16 Jun 2014
by Laura Sjoberg
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A fair amount of conversation, both online and offline, has arisen around my observations about my post on the unwritten rules of disciplinary IR. I have engaged a number of questions, including whether the rules I observed were uniquely American … Continue reading
5 Jun 2014
by Laura Sjoberg
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The other day, Brandon Valeriano pointed out to me an ESPN article on the unwritten rules of baseball. Though I am a lifelong football and basketball fan, I’ve never been a huge fan of baseball. Several times over the course of … Continue reading
6 Mar 2014
by Laura Sjoberg
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The Russian occupation of Crimea is an interesting Rorschach test for foreign policy analysis, in an impressive number of ways. I note these to make an analytical point, about the difficulty of applying political science concepts to ongoing events, rather … Continue reading