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2 Nov, 5 tweets, 2 min read
I joined @Twitter in 2018 primarily to create content for my classes. But I know many others also find my THREADS useful.

As a "Thank you" for just reaching 30k followers (what!?), 👇links to a curated Twitter search of all my threads.

twitter.com/search?f=live&…
There are a few other threads not included in the above link because I didn't use [THREAD] at the start.

These are...
...my thread on Susan Strange (where I used 🧵)
...my #NATO7for70 series of threads
...my thread on the implications of the 1033 program (which started as single tweet and then expanded into a thread)

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18 Dec
Is game theory "useful" for understanding international politics?

According to Robert Powell, the answer is "yes, but know its limits."

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Powell's work largely focused on using mathematical formal models (i.e. game theory) to study international conflict.

And, as @jkertzer recently shared, Powell was VERY good at math!
What always stood out to me was his willingness to discuss the limits of using models to understand international politics.

He would do so with short quips buried in his most-influential papers. These quips offered "meta" insights into the role of theory.

Here are 4 examples.
Read 27 tweets
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11 Dec
To understand international politics, you need to "think about thinking."

That was a core lesson from the great Bob Jervis.

[THREAD]
I'm referring to a key insight from his 1976 classic, "Perception and Misperception in International Politics" (BTW: his 2017 New Edition is absolutely worth the purchase, just for the author's Preface alone)
amazon.com/Perception-Mis…
This book is important because of how it explicitly speaks to (at least) four other books that were prominent at the time.
Read 29 tweets
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5 Dec
The "Summit for Democracy" starts this week.

But it's not a "Summit" and it's not about "Democracy".

[THREAD]
The "Summit for Democracies" is a (virtual) gathering of leaders from 100+ countries (along w/ individuals from NGOs) to "to set forth an affirmative agenda for democratic renewal and to tackle the greatest threats faced by democracies today"

state.gov/summit-for-dem…
Now, I'm not going to say that the "Summit for Democracy" is a bad idea. @JimGoldgeier & @BWJ777 make that case in @politico (or, to be clear, they make the case for how it could be a better idea).

politico.com/news/magazine/…
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28 Nov
What problem most troubled Albert Einstein?

- The mystery of space-time?
- The properties of energy?
- Quantum uncertainty?

Nope. It was "international organization".

[THREAD]
Most people today are not familiar with Einstein's lifelong pacifism
ias.edu/ideas/2015/gho…
But that wasn't the case during his lifetime.

His pacifism was so well known that a political cartoon was made when he issued statements calling for a united front against growing Nazi militarism.
Read 25 tweets
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21 Nov
Why can't 🇺🇸 let 🇯🇵, 🇹🇼, 🇰🇷, and most of East Asia be dominated by 🇨🇳?

Let's talk about the "Grand Area" and its importance to US foreign policy.

[THREAD]
To understand what the "Grand Area" is and its importance for US foreign policy since World War II, lets go back to the end of World War I.
amazon.com/Paris-1919-Mon…
Following World War I, the United States was content to let the world do its own thing, both politically (see Senate rejecting League of Nations)...
Read 33 tweets
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14 Nov
How did the Gold Standard work? I mean ACTUALLY work?

The answer reveals a lot...including why a Gold Standard won't work today.

[THREAD]
When I write "actually" worked, I am not looking for an explanation based on the "specie flow mechanism", IS-LM-BP model, or something abstract like that
Instead, I want to know, for example, if governments actually loaded gold onto boats to move gold from country to country!
Read 39 tweets

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