How many of these challenges are considered by PhD committees when evaluating the standing of graduate students? How many of them are considered by tenure committees when evaluating the work of an individual scholar and/or comparing them to peer scholars who are citizens?

🚨 New piece in the International Studies Review I discuss the different barriers that junior international scholars face to participate in knowledge production. This includes epistemological biases & barriers, citizenship/visa issues & financial obstacles. #PoliSkyacademic.oup.com/isr/article-...

In a new article by CISAC affiliate @debak.bsky.socialacademic.oup.com/isr/article/...

Standard Operating Barriers in International Studies

The academy is a fundamentally undemocratic space. Marginalization, inequality, and injustice are part of everyday life for many scholars. For academics wh

Big bada boom! Russia’s new SS-29 RS-28 Sarmat) apparently blew up in the test silo. Another setback for the ICBM program intended to replace the aging SS-18. For more info on this and Russia’s nuclear arsenal, see our Nuclear Notebook: www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

I find the "mainstream" nature of nuclear war fears in the early 1980s, and the way they "bled" into the zeitgeist, fascinating. It's a little hard for me to imagine successful pop songs about nuclear war today. open.substack.com/pub/doomsday...

Bomb songs, 1980s-style

The West German nuclear zeitgeist as reflected in two pop songs from 1983-1984

How things come full circle. The Hindu newspaper headlines from August 1980 could well be the headlines today given all that's going on between India and Bangladesh. #Archives#ColdWar

🚨 We are Hiring! 🚨 The Josef Korbel School is seeking an Assistant or Associate Professor focused on the societal, economic, and developmental impacts of and responses to environmental change. Deadline: September 20, 2024 #PoliSky#PoliSciJobs#AcademicJobsjobs.du.edu/en-us/job/49...

Check out the great panel! ⤵️

DDdebak.bsky.socialMay 31, 2024 6:59pm

It was great being on this panel on Nuclear Threats & Arms Control with Profs. @mcfuhrmann.bsky.social, Scott Sagan (@stanfordcisac.bsky.social), & @marieeberry.bsky.social last month! #NukeSky #PoliSky #ArmsControl @siecenter.bsky.social The recording is available here: tinyurl.com/325wvfz7

It was great being on this panel on Nuclear Threats & Arms Control with Profs. @mcfuhrmann.bsky.social@stanfordcisac.bsky.social@marieeberry.bsky.social#NukeSky#PoliSky#ArmsControl@siecenter.bsky.socialtinyurl.com/325wvfz7

"India’s MIRV capability indicates that it could have a greater ability to conduct a massive first strike that could bypass missile defenses w/ multiple warheads & decoys if it ever chooses to abandon its no-first-use policy" writes CISAC affiliate @debak.bsky.socialthebulletin.org/2024/04/how-...

How India’s restructured rocket force makes conflict with China more likely

Adding more nuclear warheads to India’s missiles won’t rock the boat with China. But things could still sink fast.