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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

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...

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...

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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.

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...