23 Mar 2017
by Sara Mitchell
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Cross-posting with International Relations @ UIowa Given that yesterday was World Water Day, it is a good time to reflect on the importance of humans’ access to clean water and the security threats that unequal access to water resources can … Continue reading
25 Dec 2016
by Laura Sjoberg
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TIFU … or 11 years ago, and I survived. So I promised that my first post in this series would be of a piece of work with which I now disagree. It is – it is about my first book … Continue reading
22 Dec 2016
by Laura Sjoberg
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This is me shamelessly using IR to post the IFjP Call for Editors. Think about running IFjP. We’ve had a blast of a six years.
17 Dec 2016
by Laura Sjoberg
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So why a series of posts on a political science blog called TIFU (inspired by the subreddit of the same name)? I, and others, have written about failure recently (in a liberal, failure-conscious definition of recently), inspired both by everyday life … Continue reading
17 Dec 2016
by Laura Sjoberg
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Dear Readers, I have been a terrible lead blogger over the last year. Terrible. I’d understand it if you didn’t read this post because you’ve forgotten Relations International except for the great posts that Brandon and Patrick have made in … Continue reading
21 Nov 2016
by Laura Sjoberg
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This is a guest post by Daniel Bertrand Monk, who is the George R. and Myra T. Cooley Chair in Peace and Conflict Studies at Colgate University, where he is a professor of Geography and Middle East Studies. His most recent … Continue reading
3 Sep 2016
by Laura Sjoberg
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Patrick Thaddeus Jackson wrote a thoughtful response to the University of Chicago’s declaration to the class of 2020 that they won’t find trigger warnings or intellectual safe spaces in Hyde Park, and promises another that specifically addresses safe spaces. I’ll leave … Continue reading
12 May 2016
by Laura Sjoberg
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*while Foreign Policy editors expressed initial interest in this post, a long-delayed response time to its actual draft suggests to me that such interest has faded, though I cannot imagine why. I’ve decided to self-publish it here on RI. Recently, … Continue reading
9 May 2016
by Laura Sjoberg
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Today, Nicholas Kristof had a piece in the New York Times ‘admitting’ to ‘liberal intolerance’ in academia. In relevant part, he says: I’ve been thinking about this because on Facebook recently I wondered aloud whether universities stigmatize conservatives and undermine intellectual diversity. The … Continue reading
1 May 2016
by Laura Sjoberg
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I was a guest in an undergraduate class this week, and the students got to ask me questions, both about my work and about how I do my job. I received a number of questions, but one student’s question made … Continue reading