Many thanks to Pres. Christodulides for his kind gesture in speaking with our group for many minutes, and introducing us to Pres. @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu We are also grateful to @uncyprus.bsky.social for hosting us earlier. @elonuniversity.bsky.social -w/SafiaSwimelar www.elon.edu/u/news/2026/...

FPA-2026 manuscripts are loading…

This bad boy is finally out - and it is a beaut! Fantastic collab with @lukotto.bsky.social & @cvargiu.bsky.social Quick thread about some key findings in the book. Link to buy the book with 20% discount at the end of the thread

happy to share this paper and its dataset, co-authored with Katherine McCormick (@elonuniversity.bsky.social '24 and UNC Political Science PhD Student). Introducing the American Women Political Leaders’ Operational Codes Dataset | PS: Political Science & Politics - bit.ly/46Iow1O

Introducing The UK MP Inbox: a public database of email newsletters written by UK Members of Parliament. To read more about the Inbox, I wrote a blog post discussing these data and some potential use cases for social scientists and researchers: adamlozer.github.io/blog/posts/2... #polisky

I have been following Ryan Beasley’s exciting work on time, leaders’ temporal orientation -this is a major contribution to the literature! Excited to read the paper.

An extended deadline to July 15th. Nominate yourself and/or your colleagues, help lead the ISA.

submit your proposals for ISA-Midwest. attend once, you’ll come back…

BISA-ISA workshop on "Personality in Foreign Policy" w/ @consuelothiers.bsky.social Come join us and help us spread the word. www.isanet.org/Conferences/...

never gets old to see things printed :)

Write No Matter What: Advice for Academics (by Joli Jensen) In this blog post you will find my reading notes of Jensen's book. I will also write a blog post on how to restart your academic writing practice, because I feel like others might benefit from it. www.raulpacheco.org/2018/03/writ...

Chart of cumulative protests reported from Jan 22 - Feb 28, 2017 vs 2025:

credible reports of Istanbul mayor @ekrem-imamoglu.bsky.social being arrested at the moment, in early hours of Wednesday in Turkey. another sad twist in Turkish politics.

If anyone is looking for a way to help others, OK communities are one. -Thinking of you Stephen Nemeth and Holley Hansen.

Tadaa.

I brought you this.

looking for an 8:15 panel at #ISA2025 final day, here’s an excellent one:

@sibeloktay.bsky.social @lesliewehner.bsky.social and yours truly -along with a brilliant team of associate editors- are honored to assume our editorial duties of @fpajrnl.bsky.social by the end of 2025. very much looking forward to serving scholars, practitioners, and readers of foreign policy.

#isa2025 agenda: 'personality in foreign policy' workshop, 'leaders in context' panels. leaders' psychology is at the center of international politics.

Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt. Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.

we are cooked!

The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...

Call for applications: Why Location Matters: Research in the Arab World Deadline: February 28, 2025 www.theacss.org/pages/fora-a... #MenaSky

Wow. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde fearlessly calls out Trump and Vance to their faces. This is heroic. (posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)

US public universities are the envy of the world and are our greatest comparative advantage. It’s astounding how little that’s appreciated by politicians who want to defund them because they’re woke. The University of Wisconsin is ranked higher than the Sorbonne. University of Illinois outranks LSE.

Most recent publication: a chapter on Erdogan's quotations for Not My Words: How and Why Elected Officials Quote, Requote, and Misquote Others link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

academics, your downloads folder is about to sort everything under 2024 tomorrow... you know, all the things we were about to read.

what a service to the profession…!

In his article @baris_kesgin explores Pacific Island leaders' views on climate change, finding they see global politics with hostility & feel powerless in addressing the crisis. His work lays the groundwork for future research on their climate beliefs #COP academic.oup.com/fpa/article-...

Anyone have a recommendation for a good arabic to English translator looking for a paid project?

We’re losing the generation that had to fight tooth and nail to secure their right to vote. Remember what they sacrificed to win it before you sneer about its importance

Teaching Israel/Palestine in Turbulent Times -proposals due Sept 16th. www.elon.edu/u/academics/...

next, give us bookmarks please.

brilliant leadership research, original data, policy-relevant discussion. 🙌

what @liselhintz.bsky.social has been doing is extraordinary… glad to see this coming to print, and I look forward to reading it soon.

We are still accepting submission for the CIPS student conference at uOttawa on a rolling basis! We would love to hear your work related to IR and foreign policy. We define this quite broadly (see call for proposals) and we take submissions in French and English. www.cips-cepi.ca/cipsprojects...

take a look at my recap of our study abroad course Divided Lands: Cyprus and Bosnia&Herzegovina x.com/baris_kesgin...

How do small island states facing an existential climate crisis view the world? Baris Kesgin assesses PIC leaders' beliefs finding they have a more hostile view of climate change, have less control over climate matters, and have less cooperative strategies. academic.oup.com/fpa/article/...

"The number of children reported killed in Gaza in just three weeks has surpassed the annual number of children killed across the world's conflict zones since 2019" Save the Children

a huge welcome to @jkaarbo.bsky.social !!!

may it be read, cited, and expanded... academic.oup.com/fpa/article-...