Greg Winger
@ghwinger.bsky.social
International relations professor at UMBC, Fulbright scholar, sarcastic hockey fan, and fighting the urge to be D.B. Cooper one day at a time
I am very suspicious of this.... I blame @scalzi.com
The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 2mo agoThe late Karl Lagerfeld’s blue-cream Birman cat lived a pampered life with two maids, chef-prepared meals served on the best china, and travel by way of private jet. Chris Heath explores the delightfully absurd life of Choupette:
If you fear that AI will increasingly do our thinking for us and thereby deprive us of the capacity to reason, analyze, and create, the best thing you can do to forestall that in your own life is to read good books closely, often, and joyfully.
The Ukrainian military—the toughest, most experienced, most adaptable, most successful on the modern battlefield—is beardy old men, women, artists, gamers who can’t deadlift sh*t but can fly a drone into a Russian helicopter rotor Focusing on capabilities, not “looks,” is how you achieve victory
A new article, “Allies and partners: US public opinion and relationships in the Indo-Pacific,” by @drmagomez.bsky.social (CAG), @ghwinger.bsky.social (University of Cincinnati), and @laurensukin.bsky.social (LSE), is out now. Read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Allies and partners: US public opinion and relationships in the Indo-Pacific
Competition between China and the United States spurs renewed emphasis on security cooperation in the Indo-Pacific. However, this development in security collaboration unfolds differently from the ...
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The Journal of Information Technology & Politics is calling for papers for a special issue on “Cyber-Conflict in the Indo-Pacific.” Deadline: 1 August. If you have any questions, reach out to our own @drmagomez.bsky.social, who’s co-editing this issue. think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
Cyber Conflict in the Indo-Pacific
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This is my love letter to an America I can no longer visit, an elegy in the form on an essay. So glad the @guardian published it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The America I loved is gone
It was a nation of dreams, built for the screen. Then it shattered
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Hitler’s rise to power shows how a country with a functional, if flawed, democratic machinery handed absolute power over to someone whom the conservative political class regarded as a chaotic clown with a violent following.
The Forgotten History of Hitler’s Establishment Enablers
The Nazi leader didn’t seize power; he was given it.
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