Looking for a Monday panel at ISA? Join us for a panel on "Great Power Decline and the Reconfiguration of Global Order," where @doncasler.bsky.social and I will present our paper on declining power and threat credibility alongside a group of extremely interesting (and unfortunately topical) papers.

Americans oppose the change to 'Department of War' and it's not especially close. @robertralston.bsky.social and I found that relatively few think the change will make America safer, focus the department's mission, or make it more lethal.

Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Trump and Hegseth's "Department of War" rebranding is more than just a name. It signals their vision of a force that disdains legality, as if whoever commits the most war crimes wins. But as new research by @doncasler.bsky.social and @robertralston.bsky.social shows, the change is very unpopular,

Check out this piece in which @doncasler.bsky.social and I talk to Stacie Goddard about our recent survey. No one really likes the rebranding of the "Department of War" & a majority of Americans neither endorse the change nor see it as a matter of national security. goodauthority.org/news/most-am...

Most Americans oppose the ’Department of War’ rebranding

Even 42% of Republicans are no fans of the change.

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We're hiring here at Illinois! I'm not on the committee but am happy to answer questions about the position, department, and life in Champaign-Urbana

Avital Livny@avitallivny.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Y'all it's official. WE ARE HIRING! Here is the ad with all the details: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree... And here's the skinny: Political behavior, broadly defined @ the assistant level. Comparative behavior/psych + REP especially encouraged. Come join a great department at a great institution!

When does communication fail in international politics? In a new @intsecurity.bsky.social piece, Tyler Jost and I present some fresh theory and evidence on an enduring challenge for states — getting others to understand what they are trying to say

International Security@intsecurity.bsky.social · last yr.

6) “Lost in Transmission: Bureaucracy, Noise, and Communication in International Politics,” by @doncasler.bsky.social and Tyler Jost. doi.org/10.1162/isec... This article is Open Access.

1) The new Spring 2025 issue is online! Read articles by John Mearsheimer, @stephenwalt.bsky.social , Zachary Burdette, Nilay Saiya and Stuti Manchanda, and @doncasler.bsky.social and Tyler Jost direct.mit.edu/isec/issue/4...

Volume 49 Issue 4 | International Security | MIT Press

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Spring 2025 issue preview! J. Mearsheimer < war & international politics> @stephenwalt.bsky.social <realism and China> Zach Burdette <space> N. Saiya & S. Manchanda <Buddhist violence> @doncasler.bsky.social & T. Jost <noisy negotiations> @intsecurity.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social

Drezner's World has never published anything not written by the hard-working staff. Until now. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/guest-post...

GUEST POST: We Are Professors at Columbia. Here is How We Would Respond.

Five Columbia University political scientists offer their unofficial response to the Trump administration's demands on their university.

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Ricky Clark@rickyclark.bsky.social · 2y ago

During Trump's first term, @doncasler.bsky.social and I found American consumers were sensitive to price increases from tariffs (whether on China or Canada). Given the salience of inflation discourse today, our findings suggest Trump's new tariffs may face headwinds as consumer costs come to bear.

Happy to review Mearsheimer and Rosato's new book, a spirited takedown of political psychology that claims that political psychologists don’t study how individuals comprehend the world around them, which is rather like arguing that botanists don’t study plants www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

My book, Cooperative Complexity: The Next Level of Global Economic Governance, is out today! You can order it from @cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social for 20% off with the discount code CLARK24. The purchase link and a short thread on the book follow 🧵

During Trump's first term, @doncasler.bsky.social and I found American consumers were sensitive to price increases from tariffs (whether on China or Canada). Given the salience of inflation discourse today, our findings suggest Trump's new tariffs may face headwinds as consumer costs come to bear.

Trade Rage: Audience Costs and International Trade - Don Casler, Richard Clark, 2021

Politicians frequently issue public threats to manipulate tariffs but only sometimes follow through. This behavior theoretically ought to generate audience cost...

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I was very fortunate to contribute a review to the H-Diplo | RJISSF roundtable on Melvyn Leffler's new history of the Iraq War issforum.org/ISSF/PDF/RJI...

If Prigozhin really is dead, I have to applaud the simulation writers for their impeccable timing---I'm teaching about two-level games tomorrow! www.nytimes.com/live/2023/08...