Scott Limbocker
@slimbock
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Assistant Professor of American Politics in @WestPointSOSH at @WestPoint_USMA. Student of the executive branch. Proud @Royals fan and dog parent.
Joined August 2011
A parent's enlistment in the Army increases their children's military service propensity by between 58 percent and 110 percent, from @greenberg_k, @MatthewGudgeon, Adam Isen, @corbinlmiller, and @Richwpatt
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Friends, colleagues, Twitter-verse! The Army War College is hiring! My dept is searching for a Professor of Asian Studies. Application deadline is 9/18. I am happy to meet with potential applicants/candidates by Zoom or at APSA. Reach out and/or amplify! https://t.co/rkcFCwOo17
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Now in @JPolEcon. Combat deployments increase injuries and combat deaths, but have little effect on suicide, credit, incarceration, or education. Deployments do not explain recent surges in veterans’ noncombat deaths or disability compensation:
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As millions of soldiers deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan between 2001 and 2021, Veteran Affairs Disability Compensation payments quadrupled and the veteran suicide rate rose rapidly. We estimate the...
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Are you doing interesting work on how the war in Ukraine is reshaping international politics? If so, please submit a paper or panel proposal for my working group “WG 11: The Transformative Effect of Russia's War in Ukraine” for the @WestPointSOSH seminar in February!
4th annual @WestPointSOSH seminar is on! Submit abstracts for panels or individual papers by 3 September at the link below (Seminar is 5-6 February at West Point (@DeanUsma): https://t.co/FSqvi3qnP4
@CSDS_Brussels @PISM_DC @DartmouthDickey @TheMESOLab are our partners!
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4th annual @WestPointSOSH seminar is on! Submit abstracts for panels or individual papers by 3 September at the link below (Seminar is 5-6 February at West Point (@DeanUsma): https://t.co/FSqvi3qnP4
@CSDS_Brussels @PISM_DC @DartmouthDickey @TheMESOLab are our partners!
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In their NEW policy paper, @RTPerson3 (@WestPoint_USMA), @JohnMayle24 & Isak Kulalic examine Russia's hybrid interventions in post-Soviet countries to offer a new classification of 'hybrid war'. 🇷🇺 Read for free here>> https://t.co/rTP05s0vvG
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🚨Check out @z_e_griffiths latest piece on unconventional work published in the branch journals and how editors can use this "weird" content to pique their audience's interest! 🔗 https://t.co/Hq5fEftUzI
hardingproject.com
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Wow! Great work @JordanMBecker and Joshua Woodaz for @WestPoint_USMA. A superb collection of essays from the 2023 international security seminar. What a group of authors! Read here: https://t.co/Nws1u5z6rt
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“Let the love of learning rule humanity” Kicking off #InspirationMonday by recognizing excellence! Join us in celebrating our 13 Firsties, 37 Cows, and 4 faculty members who were welcomed as the newest USMA Phi Kappa Phi chapter inductees! 🌟 🎉 We also recognized 12 Plebes
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So proud of @CMRC_USAWC for hosting its 2nd Annual Conference on Civ-Mil last weekend! 150 participants spent a full day in plenaries on CMR challenges in modern war, followed by a day of research on today’s biggest issues. Thanks to all who made it happen, & see you next year!
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New Episode! Social Science of War: Iraq in Retrospect, Twenty Years Later https://t.co/xNVHitXWR5 via @WarInstitute
@WestPointSOSH @DeanUsma @AlexCecylia
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Episode 5, Season 2 of the Social Science of War is the first in a two-part series looking back at lessons learned from the United States’ war in Iraq. Major Gabe Royal is joined by Dr. Isaiah “Ike”...
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If you are interested in civics education, consider registering for a webinar I will be on tomorrow with colleagues involved in military officer education. Thanks to @DanVallone for putting this together! https://t.co/3Xx3XnNFLa
snfagora.jhu.edu
Want to learn how the professional education of American military officers influences their civic skills and disposition? Every officer swears an oath, multiple times throughout their career, to...
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How healthy are US civil-military relations today? @PoliSciUMN's Dr. Ron Krebs and @WestPointSOSH's @slimbock join this episode of the Social Science of War to discuss.
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How have civilian views of deference to military and civilian authority evolved? Are current trends in civil-military relations antithetical to healthy democratic norms? And what can be done to...
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S2E3 of SSoW is up! SOSH's @GabeRoyal @slimbock join Dr. Ron Krebs to discuss civ-mil relations in this new episode of the Social Science of War podcast. "Are current trends in civil-military relations antithetical to healthy democratic norms?" https://t.co/N00ZjjIeti
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How have civilian views of deference to military and civilian authority evolved? Are current trends in civil-military relations antithetical to healthy democratic norms? And what can be done to...
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Why do American civilians increasingly defer to the military about national security issues? Ron Krebs and @slimbock @WestPointSOSH discuss civ-mil relations in a new episode of the Social Science of War podcast👇
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How have civilian views of deference to military and civilian authority evolved? Are current trends in civil-military relations antithetical to healthy democratic norms? And what can be done to...
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Finally got to see Accountability in State Legislatures at the @UChicagoPress table. Thanks to @SaraDoskow and her team for making this possible.
Need Saturday @MPSAnet pre-dinner plans?🍕 Tell me how I am wrong at Authors Meets Critics at 4:45pm!😵 Joining Shannon Jenkins, Danielle Thomsen, Adam Dynes, & Cassidy Reller's critiques👍 Retweet to be entered to win a digital copy of Accountability in State Legislatures📔
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New from @WestPointSOSH Military personnel swear allegiance to the Constitution and serve the American people – not one leader or party https://t.co/bRs4BzRrRr via @ConversationUS
theconversation.com
Members of the military take an oath before service, but it’s to the Constitution, not a specific person. West Point professors explain how young officers learn the importance of their allegiance.
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"A cadet's journey through West Point starts and ends with the Constitution, and in the middle is the American Politics program to educate them on the meaning of the oath" - SOSH's Lee Robinson and Joseph Amoroso. @ConversationUS @DeanUsma
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Members of the military take an oath before service, but it’s to the Constitution, not a specific person. West Point professors explain how young officers learn the importance of their allegiance.
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A couple of news outlets were interested in how we teach cadets about their oath to the Constitution, so @amoroso_jg and I thought we should share how we do this! @WestPointSOSH
https://t.co/b1eGMMjp67
theconversation.com
Members of the military take an oath before service, but it’s to the Constitution, not a specific person. West Point professors explain how young officers learn the importance of their allegiance.
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“Military personnel swear allegiance to the Constitution and serve the American people – not one leader or party.” Important reminder from my @WestPointSOSH colleagues @leerobinson2022 and Joe Amoroso via @ConversationUS
theconversation.com
Members of the military take an oath before service, but it’s to the Constitution, not a specific person. West Point professors explain how young officers learn the importance of their allegiance.
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