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
8 Sep 2015
by R. William Ayres
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Regular readers of my personal blog know that I am not a fan of firearms as a self-defense solution. While there are clearly cases in which firearms have produced good self-defense outcomes, on balance I think that they cause more problems (and … Continue reading
17 Jun 2015
by Brandon Valeriano
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The recent news about the intrusion into the Houston Astro’s network by the St. Louis Cardinals is making waves. For me, cyber security and my love of baseball collide, but the real problem I have with the whole discussion is … Continue reading
15 Jun 2015
by Brandon Valeriano
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With Ryan Maness We have recently released Cyber War versus Cyber Realities and our cyber conflict dataset has been out in the public for some time. It has been encouraging to see scholars start to use the data, even more … 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
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
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
7 Apr 2015
by R. William Ayres
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Now that the “P5+1” (but mostly, in our media, the United States) and Iran have signed a framework agreement for limiting Iran’s nuclear development, the debate has intensified over whether this represents a “good deal” or not. Some, notably Benjamin Netanyahu … Continue reading
2 Apr 2015
by Laura Sjoberg
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I won’t tell you how old I was when Carol Cohn published “Sex and Death in the World of Rational Defense Intellectuals” – but I will tell you that I’ve read it dozens of times over my years as an IR scholar, … Continue reading