21 Mar 2016
by Laura Sjoberg
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Maybe you have study a sentence thus badly written that it doesnt seem sensible whatsoever? Think about a phrase that appears like its author doesnt know how to breathe? These problems could be traced from weak grammar. house judiciary chair … Continue reading
13 Feb 2016
by Laura Sjoberg
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I have seen this on Facebook a number of times over the last couple of weeks, and it has really resonated. Especially since Reviewer 2 doesn’t like puppies. And I love puppies. I mean, after all, who can resist my … Continue reading
1 Jan 2016
by Laura Sjoberg
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Amid all of the wishes for a Happy New Year on Facebook and Twitter were hundreds of resolutions. Resolutions are an implicit reflection on what we could have done better in 2015 – the mistakes we made and shortcomings we … Continue reading
5 Dec 2015
by Laura Sjoberg
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A little more than a week ago, someone walked into a Planned Parenthood and started shooting – killing people for being less “pro-life” than he was. He was an evangelical with a history of violence against women. The particular clinic, the … Continue reading
28 Oct 2015
by Laura Sjoberg
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Ten Essay Tips Creating a good composition entails the kind of verbal quality that may simply originate from extended times of tricky practice. There’s no short cut to no foolproof formula and success to follow. Are guidelines not commandments. Nevertheless … Continue reading
16 Sep 2015
by Laura Sjoberg
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This is a guest post by Amanda Russell Beattie, Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Aston University School of Languages and Social Sciences. Last week, a little boy drowned on a Turkish beach. In an instant, the world took … Continue reading
17 Aug 2015
by Laura Sjoberg
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My scholarship is a politics. I did not start out interested in an academic career, then narrow down my research interest in graduate school to focus on gender/feminism in IR. Patrick Thaddeus Jackson once called scholarship and teaching a vocation … Continue reading
25 Jun 2015
by Laura Sjoberg
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Ok, maybe not other annoying responses, for this post. Just this one. Recently, I was asked to write a response to Mike Desch’s argument that high-tech methodology hurts the policy relevance of Security Studies for Perspectives on Politics. The policy … Continue reading
30 May 2015
by Laura Sjoberg
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In a new article in the Millennium Special Issue on Quo Vadis IR: Method, Methodology, and Innovation, Sammy Barkin and I make the argument that IR’s “methods matching game” is fundamentally flawed – the scholarly equivalent of a dysfunctional relationship. On … Continue reading
8 Apr 2015
by Laura Sjoberg
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Soldiers in Fort Gordon, Georgia were given “inappropriate” information, information that might compromise their ability to defend the national security of the United States. The slideshow that contained this information was unauthorized. About 400 soldiers saw a presentation that fell … Continue reading