A state of mind is a contagious thingSpread it around you never know what the future brings…Marillion, “State of Mind” n his later writings, Ludwig Wittgenstein spends quite a bit of time thinking about the problem of exactly what we are...
Footage of toppled Confederate statues all over cities in the US reminded me of the events my homeland went through a couple of decades ago and might go through again in some years. Some experts...
We are pleased to welcome some new guest Ducks, including an exciting new partnership. We also are pleased that guest bloggers, Lisa Gaufman, Jeff Stacey, Jeremy Youde, and Will Winecoff will...
This is a guest post by Manjana Milkoreit, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Purdue University. Her research integrates international relations scholarship and cognitive...
I suspect that the other bloggers at the Duck have been relatively silent lately for the same reasons that I have been quiet. We're grading stacks of student midterm exams (or papers) and writing our own papers for the upcoming International Studies Association Annual Meeting.If you need something...
Duck of Minerva has been nominated for two Koufax blog awards, given annually to the best "lefty" blogs. To vote, simply go to the link and leave a comment in favor of Duck of Minerva.Best New BlogBest Group BlogWhile you're voting, cast a ballot for Phronesisaical for Most Deserving of Wider...
The Bull Moose says we're in a "clash of civilizations." Not that long ago, Marc Schulman made the same point. Marc notes, quoting Pew data, that the Bush administration's repeated claims that the war on terror is not directed at Islam have "failed to impress" many Muslims:Sizable percentages of...
States I've visited--and I'm not counting the inside of airports or the corridors of an interstate.Create your own visited states map.I can't, unfortunately, come up with any sort of "cute" pattern for my travels.UPDATE: my international travel? Not so impressive.Create your own visited countries...
Oxblog's David Adesnik and Michael McFaul just published an article (PDF) in the Washington Quaterly entitled "Engaging Autocratic Allies to Promote Democracy." They discuss how, during the 1980s, US influence facilitated democratic transitions in the Philippines, South Korea, and Chile.Its an...
That is, if we were both in the eighth grade. When it comes to manipulating network data? Not so much.You Passed 8th Grade MathCongratulations, you got 10/10 correct!Could You Pass 8th Grade Math?Filed as: geekery
So, when the Iraqis get out and vote, write a constitution, and form a functioning government it is proof that the Bush strategy is working--but if sectarian violence erupts and civil-war looms it is also proof that the Bush strategy is working. Karl Popper is turning over in his grave...Filed as:...
Yesterdays Washington Post ran a guest column by Ron Asmus in which he lays out an argument for using NATO to contain Iran if it develops nuclear weapons. The plan calls for bringing Israel formally within NATO as a way of making the implicit defensive commitments the West shares with Israel more...
It appears as if the Horowitz crowd is conducting an on-line straw poll to identify the "worst" of the 101 most dangerous professors in America.So far, the results are not encouraging for the IR competitors: Professor School VotesMichael Bérubé Penn State University 150931[skip dozens of names]Ali...
Last week, Prime Minister Tony Blair told the BBC he thought that his government had "won the argument" about its identity card plan. The House of Lords voted overwhelmingly in late January to make any plan voluntary, but the House of Commons voted last week to compel people applying for passports...
Okay, so now President Bush wasn't properly notified about the pending sale of shipping operations at major US ports to a firm from the UAE. It seems that the President is always willing to tout his accomplishments and leadership when things go well, but when they don't he simply wasn't aware...
If there remained any doubt about just how scrumtralescent mothers are I think this story should erase it:Bear crashes hockey game, mom saves kidsEspn.comFiled as: Moms