How the Iran War harms U.S. deterrence
President Donald Trump’s decision to attack Iran may weaken the U.S. ability to deter great power...
6+1 Questions about Resilient Statehood
Why did some states successfully avoid conquest by European empires? Logan Cochrane’s new, co-edited volume tackles this puzzle.
On Indigenous Political Thought in Video Games
In something of a departure from my typical work, I recently published an article in...
Rest Well, Raul Pacheco-Vega
Our community lost the inimitable Raúl Pacheco-Vega this week. Someone who knew him better than me...
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How the Iran War harms U.S. deterrence
President Donald...
6+1 Questions about Resilient Statehood
Why did some states successfully avoid conquest by European empires? Logan Cochrane’s new, co-edited volume tackles this puzzle.
On Indigenous Political Thought in Video Games
In something of a...
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What’s at Stake in the Indigenous Empire Debate
I have a new open-access article out in Global Studies Quarterly, “What’s at Stake in the...
The Best and Worst of U.S. Foreign Policy(?)
The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) recently published results of a survey of historians on the...
Farewell
The Hayseed Scholar podcast has come to a close. In this farewell episode, Brent's brother...
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Dugin, the Ultimate Tradwife
Alexander Dugin is one of those figures who hover permanently in the discussions about Russian...
I choose to celebrate Eurovision
There are two posts I could have written about the latest Eurovision song contest. One would focus...
Whither Scottish progressivism?
Much of the discourse about the recent UK local elections had to do with the decline of Labour...
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Watching Scientific Progress in Action
Reacting to a recent event on the study of religion, conflict and peace
Was I wrong on the Gulf states and Iran? An exercise in academic humility
When I was in graduate school, my training included the methods and theories of international...
6+1 Questions about Exit from International Organizations
What is the name of the book and what are its coordinates? The book is Exit from International...
6+1 Questions About “The Social Construction of Christian Persecution through Quantification in International Religious Freedom Advocacy”
What is the name of the journal article (or book) and what are its coordinates? Miray Philips....