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Sean Ehrlich
@SeanDEhrlich
Associate professor of Political Science at FSU. Studies globalization, democratic institutions, & the EU. My new book is now for sale: https://t.co/qfarROvSaX
Mar 6, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
I agree with Prof. Schnall. When evaluating sanctions, there are 3 questions to ask: 1. Will this degrade the war-making potential of Russia (short or long term.) 2. Will this increase likelihood Russian leadership stops the war? 3. Does this hurt those responsible for the war? Bans on submission to academic journals fail all 3 tests. As do kicking out Russian students in the West (I guess a case could be made for degrading Russian war fighting potential in the very, very long term, but I don’t think that’s enough.)
Mar 5, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
To my new followers: glad to have y’all here! But the thread that brought you here is only partially representative of my feed. I do tweet about foreign policy but mostly focus on trade & economic policy. I also tweet about American politics, academia, UM sports, and Popcorn. I’m pretty left of center when it comes to domestic politics, have been a liberal interventionist on foreign policy but am growing increasingly skeptical of military intervention, enjoy mockery and sarcasm in my tweeting, and, I might have mentioned, posting about my cat, Popcorn
Mar 3, 2022 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
I read the Mearsheimer interview (I was bored during office hours and decided increased blood pressure was just what I needed to relieve the boredom.) Some takes: 1. The line about great power politics and not imperialism is just as dumb in context. 2. M is committed to idea that NATO/EU is in lockstep. This is both for intellectual consistency (IOs in his worldview are tools for the state that reflect power of states and not actors in their own right; since both NATO/EU are Western IOs, they reflect same state interests…