My latest, for @ForeignAffairs. I have been wrestling with what makes the Russian invasion of Ukraine different from other recent and ongoing conflicts. 🧵, w/context and footnotes:
foreignaffairs.com/articles/ukrai… It’s not different because the conflict has produced so many refugees, as @elifkalay @Lbenabdallah @Oumarkba point out in this @monkeycageblog piece: washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…

I keep thinking about this @edyong209 piece in the context of my work on war casualties. I think there may be some connections between how we think about and treat the war wounded and COVID long-haulers that are worth thinking through. 🧵
theatlantic.com/magazine/archi… First, as I show in this @ISQ_Jrnl piece, the US public is relatively indifferent to the war wounded, even though they are rising in number relative to the war dead. academic.oup.com/isq/advance-ar…

Following @ProfPaulPoast’s thread from last week, I have been thinking about what IR can tell us about how COVID-19 is being handled internationally.

https://twitter.com/ProfPaulPoast/status/1233727889004285952

In our IR field seminar last semester, we discussed why the international response to climate change has been so much weaker than it needs to be. One answer: time horizons. The effects of climate change seem too distant to persuade (some) people that they need to act now.

I received an email from @texasinafrica about a month ago asking me to give a talk at the Duckies at #ISA2018. Some folks (I'm looking at you, @smsaideman @mcopelov @C_Wolbrecht @whinecough) have asked that I post it.

So here it is, for a limited time only. Ode to #IRTwitter

I unlock my door, put up some hot water
Turn on the computer, sign a form for my daughter

The computer is loaded, but the tea has turned bitter
Because all of this time I’ve been checking my Twitter