I’ve realized that it is mathematically impossible to finish what I need to get done before ISA. So this will be brief.
- Some of this morning’s world-politics headlines: deposit levy fails in Cyprus, leading to emergency talks; ROK banking and television computer networks hit by “virus”; and Al Qaeda in Africa claims to have beheaded a French hostage.
- Joe Cirincione rips into the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system. And more on the Phase 4 announcement from Collina, Kimball, and Thielmann.
- Henry Farrell on Acemboglu’s and Robinon’s political evolution, reflected in a new paper arguing that a “theory of politics” should shift economic analysis of the benefits of unions.
- Steve Saideman: Iraq War “not the Single Worst Decision in the History of American Foreign PolicyTM.”
- The new issue of Perspective on Politics contains a piece by Kate McNamara and Dan Drezner on the 2008 crisis and International Political Economy.
And also:
- David Herter’s Third Republic Trilogy is “now complete on Kindle.” I’ve mentioned this before, but if you haven’t read Ceres Storm or this trilogy, you’re missing out.
Daniel H. Nexon is a Professor at Georgetown University, with a joint appointment in the Department of Government and the School of Foreign Service. His academic work focuses on international-relations theory, power politics, empires and hegemony, and international order. He has also written on the relationship between popular culture and world politics.
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