14 Jul 2014
by Laura Sjoberg
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This post is cross-posted at the Polity Blog, in promotion of my recently published Gender, War, and Conflict (Polity Press, 2014). It was a coincidence that Gender, War, and Conflict was formally published on the eve of the Global Summit to End Sexual … Continue reading
9 Jul 2014
by Laura Sjoberg
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One of my good friends from college, Andrew Brokos, is a professional poker player and poker coach (as Foucault82, follow him at @thinkingpoker on Twitter). He is playing this week in the World Series of Poker Main Event in Las … Continue reading
8 Jul 2014
by Laura Sjoberg
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China, like a large majority of the world’s states but unlike the United States, has ratified the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (henceforth UNCLOS). This means that China has signed up for a set of fairly … Continue reading
7 Jul 2014
by Laura Sjoberg
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This is a post by Erin Jenne, from Central European University. A security problem at RelationsInternational forced us to close accounts, so the author byline here is incorrect. Sorry for the inconvenience! Last fall Roger Haydon, Executive Editor at Cornell … Continue reading
30 Jun 2014
by Laura Sjoberg
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Many if not most of us live some portion of both our professional and social lives on Facebook. Among my friends and colleagues, a significant amount of attention is paid to how to ensure privacy on Facebook, but less attention … Continue reading
23 Jun 2014
by Laura Sjoberg
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The International Feminist Journal of Politics (IFjP), in conjunction with Taylor and Francis, created the Enloe Award in honour of Cynthia Enloe’s pioneering feminist research into international politics and political economy, and her considerable contribution to building a more inclusive … Continue reading
23 Jun 2014
by Laura Sjoberg
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I couldn’t have come up with a sillier title to this post, I realize, but it is an important point, so I figured I’d dedicate a post to it. The last thing that you want to happen to you is … Continue reading
20 Jun 2014
by Laura Sjoberg
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This isn’t really a lesson I learned “the hard way” – in fact, in a lot of ways, it is a lesson I learned “the easy way” – but I figured I’d keep the post series title alive. And I … Continue reading
20 Jun 2014
by Laura Sjoberg
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Russia, as we’ve all noticed, has developed a habit recently of nibbling off small chunks of neighbouring countries that used to be part of the Soviet Union. Crimea is different from the earlier nibbles in that Russia is claiming formal … Continue reading
18 Jun 2014
by Laura Sjoberg
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This is a guest post by Jonathon Whooley, a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Florida currently lecturing at San Francisco State University. As the rumors, machinations, and punditry weigh in on the current strife in Iraq, many of us … Continue reading