Race

Geopolitical Rivalry: Great for Princes, Bad for Paupers

by Van Jackson | Jul 17, 2022 | Race, US Foreign Policy, Various and Sundry

If you’ve spent any amount of time in Washington, there’s a good chance you’ve internalized a rosier narrative of the Cold War than the actual history warrants (I certainly had). To correct that, I have an essay out in Foreign Affairs with Michael Brenes, arguing that the bipartisan cheerleading for great-power rivalry today is based on a jaundiced reading of Cold War history. The popular image of the Cold War—as a historical moment that brought out America’s...

Why Land Acknowledgements?

by Stuart J. Kaufman | Apr 9, 2022 | Academia, Race

The ISA statement lacks not only comparative history but also local historical depth. It also distorts moral responsibility.

No, Critical Race Theory was not a “thing” in the Soviet Union

by Lisa Gaufman | Nov 5, 2021 | Race, States & Regions

According to a recent tweet, which I am not going to link to, "CRT" led to "multiple civil wars and transnational conflicts by the 1990s" in the Soviet Union. The simple answer is no, but let me...

James Bond Made Redundant

by Brandon Valeriano | Oct 19, 2021 | Nerdblogging, Race, Security

There is perhaps no greater film institution than the James Bond franchise. Over 27 movies and 59 years from Doctor No (1962) to Goldfinger (1964) to the modern era of Goldeneye (1995) and Skyfall...

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Failing Upwards and Global Elitism

by Adam B. Lerner | Oct 14, 2021 | Featured, Global Health, Race, US Foreign Policy

Matt Hancock, a Conservative MP and the UK’s Health Secretary during most of the Covid lockdowns, has failed upwards.

Decolonizing Corruption

by Adam B. Lerner | Oct 5, 2021 | Human Rights, Political Economy, Race, Theory & Methods

Corruption is an issue largely off the radar screens of many IR scholars. How can they better theorize corruption’s pervasiveness in international politics, while avoiding the biases of past approaches?

Is NATO Good for Asia, or Is Asia Good for NATO?

by Van Jackson | Sep 23, 2021 | Race, Security, States & Regions

Over the past six months or so, I've gotten a lot of pings about NATO and the "Big 3" (UK, France, and Germany) taking on a role in Asia — and specifically a bigger military presence in the region. The issue has come up a few times on my podcast. I got an early preview of a book about a closely related question by a European scholar. I've had EU parliamentary staffers reach out to me about this. And I gave an interview to a lefty newspaper in Norway that was trying to make sense of NATO's approach to China/Asia/Indo-Pacific. It keeps coming up. Then, of course, the big Australia-US-UK...

National identity and nuclear submarines in Australia

by Catriona Standfield | Sep 19, 2021 | Race, Security

Australia’s attempt to balance against China using nuclear submarines is not just a material decision. It’s one shaped by over a century of deep fear about Australia’s role as an outpost of whiteness in Asia.

When 9/11 Got Hip-Hop, It Killed Dissent

by Van Jackson | Sep 12, 2021 | Race, Various and Sundry

I was an enlisted Airman studying Korean at the Defense Language Institute (DLI) in Monterey, California on September 11, 2001. When the first two planes struck, none of us had any idea whether it was a high-profile accident or an attack. It was only when a third plane flew into the Pentagon that we put 2 and 2 together. I remember feeling confused, and a bit queasy after going out to the "Day Room" to check out the news, but I had a milestone language test that morning and was trying to focus. After the test, I went outside to a smoke pit to wait for the others in my cohort to finish. I...

They Blinded Them With Science

by Tarak Barkawi | Sep 3, 2021 | "Lab Leaks" in Political Science, Academia, Bridging the Gap, Featured, Race, Theory & Methods

Musgrave’s identification of dangerous ideas is correct, but his metaphor risks entrenching the fundamental problem: the (inevitable) weaponization of “scientific objectivity.”

Light Summer Reading

by Lisa Gaufman | Jul 21, 2021 | Featured, Race, Various and Sundry

Ah, those days when you did not feel guilty for reading something that does not contain the term “poststructuralism” and/or footnotes. Back in my teenage years, I used to devour all the books I could get during the summer. I had some favorites: Alexandre Duma’s The Count of Monte-Christo (1844-1846) and The Valley of the Moon (1913) by Jack London. If the Monte Christo long-drawn out revenge plot is a great motivational read for staying in academia, The Valley of the Moon was a type of a comfort read with its slow-paced love story/farming manual features. Following Paul Musgrave’s...

Introducing Bridging the Gap’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Fellow: Emmanuel Balogun

by Bridging the Gap | Apr 30, 2021 | Bridging the Gap, Featured, Race

The Bridging the Gap team is thrilled to announce the addition of a new member of our leadership team: Emmanuel Balogun, the inaugural BtG Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Fellow. We recently sat down with him to ask about his work, hobbies, and plans for the fellowship. Welcome to the team, Emmanuel! BTG: Tell us a bit about yourself. What drives your scholarship? EB: What drives my scholarship is my desire to highlight the multitude of ways African countries engage with the international community. I am also very curious about the role of African expertise in IR. My research on African...

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