Making Sausage
IR scholars rarely have access to real-time “insider” data on climate summits, though it is telling that virtually all of the world leaders make claims that we would have expected.
Obama is Overpromising the Wrong Things
Fixing America’s debt problem, repairing its infrastructure, and re-training the workforce for a modern economy would prove popular. If only someone would make those promises.
Responsibility for Anders Breivik
The Norwegians may be living through a painful ordeal, or switching off, as they choose. Yet, the truth is that we are all responsible for Breivik and this terrible crime against humanity.
Can Any Realists do P.R. Anymore?
Steve Walt is right that the world would be better off if realists ran U.S. foreign policy. But they never will do so until they learn how to sell their policy prescriptions to the American people.
Climate Change and Godwin’s Law
The Heartland Institute placed the above billboard along the Eisenhower Expressway in Chicago this past week. For $200, they bought a lot of publicity for climate change skeptics.
Start Making Sense: How Realism Explains Japan-ROK Relations
As the disparity between China and Japan’s material capabilities grows, the ROK is likely to place a greater emphasis on the threat of China’s coercive power.
My Limitations as a White British Man…
I have faced a number of difficulties, as all researchers do, when designing, developing and implementing a project. How do I obtain my data, for example, or will I have significant findings?
Kony 2012.2: Should We Jump on the #StopKony Bandwagon?
Hold on to your hat, the Hurricane Kony is on its way back! Kony 2012 “take two” attempts to rectify the first video’s mistakes. However, it is doubtful that this video can reach the same popularity of its older brother.
Rethinking Air/Sea Battle Before It Is Too Late
Instead of dying, the Air/Sea Battle concept has done nothing but pick up steam. The biggest problem with it is that it forces China to feel like enemy number one. Hopefully, they won’t start acting like enemy number one.
Postcard From the IR Zone
Will the IR-Zone always be, as Stanley Hoffman noted, an American discipline? Something other than an obsession with exercising America’s place and power in the world?
