Andrew Szarejko
@szarejko.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Political Science at Wartburg College (and current Chair of APSA's International History and Politics Section) My book: https://www.sup.org/books/politics/american-conquest
A new blog post summarizing my recent International Political Sociology article:
Duck of Minerva@duckofminerva.bsky.social · 2mo agoOn Indigenous Political Thought in Video Games In something of a departure from my typical work, I recently published an article in International Political Sociology on Indigenous political thought in video games.
I have a new (open-access!) article out in International Political Sociology—this one examines Indigenous political thought in video games, and it situates that thought in the context of International Relations scholarship on anglophone and sinophone relationalisms.
“Interconnectedness and interdependence”: Never Alone, Thunderbird Strike, and Indigenous Relationalism in Video Games
Abstract. Among popular cultural artifacts, video games represent an increasingly prevalent source of political thought, and Indigenous game designers have
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I wrote a blog-length summary of my recent @gsqjournal.bsky.social piece for the Duck of Minerva:
Duck of Minerva@duckofminerva.bsky.social · 4mo agoI have a new open-access article out in Global Studies Quarterly, “What’s at Stake in the Indigenous Empire Debate,” in which I argue against historian Pekka Hämäläinen’s claims that the Comanche and the Lakota constituted empires.
I'm happy to have a new (open-access!) article out in @gsqjournal.bsky.social. Here I take a deep dive into a heretofore inconclusive debate sparked by the work of historian Pekka Hämäläinen—did the Comanche and the Lakota people constitute empires? He says yes; I say no.
What’s at Stake in the Indigenous Empire Debate
Abstract. Did the Comanche and the Lakota constitute empires? The historian Pekka Hämäläinen has argued that they did during the eighteenth and nineteenth
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I wrote a bit about a survey of historians on the best and worst decisions in U.S. foreign policy history:
Duck of Minerva@duckofminerva.bsky.social · 5mo agoThe Best and Worst of U.S. Foreign Policy(?) The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) recently published results of a survey of historians on the best and worst foreign policy decisions in U.S. history.
Hello #ISA2026! We hope to see at our booth in the exhibit hall You can also explore our Virtual Book Exhibit and receive a 25% discount on the books listed using the discount code S26ISA at checkout, good through 4/25/26 International Studies Association
If you’re at #ISA2026, please join me and some very generous colleagues for a roundtable on my book. More on the @stanfordpress.bsky.social book here: www.sup.org/books/politi...
I’m glad to be at #ISA2026 to take the traditional “my book is now at the publisher’s booth!” photo.
Over at @h-diplo.bsky.social, I wrote the intro for a roundtable on Mark Shirk’s Making War on the World: How Transnational Violence Reshapes Global Order: issforum.org/roundtables/...
Jervis Forum Roundtable 17-25 on Shirk, Making War on the World
H-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum Roundtable Review 17-25 Mark Shirk, Making War on the World: How Transnational Violence Reshapes Global Order. New York: Columbia…
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I just finished a three-year term as an editor at an international relations journal. I began at the start of the LLM era but ended right in the middle of it. Our volume of submissions tripled and our desk reject rate rose to 75%. I have some thoughts. open.substack.com/pub/hegemon/...
The Age of Academic Slop is Upon Us
what happens when AI automates "normal science"?
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The International History and Politics Section of @apsa.bsky.social is accepting nominations for the Jervis-Schroeder Best Book Award and the Outstanding Article Award. Nominations are due by January 31, 2026. More information here: connect.apsanet.org/s34/nominati...
It's a humbling, thrilling trip to have my book, IR & the Problem of Time, reviewed so generously by him who directly inspired me to do IR, Brent Steele @utah.edu Thanks also to @h-diplo.bsky.social & @szarejko.bsky.social for commissioning issforum.org/reviews/jerv... @edinburghpir.bsky.social
Jervis Forum Review 149: Steele on Hom, International Relations and the Problem of Time
H-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum Review 149 Andrew R. Hom. International Relations and the Problem of Time. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020. ISBN: 9780198850014 28…
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I reviewed Hillary Clinton and Keren Yarhi-Milo’s edited volume "Inside the Situation Room" for @foreignpolicy.com. The book manages to be interesting and absurd at the same time. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/look-whos-...
Look Who's Reviewing
Did I review another book? Why yes, yes I did.
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Another #GameStudies release this past week to highlight: "Indiginomicon: American Indians, Video Games, and the Structure of Dispossession" from @arsavium.bsky.social Drawing from Indigenous, Black, queer, and feminist studies, the book reframes how game worlds reflect histories of dispossession.
The Video Game Library Newsletter - Vol. #027
New FF7 stories, an Elden Ring epic, Amnesia’s haunted history, canceled classics resurrected, and cocktails straight out of Diablo...game books have never gone this hard!
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The International History and Politics Section of @apsa.bsky.social is accepting nominations for the Jervis-Schroeder Best Book Award and the Outstanding Article Award. Nominations are due by January 31, 2026. More information here: connect.apsanet.org/s34/nominati...
Ever wondered why some countries get recognition while others struggle to be seen? My book 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 is finally out in the world! 📘 academic.oup.com/book/61560
The Making of International Status
Abstract. With great power rivalry on the rise again, many worry that struggles for status among states could lead to war. As a growing consensus indicates
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Sarkozy is going to jail but he’s not the first one. In our new dataset we track modern leaders who have been prosecuted by their own states. There are 215 of them. Turns out leader prosecution is a common & healthy practice in democracies. Full access link: foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/28/d...
Prosecuting the Powerful
Historical data shows putting leaders on trial is a healthy democratic practice.
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It’s publication day 🥳 my book is officially out in the world thanks to @stanfordpress.bsky.social, and I celebrated by giving it the 6+1 treatment at the @duckofminerva.bsky.social.
Duck of Minerva@duckofminerva.bsky.social · 11mo ago6+1 Questions about American Conquest: The Northwest Indian War and the Making of US Foreign Policy What’s the name of the book, and where can we find it? American Conquest: The Northwest Indian War and the Making of US Foreign Policy (Stanford University Press, 2025). What’s the argument?…
American Conquest by @szarejko.bsky.social is out now! "This exciting, vital book places the frontier at the center of US foreign policy and forces us to rethink nineteenth-century American foreign relations." —Eric Grynaviski www.sup.org/books/politi...
So, yeah, we're making another go at posting more content at the @duckofminerva.bsky.social. But whether or not that happens, we are restarting our Substack site, but as a mirror of the blog rather than an independent newsletter. New and backfill content should start appearing tonight or tomorrow AM
The Duck of Minerva | Substack
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I know there's a lot happening today, but this is sneaking in under the radar. This proposed new rule would absolutely crush foreign PhD students, potentially making it impossible for them to enroll with any certainty of their ability to finish www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
The fact that so few colleges are willing to publicly talk about student visa issues says a lot about the state of higher education as the new academic year gets underway. www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
Despite the subtitle @dandrezner.bsky.social gives a hopeful look at how Tufts (and I think many universities) are managing in the face of the Trump assault on higher education. open.substack.com/pub/danieldr...
What It's Like To Be An International Affairs Graduate School Administrator in 2025
Not great, Bob.
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My students aren't clamoring for me to bring "AI" into my Political Science classes, so why do I keep getting emails promoting "AI" in the classroom? Some thoughts at the @duckofminerva.bsky.social:
Who wants AI in the classroom?
I get emails. Sometimes they find me well; sometimes they try to convince me that I need to bring artificial intelligence (“AI”) into the classroom. “AI is going to revolutionize higher education!”…
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A new flyer and promo code for 20% off my forthcoming book at the @stanfordpress.bsky.social website: www.sup.org/books/politi...
Statement from the largest economics association about the BLS firing As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements This is a big deal
I'm watching Mike Waltz's confirmation hearing for US ambassador to the UN. He was nominated by Donald Trump in May following his decision to bench Elise Stefanie, who'd sailed through her confirmation hearing in January. Waltz is the first man being publicly interviewed for this job since 2007.
LIVE: Mike Waltz to face grilling over Signal chat at Senate hearing for UN post
YouTube video by MSNBC
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From 2025, #JoGSS is run by a new editorial team headed by Ulrich Petersohn & @jamespattison.bsky.social. Read their editorial to learn about the vision and goals shaping the journal's next chapter 👉 doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
