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Jordan Becker @jordanbecker.bsky.social · 28d

As did Turkey when Russia violated it's air space ten years ago. What's there to scoff at?

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · Sep 4

It’s true generally but here even more so: for anyone who received an award or honor, there are dozens more who would have been worthy

Valentina Di Stasio @distasioval.bsky.social · Sep 4

Reviewing, and doing it well, is one of the best services one can do to our profession. Massive thanks to the winners of the #ecsr2025 Best Reviewer Award: @saidhassan.bsky.social, @katyaoivanova.bsky.social, Nicole Schwitter

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Jordan Becker @jordanbecker.bsky.social · Sep 1

Who among us has not gone to war and said "my kingdom for the world's longest bridge"?

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Jordan Becker @jordanbecker.bsky.social · Sep 1

www.limesonline.com/argomenti/ba...

Basi Militari: tutte le notizie - Limes

Basi Militari: aggiornamenti e approfondimenti. Tutte le notizie a tema Basi Militari pubblicate su Limes

www.limesonline.com

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · Aug 20

In Brussels in September? Come along! ukandeu.ac.uk/events/the-f...

The future of UK-EU relations - UK in a changing Europe

Join UK in a Changing Europe and The Open University in Brussels as they bring together leading academics, think tankers, officials and journalists in Brussels to discuss UK-EU relations.

ukandeu.ac.uk

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International Security Studies @ ISA @isss-isa.bsky.social · Aug 7

Re-upping this great opportunity for junior scholars working on conflict and international security using quantitative methods to present research, including practice job talks — apply to @jqconworkshop.bsky.social by August 14

Junior Scholars in Quantitative Conflict Workshop @jqconworkshop.bsky.social · Jul 18

📢 CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS | Junior Scholars in Quantitative Conflict Workshop Fall 2025
PhD students, postdocs & junior faculty: Present your research/practice job talk!
🗓️ Virtual: 1st & 3rd Thursdays, 1pm ET
📝 Deadline: Aug 14

Application below:

#PoliSci #polisky #JobMarket #ConflictStudies

Junior Scholars in Quantitative Conflict Workshop Submission

We are now accepting submissions for the Fall 2025 sessions of the Junior Scholars in Quantitative Conflict Workshop! This virtual workshop provides a supportive space for junior scholars (PhD candida...

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Jason Davidson @profjwdavidson.bsky.social · Jul 29

This is why the extra 1.5% of GDP on defense-related expenditures is absolutely necessary and could be quite useful.

on.ft.com/41b8ytg

Europe’s roads and rail unfit for war with Russia, EU transport chief warns

Brussels aims to spend €17bn on upgrading transport networks to be prepared for conflict

on.ft.com

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Junior Scholars in Quantitative Conflict Workshop @jqconworkshop.bsky.social · Jul 18

📢 CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS | Junior Scholars in Quantitative Conflict Workshop Fall 2025
PhD students, postdocs & junior faculty: Present your research/practice job talk!
🗓️ Virtual: 1st & 3rd Thursdays, 1pm ET
📝 Deadline: Aug 14

Application below:

#PoliSci #polisky #JobMarket #ConflictStudies

Junior Scholars in Quantitative Conflict Workshop Submission

We are now accepting submissions for the Fall 2025 sessions of the Junior Scholars in Quantitative Conflict Workshop! This virtual workshop provides a supportive space for junior scholars (PhD candida...

iu.co1.qualtrics.com

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International Security Studies @ ISA @isss-isa.bsky.social · Jul 29

📣 Terrific and supportive opportunity from @jqconworkshop.bsky.social for junior scholars working on conflict and international security using quantitative methods to present research, including practice job talks 📣

Junior Scholars in Quantitative Conflict Workshop @jqconworkshop.bsky.social · Jul 18

📢 CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS | Junior Scholars in Quantitative Conflict Workshop Fall 2025
PhD students, postdocs & junior faculty: Present your research/practice job talk!
🗓️ Virtual: 1st & 3rd Thursdays, 1pm ET
📝 Deadline: Aug 14

Application below:

#PoliSci #polisky #JobMarket #ConflictStudies

Junior Scholars in Quantitative Conflict Workshop Submission

We are now accepting submissions for the Fall 2025 sessions of the Junior Scholars in Quantitative Conflict Workshop! This virtual workshop provides a supportive space for junior scholars (PhD candida...

iu.co1.qualtrics.com

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International Security Studies @ ISA @isss-isa.bsky.social · Jul 29

🚨 ISSS is accepting award nominations through September 15, 2025, for the following section awards:
🏆 Book Award
🏆 Best Security Article Award
🏆 Patricia Weitsman Award for Outstanding ISSS Graduate Student Paper
🏆 ISSS Emerging Scholar Award
All details here: www.isanet.org/Programs/Awa...

Award List

www.isanet.org

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Jordan Becker @jordanbecker.bsky.social · Jul 26

Looking good too

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Jordan Becker @jordanbecker.bsky.social · Jul 26

Yes. Domestic politics is a thing!

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Stuart Taylor @sharelearning.bsky.social · Jul 26

#EDUsky #education #teaching #edchat#quotesoftheday

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Paul Poast @profpaulpoast.bsky.social · Feb 22

This week's @wpr.bsky.social column wasn't about illustrating general IR concepts, so much as it was about addressing a pressing current issue.

But I did draw a bit from some of my recent research on alliances, primarily NATO specifically. Specifically...

The U.S. Won’t Abandon Europe

A whirlwind week left observers writing the trans-Atlantic alliance’s eulogy. But the U.S., even under Trump, isn’t interested in abandoning Europe.

www.worldpoliticsreview.com

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Jordan Becker @jordanbecker.bsky.social · Jul 19

Can't wait to see that!

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Jordan Becker @jordanbecker.bsky.social · Jul 19

Yes!
"Our findings suggest that, while public opposition to military spending remains high in Italy, external threats dampen the public's opposition to military spending, even under high debt burdens."
doi.org/10.1017/S000...

Threats and the Public Constraint on Military Spending | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core

Threats and the Public Constraint on Military Spending - Volume 54 Issue 3

doi.org

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Peter Nedergaard @peternedergaard.bsky.social · Jun 19

New article: For the Times They Are A‐Changin': Towards a ‘Homeland Economics’ Paradigm of the European Union? - Brockenhuus‐Schack; Nedergaard - JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #dkpol

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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CSDS Brussels @csds.bsky.social · Jul 15

Yesterday, our researcher Lotje Boswinkel was in Santander as part of the annual "Spain in the World" gathering, organised by the Spanish MFA and UIMP. Lotje discussed European security and shifts in the global order.

More info🔸 www.uimp.es/en/ @lotjeboswinkel.bsky.social

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Jordan Becker @jordanbecker.bsky.social · Jul 10

More gold. New favorite substack. Particularly important for those of us straddling academe and policy.

Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · Jul 9

George Orwell warned: bad writing leads to bad thinking.

Academia trains us to write for journals, not the public.
Clarity feels risky, because it exposes us.

But clear communication is essential for democracy.
So how do we do it?

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New post 👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/why-clarit...

Why Clarity Feels Dangerous (Especially If You’re an Academic)

The Hardest Work in Writing Is Saying What You Really Mean

catherineeunicedevries.substack.com

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Jordan Becker @jordanbecker.bsky.social · Jul 7

We've got an article in here! @profpaulpoast.bsky.social Tim Haesebrouck and I that is...
bsky.app/profile/jord...

Journal of Peace Research @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social · Jul 7

As JPR's Editorial Office heads into the summer break, we are excited to share that we have just published our largest issue yet!

👉 Check out the July issue here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/JPR/curr...

We will be back in early August - until then, happy reading and a peaceful summer! 🌞

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Jordan Becker @jordanbecker.bsky.social · Jul 7

We've got an article in here! @profpaulpoast.bsky.social Tim Haesebrouck and I that is...
bsky.app/profile/jord...

Journal of Peace Research @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social · Jul 7

As JPR's Editorial Office heads into the summer break, we are excited to share that we have just published our largest issue yet!

👉 Check out the July issue here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/JPR/curr...

We will be back in early August - until then, happy reading and a peaceful summer! 🌞

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Journal of Peace Research @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social · Jul 7

As JPR's Editorial Office heads into the summer break, we are excited to share that we have just published our largest issue yet!

👉 Check out the July issue here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/JPR/curr...

We will be back in early August - until then, happy reading and a peaceful summer! 🌞

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Jordan Becker @jordanbecker.bsky.social · Jul 7

5/5 We find that vulnerability and abatement costs affected both the order in which states agreed the pledge, and the extent to which they have complied with it.

Jordan Becker @jordanbecker.bsky.social · Jul 7

4/5 This argument finds support from interviews with participants and a purpose-built dataset including overall defense spending and share of defense budgets allocated to equipment modernization and vulnerability to security threats and ‘abatement cost’ of meeting the Wales Pledge aims.

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Jordan Becker @jordanbecker.bsky.social · Jul 7

3/5 Moreover, why have they largely complied with this agreement subsequently? We argue that the ‘Interest Based’ framework for understanding the success or failure of environmental agreements is useful for understanding the agreement and implementation of the Wales Pledge.

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