A partial panel, via Luke M. Perez, who has set up a page for the #virtualAPSA2012 project.
by Dan Nexon | 31 Aug 2012 |
A partial panel, via Luke M. Perez, who has set up a page for the #virtualAPSA2012 project.
by Robert Kelly | 31 Aug 2012 | Featured
My North Korean VisaIn August, I visited North Korea for the first time. It was the most unique travelling experience I’ve ever had. I’d certainly recommend it to political scientists and Asia experts, but it wasn’t anything close to a ‘vacation’ or break or anything like that. (Yes, some of the sites marketing tours of NK actually call it that.)At a bookstore devoted to the works of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, I stumbled across an essay, from...
by Dan Nexon | 31 Aug 2012 |
Here is a word cloud of the speech's foreign-policy content:In this case, the cloud adds virtually nothing to our understanding, as the entire section is only 202 words long.Below is the section itself. It appears that the speechwriters pulled random posts off of PJ Media, stuck them in a blender, and were satisfied with the results. I will begin my presidency with a jobs tour. President Obama began with an apology tour. America, he said, had...
by Dan Nexon | 31 Aug 2012 |
Bruce Jenltleson and Charlie Kupchan critique Romney foreign policy. Bill French piles on.James Lindsay complains about the lack of foreign-policy content in Romney's speech. "Wave" of cyberattacks hit energy companies. Lionel Beehner: "the realist case" for intervening in Syria. Hayes Brown on the UN arms-trade treaty.The history of the @, via 3QD.An evenhanded assessment of my disagreement with Fioretos [ed. for typo] over historical...
by Dan Nexon | 30 Aug 2012 |
Rob's panel was "Abolish the Air Force," scheduled for 10:15am on Sunday.
by PM | 30 Aug 2012 | Featured
Dear Leader Kim Jong Un addresses the ruling partyI didn't watch the Republican Convention last night, because I'm not getting paid to do so. I understand that conservatives think it was a hit and liberals a travesty, although the Romney-Ryan campaign's invocation of AC/DC to prove their cool guy credentials strongly suggests the latter.So it wasn't until I read Kevin Drum's blog post this morning that I saw this section of Congressman Ryan's...
by Dan Nexon | 30 Aug 2012 |
It's a beautiful day in Washington; not so beautiful in New Orleans. Some of this text comes from PM.At political science's other prominent animal-themed blog, Erik Voeten wonders how stupid diffuses.Kate Almquist wonders if the DoD is doing the right thing by sponsoring development in Africa.Via Marc L., an update on Hamas and the Arab Uprisings.David Brooks's infamous Romney column.Americans to Cloud Computing: Y U NO IN THE CLOUD?Jonathan...
by Dan Nexon | 29 Aug 2012 |
Phil Arena was supposed to present his paper, "Crisis Bargaining and Domestic Opposition" at APSA. If you are reading this on an RSS feed, you should see the audio. His slides are not integrated, as his audio presentation is in mp3 format. This is the first of what I hope will be more of these. If you need an APSA fix, or are just interested in the topic, take 10-15 minutes to listen to Phil's presentation and leave feedback.If and when we...
by Dan Nexon | 29 Aug 2012 |
The latest issue of International Studies Perspectives includes a forum on open access.I bet you can guess where this is headed.
by Jon Western | 29 Aug 2012 | Featured
With the loss of the drinking intellectual stimulation that comes from APSA, I'm in need of some inspiration to kick start the semester that begins next week. We all know that academic life is full of adventure, comedy, human drama, and conflict. So, it shouldn't be too difficult to find a decent Hollywood movie about academic life. Lucky Jim should be a shoe-in, but the 1957 film is just bad. Wonder Boys ranks high because Michael Douglas...
by Dan Nexon | 29 Aug 2012 |
by Dan Nexon | 29 Aug 2012 |
Josh Rogin examines how the Romney campaign has "doubled down" on treating Russia as a geopolitical foe. Some ideological habits are hard to break. In this case, the US-Moscow relationship is fraught enough to render the position wrongheaded but not completely insane. Jay on long-term democratization pressures in Russia. Noah Smith evaluates the nature of China's economic "landing." Jeff Colgan thinks highly of the SEC ruling that multinational...