Here’s where things stand:
Nominees for Best Blog (Group):
- Abu Muqawama
- Arms Control Wonk
- Crooked Timber
- The Disorder of Things
- IPE at UNC
- Mideast Matrix
- Kings of War
Nominees for Best Blog (Individual):
- Abu Aardvark’s Middle East Blog (Marc Lynch)
- Chris Blattman
- Dart-Throwing Chimp (Jay Ulfelder)
- Daniel Drezner
- International Political Economy Zone (Emmanuel Yujuico)
- iRevolution (Patrick Meier)
- M. Taylor Favrel
- Ottomans and Zionists (Michael Koplow)
- Phil Arena’s Blog
- Running Chicken (Ari Kohen)
- Saideman’s Semi-Spew (Steve Saideman)
- Steve Walt
- Slouching Toward Columbia (Daniel Trombly)
- Texas in Africa (Laura Seay)
Nominees for Most Promising New Blog:
- Circuit: International Relations and Information Technology
- International Trade Examiner
- Nuclear Diner
- Peacefare.net
- Political Violence @ A Glance
- PONARS Policy Blog
- The Smoke-Filled Room
Nominees for Best Blog Post:
- Phil Arena, “Measuring Military Capabilities” (Phil Arena’s Blog)
- LFC, “Book Review: Winning the War on War” (Howl at Pluto)
- Robert Farley, “American Airpower = Smart Power?” (The Diplomat)
- Nils Gilman, “Plutocratic Insurgency” (Small Precautions)
- Ben Kamis, “How to Catch a Battletroll: States and the Yarns they Tell about the Internet, from the Minnows to the Whoppers” (Sicherheitspolitik-Blog)
- John M. Hobson “Eurocentrism, Racism: What’s in a Word?” (The Disorder of Things)
- Brent E. Sasley, “The Passions of Erdogan” (Huffington Post)
- Mira Sucharov, “Israel should listen to Shimon Peres – and look in the mirror” (The Fifth Question, Haaretz)
These are great nominations, and I’m no longer concerned about numbers. I do think that there’s more quality out there and I hope to see more nominations from our readers. Regional and area-studies blogs that fit our criteria remain underrepresented, although the Middle East less so. I will reiterate that blogs can be nominated in more than one category.
You may add nominations in the comments section or email them. If you want to guarantee yourself a right to vote, also let me know. Procedures here.
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.
Many thanks to whomever nominated my Battletrolls post. And not to be a pedantic ingrate, but it’s ‘Kamis’ and ‘Sicherheitspolitik-Blog’ (letter o, not zero).
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