Andrew Szarejko
@szarejko.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Political Science at Wartburg College (and current Chair of APSA's International History and Politics Section)
My book: https://www.sup.org/books/politics/american-conquest
My book: https://www.sup.org/books/politics/american-conquest
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I reviewed Hillary Clinton and Keren Yarhi-Milo’s edited volume "Inside the Situation Room" for @foreignpolicy.com. The book manages to be interesting and absurd at the same time. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/look-whos-...
Look Who's Reviewing
Did I review another book? Why yes, yes I did.
danieldrezner.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I reviewed Hillary Clinton and Keren Yarhi-Milo’s edited volume "Inside the Situation Room" for @foreignpolicy.com. The book manages to be interesting and absurd at the same time. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/look-whos-...
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Another #GameStudies release this past week to highlight:
"Indiginomicon: American Indians, Video Games, and the Structure of Dispossession" from @arsavium.bsky.social
Drawing from Indigenous, Black, queer, and feminist studies, the book reframes how game worlds reflect histories of dispossession.
"Indiginomicon: American Indians, Video Games, and the Structure of Dispossession" from @arsavium.bsky.social
Drawing from Indigenous, Black, queer, and feminist studies, the book reframes how game worlds reflect histories of dispossession.
The Video Game Library Newsletter - Vol. #027
New FF7 stories, an Elden Ring epic, Amnesia’s haunted history, canceled classics resurrected, and cocktails straight out of Diablo...game books have never gone this hard!
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November 20, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Another #GameStudies release this past week to highlight:
"Indiginomicon: American Indians, Video Games, and the Structure of Dispossession" from @arsavium.bsky.social
Drawing from Indigenous, Black, queer, and feminist studies, the book reframes how game worlds reflect histories of dispossession.
"Indiginomicon: American Indians, Video Games, and the Structure of Dispossession" from @arsavium.bsky.social
Drawing from Indigenous, Black, queer, and feminist studies, the book reframes how game worlds reflect histories of dispossession.
The International History and Politics Section of @apsa.bsky.social is accepting nominations for the Jervis-Schroeder Best Book Award and the Outstanding Article Award. Nominations are due by January 31, 2026. More information here: connect.apsanet.org/s34/nominati...
November 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The International History and Politics Section of @apsa.bsky.social is accepting nominations for the Jervis-Schroeder Best Book Award and the Outstanding Article Award. Nominations are due by January 31, 2026. More information here: connect.apsanet.org/s34/nominati...
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Ever wondered why some countries get recognition while others struggle to be seen?
My book 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 is finally out in the world!
📘 academic.oup.com/book/61560
My book 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 is finally out in the world!
📘 academic.oup.com/book/61560
The Making of International Status
Abstract. With great power rivalry on the rise again, many worry that struggles for status among states could lead to war. As a growing consensus indicates
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November 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Ever wondered why some countries get recognition while others struggle to be seen?
My book 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 is finally out in the world!
📘 academic.oup.com/book/61560
My book 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 is finally out in the world!
📘 academic.oup.com/book/61560
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Sarkozy is going to jail but he’s not the first one. In our new dataset we track modern leaders who have been prosecuted by their own states. There are 215 of them. Turns out leader prosecution is a common & healthy practice in democracies. Full access link: foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/28/d...
Prosecuting the Powerful
Historical data shows putting leaders on trial is a healthy democratic practice.
foreignpolicy.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Sarkozy is going to jail but he’s not the first one. In our new dataset we track modern leaders who have been prosecuted by their own states. There are 215 of them. Turns out leader prosecution is a common & healthy practice in democracies. Full access link: foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/28/d...
It’s publication day 🥳 my book is officially out in the world thanks to @stanfordpress.bsky.social, and I celebrated by giving it the 6+1 treatment at the @duckofminerva.bsky.social.
6+1 Questions about American Conquest: The Northwest Indian War and the Making of US Foreign Policy
What’s the name of the book, and where can we find it? American Conquest: The Northwest Indian War and the Making of US Foreign Policy (Stanford University Press, 2025). What’s the argument?…
What’s the name of the book, and where can we find it? American Conquest: The Northwest Indian War and the Making of US Foreign Policy (Stanford University Press, 2025). What’s the argument?…
6+1 Questions about American Conquest: The Northwest Indian War and the Making of US Foreign Policy
What’s the name of the book, and where can we find it? American Conquest: The Northwest Indian War and the Making of US Foreign Policy (Stanford University Press, 2025). What’s the argument? Relations with Native American groups were constitutive of early U.S. foreign policy, and this should make us reconsider the notion that the United States was isolationist in this period.
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September 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
It’s publication day 🥳 my book is officially out in the world thanks to @stanfordpress.bsky.social, and I celebrated by giving it the 6+1 treatment at the @duckofminerva.bsky.social.
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American Conquest by @szarejko.bsky.social is out now!
"This exciting, vital book places the frontier at the center of US foreign policy and forces us to rethink nineteenth-century American foreign relations."
—Eric Grynaviski
www.sup.org/books/politi...
"This exciting, vital book places the frontier at the center of US foreign policy and forces us to rethink nineteenth-century American foreign relations."
—Eric Grynaviski
www.sup.org/books/politi...
September 30, 2025 at 8:21 PM
American Conquest by @szarejko.bsky.social is out now!
"This exciting, vital book places the frontier at the center of US foreign policy and forces us to rethink nineteenth-century American foreign relations."
—Eric Grynaviski
www.sup.org/books/politi...
"This exciting, vital book places the frontier at the center of US foreign policy and forces us to rethink nineteenth-century American foreign relations."
—Eric Grynaviski
www.sup.org/books/politi...
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So, yeah, we're making another go at posting more content at the @duckofminerva.bsky.social. But whether or not that happens, we are restarting our Substack site, but as a mirror of the blog rather than an independent newsletter. New and backfill content should start appearing tonight or tomorrow AM
The Duck of Minerva | Substack
The Substack presence of The Duck of Minerva weblog. Covers International affairs in theory and practice, from an academic perspective. Click to read The Duck of Minerva, a Substack publication with h...
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September 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
So, yeah, we're making another go at posting more content at the @duckofminerva.bsky.social. But whether or not that happens, we are restarting our Substack site, but as a mirror of the blog rather than an independent newsletter. New and backfill content should start appearing tonight or tomorrow AM
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I know there's a lot happening today, but this is sneaking in under the radar. This proposed new rule would absolutely crush foreign PhD students, potentially making it impossible for them to enroll with any certainty of their ability to finish www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
August 28, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I know there's a lot happening today, but this is sneaking in under the radar. This proposed new rule would absolutely crush foreign PhD students, potentially making it impossible for them to enroll with any certainty of their ability to finish www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
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The fact that so few colleges are willing to publicly talk about student visa issues says a lot about the state of higher education as the new academic year gets underway.
www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
August 27, 2025 at 9:22 AM
The fact that so few colleges are willing to publicly talk about student visa issues says a lot about the state of higher education as the new academic year gets underway.
www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
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Despite the subtitle @dandrezner.bsky.social gives a hopeful look at how Tufts (and I think many universities) are managing in the face of the Trump assault on higher education.
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What It's Like To Be An International Affairs Graduate School Administrator in 2025
Not great, Bob.
open.substack.com
August 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Despite the subtitle @dandrezner.bsky.social gives a hopeful look at how Tufts (and I think many universities) are managing in the face of the Trump assault on higher education.
open.substack.com/pub/danieldr...
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My students aren't clamoring for me to bring "AI" into my Political Science classes, so why do I keep getting emails promoting "AI" in the classroom? Some thoughts at the @duckofminerva.bsky.social:
Who wants AI in the classroom?
I get emails. Sometimes they find me well; sometimes they try to convince me that I need to bring artificial intelligence (“AI”) into the classroom. “AI is going to revolutionize higher education!”…
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August 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
My students aren't clamoring for me to bring "AI" into my Political Science classes, so why do I keep getting emails promoting "AI" in the classroom? Some thoughts at the @duckofminerva.bsky.social:
A new flyer and promo code for 20% off my forthcoming book at the @stanfordpress.bsky.social website: www.sup.org/books/politi...
August 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
A new flyer and promo code for 20% off my forthcoming book at the @stanfordpress.bsky.social website: www.sup.org/books/politi...
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Paul Musgrave is 100% correct here
Classroom Technology Was a Mistake
Hopes that AI will improve higher ed need to reckon with the dashed hopes of the past
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August 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Paul Musgrave is 100% correct here
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Statement from the largest economics association about the BLS firing
As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements
This is a big deal
As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements
This is a big deal
August 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Statement from the largest economics association about the BLS firing
As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements
This is a big deal
As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements
This is a big deal
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Facts Will Not Save You
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hegemon.substack.com/p/facts-will...
Facts Will not Save You
AI, history, and Soviet sci-fi
hegemon.substack.com
July 31, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Facts Will Not Save You
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hegemon.substack.com/p/facts-will...
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I'm watching Mike Waltz's confirmation hearing for US ambassador to the UN. He was nominated by Donald Trump in May following his decision to bench Elise Stefanie, who'd sailed through her confirmation hearing in January. Waltz is the first man being publicly interviewed for this job since 2007.
LIVE: Mike Waltz to face grilling over Signal chat at Senate hearing for UN post
YouTube video by MSNBC
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July 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I'm watching Mike Waltz's confirmation hearing for US ambassador to the UN. He was nominated by Donald Trump in May following his decision to bench Elise Stefanie, who'd sailed through her confirmation hearing in January. Waltz is the first man being publicly interviewed for this job since 2007.
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From 2025, #JoGSS is run by a new editorial team headed by Ulrich Petersohn & @jamespattison.bsky.social.
Read their editorial to learn about the vision and goals shaping the journal's next chapter 👉 doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
Read their editorial to learn about the vision and goals shaping the journal's next chapter 👉 doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
June 24, 2025 at 11:25 AM
From 2025, #JoGSS is run by a new editorial team headed by Ulrich Petersohn & @jamespattison.bsky.social.
Read their editorial to learn about the vision and goals shaping the journal's next chapter 👉 doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
Read their editorial to learn about the vision and goals shaping the journal's next chapter 👉 doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
For the @duckofminerva.bsky.social, I wrote about some attempts to give IR a new conceptual foundation:
After Anarchy? On Hierarchy, Heterarchy, and Multiplicity
Kenneth Waltz famously claimed that anarchy—i.e., the absence of a global sovereign—is the ordering principle of world politics, and much International Relations (IR) scholarship since then has aim…
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June 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
For the @duckofminerva.bsky.social, I wrote about some attempts to give IR a new conceptual foundation:
I reviewed Barry Buzan's recent book, Making Global Society: A Study of Humankind Across Three Eras (2023), for Political Science Quarterly. Some related thoughts coming soon at the @duckofminerva.bsky.social.
Making Global Society: A Study of Humankind Across Three Eras by Barry Buzan
In this sweeping survey of approximately 12,000 years of human history, Barry Buzan aims to build theoretical bridges by making innovative use of well-worn
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June 14, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I reviewed Barry Buzan's recent book, Making Global Society: A Study of Humankind Across Three Eras (2023), for Political Science Quarterly. Some related thoughts coming soon at the @duckofminerva.bsky.social.
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Academic friends, the calculation is simple: if you demonstrate to your administrators that they can automate your job away, they will then automate your job away
The Professors Are Using ChatGPT, and Some Students Aren’t Happy About It
www.nytimes.com
May 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Academic friends, the calculation is simple: if you demonstrate to your administrators that they can automate your job away, they will then automate your job away
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The Vatican’s Quiet Intelligence Legacy and Why It Matters Now
On Easter Monday, Pope Francis died at the age of 88. His passing marked the end of a 12-year papacy characterized by a commitment to the poor, an insistence on peace over posturing, and an often-controversial emphasis on mercy over…
On Easter Monday, Pope Francis died at the age of 88. His passing marked the end of a 12-year papacy characterized by a commitment to the poor, an insistence on peace over posturing, and an often-controversial emphasis on mercy over…
The Vatican’s Quiet Intelligence Legacy and Why It Matters Now
On Easter Monday, Pope Francis died at the age of 88. His passing marked the end of a 12-year papacy characterized by a commitment to the poor, an insistence on peace over posturing, and an often-controversial emphasis on mercy over rules. As white smoke issues from the Vatican--indicating a new pope has been chosen--most commentary has focused on familiar terrain: his views on women, LGBTQ+ rights, his political moderation, his Latin American identity, or his climate advocacy.
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May 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The Vatican’s Quiet Intelligence Legacy and Why It Matters Now
On Easter Monday, Pope Francis died at the age of 88. His passing marked the end of a 12-year papacy characterized by a commitment to the poor, an insistence on peace over posturing, and an often-controversial emphasis on mercy over…
On Easter Monday, Pope Francis died at the age of 88. His passing marked the end of a 12-year papacy characterized by a commitment to the poor, an insistence on peace over posturing, and an often-controversial emphasis on mercy over…
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Sad news: Joe Nye has passed away. www.belfercenter.org/collection/r...
Remembering Joseph S. Nye
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May 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Sad news: Joe Nye has passed away. www.belfercenter.org/collection/r...
I reviewed Claudia Junghyun Kim’s very interesting book on the subnational politics of military basing for E-IR:
Review - Base Towns
Kim sheds light on how anti-base activism in Korea and Japan disrupts U.S. basing politics, urging us to value the lives of those living near bases.
www.e-ir.info
April 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I reviewed Claudia Junghyun Kim’s very interesting book on the subnational politics of military basing for E-IR:
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One of the things Brandon Valeriano @drbvaler.bsky.social and I bonded over was our shared blogging so I wrote a bit about him. Gone way too soon. saideman.blogspot.com/2025/03/big-...
March 29, 2025 at 8:55 AM
One of the things Brandon Valeriano @drbvaler.bsky.social and I bonded over was our shared blogging so I wrote a bit about him. Gone way too soon. saideman.blogspot.com/2025/03/big-...