18 Sep 2014
by Laura Sjoberg
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Editor’s Note: This post is co-authored by Andy Osiwak and Chad Clay, Assistant Professor of International Affairs at the University of Georgia, and is cross-posted at Quantitative Peace. It also owes a debt to our colleagues in UGA’s Departments of International Affairs and … Continue reading
22 Aug 2014
by Barak Mendelsohn
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With APSA just around the corner and chilly wind makes Cambridge evenings so pleasant it is time for some reflection on the summer break and a great opportunity to raise the topic of media appearances by political scientists. Of course … Continue reading
23 Jul 2014
by Laura Sjoberg
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A bunch of my Facebook friends over the last couple of days have reposted an article by Gregory Semenza, on the value of writing for ten minutes each day. I think that’s great advice for some people, but I also … Continue reading
15 Jul 2014
by Laura Sjoberg
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This is a post by Erin Jenne, from Central European University. A security problem at RelationsInternational forced us to close accounts, so the author byline here is incorrect. Sorry for the inconvenience! As with the publishing world in general, today’s … 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
7 Jul 2014
by Laura Sjoberg
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This is a post by Erin Jenne, from Central European University. A security problem at RelationsInternational forced us to close accounts, so the author byline here is incorrect. Sorry for the inconvenience! Last fall Roger Haydon, Executive Editor at Cornell … Continue reading
23 Jun 2014
by Laura Sjoberg
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I couldn’t have come up with a sillier title to this post, I realize, but it is an important point, so I figured I’d dedicate a post to it. The last thing that you want to happen to you is … Continue reading
20 Jun 2014
by Laura Sjoberg
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This isn’t really a lesson I learned “the hard way” – in fact, in a lot of ways, it is a lesson I learned “the easy way” – but I figured I’d keep the post series title alive. And I … Continue reading
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