by Dan Nexon | 28 Sep 2012 | Featured
AJ Hartley: "why books are better than movies." I'm not sure that's always true -- surely some films surpass their source material, but I'm hard pressed to think of an example off the top of my head.Erik Voeten asks an incisive question: "Is the Marginal Cost of Drone Strikes Too Low?"Brad DeLong argues that, despite temporary fixes, the Eurocrisis remains very real.Spencer Ackerman reports on the apparent failure of the Afghanistan surge. More...
by Dan Nexon | 27 Sep 2012 | Featured
I'm presenting PTJ's and my "End of IR Theory" paper at Berkeley next week. Here's a sneak peak at some of the lecture slides.Unfortunately, my LOLspeak is rusty.
by Charli Carpenter | 27 Sep 2012 | Featured
Fellow Duck Brian Rathbun has a new piece in International Studies Quarterly comparing international relations scholars' paradigmatic preferences to their political preferences, based on TRIP survey data:Are international relations scholars objective observers of political events, or do our political preferences influence the way in which we see the world? This article explores that question using data from a survey of international relations...
by Steve Saideman | 27 Sep 2012 | Featured
The meme of the summer meets the graphic du jour:
by Dan Nexon | 27 Sep 2012 | Featured
Should there be a blogging (or, perhaps, "New Media") caucus at the International Studies Association (ISA)?Despite being in the ISA-NE hierarchy and having served in various positions for the International Political Sociology (IPS) section, I've never paid that much attention to the internal structure of the ISA.But now I'm involved in the creation of the Historical International Relations (HIST) section and a bid for International Studies...
by Dan Nexon | 27 Sep 2012 | Featured
This is a guest post by Jeff Colgan, an assistant professor in the School of International Service at American University.Policy responses to the resource curse are diffusing in the international community. In August, the U.S. enacted rules that could reduce corruption, promote political accountability, and maybe even reduce the probability of war. The decision was encouraged transnationally by actors from developing countries. Now the European...
by Dan Nexon | 27 Sep 2012 | Featured
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 prevent current tensions in East Asia from escalating to war (via Taylor Fravel).Emmanuel at IPEZone: "Meet China's Real Challenger, Mexico (No...
by Dan Nexon | 27 Sep 2012 | Featured
Shorter LGM response(s) to Connor Freidersdorf: "Weber."Of course, that doesn't resolve the debate. It merely puts it on the correct footing.
by PM | 26 Sep 2012 | Featured
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 walk up to you and say that control of our nation's school lunches is a key part of the Communist plot to control our precious bodily fluids, you would...
by Charli Carpenter | 26 Sep 2012 | Featured
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 you must register in advance. I've done a few on topics in humanitarian law and find the format and substance quite intellectually compelling. Here's...
by Dan Nexon | 26 Sep 2012 | Featured
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 NYU/Stanford drone study. Chris Clary also tackles anti-Americanism in the Muslim world, but via a critique of the Blaydes and Lindser piece recently...
by Robert Kelly | 24 Sep 2012 | Featured
<img alt="" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('ebf10251-da25-4848-80ce-73c0ef653ceb'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = " ";" src="https://lh5.ggpht.com/-bg7EMQVYiYs/UGAiHha-i9I/AAAAAAAAAWE/8vFAInmqY0A/videodbd98a065f32%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" /> yeah, it’s pretty hysterical, especially when you get the underlying social critique I try to avoid K-pop on my website, because I find far too many foreigner...