Coming soon to a legislature near you iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu

You can tell it's Victory for USA because now everyone has to coordinate with the Iranian military to have the ability to transit the Strait of Hormuz

Who could possibly have foreseen that war on Iran would (a) make Iran retaliate by closing the strait of Hormuz, which (b) could disrupt world oil markets, enriching Russia and penalizing most everyone else? Who, indeed, except EVERYONE WHO HAS EVER THOUGHT FOR ONE MINUTE about the situation.

"There are dozens of us. DOZENS!!!"

Never has so much US combat power been assembled with so little explanation to the public, allies, or Congress regarding why or how it will be used. Never.

A fabulous project at an urgent moment. Gratitude to @profsaunders.bsky.social and her students for organizing!

Research has shown that the fastest way to radicalize a population is to use brutal force against innocent people. It's happening in real time in MN and never ends well for the government. I've written about it here:

Also, please feel free to invite Mitt Romney and any other national U.S. political figure from the last 20 years.

I’ll say it. The NFL should postpone tomorrow’s championship games. When there is a masked secret police force killing peaceful protesters and observers in the streets, it’s time to take the biggest, sturdiest, and loudest stands.

When I teach "The End of History," this is the part my students focus on. The boredom. The search for meaning. And the chaos that might produce.

Greenland is not about "spheres of influence," if we understand that term in the traditional great-power-competition-maximize-state-security sense. If we see the emerging order as composed of exceptional cliques seeking domination and extraction, it makes more sense. @abenewman.bsky.social

It's not a world that we want, but failing to name Trump's vision makes it more likely to happen. @goodauth.bsky.social @iojournal.bsky.social

Honored to be part of this effort to think about the future of world order. Slightly depressed that @abenewman.bsky.social and I see neo-royalism as a possible direction. #IOFoGG, @iojournal.bsky.social