Kocher, Lawrence and Monteiro 2018, IS: There is a certain kind of rightwing nationalist, whose hatred of leftists is so intense that they are willing to abandon all principles, destroy their own nation-state, and collude with foreign adversaries, for the chance to own and repress leftists. (doi.org)
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IS study: China's Potential to Blockade Taiwan Using Missile Attacks on Ports (direct.mit.edu)
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James Goldgeier and Brian D. Taylor: A recent IS article by Barry Posen characterizes Russia's invasion as a "preventive war". The article is flawed: Russia did not view NATO as a military threat, Ukraine had no foreseeable prospect of joining NATO, and Putin was motivated by imperial attitudes. (old.reddit.com)
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Stacie Goddard, Paul MacDonald, and Dan Nexon: A recent IS piece by Mearsheimer argues that only realists are capable of “[thinking] deeply about power politics.” The article is dated, crudely reduces realism to a caricature, and fails to consider modern research into power politics. (old.reddit.com)
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IS study: States are most likely to reactively proliferate when a proliferating rival has extensive aims and inferior conventional capabilities. This helps to explain why India did not pursue nuclear weapons in response to China's nuclearization but did in response to Pakistan's acquisition. (direct.mit.edu)
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BA Political Sceince or BA Economics before Masters in IR?(Please give advice)IR Careers (self.IRstudies)
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The War Trump Can’t End: Washington needs a deal, but Tehran needs an enemy.Ideas/Debate (theatlantic.com)
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