Lecturer in Foreign Policy and Security @Cityintpolitics | Research Associate @UniofOxford | Council Member @ChathamHouse | Author of "War on the Ballot"
Jan 15, 2021 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
Word limits suck for many reasons, but especially so because footnotes are nearly always included. I enjoy referencing the books and articles that inform, challenge and inspire my own thinking on a topic, but they're always the first thing to go when making cuts. A quick 🧵:
Citation counts are obviously critical to a journal's all-important impact factor. But they are also the lifeblood of academic progression in other ways - for securing tenure, promotion, new jobs - and a simple way of recognising the value of others' work.
Dec 8, 2020 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
In selecting Gen. Austin over Michèle Flournoy, Biden cites the former's role in the drawdown in Iraq as evidence of his suitability for the office. A closer look at that episode reveals intriguing details about a mismatch of preferences among all three.
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
As I explain in my @Journal_IS article, Austin's initial recommendations for a residual troop presence in Iraq were met with sticker shock in the Obama-Biden WH. And it was *Flournoy* who delivered the bad news, in her role as Under SecDef for Policy. mitpressjournals.org/doi/full/10.11…
