Ricardo was the best. As a colleague, teacher, mentor, scholar, citizen, friend, and person. Simply the best. I will miss him personally, and this institution will feel his loss profoundly. Such deep sorrow throughout our community.

First day on the job as Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at Georgetown. Eager to get to work and hope to be able to share more here on my perspective on leading in higher ed. Grateful to the College Comms team for the story below drawing on my background in endurance sports. . . #hoyasaxa

Looking forward to this! Giving my administrative brain a break and reengaging my IR brain. . .

Deeply honored to be entrusted with this role. Deeply grateful to the colleagues, mentors, friends, and family who have supported and sustained me. And deeply cognizant of the responsibility that this position carries, especially right now. Hoya Saxa!

When I wrote my occupations book, some people told me it was a "work of history." "We'd never do that again," they insisted. Deep, deep sigh.

A marvelous letter in today’s New York Times from Victoria Chen, a senior at Georgetown, on the vitality of the humanities. . .

Hi, friends. I'm back from a bit of a social media hiatus. . .Thinking a lot these days in my professorial role about the future of great power politics and in my vice provostial role about the future of higher ed. Interesting times ahead for both, and I look forward to productive conversations.

Everybody’s favorite tree at Georgetown wishes you a good morning.

A more niche polisky note about this Good Chat: I learned a lot from the cross-subfield perspectives here, and this chat, particularly the second half on how to define and study occupation, could be very useful for teaching. @goodauth.bsky.social

When I wrote *Occupational Hazards*, some skeptics said military occupation was a thing of the past. Suffice it to say that OH has remained pertinent. This is a terrific discussion from which I learned a lot and hope that I contributed at least a little. Thanks to @goodauth.bsky.social for hosting.

McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University recruiting in Computer and Social Science! apply.interfolio.com/132215

I was in true vice provostial form and just showed up for the free food and drink afterward. 🤣 Great to see this book getting the attention it deserves.

I appreciate the humility of this post by Dan. Perhaps not surprisingly, I find myself fielding more and more questions these days about navigating administrative challenges or taking on leadership roles. I'm ok with that and happy when I can be genuinely helpful.

This is an engaging format with a panel of wicked smart folks. Would be great to have this actually recorded and posted. I could see lots of people using it for teaching purposes.

I shared invite codes with some good, smart people this week. Follow them! @katemcnamara.bsky.social IPE and Europe @rolandparis.bsky.social Theory and practice in practice @asens.bsky.social Classics and grad education @doctorapples.bsky.social World-class pomologist (and my brother-in-law!)

Well, suffice it to say that my favorite genre is biography of bad people, especially power-hungry autocrats. Somehow I suspect this is not the answer that will have people flocking to befriend me. 🤷‍♂️ (And Moby Dick is my favorite work of fiction, so 🤷‍♂️ x 2.)

Good morning. Are we still talking about David Brooks’ dinner? Just setting my expectations for the morning.

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...

Good morning, friends.

Interesting question that this prompts: what makes an academic administrator good or bad? I don’t think the answer is self-evident, nor do I think you’d find a consensus within most universities.

Just me eating a cup of ice cream in the provost's office at 3:00 on a Monday afternoon. Grateful for colleagues who brought back a pint from the fancy new place in Georgetown. 🍨😋

Coco Gauff. A stellar athlete and a captivating person. From the way she handled the protest the other night to that performance just now. Just awesome.

A faculty member at a major U.S. public university was shot and killed on that campus today. Barely a peep in my predominately academic Bluesky feed. I understand that we don’t know many details yet, but still, barely a peep. How normalized gun violence has become.

Interesting from @dandrezner.bsky.social. Obligatory time horizons observation: I'd expect peaking Chinese power to lead to shrinking Chinese time horizons. To the extent the US also remains fixated on the short-term, the prognosis is not good. Much more to be said. See *Over the Horizon*. . .

Darn it. I tried to help a student find her class this morning, and I got confused between McCarthy, McShain, and Maguirre. If you see this, I'm sorry! This is going to bother your friendly neighborhood vice provost all day far more than any policy or project I need to address today.

I've read the manuscript. I've lived @profsaunders.bsky.social's remarkably impressive and dedicated work on this book through text message. Heck, I've provided feedback on cover designs (it looks great!). There won't be a better book about IR published in 2024.

If I were teaching Intro to IR this semester, I'd be sending this story to my students on this, the first week of classes, and then spending my first class identifying the dozens of questions about international relations that it raises. Something for just about everybody in this one...

Critically important new research for those of us working in higher education or, frankly, those of us who care at all about higher education and how it reflects and impacts society. https://opportunityinsights.org/paper/collegeadmissions/

Just a quick note to say that the final climb in today’s Tour de 🇫🇷, up the extinct volcano Puy-de-Dome, was insane. First time they’ve done it in 35 years. I expect they’ll be back again sooner than that. #nospoilers #lovethetour

Hi. My name’s David. I was on that other site until...Today’s my first day as Vice Provost for Education at Georgetown, where I’m a Professor in the School of Foreign Service and Government Dept. I think a lot about (1) great power politics and (2) higher ed. And I do long triathlons for fun.

Taps 🎙️. Hello. Is this thing on?