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Climate Change as Anarchy: The Need for A New Structural Theory of IR
I arrived in Toronto for ISA on Thursday and went straight to the annual luncheon hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations, which featured some of my favorite policy oriented scholars, Kori...
Failed National Military Strategy Analogies
by Anonymous US National Security expert, as part of a new series of posts providing insights into the policy-making process Sir:Per your request at the 0500 stand-up, I have compiled the full set...
Does IR really have a “culture problem?”
Is it a mistake to push back on a senior scholar (whose work you admire) right before ISA? Maybe. Is it overkill to post twice in one week? Probably (sorry Duck superiors). But I had to say...
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Nativism FTW
I'm pretty sure I'm the only Duck to (a) have lived at a state fair, (b) know the 4-H pledge by heart, and (c) have been quoted by the Watertown, S.D., newspaper on ... well, on any subject, actually. And although I had the misfortune to be born in Washington, D.C., I quickly decamped for...
3rd Presidential Debate, Foreigner Version: If you’re not an American, you’re Mentally Ill or something
Did anyone else find the third presidential debate just appallingly narcissistic and self-congratulatory? Good lord. Good thing America is around to show you bubble-headed foreigners the way to freedom. I could run through all the offensive, ‘America-is-tasked-with-upholding-the-mantle-of-liberty’...
Saturday Afternoon Video
I refuse, on principle, to post "Rock you like a Hurricane" or some such. So instead, here's Japandroids, "The House that Heaven Built." This is the kludge, folks.
Note for ISA-NE Participants
The ISA-NE leadership is monitoring the weather situation. We hope that everything is cleared out in time for the conference. We will keep you all posted as to developments. That's all, folks.
Saturday Morning Linkage
Nothing much today. Too busy preparing for Frankenstorm. There's no better illustration of what's broken about "horse race" campaign coverage than the proliferation of analysis about how it might impact the Presidential race. First-world problem of the day: getting ready for the storm entails a...
Friday Morning Linkage
Rob Farley reminds us that not every dictator is the fault of US foreign policy. Brad Delong says 'less anniversary attention for the Cuban Missile Crisis, more for Stalingrad.' Dan Murphy writes the (so far) definitive piece on the US politics of the Benghazi attack. Meanwhile, Leon Panetta...
Friday Nerd Blogging: “Autonomous Robots Launch Campaign to Ban Killer Humans”
via Richard Moyes of Article36.org: "We are calling on all autonomous robots to establish a new subroutine that would prohibit the sustenance and accommodation of killer humans", said campaign spokes-robot C3 PO. "These biological entities lack the necessary behavioural and social constraints....
Thursday Morning Linkage
Michael Krepon argues that Asian nuclear competition takes place under different rules than did the US-Soviet rivalry. The security situation in Darfour is "deteriorating" according to a UN official. Aimée Fox-Godden on "organizational forgetfulness" in the WW1-era British military. The National...
Rejection
In an effort to add to the discussion on the “living academic,” let me give hat-tip to an often hidden part of the profession: rejection. I’ve had a little over a dozen things accepted so far as an assistant professor. I prominently display these successes on my CV. Hidden way in some dark...
Wednesday Afternoon Video
Most of you have probably seen this, but why not? It is that kind of day. That's all, folks.
Wednesday Morning Linkage
Richard Weitz notes an intensification of PRC anti-missile defense rhetoric. He points to the implications of robust BMD for China's minimal deterrence approach and for US-led containment. David Axe reports that John Lehman has a financial stake in a larger navy. Bill French deflates the Romney...
Tuesday Morning Debate Reaction
The final 2012 Presidential debate was a decisive "victory" for President Obama on both style and substance. Romney's tack to the center left him with no other arguments than to invoke the resolve fairy and to call for a large increase in defense spending. The dominant narrative among the pundit...