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Professor • Boise State • International Relations • Focus: War, FoPo, Basing, and Troop Deployments • Nerd: scifi, gaming, methods. RT ≠ Endorsement

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RT @DinhKhangPham: 🎉 METAFY GIVEAWAY 🎉. Competitive players and those who want to be the new season is YOUR shot!. Do you wanna do this pri….
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RT @HDiplo: RJISSF Roundtable 16-28: Michael A. Allen, Michael E. Flynn, Carla Martínez Machain, & Andrew Stravers’ Beyond the Wire: US Mil….
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RT @carlammm: Check out this amazing @HDiplo roundtable on our @BtGProjectDC @OUPAcademic book, "Beyond the Wire: US MilitaryDeployments an….
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Michael Allen
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The algorithm has decided that my book is half on kindle today at Amazon.
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RT @lumongoat: Still Struggling to Ty . pe,.
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Michael Allen
6 months
Somehow I forgot to add myself as an author of the article in the first post. Early Monday posting strikes again.
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6 months
the country, 2) framing questions about basing by using the Russia invasion of Ukraine actually decreased support for basing, 3) there are NIMBY concerns for new military bases, and 4) exposure to US military personnel moderated the NIMBY opposition to basing.
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Michael Allen
6 months
About two years ago, @carlammm, Michael Flynn, and Grzegorz Smułek conducted a research experiment in Poland. We have a few interesting finds, both observational and experimental. 1) Support for US basing was noticeably higher in 2023 than it was in 2020 when we last surveyed
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RT @carlammm: People in Poland 🇵🇱 prefer U.S. military bases to be further from their homes, but contact with U.S. service members moderate….
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How does public messaging affect public support for, or opposition to, a U.S. military presence abroad? This study focuses on Poland as a frontline ally with an exceptionally high external security...
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Michael Allen
6 months
If you are at ISA, consider joining us on Sunday at 10:30am to discuss "The Gamer's Guide to International Relations." Andrew Szarejko (@Szarejko) chairs with great discussants like Chad Clay (@kchadclay), Joseph Lovell, Joshua Foust, and Amanda M. Rosen (@CuriousTalcat).
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understanding of theories like realism, liberalism, constructivism, and topics such as monetary policy, civil war, or global health policy. Routledge link: Amazon link:
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The Gamer's Guide to International Relations
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Michael Allen
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The book uses genres (MMORPG, Survival, MOBA, BR, and 4x) to show how games within these genres contain ideas we find in international relations. Through archetypes like League of Legends, World of Warcraft, Minecraft, Civilization, and Fortnite, each game facilitates a better.
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My new book, The Gamer's Guide to International Relations, is now out.
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Michael Allen
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I was planning on ending this account after my book comes out in february, but that's too long. See you on all the other viable platforms out there.
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RT @ProfEMattiacci: Establishing military bases abroad is increasingly competitive. What can the #DOD @PeteHegseth do to increase the US c….
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10 months
I just got my page proofs. I'm excited for it to go out in a few months!. I am also amazed/thankful for those wonderful blurbs some of you gave!
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