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Tag Archives: international relations
Risk, Overreaction, and Control
How many people died because of the September 11 attacks? The answer depends on what you are trying to measure. The official estimate is around 3,000 deaths as a direct result of hijacked aircraft and at the World Trade Center, … Continue reading
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Tagged behavior, books, crime, culture, data, economics, elections, ethical statistics, explanation, foreign policy, history, international relations, nerd, political science, politics, psychology, reading, science, security, statistics, terrorism, traffic, transportation, violence, war
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Python for Political Scientists, Spring 2013 Recap
This spring Josh Cutler‘s Python course was back by popular demand. (This time it was known as “Computational Political Economy” but I like the less formal title.) I participated this time around as a teaching assistant rather than student, and … Continue reading
The Aesthetic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy
On episode 18 of the Loopcast, Sina and his guest discuss fashion and national security. Around 23:00 comes the money quote: “There’s a lot of black hair dye involved being a dictator.” Here’s the logic: [I]n a democracy, your hair … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, democracy, dictatorship, entertainment, fun, history, how-to, humor, international relations, Middle East, politics, rhetoric
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Kurds and Statelessness
Last week one of my academic heroes, James C. Scott, came to Duke to give two talks. The first was a lunchtime discussion of his recent book, Two Cheers for Anarchism. The second was a lecture elaborating on The Art … Continue reading
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Tagged behavior, culture, foreign policy, international relations, Iran, Iraq, Kurdistan, Kurds, leadership removal, Middle East, political science, politics, research, security, Syria, Turkey, violence, war
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Off to ISA
The International Studies Association is meeting this week in San Francisco. This will be my first time attending, so I found Megan MacKenzie’s survival guide helpful. Here are some relavent Do’s: Do remember that a full-on formal business suit isn’t necessarily … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, data, foreign policy, how-to, international relations, political science, politics, research, rhetoric
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Ruby’s Benevolent Dictator
The first version of the Ruby programming language was developed by Yukihiro Matsumoto, better known as “Matz,” in 1995. Since then it has become especially popular for web development thanks to the advent of Rails by DHH. A variety of … Continue reading
The Randomness of Borders
Rivers and oceans help to form natural boundaries, but if it’s a straight line you can bet that it’s essentially random–and it might even be in the wrong place: Four Corners Monument, which marks the intersection of Arizona, Colorado, New … Continue reading
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Tagged data, economics, education, elections, ethical statistics, foreign policy, fun, history, how-to, international relations, micro-institutions, micro-institutions everywhere, Middle East, nerd, political science, politics, research, technology, violence, war
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Grad Student Advice Round-Up
Nearly two years into my graduate school experience, I now feel qualified to write this post–especially since it is an aggregation of others’ experiences and recommendations. This is by no means all the relevant wisdom, but hopefully it will be … Continue reading
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Micro-Institutions Everywhere: Book ID Numbers
If you are a bookworm like me, you have evidence of this micro-institution all around you. Grab a nearby book and look at the back cover, or a couple of pages inside the front cover. You will see a series … Continue reading
Hackers vs. Diplomats
Katherine Maher’s Foreign Policy piece got a lot of (deserved) attention last week. If the topic interests you, go read the whole thing. I’ll highlight the parts that are most relevant to our recent conversations on internet politics. On the … Continue reading
