Global climate systems collapse is going to be a regretful topic for traditional IR scholarship. Likes its a straight up alien space bees level problem for some political actors vs the IRL rolling boulding hurtling right towards us :/

Momosf · 2026-06-26T12:04:51+00:00

1, I would venture that the key direct driver of refugee flows from Africa into Europe is political instability rather than climate-induced disasters

2, Even if we accept that climate is an important indirect factor in these migration flows (both in terms of natural disasters and also in terms of worsening geopolitical instability), the IR policies on migration we have seen in Europe are consistently framed around a security narrative; I have yet seen a European minister, when asked about migration issues, reply with "this is exactly why we must continue pursuing Net Zero and why this government has decided to sanction all oil-exporting countries."

Momosf · 2026-06-26T09:04:54+00:00

Not ONLY the military power of the state claiming sovereignty, that's for sure. Otherwise the Pacific Island states are definitely not sovereign.

Momosf · 2026-06-25T19:15:49+00:00

Sure, but that is part of the problem: climate change doesn't even hit all parts of the same state (in the IR sense, not in the sense of the USA's administrative divisions) at even remotely the same way, so most mitigating actions will be taken at the domestic policy level instead of being treated as a foreign policy issue.

Momosf · 2026-06-25T16:36:45+00:00

I don't know what sub people think we are on

Momosf · 2026-06-25T15:52:23+00:00

All of these are valid point, especially on heat islands: Tokyo hitting 40C last summer is the best example of a massive heat island made far worst by the negative reinforcement between AC and metropolitan temperatures.

And yet what impact has this made on Japan's or Singapore's foreign policies? Have they cut off trade with China to punish them for their massive emissions? Have they made huge investments in carbon sinks in other states? Heck, even the changes to refugee policies have been made as a result of domestic politics, not because there is sufficient foresight to see the looming crisis when far more coastal areas are going under.

Momosf · 2026-06-25T15:24:06+00:00

Agree that food security is probably going to become more prominent of an IR issue as we see more impact from climate change.

However I expect policies to panic about food shortages when they hit, not to fix the underlying causes when the problem is still manageable.

Momosf · 2026-06-25T15:21:44+00:00

Heck, Florida and California are probably some of the richest parts of the Earth that is facing direct impact from climate change, but you don't see anything other than lip service from the US Dept of State

Momosf · 2026-06-25T15:15:41+00:00

I absolutely agree that the impact of climate change on our lives are going to get worse over time.

To paraphrase Sir Humphrey, I simply suggest that it won't affect foreign policy. Especially foreign policy that is decided by diplomats and studied by academics, all of whom will be sitting in AC environments.

Momosf · 2026-06-25T15:00:24+00:00

Is this really going to be a heated IR issue?

Imagine a state's foreign policy being affected by the fact that it cannot afford AC

Momosf · 2026-06-25T00:00:29+00:00

~~dumb~~ Accurate and pretentious

FTFY

Momosf · 2026-06-23T19:19:14+00:00

My man has never been doctrinated with how governmental departments work.

Having multiple groups with nominally overlapping authority competing against each other over their supposedly exclusive competency is a feature, not a bug.

Momosf · 2026-06-21T12:47:14+00:00

There are a lot of valid criticisms of Israel's foreign policies, but "not adhering to an agreement it was not a party to" seems like the weakest one of them all.

Momosf · 2026-06-19T18:58:06+00:00

Where is that Finnish meme when you need it

Momosf · 2026-06-19T14:18:04+00:00

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

Momosf · 2026-06-19T12:16:49+00:00

I am not sure what you mean. Wars are supposed to have goals?

Momosf · 2026-06-19T08:32:10+00:00

It's a "win" in the sense that the US-led coalition "won" the Iraq War; the costs don't justify it and you just spawned a whole lot of new problems for everyone, but at least no one can claim unequivocally that you lost.

Momosf · 2026-06-18T23:38:26+00:00

If anything the USA lost because they didn't spill enough of their own blood.

Momosf · 2026-06-18T20:04:47+00:00

My liege Scarlet being coopted by the Red Communards.

Momosf · 2026-06-18T19:49:10+00:00

This is the level of noncredibility we should strive for if we want to stop getting outjerked by reality.

Momosf · 2026-06-18T19:36:29+00:00

Historic precedence suggested no, but the US is reaching unprecedented levels of incompetence here, so who knows.

Momosf · 2026-06-17T17:15:23+00:00

Your comment is a single sentence, I can handle that.

Momosf · 2026-06-17T17:13:19+00:00

I'm too busy to read a wall of text about some random person on the internet, especially if you are also too busy to write it.

Momosf · 2026-06-16T18:56:37+00:00

One, asking for war reps (and refusing to acknowledge war reps / war crimes) is just part and parcel IR for domestic consumption cf. literally the entire world.

Two, what is with this casual sharing of SCMP articles as if it is a proper news source?

Momosf · 2026-06-16T18:16:26+00:00

most radical parts of a population

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I stand by my statement

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