Are U.S.-China relations on the mend?
Tensions remain, despite efforts to boost bilateral talks.
Biden will visit Israel during a war. That’s unprecedented.
The humanitarian crisis and escalation fears heighten uncertainty.
Will foreign policy actually matter in the 2024 U.S. election?
It may not matter much to voters, but foreign policy is definitely on the ballot.
Leaders around the world made bold moves in 2022. They didn’t always succeed.
The TMC 2022 roundups: The international beat
Beijing increasingly relies on economic coercion to reach its diplomatic goals
Here’s why this type of retaliation may turn out to be more symbolic than powerful
The secretary of defense spoke out against Trump’s approach to the protests. Yes, this is a big deal.
And he did it on TV, which will reach a broad audience
‘The Crown’ explains why Trump is a weak head of state
Presidents should balance pleasing their supporters with uniting the country. Trump got only the memo about the first part.
Americans feel a moral obligation to help humanitarian victims (like those in Syria) with military force
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/trump-condemns-heinous-attack-in-syria/2018/04/09/efc39884-3c0e-11e8-955b-7d2e19b79966_video.html On Saturday, Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad reportedly launched another
Justice Roberts said political science is ‘sociological gobbledygook.’ Here’s why he said it, and why he’s mistaken.
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A liberal think tank has just pushed out an employee who criticized Google. That’s worrying.
The New York Times reports that the liberal-leaning think tank
My Middle East politics summer reading picks
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What a President Trump means for foreign policy
[caption id="attachment_49232" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump arrives
Mitch McConnell said you don’t need experience to be president
Here's why he's wrong.
Daniel Drezner says Donald Trump is the champion of foreign policy ‘realism.’ He’s wrong. It’s Barack Obama.
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Will foreign policy be a major issue in the 2016 election? Here’s what we know.
At the last two Republican debates, the looming center-stage presence
There’s a moral order baked into that ‘Star Wars’ galaxy that’s far, far away
[caption id="attachment_32707" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Daisy Ridley as Rey and John
Here's why Julian Assange is picking a fight with international relations professors
[caption id="attachment_28139" align="aligncenter" width="982"] On June 19, 2012, WikiLeaks' founder
Here’s why Julian Assange is picking a fight with international relations professors
[caption id="attachment_28139" align="aligncenter" width="982"] On June 19, 2012, WikiLeaks' founder
The Iran deal reflects the U.S.'s overwhelming power over the world's financial system
[caption id="attachment_27395" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry,
The Iran deal reflects the U.S.’s overwhelming power over the world’s financial system
[caption id="attachment_27395" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry,
Should the U.S. have indicted FIFA officials? Ask the experts.
[caption id="attachment_27354" align="aligncenter" width="3000"] U.S. midfielder Carli Lloyd is hugged
'House of Cards' is the worst show about American politics. Ever.
[Some moderate spoilers contained herein.] I'm working through a number
‘House of Cards’ is the worst show about American politics. Ever.
[Some moderate spoilers contained herein.] I'm working through a number
Austerity is still popular despite an abject record of failure
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Putting Cuban human rights violations in some context
While the reception to President Obama's announcement that the United
If policymakers had listened to political scientists, we wouldn't have invaded Iraq
[caption id="attachment_16126" align="aligncenter" width="4400"] (MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP/Getty Images)[/caption] Tom Ricks suggests
If policymakers had listened to political scientists, we wouldn’t have invaded Iraq
[caption id="attachment_16126" align="aligncenter" width="4400"] (MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP/Getty Images)[/caption] Tom Ricks suggests
Pundits panicking about Ebola hurt cause they mean to help
[caption id="attachment_15071" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Laurie Garrett, former journalist and current
Looking for the perfect gift for an out of town political scientist?
As a follow up to Dan Drezner's Top 10 Ways
The curious case of America’s failing diplomacy
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How U.S. hypocrisy is hurting relations with Germany
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International law and institutions look pretty weak now, but they will matter a lot down the road
[caption id="attachment_7290" align="aligncenter" width="606" special=""] Ukraine's U.N. Ambassador Yuriy Sergeyev.
Another ill-conceived attempt at regulating academic blogging
Last month I reported on an effort by the Kansas
PoliSci from around the Web
— Karthick Ramakrishnan and Pratheepan Gulasekaram in the Los Angeles Times
What political scientists are saying about the Iran deal
[caption id="attachment_3523" align="aligncenter" width="576" special=""] Associated Press[/caption] I gave my
Why are international institutions more popular than domestic institutions?
I am not aware of any survey that asks citizens
Why Care About the O’Bagy Affair?
"Tom Ricks":http://ricks.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/09/12/a_word_in_semi_defense_of_e_obagy and "Dave Weigel":http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2013/09/12/in_partial_defense_of_the_disgraced_syria_scholar_with_the_fake_degree.html partially defend Elizabeth O'Bagy, the
Academics, Policy Makers, Blogs, and the Trouble with Op-Eds
The most prolific way academics seek the attention of the
Is UN Approval on Syria Imperative?
Yale law professors Oona Hathaway and Scott Shapiro argue that
Sex and Networking at Academic Conferences
Large academic conferences are prone to create awkward social situations,
Military Primacy Doesn’t Pay (Nearly As Much As You Think)
Continuing our new series of collaborations with political science journals,
Around the Polisci Blogosphere
Here's our second installment (last week's was here). Once again
The Purest Political Economist of Them All: Albert Hirschman’s Legacy
Continuing our collaboration with the APSA Political Economy newsletter, today
Sympathy for the Kinsley
Paul Krugman, Daniel Drezner, and others slam fabled contrarian Michael
Bullied Pulpit
Most denizens of the political science blogosphere will know by
The Coburn Amendment Aftermath
I have a "piece":http://chronicle.com/blogs/conversation/2013/03/22/tom-coburn-doesnt-like-political-science/ at the _Chronicle of Higher Education_
Creative Analogy Day at Foreign Policy
Marc Lynch says America is Duke. Dan Drezner says America
Why Have Americans Become More Positive About Trade?
A recent Gallup Poll has found that Americans have become
Pull Back or Lean Forward?
The most recent issue of Foreign Affairs hosts an excellent
The academic clock
Daniel Drezner tweets: I know what he means, but .
Sharpening Research Questions on Twitter
This is a guest post by Jeremy Pressman. His previous
What Good is a UN Human Rights Treaty?
Dan Drezner argues that yesterday's Senate vote to reject the UN
International Relations Blogger Awards
Dan Nexon and the other folks at _The Duck of
The Monkey Cage Named to Time’s Best 25 Blogs
Time Magazine has named The Monkey Cage to its list
Worst Prize Ever?
So I guess I was one of the very few
Foreign Policy in the Election
Dan Drezner argues that foreign policy matters in two ways
Once you get into the habit of riding the elevator, who wants to take the stairs?
Drezner on Zakaria: As one has more gobs of money
Potpourri
Declaration of Independence, more or less unanimously adopted by the
Blaming “Poor Leadership”
If you google "Euro crisis" and "leadership" you get nearly
How to Get Ahead in China’s Communist Party
Last week, the National Congress of the Communist Party of
The Case Against Smart Sanctions
Much hope is vested in the ability of so-called smart
Potpourri
* Economic inequality and democratization: the problem of flimsy data.
Why Did Russia and China Veto?
Last weekend Russia and China vetoed a UN Security Council
Is China Really Not Catching Up?
Daniel Drezner has an interesting post arguing that tales of
Potpourri
Michael Lewis-Beck and Charles Tien update their earlier presidential election forecast.
Potpourri
* Prospect theory and democratic consolidation. * Mitt Romney's micro-targeters.
Historian and journalist slug it out
Apparently I'm not the only person to question some of
Libya as a Model
Perceived military successes almost inevitably invite declarations that a new
Drezner vs. Slaughter
[Health warning: _very_ long post with extensive quotes, on issues
Potpourri: 100% Polisci Edition
* Jon Bernstein's blog is now 2 years old. It
OK, John, So Should the Republican Party Tank the Economy? If So, I Have an Idea How They Can Do It…
So "John's post":http://tmc.org/blog/2011/07/14/the-debt-ceiling-and-blame-for-obama-and-the-gop/ inspired me to write on a topic
Potpourri
* Are children an inferior good? * Dan Drezner and
Harsh words from Erik Gartzke on the relevance of political science
Daniel Drezner posts some reflections by political scientist Erik Gartzke
Sexual Violence Potpourri
Harvard scholar Art Goldhammer has running commentary on the reception
Is Drezner a Cylon?
One of the many interesting panels at the recent "annual
Potpourri
* "Harvard boys went nation-building in Libya":http://www.economicprincipals.com/issues/2011.03.27/1248.html * Charli Carpenter
Why Security Studies Should Take Nonviolent Conflict Seriously
The following guest post comes from "Professor Erica Chenoweth":http://echenoweth.faculty.wesleyan.edu/ of
Potpourri
* "Jacob Levy on new charges of academic bias":http://jacobtlevy.blogspot.com/2011/02/political-bias-in-academia-revisited.html [h/t
Scholasticism
"Dan Drezner":http://drezner.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/02/04/the_continued_hostility_to_political_science is annoyed again at Apoorvah Shah. "Shah writes":http://blog.american.com/?p=26189
Egypt Potpourri
* "Drezner: Stop Blaming Political Scientists about Egypt":http://drezner.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/02/02/quit_blaming_egypt_on_political_scientists * "Time
Is Political Science Too Hard for Policy-Makers?
International relations, and especially (inter)national security, is the subfield of
More Press Freedom and Nobel Attendance
It turns out that several of the countries that had
Press Freedom and (Not) Attending the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony
**Update**: See here for an "updated analysis":https://themonkeycage.org/2010/12/more_press_freedom_and_nobel_a.html. A few days
Potpourri
* "In defense of earmarks":http://www.miller-mccune.com/politics/we-should-care-this-much-about-earmarks-really-3876/. * "No one wants to
Should Political Scientists Engage the Public Sphere?
This is my last post on this subject for a
When political science counted
John will have more to say soon on Dan Drezner's
Potpourri
* "Julian Zelizer on _Game Change_ and its kindred":http://www.thenation.com/article/154564/how-much-do-we-learn-first-cut-history. *
“What Political Scientists Can Offer Journalists,” Part I
From left: Mark Blumenthal, Mark Schmitt, Ezra Klein, me, Matthew
APSA Panels worth attending
John has already mentioned the "political science meets journalism":https://themonkeycage.org/2010/08/apsa_panel_what_can_political.html and
Perspectives Panel at APSA
Jeffrey Isaac, the editor of the APSA journal _Perspectives on
Potpourri
* Nolan McCarthy, Keith Poole, Thomas Romer, and Howard Rosenthal
Are Political Scientists Becoming Too Scholastic?
Picking up from Henry’s latest blog, Lawrence Mead has an
Potpourri
* Machiavelli lecture controversy. * UC-Davis undergrad promotes "hella" to
Potpourri
* Why graduate students should blog. * Bruce Bartlett has
Realism and the World Cup
In typical Realist fashion, Dan Drezner wonders why the world's
How to Blog about International Relations
The Fletcher School's in-house comedians have their way with Dan
Do Fair Elections Signal Weakness?
Clifford Levy’s article on the front page of yesterday’s New
Torture and Social Science Revisited
About two months ago, I posed a question about the
The Twitter revolution debate: a summary
"Dan Nexon:":http://duckofminerva.blogspot.com/2009/06/poor-information-as-catalyst-to.html bq. Some comments from a friend of Iranian
Jeffrey Rosen leaves the blogosphere
Our estimable GWU law school colleague, Jeffrey Rosen, tells NPR