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Andrew Szarejko @szarejko.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks, Yoni!

Andrew Szarejko @szarejko.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks, Eric!

Andrew Szarejko @szarejko.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks!

Andrew Szarejko @szarejko.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks, Anjali!

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Andrew Szarejko @szarejko.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks!

Andrew Szarejko @szarejko.bsky.social · 8d

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.

Duck of Minerva @duckofminerva.bsky.social · 8d

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?…

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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Stanford University Press @stanfordpress.bsky.social · 8d

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...

Book cover of American Conquest: The Northwest Indian War and the Making of US Foreign Policy by Andrew A. Szarejko

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Dan Nexon @dhnexon.bsky.social · 17d

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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Andrew Szarejko @szarejko.bsky.social · Sep 3

Thanks, Dan!

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Oren Samet @osamet.bsky.social · Aug 28

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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Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · Aug 27

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/...

Inside Higher Ed reached out to over 30 universities with significant international student enrollment to ask how many of their committed incoming students were unable to attend due to visa issues. Most did not respond; others declined to answer the question or said that data was not yet available.

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Deborah Avant @deborahavant.bsky.social · Aug 23

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.

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Andrew Szarejko @szarejko.bsky.social · Aug 21

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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Andrew Szarejko @szarejko.bsky.social · Aug 20

Thanks, Audie!

Andrew Szarejko @szarejko.bsky.social · Aug 20

Thanks, Halvard! I suppose there’s at least the SUP table at ISA if you have trouble getting the book shipped to Norway.

Andrew Szarejko @szarejko.bsky.social · Aug 19

Thanks, Minseon!

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Andrew Szarejko @szarejko.bsky.social · Aug 19

A new flyer and promo code for 20% off my forthcoming book at the @stanfordpress.bsky.social website: www.sup.org/books/politi...

Summary of American Conquest: The Northwest Indian War and the Making of US Foreign Policy. Promo code: SZAREJKO20

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Andrew Heiss @andrew.heiss.phd · Aug 18

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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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · Aug 2

Statement from the largest economics association about the BLS firing

As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements

This is a big deal

August 1, 2025
AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION
Committee on Economic Statistics and Committee on Government Relations

Statement from the American Economic Association on the
Dismissal of the BLS Commissioner

Leaders of the American Economic Association express their grave concern over the dismissal of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) earlier today.
The independence of the federal statistical agencies is essential to the proper functioning of a modern economy. Accurate, timely, and impartial statistics are the foundation upon which households, businesses, and policymakers make critical decisions. Undermining the independence or credibility of these agencies threatens the integrity of the information that markets, institutions, and the public rely on every day.
Measuring the vast and dynamic U.S. economy in real time is inherently challenging. It is standard practice for statistical estimates to be revised as more complete and higher-quality data become available. These revisions reflect the commitment of statistical agencies to accuracy, transparency, and methodological rigor-not failure or bias.
The BLS has long had a well-deserved reputation for professional excellence and nonpartisan integrity.
Safeguarding this tradition is vital for the continued health of the U.S. economy and public trust in our institutions.
We call upon elected officials to respect and preserve the independence of the nation's statistical infrastructure.

Lawrence Katz
President, American Economic Association
Katharine Abraham
President-Elect, American Economic Association
Karen Dynan
Chair, American Economic Association Committee on Economic Statistics
Kenneth Troske
Chair, American Economic Association Committee on Government Relations

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Andrew Szarejko @szarejko.bsky.social · Aug 1

It was quite good—there was a good array of topics on the program, and everything seemed to go swimmingly. It’s nice that these virtual conferences offer more opportunities for interaction with scholars based outside the US too.

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Andrew Szarejko @szarejko.bsky.social · Aug 1

They were quite helpful indeed—as were your comments for today’s panelists, I’m sure. Thanks for coming!

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Andrew Szarejko @szarejko.bsky.social · Aug 1

Thanks for joining our panel yesterday!

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Seva @seva.bsky.social · Jul 31

Facts Will Not Save You
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Facts Will not Save You

AI, history, and Soviet sci-fi

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · Jul 15

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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Journal of Global Security Studies @journalofgss.bsky.social · Jun 24

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...

The cover image of The Journal of Global Security Studies appears on the left. At the bottom, the journal’s homepage URL (https://academic.oup.com/jogss) and Bluesky handle (@journalofgss.bsky.social) are displayed in white text on a navy blue background. The background for the rest of the image features a firework held in a hand. Overlaid on this is the article title and author names: “JoGSS New Editorial Team Introduction” by Ulrich Petersohn and James Pattison.

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