A partial panel, via Luke M. Perez, who has set up a page for the #virtualAPSA2012 project.
A partial panel, via Luke M. Perez, who has set up a page for the #virtualAPSA2012 project.
My North Korean VisaIn August, I visited North Korea for the first time. It was the most unique travelling experience I’ve ever had. I’d certainly recommend it to political scientists and Asia...
Here is a word cloud of the speech's foreign-policy content:In this case, the cloud adds virtually nothing to our understanding, as the entire section is only 202 words long.Below is the section...
Bruce Jenltleson and Charlie Kupchan critique Romney foreign policy. Bill French piles on.James Lindsay complains about the lack of foreign-policy content in Romney's speech. "Wave" of cyberattacks...
Rob's panel was "Abolish the Air Force," scheduled for 10:15am on Sunday.
Dear Leader Kim Jong Un addresses the ruling partyI didn't watch the Republican Convention last night, because I'm not getting paid to do so. I understand that conservatives think it was a hit and liberals a travesty, although the Romney-Ryan campaign's invocation of AC/DC to prove their cool guy credentials strongly suggests the latter.So it wasn't until I read Kevin Drum's blog post this morning that I saw this section of Congressman Ryan's speech:College graduates should not have to live out their 20s in their childhood bedrooms, staring up at fading Obama posters and wondering when they...
It's a beautiful day in Washington; not so beautiful in New Orleans. Some of this text comes from PM.At political science's other prominent animal-themed blog, Erik Voeten wonders how stupid diffuses.Kate Almquist wonders if the DoD is doing the right thing by sponsoring development in Africa.Via Marc L., an update on Hamas and the Arab Uprisings.David Brooks's infamous Romney column.Americans to Cloud Computing: Y U NO IN THE CLOUD?Jonathan Ladd answers a question I frequently ask myself: Who watches political conventions, anyway?Cambridge UP announces a new journal from the European...
Phil Arena was supposed to present his paper, "Crisis Bargaining and Domestic Opposition" at APSA. If you are reading this on an RSS feed, you should see the audio. His slides are not integrated, as his audio presentation is in mp3 format. This is the first of what I hope will be more of these. If you need an APSA fix, or are just interested in the topic, take 10-15 minutes to listen to Phil's presentation and leave feedback.If and when we accumulate more #virtualAPSA2012 presentations, I will create a more conference-like environment for them.
The latest issue of International Studies Perspectives includes a forum on open access.I bet you can guess where this is headed.
With the loss of the drinking intellectual stimulation that comes from APSA, I'm in need of some inspiration to kick start the semester that begins next week. We all know that academic life is full of adventure, comedy, human drama, and conflict. So, it shouldn't be too difficult to find a decent Hollywood movie about academic life. Lucky Jim should be a shoe-in, but the 1957 film is just bad. Wonder Boys ranks high because Michael Douglas looks good in a pink robe, and in a rarity for this genre, actually refuses to sleep with his student. A Beautiful Mind isn't really about academic life,...
Josh Rogin examines how the Romney campaign has "doubled down" on treating Russia as a geopolitical foe. Some ideological habits are hard to break. In this case, the US-Moscow relationship is fraught enough to render the position wrongheaded but not completely insane. Jay on long-term democratization pressures in Russia. Noah Smith evaluates the nature of China's economic "landing." Jeff Colgan thinks highly of the SEC ruling that multinational petroleum firms will have to disclose their payments to foreign governments. Mark Leon Goldberg annotates the GOP platform's section on the United...