Indeed; and of course it's even worse if establishing a reputation for toughness is simply impossible under any circumstances...
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Of course there's no such thing as a war of necessity, and of course the term should be banished from our lexicon. There are wars that are necessary to defend.
Stephen Walt explains how international relations theory helps to explain the complexities of parenthood. It's all good, but this seemed especially relevant to my present condition:But if you have a.
I'm sure that the Chinese just arrived independently at the idea of having a folding-wing version of the Su-27:Russia is eyeing China following media reports that an unlicensed variant of the Sukhoi Su-33 carrier-borne multirole fighter has been developed. Sukhoi officials are "closely monitoring that...
Over the past several weeks, a number of international relations scholar-bloggers have set forth lists of films suitable for use in an IR course. Unfortunately, most of these lists have.
Stephen Walt follows up his request for an IR Hall of Fame by asking who are the most underrated IR scholars. The metric?To be clear: by "underrated" I don't necessarily.
Stephen Walt proposes an opening class:By a "classic work," I mean a book or article that is a genuine "must-read" in the field when it is published, and that retains that status for a decade or more. We're talking tape-measure home runs here, not singles....
Via Yglesias, Justin Logan asks an interesting question:Realists talk a lot about structure in the international political context: various structures of the balance of power push states in one direction.
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It’s difficult to exaggerate the degree to which Stephen Walt demolishes Josh Muravchik in their realism vs. neoconservatism exchange in the September National Interest. The prompt concerns which, of realism or neoconservatism, will best answer the threats that the United States will face in the...
China isn't comfortable with the rules Russia wants to play with.A summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a seven- nation security alliance that includes China and four former Soviet republics,.
I can't be the only one to think that this cover art is just... fabulous in so many ways. In other stuff that you should be reading:Doug Muir on Zviad.