Extraordinary, powerful and heart-wrenching. Active duty Marine Colonel Zach Schmidt, speaking in his personal capacity, about Khalil, an Afghan national whose family helped U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Khalil was deported by the U.S. on Friday to a conflict zone.
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I teach and do social science, and direct a social science research lab @WestPoint. Personal account; I'm in the Army but don't speak for it here! @CSDS Brussels; IHEDN Chaire ECODEF https://www.westpoint.edu/social-sciences/profile/jordan_becker
AN ACADEMIC JOB! We are hiring for the Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professorship at the Johns Hopkins SAIS campus in Bologna. We are especially interested in those working on international affairs and technology but open to other topics as well. The main downside is having me across the hall.
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We typically think of deterrence as cold and calculating. In a new JCR with @uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social's Pomeroy & Rathbun, we explore the psychology of deterrence thinking, showing it relies on intuition instead. When we shoot, we shoot from the hip. 🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Lecturer in Politics and/or International Relations - Grade 7 at University of Liverpool
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The relevant heuristic for tone of reviewer reports should be: if you wouldn't be comfortable reading these comments aloud at a workshop/conference with the author present and a room of colleagues, then you shouldn't write them that way in the reviewer report
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Securing the Future of Trusted Semiconductor Supply Chains | Jordan Becker
Fantastic activity well worth checking out. Proud to be Tommy Hall's teammate - connect with him to learn more. Seth A. Johnston Benedetta Berti, PhD Ruben Díaz-Plaja Giedrimas Jeglinskas Elizabeth K...
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Did you know that RIS is published by Cambridge University Press? They are also on Bluesky 🦋 be sure to give them a follow: @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org Follow our sister journal, @ejisbisa.bsky.social as well!
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"A Field of Her Own: Property Rights and Women’s Agency in Myanmar" by Alexander Fertig, Alexandra Hartman, Lakshmi Iyer, and Edmund Malesky. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
#ESSC2026 | Save the date! Thrilled to announce that the European Security Studies Conference is taking place on 11–12 June 2026 at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social The conference is jointly organised by COST Action NetSec, @eissnetwork.bsky.social , & @stockholm-uni.bsky.social eiss-europa.com/2026.html
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‼️ Two weeks left to apply for the postdoc in Political Text Analysis in the MULTIREP project 👇.
🚨 Job Alert! Postdoc in POLITICAL TEXT ANALYSIS in the MULTIREP project You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna! ⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025 wratil.eu/files/MULTIR... 1/4 🧵
🧵1/5 Happy to report that this article has an issue in @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1177/0022... Abstract Why do countries mutually agree to constraints on their behavior? Why do they comply with such constraints in the absence of enforcement mechanisms?
Grad students in political science and other social sciences! Consider applying to the great 2-week summer program in Qualitative and Multi-Method Research at Syracuse. Info is here: www.maxwell.syr.edu/research/cen...
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It’s true generally but here even more so: for anyone who received an award or honor, there are dozens more who would have been worthy
Reviewing, and doing it well, is one of the best services one can do to our profession. Massive thanks to the winners of the #ecsr2025 Best Reviewer Award: @saidhassan.bsky.social, @katyaoivanova.bsky.social, Nicole Schwitter
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Join UK in a Changing Europe and The Open University in Brussels as they bring together leading academics, think tankers, officials and journalists in Brussels to discuss UK-EU relations.
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Re-upping this great opportunity for junior scholars working on conflict and international security using quantitative methods to present research, including practice job talks — apply to @jqconworkshop.bsky.social by August 14
📢 CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS | Junior Scholars in Quantitative Conflict Workshop Fall 2025 PhD students, postdocs & junior faculty: Present your research/practice job talk! 🗓️ Virtual: 1st & 3rd Thursdays, 1pm ET 📝 Deadline: Aug 14 Application below: #PoliSci #polisky #JobMarket #ConflictStudies
This is why the extra 1.5% of GDP on defense-related expenditures is absolutely necessary and could be quite useful. on.ft.com/41b8ytg
Europe’s roads and rail unfit for war with Russia, EU transport chief warns
Brussels aims to spend €17bn on upgrading transport networks to be prepared for conflict
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📢 CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS | Junior Scholars in Quantitative Conflict Workshop Fall 2025 PhD students, postdocs & junior faculty: Present your research/practice job talk! 🗓️ Virtual: 1st & 3rd Thursdays, 1pm ET 📝 Deadline: Aug 14 Application below: #PoliSci #polisky #JobMarket #ConflictStudies
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We are now accepting submissions for the Fall 2025 sessions of the Junior Scholars in Quantitative Conflict Workshop! This virtual workshop provides a supportive space for junior scholars (PhD candida...
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📣 Terrific and supportive opportunity from @jqconworkshop.bsky.social for junior scholars working on conflict and international security using quantitative methods to present research, including practice job talks 📣
📢 CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS | Junior Scholars in Quantitative Conflict Workshop Fall 2025 PhD students, postdocs & junior faculty: Present your research/practice job talk! 🗓️ Virtual: 1st & 3rd Thursdays, 1pm ET 📝 Deadline: Aug 14 Application below: #PoliSci #polisky #JobMarket #ConflictStudies
🚨 ISSS is accepting award nominations through September 15, 2025, for the following section awards: 🏆 Book Award 🏆 Best Security Article Award 🏆 Patricia Weitsman Award for Outstanding ISSS Graduate Student Paper 🏆 ISSS Emerging Scholar Award All details here: www.isanet.org/Programs/Awa...
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