Million dollar questions are less valuable these days.

I just got my page proofs. I'm excited for it to go out in a few months! I am also amazed/thankful for those wonderful blurbs some of you gave!

Establishing military bases abroad is increasingly competitive. What can the #DOD Pete Hegseth do to increase the US chances? 🎧 to my new New Books Network (@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social) with Michael Allen , Carla Mtz Machain , and #MichaelFlynn on their new @OUPPolitics 📕 newbooksnetwork.com/beyond-the-wire

I was planning on ending this account after my book comes out in february, but that's too long. See you on all the other viable platforms out there.

A new piece on The Conversation U.S. with Michael Allen and Michael Flynn, on Panama's reaction to Trump's statements on the Canal. (based in part on our fieldwork in #Panama) theconversation.com/trumps-canal-c…

If you are at ISA, consider joining us on Sunday at 10:30am to discuss "The Gamer's Guide to International Relations." Andrew Szarejko (Andrew Szarejko) chairs with great discussants like Chad Clay (K. Chad Clay), Joseph Lovell, Joshua Foust, and Amanda M. Rosen (Amanda M. Rosen).

How does public messaging affect public support for, or opposition to, a U.S. military presence abroad? Using a survey experiment in Poland, Flynn, Michael Allen, Carla Mtz Machain and Smulek explore this question. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

People in Poland 🇵🇱 prefer U.S. military bases to be further from their homes, but contact with U.S. service members moderates NIMBY attitudes. New paper at International Interactions w/ Michael Allen Michael Flynn, and Grzegorz Smułek! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

I talked about my new book on the local news: idahonews.com/news/local/boi…

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The algorithm has decided that my book is half on kindle today at Amazon.

RJISSF Roundtable 16-28: Michael A. Allen, Michael E. Flynn, Carla Martínez Machain, & Andrew Stravers’ Beyond the Wire: US Military Deployments and Host Country Public Opinion “provides clear connections between the micro- and macro-levels of US base politics” –Charmaine N.

Check out this amazing H-Diplo, with RJISSF roundtable on our Bridging the Gap Oxford Academic book, "Beyond the Wire: US MilitaryDeployments and Public Opinion." Thanks to Lindsay Cohn, Stephen Saideman, Sebastian Schmidt, and Charmaine N. Willis for engaging so thoughtfully with our work! Michael Allen