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by Bill Petti | 8 Aug 2009 |
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by Charli Carpenter | 7 Aug 2009 |
Twitter was down for two hours yesterday, assumed to have been the target of a cyberattack. BBC now reports that the target of the attack, which also affected Facebook and Google, was a single individual, Georgian blogger Cyxymu.""[The] attack appears to be directed at an individual who has a presence on a number of sites, rather than the sites themselves," a Facebook spokesman told BBC News. "Specifically, the person is an activist blogger and...
by Charli Carpenter | 6 Aug 2009 |
More bric-a-brac in lieu of genuine posts of a quasi-analytical nature. This shall continue until the NSF Political Science Division's target date for research proposals passes. At least now I'm posting bric-a-brac. (Don't worry, before long I'll be back with an onslaught of political insights from my wild roadtrip west, and by the start of the semester, back to blogging as usual.)Today's throwaway post is inspired by my current immersion in...
by Rodger Payne | 4 Aug 2009 | Featured
The Bush era is officially ancient history. I saw this commercial today:
by Charli Carpenter | 4 Aug 2009 |
Ah, August 15 NSF target dates! This time of year makes the image above ring truer than ever. Hat Tip to Stu Shulman.
by Peter | 4 Aug 2009 |
I just purchased a 16gig I-Pod touch. Its a fun new toy, and a more than ample replacement for my overflowing 2gig nano. I also added the new operating system. The benefits of a blog being the ability to crowd-source stuff like this, I ask loyal duck readers with a touch or iphone if they have any suggestions on how to get the most out of my new device. Any favorite uses, applications that are must-gets, or other cool things that can be done...
by Laura Sjoberg | 3 Aug 2009 | Featured
The International Studies Compendium is a field-defining project of somewhat epic proportions. According to its architects, it "will be the most comprehensive reference work of its kind for the field of international studies" - a group of literally hundreds of 10,000 word, article-length, peer-reviewed literature reviews - published in hard copy in its entirety, online with updates, and in subject-specific edited volumes. In the two years this...
by Bill Petti | 3 Aug 2009 |
Faithful Duck readers:So, I've launched a new blog. While I will still be writing on global politics here at The Duck of Minerva from time to time, I wanted another place to comment and brainstorm on business issues, technology, innovation, and other related topics. (Sometimes the 140 characters of Twitter just doesn't cut it).As I’ve moved outside of academia my interests have shifted--or more accurately, broadened--to include topics such as...
by Charli Carpenter | 31 Jul 2009 |
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by Rodger Payne | 30 Jul 2009 |
The Iraqi people have suffered tremendously this decade -- and are apparently suffering even more this summer. The LA Times is reporting today that Iraq's latest calamity is an "environmental catastrophe." Decades of war and mismanagement, compounded by two years of drought, are wreaking havoc on Iraq's ecosystem, drying up riverbeds and marshes, turning arable land into desert, killing trees and plants, and generally transforming what was once...
by Drew Conway | 29 Jul 2009 |
I have mentioned the outstanding blog Cheap Talk several times in my Twitter feed, but have yet to promote it in a blog post. If you are not familiar with the blog, the authors present excellent daily commentary on current events from a formal and strategic perspective—I highly reccommend it.Today, author Sandeep Baliga, Associate Professor of Managerial Economics at the Kellogg School of Management, offers examples of strategies to incite...
by Randy Waterhouse | 29 Jul 2009 |
The question of state capacity might be one of, if not the, most important question that academics and policy makers can tackle. When we talk about local, regional, and international stability, failed states, etc, often times the major problem is a lack of capacity by a state to control what goes on within its borders. State capacity is the product of numerous variables, including legitimacy, material resources, government coherence, coercive...