Duck of Minerva
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International politics in theory and practice... and some other stuff.
Joined April 2011
Are Biden’s industrial policies working. Thoughts from a recent workshop on the US going green fast by @busbyj2 & @NateMJensen
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Typical energy transitions unfold over 50 to 100 years. The urgency of the climate challenge means that humanity doesn’t have that kind of time. While market developments in renewables and electric…
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In Memory of Bear Braumoeller | The Duck of Minerva
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Sometimes you come across people that permanently change the way you think. About life, yourself, or an area of study. They instill a sense of resolute optimism about the world and your abilities. …
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Still hoping for an in memorium post.
Our community has lost a giant in @Prof_BearB. Would any colleagues and collaborators want to write a remembrance? Please DM here or @busbyj2
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Maybe the problem isn't that scholars don't know how to speak to U.S. foreign policymakers, but that U.S. foreign policymakers don't know how to engage with scholarship Read @DanSpoko on what gap, exactly, needs bridging.
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Maybe the problem isn’t that scholars don’t know how to speak to U.S. foreign-policy makers, but rather that U.S foreign-policy makers don’t know how to engage with scholarship?
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Pope Francis’ peacebuilding on Ukraine may work…that’s not a good thing
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As a Turkey follower (I studied the country in grad school and wrote on it for my dissertation and first book) I’ve got thoughts on Turkey’s elections. But as someone not interested in …
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Less Thomas Schelling, more security dilemma sensibility
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The professional bureaucracies of both the US and Chinese national security states encourage mistrust, jingoistic attitudes, pessimistic assumptions, and hawkish policies. This is a growing source …
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Our community has lost a giant in @Prof_BearB. Would any colleagues and collaborators want to write a remembrance? Please DM here or @busbyj2
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Episode 29: Introducing: Whiskey & IR Theory… in Space!
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Patrick and Dan talk about the newest feature of the podcast: a series in which they combine thei…
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Black Americans have a comparatively good policy bullshit detector. So why does US foreign policy ignore what they think?
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Since marginalized communities tend to suffer disproportionately when governments make contemptible policy choices, it stands to reason that those communities might develop a heightened sensitivity…
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The Iraq War didn't kill liberal internationalism, just our ability to debate it
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Twenty year recollections of the 2003 invasion of Iraq are popping up. Some are debating whether there were any positive outcomes from the war, others reflecting on what it meant for those who foug…
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Episode 28: Are We Living in a Simulation… of Sovereignty?
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PTJ and Dan discuss Cynthia Weber’s 1994 book, Simulating Sovereignty: Intervention, the State an…
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Why Blog Now? An Introduction
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The blogosphere peaked somewhere in the mid-2000s, so why would anyone start blogging in 2023?
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.@DimaKortukov answers 6+1 questions about the politics of pseudoscience in Russia.
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The Russian government has developed a symbiotic relationship with the country’s pseudoscientific community.
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.@michaelallen @flynnpolsci & @carlammm answer 6+1 questions about their new book, U.S. Military Deployments and Host Country Public Opinion.
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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…
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.@SzarejkoIt argues that it's hard to genuinely embrace moral ambiguity, let alone develop a compelling theory of politics, when your fictional universe is literally driven by a struggle between good and evil.
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According to conventional wisdom, Disney’s Andor is the best Star Wars narrative in years. Political scientists seem to agree. Dan Drezner speaks for ma…
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As the death toll from the Turkey earthquake continues to rise, @pehenne wonders how IR scholars should respond to tragedy.
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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 …
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