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The excellent @ip_palgrave special issue on the legacy of @NATO's Eastern European enlargement is nearly complete! Thx to @shifrinson & @JimGoldgeier for bringing it together!!

Latest addition: my contribution w/ @AlexCecylia, "Good for Democracy?"

link.springer.com/article/10.105…
This paper builds on work from my @UChicagoPress book w/ @jurpelai:

press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book…
Also, @NATO's role in supporting emerging democracies in Eastern European is an nifty extension on the idea of "military advisors", which @AlexCecylia is exploring for her dissertation

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FYI: I tweeted about a VERY early draft of the paper here:

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#AcademicIR "controversies" usually involve one obscure technical idea pushing back against a slightly less obscure technical idea.

But every once in awhile, #AcademicIR offers an opportunity to ask a broader question: "should we engage an idea or simply say `WTH'?"

[THREAD]
This thread is inspired by @ole_waever's response to a HIGHLY controversial piece recently published in @SecDialogue.

The piece in @SecDialogue accused "Securitization Theory", largely developed by @ole_waever, of being racist.
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Is World Peace a bright side to #COVID19?

That's the argument Barry Posen makes in @ForeignAffairs.

I'm not so sure 🤔

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foreignaffairs.com/articles/china…
Posen's piece is worth reading. The core of his argument is that the pandemic weakens everyone and creates pessimism about national ability (at the moment). Both of those reduce willingness to take the gamble of war, both now and possibly for years afterwards.
Given Posen's claims, it's useful to consider how #COVID19 will impact global conflict over three time horizons:

- the short term

- the medium term

- the long term
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@PLMattis & @shifrinson had a vigorous debate over the extent that foreign policy statements/documents are "cheap talk"

Foreign policy pronouncements can be informative, to a degree. To see why, consider an exercise from "Intro to IR": @BarackObama NSS v @realDonaldTrump NSS
The NSS was singled out by @PLMattis, and rightfully so: these documents are written every few years and they don't contain a lot of "meat" (though But they are probably more substantial than SOU addresses)

What can we really glean from them?

It can be informative to engage in a "compare and contrast" exercise (something I ask of my students).
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