14 Jul 2014
by R. William Ayres
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Like my good friend Steve Saideman, I don’t write much about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This is academically odd, given that most of my stuff has been on ethnic conflict, secessionism, and irredentism, and the whole Israel/Palestine thing falls smack in … 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
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
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
18 Jun 2014
by Laura Sjoberg
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There is a literature out there about norms of sovereignty, that tends to draw on grand historical narratives and old, well-trodden examples to support its arguments. But rarely do we see norms of sovereignty addressed in discussion of current international … Continue reading
13 Jun 2014
by R. William Ayres
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When George W. Bush was pushing the Iraq war, the concern from some of the left was: is this another Vietnam? By “another Vietnam”, most Americans mean “a really long war with lots of US casualties that in the end we … Continue reading
11 Jun 2014
by Laura Sjoberg
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This is a post by Caron Gentry. Security issues at RelationsInternational make the author byline incorrect. Please forgive the inconvenience. The Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict began in London this week. I wish I could believe that … Continue reading
11 Jun 2014
by Brandon Valeriano
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There has been a bit of excitement about the finding in journal Mass Communication and Society that the viewers of the Colbert Report were more informed about campaign finance (Super PACs and 501(c)s) than viewers of other forms of news media. Fake … Continue reading
10 Jun 2014
by Barak Mendelsohn
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Last Week Israel announced more construction in the settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The new measure included publishing bids for the construction of nearly 1,500 housing units and the revival of plans for 1,800 more housing units. … Continue reading
10 Jun 2014
by Brandon Valeriano
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There is a consistent theme in every zombie film or television show. The real enemy is not the rampaging hordes of brain eating monsters, but the human individual. We look in the mirror and see ourselves as the real threat. … Continue reading