“The Politics of Military Force” has been cited in today’s print edition of Der Tagesspiegel, one of Germany’s big newspapers. The op-ed by Joseph Verbovszky argues that Germany’s role was “decisive” in the shift towards nation-building in Afghanistan, part of which was, paradoxically, war-aversion. Here’s the link to the online article (that one links to …
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My co-authored (w/ David Shim, University of Groningen) article “Militarizing antimilitarism? Exploring the gendered representation of military service in German recruitment videos on social media” has been published online in the International Feminist Journal of Politics. The article analyzes the gendered representation of military service in the German YouTube series Die Rekruten (DR) (The Recruits), …
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My newest co-authored article (with David Shim, University of Groningen) “Militarizing Antimilitarism? Exploring the Gendered Representation of Military Service in German Recruitment Videos on Social Media” has been accepted for publication in the International Feminist Journal of Politics. Abstract: This article analyzes the gendered representation of military service in the German YouTube series Die Rekruten …
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I am happy to report that my book “The Politics of Military Force” has been published. It is available at the website of the University of Michigan Press (30% off with promo code UMSTENGEL). Order here or read the free introduction here.
I am delighted to report that The Politics of Military Force has been reviewed by Joseph Verbovszky on Atlantic Community, the online think tank of the Atlantische Initiative. The text is available here:
My forthcoming book The Politics of Military Force: Antimilitarism, Ideational Change, and Postwar German Security Discourse is available for pre-order. The book examines the dynamics of discursive change that made participation in military operations possible against the background of German antimilitarist culture. Once considered a strict taboo, so-called out-of-area operations have now become widely considered …
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My newest article “The political production of ethical war: rethinking the ethics/politics nexus with Laclau” has been published in Critical Studies on Security as part of a special issue of Maja Zehfuss’s War and the Politics of Ethics. Abstract: Taking Maja Zehfuss’s War & the Politics of Ethics as a starting point, this paper thinks …
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I am excited to report that I have been invited to join the editorial board of the forthcoming book series “Global Populisms,” edited by Amy Skonieczny (San Francisco State University) and Amentahru Wahlrab (University of Texas at Tyler). The series will be published by Brill. It approaches approaches populism from an interdisciplinary perspective. That includes …
Happy to say that my article “Forget Populism!” has been published in Global Discourse. In it I challenge the highly misleading argument, widespread among the media, policymakers and (some) academics, that populism as such is a danger to democracy, Europe, the West, the liberal international order, or all of the above. Even a superficial reading …
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I am happy to say that my book manuscript The Politics of Military Force: Antimilitarism, Ideational Change and Post-War German Security Discourse has been accepted for publication by The University of Michigan Press, in Patrick T. Jackson’s series Configurations: Critical Studies of World Politics.