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Americans Oppose Killing Civilians. Reports Saying Otherwise Are Wrong.
Three reasons why you shouldn’t worry too much about the blood-thirstiness of your fellow Americans.
A Case for Nationalism
Sorry, clickbait! But admit, it, after an apology of race science in Quillette or “The Case for Colonialism” in TWQ you probably rage-clicked on the thumbnail to let me have it. Periodic IR Twitter...
White saviors abroad – social doctors at home? Blunt and subtle colonialism in US Global Health education
This is a guest post from Tine Hanrieder who heads the research group Global Humanitarian Medicine at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center. She is the author of International Organization in Time:...
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Trotskyite Reactionaries
Partisanship Blogging Warning. This post contains no academic content. What follows is a series of block quotes designed to illustrate the title of the post. This is simply remarkable.... First, Erick Erickson at RedState: The McConnell Tax Hike raises taxes on people making over $400,000.00, but...
Sex is Better on Thursday Linkage
Some sex, gender, and women highlights and lowlights for the week: In the post "2012: The year in sexism" Laura Bates lists the sexist 'lowlights' of each month (from Rush Limbaugh's slut comment to Todd Akin's 'legit' rape gaff). The Huffington Post has some high and low gender moments of its...
Academic New Year’s Resolutions You Won’t Keep
Sure we know we don't stick to New Year resolutions (apparently only 8% of resolutions are fulfilled) but they're fun to make, right? In addition to the top 5 New Year's resolutions that most people don't keep (losing weight, quitting smoking, going on a diet, stopping a bad habit, and getting...
ISO: American Grand Strategy
The first decade of the 21st century was a heady time for foreign-policy wonks. Why? Because their world was awash with Great Debates about Grand StrategyTM. Now things seem much less exciting. Perhaps that's because, despite the best efforts of the usual suspects, the partisan debate no longer...
Blog Archeology: No Decision Letter, No Peer Reviewing
Brad Delong calls this "hoisted from the archives," which is clearly a better term for what I'm doing. But, as that's taken and I'm not as smart as the great economics professor, I guess I'll just have to stick with this alternative. Peer reviewing: a call to arms (updated) From: 22 April 2009 I...
“Final List” of Award Nominees and Additional ISA Reception Details
This constitutes our promised post containing the "final list" of OAIS Award Nominees. This is also your last chance to let us know if we've left off an eligible nomination. We will send out a ballot soon. The current plan is to use a Borda-count process to create a list of finalists and to...
Wednesday Morning Linkage
Saudia Arabia seeks water in Ethiopia with violent consequences. Via Laleh Khalili. "Morsi and the Deep State." The case for the US continuing a hard line against Cuba. First-image explanations for US strategic failure. Walt's "Top 5 parties in World History" should include instead the celebration...
The Reading (Half)Year
I read. Really, I do. In fact, I read alot. But most of the reading I do, I've figured out, is for one of two particular purposes. First, I read to review. The International Feminist Journal of Politics gets about 100 manuscripts a year, and I read about 30 books between the Oxford Series on...
Tuesday Morning Linkage Club
Happy New Year, if you're into that whole Gregorian calendar thing. (And this photo is, inshallah, our last Gangnam Style reference.) Sorry to those of you who thinks this blog inclines too much toward America-centric linkage; there's a lot of that in today's edition. Look below for more...
Fiscal Cliffs Notes
Judging by the rumors coming out of the media, it appears that we have a deal to avert the fiscal cliff. This is troubling on a number of levels. First, the deal will be agreed to by the outgoing Congress--what we at the Duck are ashamed to call the lame-duck session--instead of the Congress just...
NYE Links
Happy New Year to all. While you’re sticking the bubbly in the fridge and mapping out 2013 resolutions, consider nominating your favorite blogs for the 2013 OAIS awards sponsored by the Duck. Tomorrow is the deadline for nominations. See Dan’s last update on current nominees for more...
2012 International Studies Blogging Awards: Final Call
The deadline for nominations and voter registration is 1 January 2013. The list of nominees has slightly expanded since my last update. You should feel free to add nominations in the comments section below. Please do check the eligibility criteria. You can register to vote by emailing us with your...