Ever since Wikileaks hit the headlines with the release of its Collateral Murder video I've been thinking (and sometimes blogging) about what kind of actor it is, what kind of politics it represents, what this means for global governance. But I could never for the life of me figure out how to really tackle these questions using IR theory. So I was thrilled to see Wendy Wong's and Peter Brown's piece in a major polisci journal, Perspectives on...
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Ranking IR Journals
Editor's note: this is a guest post by Brian J. Phillips, of the Center for Research and Teaching in Economics. What are the best International Relations journals? How do we know if one journal is better than another? And how should this affect your decision about where to send a manuscript? I recently worked on a ranking of IR journals at the behest of an institution, and this blog post shares some of the information I learned in the process....
Shouldn’t we call it the “having-a-husband” penalty?
As Jennifer Grose at Slate reported this morning, a paper by Wendy Stock and John Siegfried at the most recent AEA meetings, had some very disturbing - but not surprising - findings in regarding women academics and marriage. The Slate article calls it the "wife penalty." I'd prefer it to be called the "having-a-husband penalty." In no uncertain terms, having a husband costs: "For males, getting married within the first five years after...
Tuesday Pre-Dusk Linkage
With the year barely begun, we have already seen much over-the-top, endless self-promotion, so I will try to avoid that trap. Instead, we should note that while the Duck is not just about applying pop culture to IR and vice versa, it does seem to be with us, including shedding insight on events in Ukraine. The end of the old year/beginning of the new year is a good time to take stock of things. Chris Blattman does so at his blog. I point to it...
Harry Potter and the Questionable Metaphors: Sino-Chinese Addition
People may have wondered why spend so much time thinking about what pop culture says about international relations. They have have pondered whether dedicating entire class sessions to Harry Potter and the International Relations of Ethnic Conflict might be misguided. I can now officially and completely say to such un-named people: feh! Feh, I say! Why? Because the Sino-Japanese dispute is now an exercise in Harry Potter-one-ups-man*-ship! The...
Monday Morning Linkage
Hi, Ducks! Happy New Year! I'm back after a semester wandering across northern India. Did you miss me? Well, here are your links anyway... Professor Ole Wæver argues for "open science to fight big threats." Senator Bernie Sanders has asked the NSA a simple question that may finally make a difference. (Okay, probably not.) This year will mark the 100th anniversary of World War I. The New Yorker's archive has an excellent review of recent...
Friday Nerd Blogging: IR Meets the Cold
What is better than one Nazi Zombie movie? Two of them! Yes, we have a sequel:
Thursday Morning Linkage – Happy New Year Edition
We're going to kick of 2014 right with our morning linkage. I'd like to say the stories coming out from around the world are festive and joyful, but I suppose the habit in the profession is to be drawn to difficult news from around the world. Here are some interesting stories that caught my eye this week. The New York Times ran an extended story trying to come to grips with the real reasons for the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi....
Happy New Year Linkage
Greetings readers! And apologies for my slap-happy blogging record of late. Among my several resolutions this year is a return to blogging at the rate of at minimum one substantive post per week, in addition to my bi-weekly linkage posts. We'll see whether I can sustain or (more hopefully) exceed this while managing the transition of a teen from home to college, just as we'll see whether I can keep up my regimen of 7-minute workouts, my plan to...
In Cyber Security, it is the little things that matter…
I really like the point of this brief little article on a “cyber attack” against a power plant. The money quote highlighted from the Foreign Policy article, “A shooter could get 200 yards away with a .22 rifle and take the whole thing out…A metal sheet that would block the transformer from view…[is] a lot cheaper than billions the administration has spent in the past four years beefing up cyber security of critical infrastructure.” A quick and...
Penultimate Call for Blogging Awards Nominations
One week left for nominations. Please send us your nominations -- you can email us a nomination directly or post in the Comments thread below. Here's what we have so far for each category: Best Blog (Individual) Deborah Brautigam at China in Africa Jay Ulfelder at Dart Throwing Chimp Kan Opalo at An Africanist Perspective Tom Pepinsky Blog Lawrence Haddad at Development Horizons Michael Levi, at Energy, Security and Climate at CFR Bruce...
[More] Academic New Year’s Resolutions You Won’t Keep
January for academics is like September for the fashion industry. Rather than fresh lipstick shades and new boots, 'tis the season to start fresh, to organize your office, shake off the pre-Christmas crumbs from your desk, and try to tackle the year with enthusiasm and a fresh perspective. Time to forget about the academic resolutions you didn't keep last year and start fresh with some new (and hopefully more realistic) objectives. Feel free to...