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🚨Niamat Ibrahimi and I have a NEW PIECE out and it is OPEN ACCESS 🚨 Is it even worth it? The ethics of researching armed groups in ‘the field’ tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

We are looking for new organizing members for Junior IO Scholars Workshop. Please feel free to DM me if you have any questions!

A reminder from Tyranny of the Minority

A summary of my recent work w/ @KarinKitchens is out now in Journal of Politics @[email protected] blog. We use an historical case to explain variation in officeholding by marginalized groups, with important implications for today, including contestation over land use (npr.org/2023/08/03/119…)

Pleased to finally see my very first solo article published in the Journal of Peace Research. Contributing to the recent literature on ICTs and conflict, I take a look on the other side of this relationship and ask why rebel groups target ICT infrastructure. doi.org/10.1177/002234…

Super hyped Bringing War Back In is finally out! If you read it and still think war didn’t make the Latin American state, we’ll straight-up give your money back👇

I’m happy to share that my co-authored article International Organization is now available open-access! What started as a short project outside of my PhD research with Nils W. Metternich and Janina Beiser-McGrath led to years of learning and a life changing trip to Ghana cambridge.org/core/journals/…

My new article with Sarah Zukerman Daly was just published: "Whose Side Are You On? Balancing Impartiality and Proximity in the Study of Civil Wars?" How can we as scholars address the Impartiality-Proximity Dilemma when analyzing civil wars? See 👇for details and free link to article...

Join the CRS 2025 Conference from Sept 17-19! Discuss the theme "Legitimacy in Conflict & Peace" and its role in contemporary wars. Submit papers by Jan 17. Dive into how legitimacy shapes conflict and peace. #ConflictResolution #Peacebuilding More at buff.ly/4ge10uT

Sharing some early thoughts on foreign policy implications of Yoon's failed gambit for Jennifer Lind's Blue Blaze: - NK would be foolish to escalate - Whether or not US knew, alliance is tested - There will be no more special treatment for Japan blueblaze.substack.com/p/yoons-failed…

Consider applying for Notre Dame's annual Emerging Scholars on grand strategy conference! Detailed feedback on your job market paper + professionalization workshop on journal publishing. See details: apply.interfolio.com/158885

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#OpenAccess from RIS - Civil wars as critical junctures: Conceptual grounding and empirical potential - cup.org/41lSkOZ - Kai Thaler (@kaimthaler.bsky.social) #FirstView

The new authorities in Syria are facing a familiar dilemma: who should staff the bureaucratic elite after capturing the state? In a new paper, Neil Ketchley and I look at this aspect of post-revolutionary state-building

🚨It's time for APSA 2025 calls: Lucan Ahmad Way and I are planning a panel on autocratic resilience. Let us know if you have a relevant working paper! Please help us circulate this call. cc: Authoritarian Political Systems Group Dan Slater Joseph Wong Michael Albertus Jane Esberg Mai Hassan

Thrilled to share that what began as a Zoom conversation in 2022 has become a forthcoming paper with Ilia Murtazashvili and Jen Brick Murtazashvili in a Public Choice special issue on constitutional change. ➡️ Key insights for Syria's current transition: osf.io/preprints/osf/…

Send us a submission for the Best Book Award of the African Politics Conference Groups (APCG)! Deadline: May 2, 2025. African Politics Conference Group Thalia Gerzso Happy Kayuni connect.apsanet.org/groups/african…

The African Politics Conference Group’s (APCG) 2025 award cycle is now open. Please see the following calls for nominations for the four awards that the APCG will be giving out this year. Nominations for all awards are due May 2, 2025. afpol.org/blog/nominate-…

what does trump's global order mean for separatists and secessionists around the world? our new piece with Ryan D. Griffiths argues breakaway regions could find new opportunities—but also face more risks [full access link below]

I have the UTMOST respect for what Aidan Toner-Rodgers has done for academic fraud. But LISTEN. If you're gonna tell me “Aidan is the GOAT,” how come I turn on GOOGLE SCHOLAR and see his citation count WHOOPED by LACOUR (2014)? MICHAEL JEFFREY LACOUR would DOMINATE this League.