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Progressives: here’s what happens when you steal GOP talking points
Progressives and liberals were quick to praise President George H.W. Bush when he passed away. Some of this was basic human decency. Some of this was honest admiration for a masterful foreign policy...
Radical IR: approaches or implications?
Dillon Tatum had an interesting post here last week, calling for a “radical” international relations. As Tatum notes, "radicalism intervenes in the political domain with the goal of...
Big Goals and Small Adversaries: Why Grand Strategy Matters
The United States is closing in on the 18th anniversary of its first wartime death in Afghanistan, that of CIA operative Mike Spann, providing a melancholy opportunity to emphasize the role of grand...
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Thursday Morning Linkage
Do a google image search for "nerd duck public domain";Charli's image comes up pretty quickly. Not sure what that means.Colin Kahl defends the Obama Administration's Middle-East foreign-policy record on CNN.Juan Cole does something similar at his blog. Han Xudong argues that trade ties will...
Slow boring…
Shorter LGM response(s) to Connor Freidersdorf: "Weber."Of course, that doesn't resolve the debate. It merely puts it on the correct footing.
God and Man at Kale
Governor Romney's Nutrition Czar-DesignateA small part of my portfolio at the Duck is wading into the shallow end of the conservative pool of ideas, and in that spirit I bring to you the latest contretemps over Imam Obama and his jihad against loyal, God- and YHWH-fearing Americans.If I were to...
Urban Violence Web Seminar
Especially considering that I recently criticized the human security community for failing to pay enough attention to urban violence, I'm delighted to hear of this upcoming web seminar on the topic at Harvard's Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research. These are open to the public but...
Wednesday Morning Linkage
The civil war continues in Syra. As does the one in Mali. Two posts at Political Violence @ a Glance. First, Ron Hassner compares "blasphemy and political violence" in 2006 and 2012. Second, Steve Saideman discusses the New York Times graphic on future border changes.Glenn Grenwald's take on the...
‘Kangnam Style’s Irony is Missed b/c of the Publicity Wave
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Workshop + Monday Morning Linkage = Not Many Links
From Her Majesty's Explorer.My attempts to get Dan Drezner an ignoble have failed.Steve Saideman will be pleased that Sara Silverman has jumped on the voter fraud fraud bandwagon (NSFW). Frank Pasquale describes a less amusing side of the story.Plagiarism in Turkey.The Arabist takes on the...
Gangnam Style and IR
So North Korea has issued a "Gangnam Style" video to mock a South Korean presidential candidate, Park Guen Hye, from the ruling conservative party. According to Malaysia's The Sun Daily:"The parody, posted on the official government website Uriminzokkiri, shows a crudely photo-shopped image of...
Saturday Morning Linkage
Mass protests against militias in Benghazi demonstrate the power of mobilization-triggers and the weakness of movements that lack proper infrastructure. Marc Lynch analyzes Newsweek's #muslimrage debacle.Chris Zambellis writes at Jamestown's China Daily Brief that Cairo is looking to China to...
Podcast No. 9 – Interview with Kathryn Sikkink
2012 interview with Kathryn Sikkink.
Brief Friday Morning Linkage
Also Not a DuckAidan Regan: "Reflections on The Monti Python Show" (via CT).Beth Schwanke and Jenny Ottenhoff examine the party platforms for what they have to say about development policy. Dan Drezner talks about "Why Presidents Love Foreign Affairs" in the New York Times.Phil Arena is skeptical...
Friday Nerd Blogging Actual
They are here... Westeros re-election campaign posters for your procrastinating pleasure. For some excellent commentary from the campaign trail, I am linking back to Robert Farley and Matthew Duss' analysis of recent events.Also, weigh in on Scott Eric Kaufman's GoT syllabuilding effort here, in...