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Fossil fuel divestment and public climate change policy preferences: an experimental test in three countries

Joshua Schwartz @joshschwartz.bsky.social · 28d

Really grateful for @environmentalpol.bsky.social
shortlisting my co-authored piece on fossil fuel divestment and public opinion for the best article of the year award. Check it out for an example of a published paper that finds null effects

Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy & Technology @cmist-cmu.bsky.social · 28d

Congratulations to CMIST’s Joshua A. Schwartz along with Paul Lendway & Abolfazl Nuri, whose article was shortlisted for the Environmental Politics Article of the Year Award 2024. Read their paper www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Divestment is a prominent strategy championed by activists to induce positive social change. For example, the current fossil fuel divestment movement includes over 1,500 institutions that control $...

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International Security @intsecurity.bsky.social · Aug 20

***Announcement***

The Summer 2025 issue is online!

Read articles by @drsarahphillips.bsky.social and Daniel Tower; @daveckang.bsky.social‬, Jackie S. H. Wong, and @zenobiachan.bsky.social; Wu Riqiang; Nick Anderson and Daryl Press; and Henrik Hiim and Øystein Tunsjø

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Volume 50 Issue 1 | International Security | MIT Press

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Reid Pauly @reidpauly.bsky.social · Aug 15

🚨 It’s publication day!

THE ART OF COERCION is finally out.

When do threats work? When they are perceived as credibly *conditional*. Credible and painful punishments are not enough.

Threats fail if targets feel “damned if they do and damned if they don’t.”

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The Art of Coercion by Reid B. C. Pauly | Paperback | Cornell University Press

The Art of Coercion presents a fresh explanation for the success—and failure—of coercive demands in international politics.Strong states are surprisingly bad at coercion. History shows they prevail...

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Joshua Schwartz @joshschwartz.bsky.social · Aug 5

Congrats, Dr. Alam!

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William Spaniel @gametheory101.bsky.social · Jul 18

I sat down with @joshschwartz.bsky.social to discuss a bunch of big issues with drones: the frontlines in Ukraine, Russian targeting of Ukrainian cities, Operation Spiderweb, the Israel-Iran War, and U.S. investment decisions on drones.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Femj...

Asymmetric Challenge: Stalemates, Strikes, and Strategy in the Age of Drones (Feat. Joshua Schwartz)

YouTube video by Lines on Maps Extra

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Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy & Technology @cmist-cmu.bsky.social · Jul 16

How can the United States adapt to the changing nature of war? Read the latest by @mchorowitz.bsky.social, @laurenakahn.bsky.social, and CMIST’s @joshschwartz.bsky.social in @foreignaffairs.com www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

Popcorn and Politics: A Course on American Foreign Policy and Film

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Joshua Schwartz @joshschwartz.bsky.social · Jul 8

And you can find the syllabus with readings and assignments here: www.joshuaaschwartz.com/uploads/1/3/...

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Joshua Schwartz @joshschwartz.bsky.social · Jul 8

Want to teach a rigorous—but fun + engaging—course on American foreign policy through the lens of film? I outline how to do so in a new article in @jpseeditors.bsky.social! From Dr. Strangelove & Battle of Algiers to Mulan & Star Trek, there's lots of connections
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/YX3CZ...

Integrating film into traditional political science courses can provide powerful benefits. Most notably, it can increase student excitement about and thus engagement with a course. This paper offer...

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Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy & Technology @cmist-cmu.bsky.social · Jul 7

How can the United States prepare for the future of warfare? Read the latest by @mchorowitz.bsky.social, @laurenakahn.bsky.social, and CMIST’s @joshschwartz.bsky.social in @foreignaffairs.com on how the U.S. can adapt to the changing nature of war www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

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Perry World House @perryworldhouse.bsky.social · Jul 4

"If the Pentagon does not adjust to the new realities of warfare, it will lose the ability to deter adversaries’ aggression before it occurs" write @mchorowitz.bsky.social, @laurenakahn.bsky.social, & @joshschwartz.bsky.social in @foreignaffairs.com. Read here:
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Foreign Affairs @foreignaffairs.com · Jul 4

“If the Pentagon does not adjust to the new realities of warfare, it will lose the ability to deter adversaries’ aggression before it occurs—and perhaps the ability to win wars,” warn @mchorowitz.bsky.social‬, @laurenakahn.bsky.social, and @joshschwartz.bsky.social.

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Joshua Schwartz @joshschwartz.bsky.social · Jul 4

What does the Israel-Iran War / Russia-Ukraine War suggest about emerging tech and the future of warfare? Excited to have a new @foreignaffairs.com article w/ @mchorowitz.bsky.social + @laurenakahn.bsky.social on how to bring balance to the (military) force www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

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Joshua Schwartz @joshschwartz.bsky.social · Jun 22

A deal that allowed Iran to enrich at low levels domestically but had longer-term restrictions on their nuke program than the JCPOA would’ve been a much more sustainable + less risky solution. But ostensibly Trump made enrichment a red line in negotiations, which I think was the key mistake (3/3)

Joshua Schwartz @joshschwartz.bsky.social · Jun 22

The US and Israeli strikes will increase the incentives for Iran to try and acquire a nuke for deterrence, and the attack is only a temporary setback (albeit a big one) for their program (2/3)

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Joshua Schwartz @joshschwartz.bsky.social · Jun 22

So many questions about this attack, but one big one—Where is the highly-enriched uranium Iran had already produced?? Was it destroyed? If not, that seems like a huge problem for preventing Iran from getting a nuke in the short to medium term. There’s also a long-term issue with the attack (1/3)

Cheap and deadly: How drones are reshaping war | Front Burner | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen

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Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy & Technology @cmist-cmu.bsky.social · Jun 6

How are drones transforming modern warfare? On today's episode of CBC's Front Burner, CMIST's @joshschwartz.bsky.social joins Jayme Poisson to explain how drones have become increasingly important to both sides of the Ukraine-Russia war and in conflicts around the world. www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...

On Sunday, Ukraine launched Operation Spider’s Web, a surprise drone attack that went deep inside Russia, reaching as far as Siberia for the first time. Ukraine says 117 drones were smuggled into Ru...

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Joshua Schwartz @joshschwartz.bsky.social · Jun 6

How are drones reshaping war in light of Ukraine's successful surprise attack against Russian airbases? I had an opportunity to join the @cbcnews-rss.bsky.social Front Burner podcast (Canada's version of the NYT Daily) to discuss
www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...

Cheap and deadly: How drones are reshaping war | Front Burner | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen

On Sunday, Ukraine launched Operation Spider’s Web, a surprise drone attack that went deep inside Russia, reaching as far as Siberia for the first time. Ukraine says 117 drones were smuggled into Ru...

www.cbc.ca

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Joshua Schwartz @joshschwartz.bsky.social · Jun 1

What explains the dramatic swings in US foreign policy we're seeing? Besides a democratic peace, I argue in a new co-authored @apsa-preprints.bsky.social that there is also a Right-Wing Peace and a Left-Wing Peace. Come for the experiments and stay for the MIDs analysis go.shr.lc/4jucw6O

The Left-Wing Peace & The Right-Wing Peace

How strong is the nexus between domestic and international politics? The democratic peace contends that democracies do not fight interstate wars against each other. We argue there is also a “left-wing...

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Joshua Schwartz @joshschwartz.bsky.social · Jun 1

Does politics stop at the water's edge? Nope! Dom Tierney and I argue in a new @apsa-preprints.bsky.social working paper that domestic left-right divisions over culture war issues like immigration and LGBTQ rights are bleeding over into foreign policy. Read more below

APSA Preprints @apsa-preprints.bsky.social · May 29

New submission to APSA Preprints: The Left-Wing Peace & The Right-Wing Peace

Check it out here: https://dx.doi.org/10.33774/apsa-2025-pq9zd?rft_dat=source%3Ddrss

Joshua Schwartz @joshschwartz.bsky.social · Jun 2

Thanks Jen!

Joshua Schwartz @joshschwartz.bsky.social · Jun 1

Does politics stop at the water's edge? Nope! Dom Tierney and I argue in a new @apsa-preprints.bsky.social working paper that domestic left-right divisions over culture war issues like immigration and LGBTQ rights are bleeding over into foreign policy. Read more below

APSA Preprints @apsa-preprints.bsky.social · May 29

New submission to APSA Preprints: The Left-Wing Peace & The Right-Wing Peace

Check it out here: https://dx.doi.org/10.33774/apsa-2025-pq9zd?rft_dat=source%3Ddrss