Irredentism Is Not the Only Inconsistent Thing in IR
By Steve Saideman I am shocked, shocked that countries may develop inconsistent policies as they react to separatism in…
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Group Emotions and Violence
Guest post by Brent Sasley Last month Rose McDermott wrote an important piece in these pages arguing that…
Raining on the Parade: Some Cautions Regarding the Global Database of Events, Language and Tone Dataset
Guest post by Nicholas Weller and Kenneth McCubbins The Global Database of Events, Language and Tone, or GDELT,…
What Have We Wrought?
By Steve Saideman The ISA mess is the gift that keeps on giving. Last weekend Nicholas Kristof authored a…
A Note on Academic (Ir)relevance
By Erica Chenoweth Nicholas Kristof’s Sunday op-ed generated a lot of buzz among political scientists because he called…
Some People Just Like to Fight
Guest post by Rose McDermott There’s a dirty little secret that academics don’t like to talk about but explains…
How the Replication Debate Applies to Terrorism Studies
Guest post by Peter Henne and Patrick James The replication debate currently underway in the scientific community is…
Are Some People Inherently More Violent Than Others?
By Erica Chenoweth New evidence suggests that the answer may be yes (sort of). There may be a genetic…
Cartoons and Syria
By Christian Davenport One thing that academics do is engage in “verstehens” or thought experiments. This said, we do…
Syria: A Treasure Trove For Future Scholarship
By Lionel Beehner The International Crisis Group’s latest report on Syria makes for some compelling reading and offers a…