did:plc:i2e3il4ydq2m2gwt2bl5lgit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhnx7ko7ls2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucatardelli.bsky.social/post/3mhkqg6occ225'every material representation of masculinity for 12 year old boys'. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Mar 2026 09:40 +0000at://did:plc:i2e3il4ydq2m2gwt2bl5lgit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhkqg6occ225https://bsky.app/profile/lucatardelli.bsky.social/post/3mhiilozpi227Great talking to @mariiazolk.bsky.social on TVP/Slawa about US-Israeli operations against Iran and their implications for regional and international security.20 Mar 2026 12:15 +0000at://did:plc:i2e3il4ydq2m2gwt2bl5lgit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhiilozpi227https://bsky.app/profile/lucatardelli.bsky.social/post/3mh65r52ck22q#Oscars [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Mar 2026 09:34 +0000at://did:plc:i2e3il4ydq2m2gwt2bl5lgit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh65r52ck22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucatardelli.bsky.social/post/3mgfrrypkfc23"C’è nei files abbondante materiale per mobilitare in chiave moralistica il pubblico più reazionario...ma ancora più catastrofiche potrebbero essere...le conseguenze per una sinistra che si mostri...del tutto disinteressata alle connessioni di potere e alle lezioni da apprendere". [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Mar 2026 16:56 +0000at://did:plc:i2e3il4ydq2m2gwt2bl5lgit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgfrrypkfc23https://bsky.app/profile/lucatardelli.bsky.social/post/3mfc2ybibzk2a'it is the very nature of that struggle that builds durable understanding.. students grow intellectually through doing the work of drafting, revising, failing, trying again, grappling with confusion and revising..This is the work of learning how to learn' https://theconversation.com/the-greatest-risk-of-ai-in-higher-education-isnt-cheating-its-the-erosion-of-learning-itself-27024320 Feb 2026 12:05 +0000at://did:plc:i2e3il4ydq2m2gwt2bl5lgit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfc2ybibzk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/lucatardelli.bsky.social/post/3mdixgiou6c25Milan's mayor calls it as it is: a militia. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jan 2026 19:00 +0000at://did:plc:i2e3il4ydq2m2gwt2bl5lgit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdixgiou6c25https://bsky.app/profile/lucatardelli.bsky.social/post/3mca4esjyxs2qUsual start-of-the-year reminder. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Jan 2026 13:09 +0000at://did:plc:i2e3il4ydq2m2gwt2bl5lgit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mca4esjyxs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucatardelli.bsky.social/post/3mbvvnah35k2cI am not sure about this "spheres of influence" talk. Does Trump want the US to 'own' the Western hemisphere? Absolutely. Does he want Russia and China to run free and dominate their own neighbours? Not sure about that. The #nss2025 is also ambiguous on this point.08 Jan 2026 11:42 +0000at://did:plc:i2e3il4ydq2m2gwt2bl5lgit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbvvnah35k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/lucatardelli.bsky.social/post/3mbvttx6aqc2c"the meaty hands of zealots". Couldn't have said it better. Sit tibi terra levis. https://lithub.com/renee-nicole-good-murdered-by-ice-was-a-prize-winning-poet-heres-that-poem/08 Jan 2026 11:10 +0000at://did:plc:i2e3il4ydq2m2gwt2bl5lgit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbvttx6aqc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/lucatardelli.bsky.social/post/3m4xmdxbc7s2mWe are hiring! Assistant Professor (Education) in International Political Economy. If you are a junior IPE scholar interested in this position and have any questions about the Education Career Track at the LSE, do not hesitate to contact me. https://jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/2726/0/459782/15539/assistant-professor-education-in-international-political-economy06 Nov 2025 12:55 +0000at://did:plc:i2e3il4ydq2m2gwt2bl5lgit/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4xmdxbc7s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucatardelli.bsky.social/post/3m6jv3uroyk2h-Beautiful, ain't it? -What is? -All of it. https://youtu.be/_Nk8TrBHOrA?si=12i_IWtj5FUt1Wxp26 Nov 2025 12:44 +0000at://did:plc:i2e3il4ydq2m2gwt2bl5lgit/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6jv3uroyk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucatardelli.bsky.social/post/3m54adofzss2i [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Nov 2025 09:03 +0000at://did:plc:i2e3il4ydq2m2gwt2bl5lgit/app.bsky.feed.post/3m54adofzss2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/lucatardelli.bsky.social/post/3m4xmdxbc7s2mWe are hiring! Assistant Professor (Education) in International Political Economy. If you are a junior IPE scholar interested in this position and have any questions about the Education Career Track at the LSE, do not hesitate to contact me. https://jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/2726/0/459782/15539/assistant-professor-education-in-international-political-economy06 Nov 2025 12:55 +0000at://did:plc:i2e3il4ydq2m2gwt2bl5lgit/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4xmdxbc7s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucatardelli.bsky.social/post/3m4t46dpllc2qBig thanks to The Beaver, our student Shreya Gupta, and my colleague Toby Dodge for sharing their thoughts about what makes studying IR at the LSE so unique. @lseir.bsky.social https://thebeaverlse.co.uk/inside-lses-ir-department-where-theory-meets-the-real-world/04 Nov 2025 17:55 +0000at://did:plc:i2e3il4ydq2m2gwt2bl5lgit/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4t46dpllc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucatardelli.bsky.social/post/3m4siew6ybk2hJust the usual reminder that this is not normal. This is not ok. https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n20/asim-qureshi/short-cuts04 Nov 2025 12:00 +0000at://did:plc:i2e3il4ydq2m2gwt2bl5lgit/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4siew6ybk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucatardelli.bsky.social/post/3m4igvwvrqs2mSpot on. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/middle-east/fantasy-new-middle-east31 Oct 2025 12:08 +0000at://did:plc:i2e3il4ydq2m2gwt2bl5lgit/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4igvwvrqs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucatardelli.bsky.social/post/3m44x66f6o222It’s not Paul Thomas Anderson’s best film (that has to be 'There Will Be Blood'), but it’s certainly his most important, for all the reasons that various reviews and commentaries have already highlighted. Yet, despite all the ink spilled, I am surprised how two relevant aspects have been overlooked:26 Oct 2025 22:27 +0000at://did:plc:i2e3il4ydq2m2gwt2bl5lgit/app.bsky.feed.post/3m44x66f6o222https://bsky.app/profile/lucatardelli.bsky.social/post/3lzgji6eovs27Big welcome to all our new IR undergraduate students! #LSE @lseir.bsky.social22 Sep 2025 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:i2e3il4ydq2m2gwt2bl5lgit/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzgji6eovs27https://bsky.app/profile/lucatardelli.bsky.social/post/3lypb6g7hos2eSit tibi terra levis. https://www.lse.ac.uk/law/news/2025/conor-gearty13 Sep 2025 07:33 +0000at://did:plc:i2e3il4ydq2m2gwt2bl5lgit/app.bsky.feed.post/3lypb6g7hos2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/lucatardelli.bsky.social/post/3lrfgt7o4fc2t [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Jun 2025 07:51 +0000at://did:plc:i2e3il4ydq2m2gwt2bl5lgit/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrfgt7o4fc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/lucatardelli.bsky.social/post/3lr6gkgrxuc2tGreat to be here today to discuss teaching track careers in Politics and IR, SoTL, and how to help each other and the next generation of scholars. #aspirelaunch [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Jun 2025 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:i2e3il4ydq2m2gwt2bl5lgit/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr6gkgrxuc2t