We're thrilled to welcome @pstaniland.bsky.social & @profsaunders.bsky.social to the CSSA team! Come hear them + @carsonaust.bsky.social + @proftalmadge.bsky.social + Alex Downes chat about CSSA, publishing in security affairs & more at #ISA2025 Mon. 3/5 10.30am–12.15pm Rm 14 Lake Erie, Hilton

Join Cornell Studies in #SecurityAffairs Series Editors and Jacqulyn Teoh (Acquisitions Editor, CUP) at a roundtable on Monday, March 3rd at @isanet.bsky.social #ISA2025. @jackieteeo.bsky.social @carsonaust.bsky.social @proftalmadge.bsky.social @proftalmadge.bsky.social @pstaniland.bsky.social

Headed to ISA 2025? Cornell University Press’s book series on international security is holding a roundtable. Join me and the other co-editors of the Cornell Studies in Security Affairs series on **Monday morning, March 3, 10:30am**.

Job alert: UChicago seeks an Instructional Assistant Professor (Lecturer) to teach undergraduate social science research methods. This is a three-year, renewable teaching position suitable for any social science PhD. Apply below (EOE/Vet/Disability) apply.interfolio.com/163346

I'm excited to now be a co-editor in the @cornellupress.bsky.social Studies in Security Affairs book series, joining the team of Alex Downes, @carsonaust.bsky.social, @profsaunders.bsky.social, & @proftalmadge.bsky.social. We will be holding a panel on the series at the ISA conference:

Some personal news, as they say. Honored to be joining (in the fall) this incredible editorial team of Alex Downes @pstaniland.bsky.social @carsonaust.bsky.social @proftalmadge.bsky.social for the Cornell Studies in Security Affairs series. Join us for a panel @isanet.bsky.social in Chicago!

New book coming soon, part of the Adelphi series from IISS. www.routledge.com/Strategy-and...

Reminder: we are hiring in CIR! See below for details. Will start reading files Nov 23.

We’re hiring! UChicago is hiring a program leader for our 1-year MA program for IR, CIR. This job opening is for a leadership role with administrative and teaching duties. Requirements: Ph.D., 3+ years experience Deadline: Nov 23rd Link: apply.interfolio.com/157717

We’re hiring! UChicago is hiring a program leader for our 1-year MA program for IR, CIR. This job opening is for a leadership role with administrative and teaching duties. Requirements: Ph.D., 3+ years experience Deadline: Nov 23rd Link: apply.interfolio.com/157717

Great discussion of how human rights shaming campaigns can backfire with my amazing colleague Rochelle Terman. Check it out! news.uchicago.edu/why-shaming-...

IO has revised its policies regarding word limits: we no longer include references/works cited as part of the word count. See our full submission guidelines here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Old leaders are back in the news. Biden & Trump are often seen as diverging in signs of age-related decline. This is a reminder that *perceived* age matters in politics, not just raw age. Thoughts! Based on a recent ISQ journal article w/ @joshuabyun.bsky.social academic.oup.com/isq/article-...

New in @iojournal.bsky.social w Jost @ericmin.bsky.social & Schub: We combine computational methods with uniquely rich Cold War archival evidence to study how advisers matter in foreign policy. Where advisers stand doesn't just depend on where they sit. www.cambridge.org/core/journal... polisky

Update on escalation and the war in Israel: New reporting that Iran made a threat to respond if to Israel's military response in Gaza (links below). The nature of the threat is unclear Some interpret it as a threat to directly intervene. I don't think that's correct

Will the war between Hamas and Israel become a regional conflict? How can escalation be avoided? I talked with @profsaunders.bsky.social for @goodauth.bsky.social about escalation control, signaling, and intelligence about Iran's role in the Hamas attack. goodauthority.org/news/will-th...

Amid all the horror, a question that keeps coming to mind: where's the firebreak? Here's a @goodauth.bsky.social interview with @carsonaust.bsky.social on escalation control and whether this will become a broader regional war. goodauthority.org/news/will-th...

Details in this story are incredible

Two stories today about US intelligence conclusions that Iran was surprised by Hamas attack, citing anonymous USG officials www.nytimes.com/2023/10/11/u...

#OpenAccess - Property and international relations: lessons from Locke on anarchy and sovereignty - cup.org/3tk6AsB "Property has a ubiquitous presence in international practice, but its implications for theorizing world order are not adequately explored." - Nancy Bertoldi #FirstView

Hi! I’m on a book award committee for the conflict processes section of APSA. Send in your nominations!

At the time, when I wrote this piece in Nov. 2022 I wondered if maybe I was pushing the envelope just a bit too far. I only wish that had been the case . . . So, how does this effort to politicize the military work? 1/

Security Studies Tenure-line position (Open Rank) at Georgetown: apply.interfolio.com/132869

Our department is hiring a tenure-track line in international law and/or international organization! I'm on the hiring committee and am happy to answer questions about the position and UofA. Please share with people who may be interested! arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

🚨 Call for papers for the Junior Scholars in Quantitative Conflict Workshop, organized by myself, Jared Edgerton, Christopher Blair, and Roya Talibova. Abstracts due on 9/30! Complete applications at utdallas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9X…; more info in the screenshot below! DM me w/Questions!

New article on advisors to Ukraine by former student Alexandra Chinchilla and coauthor. Highly recommend polisky www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

First post on Blue Sky! Thought I’d start it with a thread laying out the chapters in The Oxford Handbook of Historical Political Economy (the proofs are finally in!) The Handbook comes out in November

As Zelensky visits DC, my first post for @goodauth.bsky.social is a deep dive into foreign policy and the 2024 election. Featuring a ton of new polisky research since I last looked at this in 2016, and the super dead King Louis’ head from Hamilton. goodauthority.org/news/will-fo...

Correct link for 2023 syllabus of the grad seminar "Qualitative Methods and Research Design" taught by @carsonaust.bsky.social and me polisky: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p3t3r...

Teaching a grad seminar on qualitative methods with the brilliant @pstaniland.bsky.social this quarter. Check out the syllabus!

Big fan of the SS article this is based on. Recommend

AI-generated images of "intelligence infrastructure," the subject of my ongoing book project (on the politics of foreign-based intelligence collection installations). Made using Dall-E 2. I can't stop looking at these. So cool!

Why join this site if not for self promotion? Many forms of restraint in the war in Ukraine are easy to overlook. Gradualism, while frustrating in many ways, has been a strategically smart way to learn the limits in this war. Give it a read! www.foreignaffairs.com/eastern-euro...

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