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Do top US Generals seek war for profit, as claimed by @realDonaldTrump?No...but it's complicated.[THREAD]https://twitter.com/wolfblitzer/status/1303049106026369025 It's complicated because we have to answer two questions:1) Is war p

A question I pose to my grad students: should we trust data, especially historic data?Take historic international trade data. Should we trust it? [THREAD] What do I mean by "historic"?

had a draft resolution fail miserably at the @UN Security Council on Friday.The tally: 2 yes votes, 2 no votes, & 11 abstentions. Looks bad for @SecPompeo, @USAmbUN, & @realDonaldTrump,

Today, August 9, marks 75 years since the last time nuclear weapons were used in war.Why have they not been used since? [THREAD] The literature on the international politics of

When I teach Intro to International Relations, I use no ancient texts or ancient examples.That's right. No Thucydides.Why?[THREAD] To be clear, I mean "no" ancient texts.That means no Thucydides...https://www.google.com/books/

@SecPompeo wants a "new alliance of democracies".Can this happen after 3+ years of @realDonaldTrump berating traditional US allies?Absolutely! IR scholarship shows that forming alliances has little to do with being

@MiraRappHooper raises an important point about the link b/w alliances and trade. Turns out, this is a topic on which International Relations scholarship has quite a bit to say.[THREAD]https://twitter.com/MiraRappHooper/status/1280861894019

What if neither or develop the #COVID19 vaccine? What if it's another country?It will illustrate a how "Middle Powers" are often the "glue" of global order[THREAD] While @Dereklowe

Let's be frank: racism lies at the core of International Relations' creation as an academic discipline.Here's how I plan to address this fact in my "Intro to International Relations" course.[THREAD]https://twitter.com/

I had a long talk with my Intro to IR students about Russia.Was it because of current events? Partially. But it was mostly because, when it comes to studying international

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