Welcome to the Microblog
Since its founding in 2005, the Duck of Minerva has been home to many experiments. Some failed, and were abandoned. Some succeeded, and were abandoned. Given current uncertainties (and, let’s face it,...
View ArticlePos(t)essive Individualism
Adam Serwer doesn’t break new ground when he argues that “The consistency here lies in the belief that corporations and people have freedom of speech as long as they exercise that right on behalf of...
View Article(Social) Network Patrimonialism
Moderating a Reddit channel is hard. Moderating a massive, social, user-generated content site like Twitter? Sisyphus would take one look and go back to his boulder. This assumes you approach...
View ArticleAre you not entertained?
At least so far, my basic Twitter experience hasn’t changed much — thanks to more liberal use of the “block” and “mute” buttons. Not being “big time” enough or, frankly, interesting enough to target...
View ArticleWhiskey and IR Theory Stuff
As listeners of the podcast know, PTJ and I have trouble keeping a consistent release schedule. We average about two months between episodes. In order to address the problem, we’re looking at doing...
View ArticleTwitter Status
I recently posted “I’m done.” I then axed every other tweet on my timeline, and I disabled automatic x-posting between Twitter and Mastodon. Still, I’m not ready to delete my account; I’ve been trying...
View ArticleExplanatory Theory as Definition
I’ve been very slowly working on a post about whether reactionary populism is a form of fascism. Well, it’s more about the debate itself — and particularly “things I find annoying.” One of them is...
View ArticleRewriting U.S. Nuclear Deterrence Strategy?
Over at Lawyers, Guns & Money, Cheryl Rofer raises concerns about the possibility that STRATCOM is trying, per Defense News, to “furiously” rewrite U.S. deterrence strategy Writing “a new nuclear...
View ArticleWorf as the Kantian Klingon
My partner used to refer to Worf as the Klingon equivalent of a Kantian. The Klingon-centric episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: DS9 make clear that Worf is committed to a...
View ArticleInterwar Fascism and the Contemporary Far Right
Justin Casey and I have a new piece at Foreign Affairs. We discuss the debate about whether or not modern reactionary populism is a variant of fascism (maybe) and whether the dynamics of fascism...
View ArticleThe Best Propaganda is True
David Pierson at The New York Times: While many in the world see the Chinese spy balloon as a sign of Beijing’s growing aggressiveness, China has sought to cast the controversy as a symptom of the...
View ArticleLIVE recording of Whiskey & IR Theory at BISA 2023
Don’t miss the live recording of episodes 32 and 33 of Whiskey & IR Theory on June 21, 2023, starting at 3pm. We’ll be taping at the BISA annual conference. Rumors suggest that there may be whisky...
View ArticleThe beginning of the end for Netanyahu/the persistence of Israel-Saudi...
This is just a short follow-up to my post yesterday with a few predictions. First about Netanyahu’s future. Prior to Hamas’ attack over the weekend, much discussion about Israel focused on the...
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