Milan Babic
climate politics, state & corporate power | author 'The Rise of State Capital': t.ly/MfSm & 'Geoökonomie' (2025): t.ly/4nUBl | contact: milanbabic.com
- Reposted by Milan BabicNew paper in CNS: 'Cold War Ecology. Socialist Environmental Reflexivities from the “Club of Moscow” to Harich's “Degrowth Communism” in the GDR' This link gives full access ⤵️ www.tandfonline.com/eprint/VNGYF... An illustrated thread Part 1 ⬇️
- Reposted by Milan BabicRIPE is delighted to welcome @mbabic.bsky.social (University of Amsterdam) as a new editor at RIPE from January 2026. His work explores the shift from neoliberal to post-neoliberal order—especially changing state/corporate power and how to decarbonise large state-owned firms. milanbabic.com
- Reposted by Milan BabicA new politics, rising out of the void. This is breathtakingly beautiful.
- while the richest person on the planet cannot shut up about satellites, we mere mortals (w. @joschabels.bsky.social) are left to study the pesky cables here down on earth in the mud (or rather on the seabed). Check what we found out in our new open access paper in Globalizations: lnkd.in/ep4q94XK
- Reposted by Milan BabicHoly hell, what an obituary
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@abenewman.bsky.social is right. There is an alternative. as.ft.com/r/7b8f914c-f... - Mit David Vogel sprach ich letztes Jahr über das Ende der neoliberalen Globalisierung. David hat daraus einen richtig guten Podcast gemacht, inklusive soundbites von Reagan, Thatcher und Gerhard Schröder (what's not to like?). Das Ergebnis könnt ihr hier nachhören: www.nzz.ch/podcast/gren...
- Reposted by Milan BabicZölle, Handelskriege, Industriepolitik: Ist die neoliberale Globalisierung vorbei? Und falls ja, was kommt danach? @mbabic.bsky.social bringt die großen Verschiebungen auf den Begriff der Geoökonomisierung. @m-stratenwerth.bsky.social (@mpifg.bsky.social) hat das Buch für uns rezensiert @suhrkamp.de
- Reposted by Milan BabicRIPE enters 2026 with an editorial transition. Huge thanks to outgoing team @juanitamarieelias.bsky.social, @skostem.bsky.social, Kevin Young & Hongying Wang! In the next few days, we’ll introduce new editors: @johannespetry.bsky.social, @alibhagat.bsky.social, Ida Bastiaens & @mbabic.bsky.social.
- Reposted by Milan BabicThe decision to finance arms for Ukraine through collective EU debt is taboo-breaking--but also part of a larger security turn in Europe. Ophelia Bentley & I have a new piece out that shows how the EU has geopoliticized markets in an unexpected arena: competition policy. doi.org/10.1017/elo.... 1/
- Reposted by Milan BabicNSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇
- Every billionaire is a policy failure, example 3290853 www.wsj.com/us-news/chin...
- one week left to submit your abstracts for next year's SASE conference in Bordeaux 👇👇👇
- 🌍📈 Introducing Network V: Geoeconomics SASE welcomes a new research network exploring the intersections of geopolitics, international political economy, and national capitalist systems in a time of global transformation. 🔗 Learn more about the new network: sase.org/networks/v-geoeconomics
- Reposted by Milan BabicBack when Dems governed like they meant business.
- Reposted by Milan BabicCutting Through The Noise How can we not only cultivate our pessimism of the intellect, but also foster an optimism of the political will against all odds? In this #ISRFbulletin contribution, @mbabic.bsky.social suggests three avenues that might help with this task. isrf.org/blog/cutting...
- Reposted by Milan BabicInteresting thing about the debate around ‘populism’ is that the concern about populism on the right is that it can destroy democracy and human rights, and the worry about the left is that … well they have nice ideas but maybe some of them might be hard to put into practice
- Reposted by Milan BabicHope is here. Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
- Reposted by Milan BabicUnerwartet, trotzdem da: Rossmann Deutsche Bank Antifa.
- Reposted by Milan BabicRegine Paul, Vali Stan and I have analysed how deeply #AI is entangled in global politics and corporate profit-hunting. “The AI Matrix” is the result – and the digital book-version is open access: www.agendapub.com/page/detail/... (Link doesn't work? Try this one: www.regulaite.eu/images/pdf/M...)
- Reposted by Milan BabicThe energy transition happens often in unlikely places at unprecedented rates. Take Nepal: Over the past year, electric vehicles accounted for 76 percent of all passenger vehicles and half of the light commercial vehicles sold in Nepal. Five years ago, that number was essentially zero.
- Reposted by Milan BabicAnother gentle reminder. The only way for Germany to stop the meltdown in its auto sector is by working with Europe. Germany is too small to go it alone. Anyone with half an econ brain can see that.
- this is just such a stark contrast to the general Western mood that climate politics is dead. THIS is what climate politics is about (the political economy of decarbonization). Everything else follows.
- Reposted by Milan BabicThis is the way to deal with Trump.
- Reposted by Milan BabicZohran Mamdani will be the 111th mayor of New York City. He represents everyday people who struggle to pay rent and bills, let alone save or get ahead. Yes, you can build affordable cities. Vienna did it a hundred years ago, and there is no reason we cannot do it again today. 1/4
- check our network and submit a paper for Bordeaux 2026!
- 🌍📈 Introducing Network V: Geoeconomics SASE welcomes a new research network exploring the intersections of geopolitics, international political economy, and national capitalist systems in a time of global transformation. 🔗 Learn more about the new network: sase.org/networks/v-geoeconomics
- Reposted by Milan BabicSam Altman gonna single-handedly cause the Second Great Depression
- Mamdani: hey man, maybe we should use a fraction of the $1 billion the guy I am running against gave to Elon Musk when he was governor for something else instead. Maybe for fast and affordable buses in the city? FAZ: Yep, definitely Klassenkampfrhetorik www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...
- ich finde das ein gutes Beispiel für die begrenzte Aussagekraft der 'Populismus'-Kategorie: die einen wollen das Ende der liberalen Demokratie, die anderen einen höheren Mindestlohn. Wenn man beide in einen Topf wirft, kommt so etwas dabei raus (nevermind d. empirische Unhaltbarkeit solcher Ideen)
- Reposted by Milan BabicMight be a useful companion piece to @ulrichbrand.bsky.social and co-authors recent, excellent article in Nature Climate Change: www.nature.com/articles/s41.... I think we largely agree, but we see more scope for bureaucratic agency to overcome the structural limitations of the #environmentalstate.
- With Caroline Ahler Christesen and @jhasselbalch.bsky.social, we asked: what can the environmental state actually do? The answer is out now with @gepjournal.bsky.social 👇 If you ever wondered about this, check our paper and let us know what you think: direct.mit.edu/glep/article...
- Reposted by Milan BabicYou think your elections are nail biters? In the last poll of the polls, the @peilingwijzer.bsky.social produced by @tomlouwerse.nl, before election day in the Netherlands tomorrow, three parties are tied for first place peilingwijzer.tomlouwerse.nl
- Maslows Hammer gilt auch hier usw., aber es ist doch erstaunlich, wie sehr die Dramatik der Diagnose - Deutschland wird bald Italien - von der Popeligkeit der Lösung - schafft die Mütterrente (wtf?) ab - konterkariert wird. Es liegt nahe, dass weder die Diagnose noch die Medizin helfen werden.
- Reposted by Milan BabicAuch dieses Semester gibt’s an unserem Arbeitsbereich ein spannendes #Kolloquium u.a. mit @mbabic.bsky.social, @bettikohlrausch.bsky.social, Stefanie Hürtgen, Heiner Dribbusch sowie mit einem Vortrag von mir. Heute Abend stellt @stefanschmalz.bsky.social seine Thesen zum #Teslaismus vor. Seit dabei!
- Reposted by Milan BabicEin von Michael Zürn und mir verfasster Nachruf auf Claus Offe. Ein bemerkenswerter Mensch und Wissenschaftler www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
- a bit late to the party, but Krugman's take on the Argentina drama is worth your time: paulkrugman.substack.com/p/why-is-tru...
- Reposted by Milan BabicToday is the day!!! Existential Politics is out in the world! Read about why we’re doing climate policy wrong (too focused on measuring emissions) & what we should do instead (focus on $$ to constrain fossil asset owners & expand green asset owners). Just in time for #COP30.
- Reposted by Milan BabicNo words
- Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...
- as someone working with the demographic affected by this on a daily basis, I see two ways out: either the AI bubble bursts and we get back to a pre-pandemic graduate job market (lol)- or soft neo-luddism becomes a political idea progressives should seriously consider www.ft.com/content/62e7...
- Reposted by Milan BabicUruguay, y'all. I been sayin.
- good article by Wallace-Wells on the diminishing salience of climate politics and how geoeconomic competition is reshaping decarbonization: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/m...
- Reposted by Milan Babicthe history will continue until morale improves
- Reposted by Milan BabicThrilled that my first article is out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social ☺️ It looks at why renewable energy buildout in Europe has been *so* unsteady - tracing the evolution of/conflict over the regime for RE derisking over the last two+ decades... It's open access! 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1350... Short 🧵 ...
- Reposted by Milan Babiclet's fucking go
- Reposted by Milan BabicAt first I thought GPT 5 had got this right then I saw things like "Tonnessee," "Mississipo" and my personal favourite "West Wigina." Please do not respond just saying the different typos to me we can all read the joke, we all know about "Distrricke"
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- Reposted by Milan BabicAm Montag ist @mbabic.bsky.social bei SWR1 Leute zu Gast und spricht über Zölle und den Welthandel: www.swr.de/swr1/swr1leu....
- Reposted by Milan BabicKurze Unterbrechung der Sommerpause für diese grandiosen Gäste. Mit @alexanderthiele.bsky.social geht es um den "Machtfaktor Karlsruhe" (Campus) und den Fall #BrosiusGersdorf. Zudem habe ich @mbabic.bsky.social zu Gast zur neuen "Geoökonomie" @suhrkamp.de. podcaste97de5.podigee.io/323-machtfak...
- Neu in der WirtschaftsWoche: habe einen Essay darüber geschrieben, wie wir die nicht mehr so flache Weltordnung besser verstehen können. Schaut mal rein 👇 emagazin.wiwo.de
- Hört Mal rein!
- „Ist die Globalisierung vorbei?“ @mbabic.bsky.social in „Sein und Streit“ bei Deutschlandfunkkultur. www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/geooekonomie...
- Reposted by Milan BabicZusammen mit Oliver Weber @oliverbweber.bsky.social habe ich eine Replik auf Mark Schiertz @schieritz.bsky.social verfasst. Die Mitte muss sich radikalisieren, sonst hat sie gegen den starken Extremismus keine Chance. Könnt ihr bei @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social lesen: jacobin.de/artikel/mark...
- Reposted by Milan BabicSodium-iron batteries at grid scale: 200MW/400MWh, enough to "regulate up to 580 GWh annually." "The facility supports more than 30 local wind and solar power stations, alleviating the impact of intermittent supply and facilitating the integration of high shares of renewables into the grid." 😍
- Reposted by Milan Babic"Dit cloudfascisme is ook zo nevelig als een wolk: even vloeibaar en ongrijpbaar, overal en nergens tegelijk, het is als de lucht die betrekt bij naderend onweer" Behalve de cloud is dit exact hoe fascisme een eeuw geleden werd beschreven. www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...
- 'we can win back voters many have written off – if we give them something to vote *for*'
- This @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social video is absolutely INCREDIBLE. The numbers he cites, the strategy and results they produced — it’s the future. When have you heard *any* campaign talk about this, ever? (Video split in 2 to fit in Bluesky’s limits)
- Reposted by Milan Babic🚨New article🚨 The consensus is that contestation pushed central banks to talk 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 about inequality & climate. Our theory: At first, CBs seek to ward off politicization by talking 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 about controversial topics. We tested this 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬.🧵 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- Ende der Globalisierung? Julia Werthmann auf @politoekonomie.bsky.social über „Geoökonomie“ von @mbabic.bsky.social. politischeoekonomie.com/ende-der-glo...
- @mbabic.bsky.social erklärt im Interview mit @patrickkaczmarczyk.bsky.social, wieso die neoliberale Globalisierung am Ende ist.
- Reposted by Milan BabicSchon krass wie Menschen nach jedem Funken Hoffnung dürsten. Fast als könnten progressive Parteien was davon lernen.
- Mamdani defined what he calls the politics of the future in his post-election speech. This is how you beat fascism: not by administrating the decline (hello Democrats), but by contrasting the darkness of fascist end-times obsession with the vision of a new dawn. More of this, please 👇👇👇
- BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani Wins NYC Democratic Primary, Cuomo Concedes zeteo.com/p/breaking-z...
- The fundamental task to maintain some price (and hence political) stability in a heating and geopolitical world is to decarbonize rapidly and fairly. Everything else is noise.
- Iran's top security body to decide on Hormuz closure, Press TV reports reut.rs/4newwxc
- Reposted by Milan BabicNew paper in @ripejournal.bsky.social: What if state capacity isn’t hollowed out by derisking but used to signal feasibility to investors? My research suggests states build capacity for bankable policies. The problem: where $$$ doesn’t flow, capacity won't grow. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Heute in der Freitag: mit Julia Werthmann sprach ich über das Ende der neoliberalen Globalisierung - mehr hier: www.freitag.de/autoren/der-...
- Reposted by Milan BabicIm Podcast »Die neuen Zwanziger« geht es u.a. um @mbabic.bsky.social und sein Buch »Geoökonomie«. Was kommt nach der neoliberalen Globalisierung? Wer die neu entstehende Weltordnung begreifen will, muss sie aus der Perspektive der Geoökonomie betrachten, so Babić: shrk.vg/Geooekonomie-B
- Wolfgang M. Schmitt und Stefan Schulz haben im neuen Zwanziger Salon 'Geoökonomie' ausführlich besprochen. Ich finde, das Gespräch hat viel Tiefgang und zieht wichtige Schlüsse. Es lohnt sich also sehr, mal reinzuhören. Und das könnt ihr hier tun: neuezwanziger.de/2025/06/3032...
- Reposted by Milan BabicLet's fucking go www.ft.com/content/6f71...
- Reposted by Milan BabicPublished May 6th 2025. Everything you ever wanted to know about inflation but were far too busy to ask. Go get it now!
- Frederik Theiling hat mit mir über Geoökonomie gesprochen. Das Ergebnis gibt es hier: frederiktheiling.substack.com/p/die-geooko... Hier geht es zu Frederiks Substack: frederiktheiling.substack.com
- Heute in der SZ: eine großartig geschriebene Einordnung von 'Geoökonomie' durch Oliver Weber. Oliver verbindet darin die Buchargumentation mit den neuesten Entwicklungen um das Modell Deutschland und die US-Zollpolitik, unbedingt lesen! 👇
- Für das @SZ-Feuilleton habe ich anhand von Milan Babićs neueste Studie über das deutsche Exportmodell geschrieben – und den Versuch der Bundesregierung, unter der Bedingung einer neuen, von Blockbildung geprägten Welthandelsordnung daran festzuhalten. www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/milan...
- check out our open access paper on China-EU economic relations in JCMS 👇
- 🌟 Scholar Spotlight 🌟 @mbabic.bsky.social and Lukas Linsi show that despite talk of ‘decoupling,’ China-EU economic ties reflect geopolitical hedging, not deglobalisation. Their research urges a nuanced view of state-firm interactions in global trade. 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- Publication day! Checkt die Neuerscheinungen bei @suhrkamp.de, inkl. yours truly 👇
- Unsere 18 Neuerscheinungen im Mai bringen Farbe in den Montag – und in Euer Bücherregal. Mehr Infos zu den Büchern gibt's hier: shrk.vg/Neuerscheinu... @deutschmann.bsky.social @leorzmigrod.bsky.social @mbabic.bsky.social @lavietidhar.bsky.social
- 'Electricity supply from new wind, solar and nuclear capacity was enough to cut coal-power output even as demand surged, whereas previous falls were due to weak growth.'
- NEW – Analysis: Clean energy just put China’s CO2 emissions into reverse for first time | @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/6eAcjRU
- die FAZ hat heute einen Vorabdruck von 'Geoökonomie' veröffentlicht: www.faz.net/aktuell/vora... Das Buch gibt es ab nächster Woche unter: www.suhrkamp.de/buch/milan-b...
- Reposted by Milan BabicLads, they’ve renamed International Political Economy. www.ft.com/content/daf5...
- our paper (w. Lukas Linsi) on EU-China investment in times of geoeconomic competition now has an issue in @jcms-eu.bsky.social: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... check it out if you haven't - it is open access 👇
- Reposted by Milan BabicAfter a little delay, we finally got moving with this thing. The first post -- a short intro -- is up now. substack.com/home/post/p-...
- Reposted by Milan BabicTeaching the political economy of the green transition this term, I used, and learned from, some amazing 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬. A 🧵 on some of the best. Further suggestions are very welcome, I'll add them below.
- jetzt auch mit Inhaltsverzeichnis: media.suhrkamp.de/mediadeliver...
- Kommt in Mai! www.suhrkamp.de/buch/milan-b...
- Heute Abend bei 3sat (20.15): Wer regiert die Welt? Dave Leins hat einen spannenden und aufwendigen Film zum Thema gemacht. Viele interessante Leute sind dabei und yours truly kommt auch vor. Schaut es euch an: www.3sat.de/gesellschaft...
- Reposted by Milan Babiclooks like a great special issue!
- Reposted by Milan BabicThis whole special issue is excellent and you should read all of it. Really pleased I could contribute this co-authored piece on insurance. Or really, about how struggles over who pays the cost of climate damages are refracted through relations of financial subordination.
- 3. @nickbernards.bsky.social and James Chamberlain did a fantastic deep dive on the African Risk Capacity and show how mobilizing green finance remains a balance act between financial statecraft and international financial subordination in the Global South journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
