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What does economics have to do with grand strategy?

After seeing much discussion of this question over the past few days, I want to share some of my favorite works on the topic

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Before I start, what do I mean by grand strategy?

To keep it simple, I view grand strategy as "a state's role in the world". This is close to what @RebeccaLissner calls "grand strategy as blueprint" (note: read the entire Nov 2018 @TXNatSecReview issue)

tnsr.org/2018/11/what-i…
We can approach the economics-grand strategy link in two ways:

(1) Foreign economic policy as a component of grand strategy

(2) Domestic economy as providing the material foundation for pursuing grand strategy

I'm focusing on (1) in this thread.
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1/ Will the (potential) withdrawal of US troops from Syria make the situation better or worse?

Below are some #IR_True_NonTrivial publications that are helping me think through this issue.
2/ On the one hand, @bfwalter showed in @IntOrgJournal that outside intervention is frequently necessary to end civil wars...

cambridge.org/core/journals/…
3/ ...and @PageFortna showed in @ISQ_Jrnl that outside enforcement is needed to maintain peace settlements

academic.oup.com/isq/article-ab…
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1/A TON of discussion/debate this weekend over "Liberal Order".

Several people found the debate(s) helpful, so I tried to consolidate it below (with a bit of commentary).

#ChicagoIntroIR2018: this is NOT required reading, but it touches on several points raised in class!
2/The weekend debate started with this tweet from @shifrinson
3/Things went in multiple directions at that point.
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1/A number of people expressed interest in hearing more about my new grad course, "Inference in Diplomatic History and International Relations".

So I wrote this thread to help describe the course and its goal.
2/First and foremost, here is the link the syllabus:

dropbox.com/s/12d7g1v4bxcv…
3/The course is the first in a two course sequence I've created for @UChicagoPoliSci & @UChicagoCIR titled "Evidence and Analysis in International Relations Research".
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An #IR_True_NonTrivial thread to end your week!

I’ve posted threads this week on IR research influenced by the 2008 Russo-Georgian War.

But you know a research area not influenced by the war? The study of interstate war!

Let me explain (by going a bit into the data).
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Consider the core database used by scholars of interstate war, the Correlates of War (COW) Project

correlatesofwar.org
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Or consider the OUTSTANDING book (I reference this book A LOT) that contains narratives of each war in the COW dataset, “Resort to War 1816-2007” by Meredith Sarkees & Frank Wayman (CQ Press of @SAGECQPolitics)

amazon.com/Resort-War-181…
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