The Bidens are serving the Macrons US-made wine and cheese. A cute gesture or a clumsy diplomatic move?
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Episode 2: Dan Nexon
Dan Nexon reflects on editing International Studies Quarterly.
A bigger question in the alt-ac debate
I had a kind of unique path to my current tenure-track job, straddling the policy-academia divide. So I've followed current discussions on "alt-ac" careers with interest, but found something lacking...
All Journals Can, and Should, Provide Decision Letters and Reviewer Reports to Referees
Note: This is the third post in an occasional series in which I talk about lessons learned (or related stuff) from my time editing International Studies Quarterly. My prior posts focused on "best...
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More on Job Talks
My "Death to Job Talks!" provocation has produced some longer-form responses at other Political Science blogs. Jeremy Wallace defends the institution. Tom Pepinsky goes further and argues that "there is no alternative to the academic job talk." Nate Jensen gets to the heat of the matter...
Tuesday Morning Linkage Club
I guess Chuck Hagel's going to be confirmed, so we can return to an all-international edition of linkage. And mostly Asia. Papua New Guinea could finally give us a test of the institutions strain of the resource-curse hypothesis; unlike rich and democratic oil titan Norway, Papua New Guinea is...
The 2013 OAIS Blogging Awards Finalists
Thanks to Mike Horowitz's hard work, we now have a list of the finalists in each relevant category of the 2013 Outstanding Achievement in International Studies Weblogging Awards, or what will, despite my best efforts, likely be known as the "Duckies." We employed a simple Borda-count rule where...
Monday Morning Linkage
Photo: Bahraini women chant anti-government slogans during a mourning procession for Qassim Habib, 8, in Manama, Bahrain on Jan. 30, 2013. Clashes erupted after the procession for the boy, who opposition groups say died from respiratory problems triggered by heavy tear gas. [Credit : Hasan...
The Era of Austerity or the Era of Intervention?
A variety of commentators listened to President Obama’s Inauguration speech and, having heard few words devoted to foreign policy, declared that the second term of this Administration will be marked by less activism on the global stage. The draw downs from Iraq and Afghanistan readily reinforce...
Saturday Morning Linkage
I am sitting in a David's Bridal while my daughter picks out a flower-girl dress. If I were looking at ESPN.com then the stereotype would be complete. We are anxiously (and by "anxiously," I mean "not very anxiously") awaiting the results of the first-round voting for the OAIS blogging awards....
Death to Job Talks!
I was part of a short conversation last night about the standard job-search process in political science. For those of you who aren't political scientists, but nonetheless feel compelled to read this, the process for junior candidates looks something like this: Starting in the late summer,...
Poll Closing is Imminent
If you've got a ballott -- i.e., an email with a survey link -- and you haven't voted for the OAIS blogging awards, time is running out. Don't let your vote be the difference between elimination and survival for your favorite blog.
Thursday Afternoon Linkage: Zero Dark Thirty Catch up
Given the growing debate surrounding "Zero Dark Thirty", it is now mandatory to have a strong opinion on the movie. In addition to the excellent posts on this blog, including "Zero Dark Thirty" Debate Needs and Interrogation and "Zero Dark Thirty": Touchstone Par Exemplar by Jeffrey Stacey the...
A Quarter-Baked Note on Grand Theory in IR
Political scientists often say that 'no one reads books anymore.' I'd add that 'almost no one reads book reviews.' This is a shame. Although most book reviews are paint-by-numbers affairs, some smuggle in provocative claims or important statements about aspects of the field.* For example, in his...
The Societal Implications of Women in Combat
This is a guest post by Dorit Geva. Geva is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Central European University, and has written a book on conscription politics in France and the United States. Megan H. Mackenzie wrote an earlier post on this topic. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s announcement...
The Minerva Project: Time for a Disciplinary Appraisal?
A little over four years ago the U.S. Department of Defense issued its first Minerva grants. These often substantial awards have produced a significant number of publications by some of the "best and brightest" (including long-term Duck of Minerva guest blogger Josh Busby) in the field and,...