Probiotic disinformation
“Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in” is something I would say at the risk of...
6+1 Questions about Waging War with Gold: National Security and the Finance Domain Across the Ages
Charles A. Dainoff, Robert M. Farley, and Geoffrey F. Williams answer questions about their new book
The Vatican’s Quiet Intelligence Legacy and Why It Matters Now
On Easter Monday, Pope Francis died at the age of 88. His passing marked the end of a 12-year...
The frustrating wisdom of Pope Francis’ international mediation
I was born a proud Protestant. A Lutheran in a town still marked by Catholic-Protestant tensions,...
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Probiotic disinformation
“Just when I...
6+1 Questions about Waging War with Gold: National Security and the Finance Domain Across the Ages
Charles A. Dainoff, Robert M. Farley, and Geoffrey F. Williams answer questions about their new book
The Vatican’s Quiet Intelligence Legacy and Why It Matters Now
On Easter Monday,...
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My Best Classroom Reads of the Year
Amid the annual deluge of end-of-year lists, I started to think about what readings generated the...
The Classroom and the Magic Circle
I wrote a chapter for a newly published edited volume, Teaching Political Science and...
Jason Ralph
Professor Jason Ralph joins the Hayseed Scholar podcast. Brent has known Jason’s work for...
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Unreal climate ‘realism’
It’s hard to keep track of the problems confronting Americans these days. But, just in case a...
Big Man, Big Heart
This a crosspost from Saideman’s Semi-Spew. This week, we found out that Brandon...
The Folly of Trying to Trade Russia for “Europe”
I published an article yesterday in Real Clear Defense. The title is “The Road to Securing...
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Bloody Carnival
A lot of ink has been spilled and bytes spent on the reflections over Trump’s failed...
Susan Sell: The Power of Mentorship and Example
This is the fifth in our series of remembrances on the late Susan Sell. There was a terrific...
6+1 Questions about “Race, Shaming, and International Human Rights”
Can human-rights organizations avoid accusations of racism when they criticize certain governments? Can they avoid fueling racism? Zoltán I. Búzás and Lotem Bassan-Nygate test the effectiveness of tactics to counter racism when trying to shame perpetrators.
6+1 Questions about “The Fossil-Fueled Roots of Climate Inaction in Authoritarian Regimes”
What is the name of the journal article (or book) and what are its coordinates? What is the name...