Joshua Schwartz

YouTube video by Lines on Maps Extra Asymmetric Challenge: Stalemates, Strikes, and Strategy in the Age of Drones (Feat. Joshua Schwartz)

I sat down with @joshschwartz.bsky.social to discuss a bunch of big issues with drones: the frontlines in Ukraine, Russian targeting of Ukrainian cities, Operation Spiderweb, the Israel-Iran War, and U.S. investment decisions on drones.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Femj...

What Drones Can—and Cannot—Do on the Battlefield The Pentagon should learn from Israel and Ukraine.

How can the United States adapt to the changing nature of war? Read the latest by @mchorowitz.bsky.social, @laurenakahn.bsky.social, and CMIST’s @joshschwartz.bsky.social in @foreignaffairs.com www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

And you can find the syllabus with readings and assignments here: www.joshuaaschwartz.com/uploads/1/3/...

Popcorn and Politics: A Course on American Foreign Policy and Film Integrating film into traditional political science courses can provide powerful benefits. Most notably, it can increase student excitement about and thus engagement with a course. This paper offer...

Want to teach a rigorous—but fun + engaging—course on American foreign policy through the lens of film? I outline how to do so in a new article in @jpseeditors.bsky.social! From Dr. Strangelove & Battle of Algiers to Mulan & Star Trek, there's lots of connections
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/YX3CZ...

What Drones Can—and Cannot—Do on the Battlefield The Pentagon should learn from Israel and Ukraine.

How can the United States prepare for the future of warfare? Read the latest by @mchorowitz.bsky.social, @laurenakahn.bsky.social, and CMIST’s @joshschwartz.bsky.social in @foreignaffairs.com on how the U.S. can adapt to the changing nature of war www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

What Drones Can—and Cannot—Do on the Battlefield The Pentagon should learn from Israel and Ukraine.

"If the Pentagon does not adjust to the new realities of warfare, it will lose the ability to deter adversaries’ aggression before it occurs" write @mchorowitz.bsky.social, @laurenakahn.bsky.social, & @joshschwartz.bsky.social in @foreignaffairs.com. Read here:
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

What Drones Can—and Cannot—Do on the Battlefield The Pentagon should learn from Israel and Ukraine.

“If the Pentagon does not adjust to the new realities of warfare, it will lose the ability to deter adversaries’ aggression before it occurs—and perhaps the ability to win wars,” warn @mchorowitz.bsky.social‬, @laurenakahn.bsky.social, and @joshschwartz.bsky.social.

What Drones Can—and Cannot—Do on the Battlefield The Pentagon should learn from Israel and Ukraine.

What does the Israel-Iran War / Russia-Ukraine War suggest about emerging tech and the future of warfare? Excited to have a new @foreignaffairs.com article w/ @mchorowitz.bsky.social + @laurenakahn.bsky.social on how to bring balance to the (military) force www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

A deal that allowed Iran to enrich at low levels domestically but had longer-term restrictions on their nuke program than the JCPOA would’ve been a much more sustainable + less risky solution. But ostensibly Trump made enrichment a red line in negotiations, which I think was the key mistake (3/3)

The US and Israeli strikes will increase the incentives for Iran to try and acquire a nuke for deterrence, and the attack is only a temporary setback (albeit a big one) for their program (2/3)

So many questions about this attack, but one big one—Where is the highly-enriched uranium Iran had already produced?? Was it destroyed? If not, that seems like a huge problem for preventing Iran from getting a nuke in the short to medium term. There’s also a long-term issue with the attack (1/3)

Cheap and deadly: How drones are reshaping war | Front Burner | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen On Sunday, Ukraine launched Operation Spider’s Web, a surprise drone attack that went deep inside Russia, reaching as far as Siberia for the first time. Ukraine says 117 drones were smuggled into Ru...

How are drones transforming modern warfare? On today's episode of CBC's Front Burner, CMIST's @joshschwartz.bsky.social joins Jayme Poisson to explain how drones have become increasingly important to both sides of the Ukraine-Russia war and in conflicts around the world. www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...

Cheap and deadly: How drones are reshaping war | Front Burner | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen On Sunday, Ukraine launched Operation Spider’s Web, a surprise drone attack that went deep inside Russia, reaching as far as Siberia for the first time. Ukraine says 117 drones were smuggled into Ru...

How are drones reshaping war in light of Ukraine's successful surprise attack against Russian airbases? I had an opportunity to join the @cbcnews-rss.bsky.social Front Burner podcast (Canada's version of the NYT Daily) to discuss
www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...

The Left-Wing Peace & The Right-Wing Peace How strong is the nexus between domestic and international politics? The democratic peace contends that democracies do not fight interstate wars against each other. We argue there is also a “left-wing...

What explains the dramatic swings in US foreign policy we're seeing? Besides a democratic peace, I argue in a new co-authored @apsa-preprints.bsky.social that there is also a Right-Wing Peace and a Left-Wing Peace. Come for the experiments and stay for the MIDs analysis go.shr.lc/4jucw6O

Does politics stop at the water's edge? Nope! Dom Tierney and I argue in a new @apsa-preprints.bsky.social working paper that domestic left-right divisions over culture war issues like immigration and LGBTQ rights are bleeding over into foreign policy. Read more below

Thanks Jen!

Does politics stop at the water's edge? Nope! Dom Tierney and I argue in a new @apsa-preprints.bsky.social working paper that domestic left-right divisions over culture war issues like immigration and LGBTQ rights are bleeding over into foreign policy. Read more below

The Left-Wing Peace & The Right-Wing Peace How strong is the nexus between domestic and international politics? The democratic peace contends that democracies do not fight interstate wars against each other. We argue there is also a “left-wing...

What explains the dramatic swings in US foreign policy we're seeing? Besides a democratic peace, I argue in a new co-authored @apsa-preprints.bsky.social that there is also a Right-Wing Peace and a Left-Wing Peace. Come for the experiments and stay for the MIDs analysis go.shr.lc/4jucw6O

New submission to APSA Preprints: The Left-Wing Peace & The Right-Wing Peace

Check it out here: https://dx.doi.org/10.33774/apsa-2025-pq9zd?rft_dat=source%3Ddrss

yes this is famously how free societies treat their universities

The hidden costs of Trump's 'madman' approach to tariffs The downsides of his trade policies are symptoms of a larger strategic flaw

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-tariffs/

Thanks very much Sara! If only we didn't need to be considering whether it applies to arguably the most powerful person in the world...

Madman or Mad Genius? The International Benefits and Domestic Costs of the Madman Strategy According to the “Madman Theory” outlined by Daniel Ellsberg and Thomas C. Schelling, and embraced by Presidents Richard Nixon and Donald Trump, being perceived as mad can help make seemingly incre...

My argument draws from a peer-reviewed article I published in Security Studies, which conceptualized the madman strategy as a two-level game that can fail based on a lack of domestic support
doi.org/10.1080/0963...

The hidden costs of Trump's 'madman' approach to tariffs The downsides of his trade policies are symptoms of a larger strategic flaw

Does the madman theory of int'l politics justify Trump's trade war? I'm skeptical because trade wars are two-level games and the madman strategy is often unpopular among domestic audiences. Check out my take in Responsible Statecraft
responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-tariffs/

You have to wonder what Mark Carney's other two wishes were after rubbing that bottle

Thanks so much Ryan!

Can you help @mmgarrity.bsky.social and I with research on the treatment of women & girls in #Afghanistan & #Iran? The survey is fully anonymous & will not take more than 5 mins. We would love to hear from you if you're an academic or practitioner! t.co/FNJzVe0mWD

Does investing billions in the F-47—a next generation manned fighter aircraft—still make sense in an era of drone warfare? Probably yes due to its stealth capabilities. Read more in my piece with @mchorowitz.bsky.social in @warontherocks.bsky.social
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First @bsky.app post! @joshschwartz.bsky.social & I are conducting a survey on the treatment of women & girls in #Afghanistan & #Iran. Academics, practitioners, policymakers - we would love to hear from you! The survey is fully anonymous & will only take 5 mins: cmu.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

We know drones are transforming interstate war, but how are they affecting civil war? John Chin, Haleigh Bartos, and I outline a tragic trifecta of impacts they are having in @lawfare.bsky.social: The Onset Effect, Internationalization Effect, and Prolognation Effect
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