The Russian government has developed a symbiotic relationship with the country’s pseudoscientific community.
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Dima Kortukov
Dima Kortukov is a post-doctoral scholar at the University of Kentucky. He holds a PhD in political science from Indiana University. His scholarly interests include authoritarian politics, governance, democratization, political economy, conflict, and Russian/post-Communist politics. In his research, he analyzes the foundations of institutional change and explores the determinants of elite political behavior. He has published peer-reviewed...
The transnational coalition that wasn’t: Russia, the West and Ukraine
One year ago, Russia launched an illegal war on Ukraine, committing horrific war crimes against the people of Ukraine. Analyses and memorials abound, and I'm probably not the only person writing about this on the Duck today. I wanted to address a specific aspect of this war, though: why Russia's carefully cultivated ties with far-right forces in Western Europe and the United States failed to undermine Western opposition to the war. Undermining...
Debbie Lisle
Professor Debbie Lisle of Queens University, Belfast, grew up in North Vancouver, in an environment of 'liberal feminism' which gave her a sense of possibility in life, but it was an interesting journey thereafter. Debbie chats with Brent about her decision to go to McGill for college, playing soccer throughout her undergrad and Master's years, and an in-between period of working at a lumber store and then traveling the world...
The Best Propaganda is True
David Pierson at The New York Times: While many in the world see the Chinese spy balloon as a sign of Beijing’s growing aggressiveness, China has sought to cast the controversy as a symptom of the United States’ irrevocable decline.Why else would a great power be spooked by a flimsy inflatable craft, China has argued, if not for a raft of internal problems like an intensely divided society and intractable partisan strife driving President Biden...
6+1 Questions about U.S. Military Deployments and Host Country Public Opinion
What is the name of the book and what are its coordinates? Michael A. Allen, Michael E. Flynn, Carla Martinez Machain, and Andrew Stravers. 2022. Beyond the Wire: U.S. Military Deployments and Host Country Public Opinion, Oxford University Press. Paperback (use code ASFLYQ6 for 30% off), ebook What’s the argument? U.S. military deployments — particularly the individual troops involved — anchor American influence abroad, and for many foreign...
Carla Martinez Machain
Carla Martinez Machain is a Professor of Political Science at the University at Buffalo, SUNY. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from Rice University in May 2012. Martinez Machain’s research (funded by the Department of Defense’s Minerva Initiative and the Army Research Office, among others) focuses on foreign policy analysis, with a focus on military policy and international conflict. In particular, she has been engaged in work on...
Michael E. Flynn
Michael Flynn is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Kansas State University. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Binghamton University in 2013. He received a B.A. in Politics and a B.A. in History from Potsdam College (SUNY) in 2006. Michael’s research focuses primarily on the political economy of states’ foreign policy behavior, the role of partisanship and ideology in foreign policy, and methodology....
Michael A. Allen
Michael Allen is a Professor at Boise State University. His research and teaching focus on areas of conflict (both between states and states and non-state actors), power disparity, and methodology. A primary focus of his work is the deployment of service members overseas. This research explores the positive and negative effects of deployments as well as the perceptions of those effects. His workhas appeared in the American Political Science...
What does Andor Believe?
According to conventional wisdom, Disney’s Andor is the best Star Wars narrative in years. Political scientists seem to agree. Dan Drezner speaks for many when he writes that the show's "writing is stellar," its "locations are great," and its "visuals" are "arresting." "But," he argues, "there’s a deeper, simpler reason" why Andor succeeds so well: it is "the first Star...
Climate, Justice, and IR
Adam, Daniela and Jarrod discuss the challenge of thinking about climate justice in the context of IR and existing models of justice and reparations. Does the Holocaust and other human rights cases provide a good or useful template? Can IR approaches even handle climate change? https://duckofminerva.podbean.com/e/climate-justice-and-ir/
How should IR scholars respond to tragedy?
Like many, I woke up in shock at the massive earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria. The earthquake, centered in Gaziantep, has killed 3,000 as of Monday afternoon devastated southeast Turkey and northern Syria. In addition to Gaziantep, other affected Turkish cities were Sanliurfa and Diyarbakir [Note-these aren't the proper spellings as I can't figure out how to insert Turkish characters]. The tragedy of Turkey's southeast Any destruction...