"Realism’s role is to continually point to the gravity that undercuts human attempts to fly."

Great line from @ProfPaulPoast's @ForeignAffairs essay illustrating both realism's core + its key flaw: the implicit conceit of having a monopoly on gravity...

foreignaffairs.com/articles/ukrai… First, by focusing on realism's curmudgeonly aspect, Poast highlights (correctly, I think) the core through-line connecting Carr, Morgenthau, Waltz + Mearsheimer (overrepresented here as in the broader realism-Ukraine commentary), as well as Merze Tate (admirably featured here)

Rep. @ElaineLuriaVA published a @washingtonpost op-ed calling Congress to authorize @POTUS to forcibly defend Taiwan.

It's great to see our local Hampton Roads leaders engaging urgent USFP questions!

Rep. Luria raises Q's central to IR research...

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washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/… As @NGrossman81 highlighted, everyone on both sides of the Pacific knows that the US doesn't want to fight a war with China over Taiwan.
At the same time, the US doesn't want China to try to conquer Taiwan either.
Hence the dilemma.

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https://twitter.com/NGrossman81/status/1447979670075494403?t=L2ggESjhrPIx5a2wIaV9qg&s=19

Building on excellent comments by @pstanpolitics and @carsonaust on this subject, here are some additional thoughts for first-time academic book authors based on my experiences signing 2 books (1 solo-authored, 1 co-edited) with university presses. THREAD

https://twitter.com/carsonaust/status/1135940372994154496

My comments are arranged into a few categories: your MINDSET when embarking on the book-publishing process, your PREP before submitting, TALKING with editors, SUBMITting your manuscript, CONTRACT negotiating, and the subsequent PROCESS.