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Reflections on Journal Editing: Caveats
Josh asked me if I would write a series of posts at the Duck of Minerva reflecting on my time editing International Studies Quarterly (ISQ). I agreed. This post is less a reflection that some...
Further Reflections on Assholery: How Important is Denmark to NATO?
This is a guest post from Paul Poast, an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago. Earlier this spring, Poast wrote a post about the Asshole Theory of...
What Is . . . and Isn’t . . . a Norm?
The Norm Concept This post, part of the Bridging the Gap channel at the Duck, comes from Michelle Jurkovich, an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts Boston....
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Saturday Afternoon Linkage
James Scott Linville passes along Anuradha Roy's comments on the protests engulfing India and the death of the 23-year old victim whose brutal rape galvanized them (via 3QD). Reactions to the Japanese election as covered by the Rising Powers Initiative blog. You know, GWU is much better at...
National Security and Civil Liberties meet Securitization and State Formation
Corey Robin's Jacobin essay is getting a lot of attention, including from Jon Western at the Duck and Scott Lemieux at Lawyers, Guns & Money. I don't think that it detracts from Robin's essay to note that the argument he's making is long-standing in international-relations scholarship. It...
Friday Afternoon Linkage: Threat Edition
Last week I attended our annual neighborhood holiday party and caught up on all the news about the neighbors' kids. One recently graduated with an advanced degree in computer science and is now an "ethical hacker" working in "the U.S. intelligence community." What exactly is an "ethical hacker"?...
Planning to be Shocked
One of the most repeated, and most dubious, axioms about strategy is the notion that being proactive is wiser than being reactive, and that reactivity is something we should be allergic to. In the words of Briain's foreign secretary William Hague, 'the nation that is purely reactive in foreign...
Scholar/Policy Gap – Filling Up The Glass
I have read with great interest over the last few days posts by Jeffrey Stacey and now Sean Kay on the gap between scholarship and policy. I agree with much of what they said - seriously - and I want to raise a more positive spin on some of these issues. I the gap between policy and scholarship in...
Penultimate Call for Award Nominations
The deadline for nominations and voter registration is fast approaching. The list of nominees is unchanged since my last update. You should feel free to add nominations there, to email us, or in he comments section below. Please do check the eligibility criteria. The two most common ineligible...
Sean Kay: “The Scholar/Policy Gap in International Relations Revised”
This is a guest post by Sean Kay. Jeff Stacey’s introductory blog post at the Duck of Minerva gives important perspective showing that scholarly training helped him in government to frame issues and develop policy. Stacey suggests academic perspectives should inform policy and, indirectly,...
The Academic-Policy Nexus: a few more thoughts
Regarding my previous post and the very useful comments, first the matter of what do we do once we realize that a policy problem in search of a policy solution is the equivalent of a social scientific puzzle in search of an explanation, for both the solution and the explanation are outcomes. In...
Oh, Shoot! I Forgot Morning Linkage!
I'm now on my sixth day of the sick, so in lieu of a post that requires much thought: Yay for USB-powered microphones and pop filers. The first will make it much easier to record podcasts at conferences. The second will make it much easier to record podcasts. Lyra heartily endorses the...
Happy Merry from the Duck of Minerva
Thanks so very much for your continued support, interest, and engagement with the Duck of Minerva. This has been an exciting year for the blog thanks to all of you. At the same time, 2012 has, like every other year, been a difficult 12 months for many. Our hearts go out to all those who have...
A Different Take on the URI Statement 2.0
Kindred Winecoff disagrees that this was a modest victory: I must completely disagree with his ("modest") level of satisfaction. This represents no victory at all because this new statement from URI officials, like the first one, completely misses the point. This is not about First Amendment...
‘I Find your Lack of Cheer Disturbing’ – Merry Christmas
This is awesome.