11 Jul 2015
by Brandon Valeriano
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Forget the political sensibilities of the Daily Show or John Oliver. While Key & Peele, Broad City, and other shows like Maron or Louie that hit highs, the real winner of both the comedy battle and the battle for political … Continue reading
5 Jun 2015
by Brandon Valeriano
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It has become common to wake up to news of yet another intrusion in America, or even Chinese systems by cyber hackers. The deeper ignored question is just what does this mean? What can someone really do with four million … Continue reading
21 May 2015
by Brandon Valeriano
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Old Cairo, Modern Cairo, and Revolutionary Cairo all clash in devastating and fascinating ways. This blog will serve a bit as a travelogue and observations about political events, but I have nothing really profound to say. I am not an … Continue reading
11 May 2015
by Brandon Valeriano
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I have been busy lately promoting my recently released book (with Ryan Maness), Cyber War versus Cyber Realities. In it, we dissect and empirically evaluation the emergent cyber era finding more bluff and bluster than realistic analysis of cyber conflict. … Continue reading
14 Apr 2015
by R. William Ayres
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When I was in graduate school, one thing we learned to do was critique. In fact, we spent so much time learning the art of criticism, particularly against whatever the “reigning paradigm” was, that we sometimes referred to it as … Continue reading
8 Apr 2015
by Brandon Valeriano
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The CNN report supporting the conclusion that Russia has been hacking the State Department and the White House for months plays into the cyber security narrative for both sides of the debate, those who see little new from the cyber … Continue reading
28 Mar 2015
by Laura Sjoberg
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With all the news this week about gender relations in Silicon Valley, an airplane crash, and various levels of unrest around the world, I almost missed the story of Teresa Fedor. Maybe you did too. Teresa is a state representative in … Continue reading
24 Mar 2015
by R. William Ayres
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One of the great gifts of teaching is that occasionally, you learn something. The opportunity to discuss things with students sometimes takes you down a path you didn’t expect and hadn’t seen before. The following emerged from a discussion with … Continue reading
24 Mar 2015
by Laura Sjoberg
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Guest Post from: Daniel Bertrand Monk, Colgate University and Daniel Levine, University of Alabama Claims that Tuesday’s elections in Israel resulted in a striking victory for the right are as untrue as last week’s predictions that a narrow center/left ‘win’ was in … Continue reading
24 Dec 2014
by Brandon Valeriano
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by Brandon Valeriano and Laura Sjoberg It is often said that borders are withering away, that we are in a new era of state sovereignty. Duvall and Wendt wrote the best treatment on this (in my eyes) suggesting that our … Continue reading