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....

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...

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...

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.