I've been warning about the risks of confirmation bias when it comes to the strength of American political norms and institutions. That is, I worry about the American tendency to read our history neither as a series...
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Dan Nexon is a Professor of Government and Foreign Service at Georgetown University. You can read all about the gory details of his academic work at https://www.dhnexon.net
I recently discovered that an article—written by Noelle K. Brigden—in the journal that I edit is available for free. I mention this because it's based on ethnographic work with Central.
It seems a bit anti-climatic after today's Presidential performance, but I have a piece (co-authored with Abe Newman) at Vox's "The Big Idea" section on burden-sharing. The title is somewhat.
My default blogging mode is pretty snarky. I guess, in that respect, I'm an old-school academic blogger. The common approach now seems to be professional and scholarly. But sometimes it's appropriate to set aside the snark—not in favor of scholarly detachment, but to articulate warranted fears....
Trump's National Security Advisor Michael Flynn resigns after destabilization campaign by US spies, Democrats, press https://t.co/vKlX1Tqek1 — WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) February 14, 2017 Here's the House Intelligence Committee Chairman only hours.
With Kellyanne "Bowling Green Massacre" Conway on videotape violating ethic rules, it was Stephen Miller's chance to do his best Joseph Goebbels impression on the Sunday talk shows. He did.
Day 15. By @PatChappatte https://t.co/8OWv55IpHp pic.twitter.com/l3YZ7fsfMF — NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) February 3, 2017 It will take about six minutes to watch Colin Kahl, former Deputy Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor to the Vice President, explain why: Sean Spicer lied in his attempt to...
The Democratic Senate should refuse to vote for Neil Gorusch—or any Trump Supreme Court nominee—until the GOP holds hearings and votes on Merrick Garland. If the GOP calls their bluff, and defeats.
I have new online piece, co-authored with Dani Nedal, at Foreign Affairs: President Donald Trump believes that America makes terrible deals—from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to the North American.
Moonhawk Kim has a terrific post that much better articulates some of the things that I've been trying to put into words. It also raises a number of important wagers that had never crossed my mind. An excerpt: One way to interpret the triumph of Donald Trump is that the long-standing...
One of the things that did piss me off about "The Emails!" was learning that Hilary took an unsecured Blackberry to all kinds of places—China, SCIFs—that she really shouldn't have..
You may already have seen this, but the State Department just lost a big chunk of its management team. Ambassador Richard Boucher, who served as State Department spokesman for Colin.