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Here is a list of readings for the Guyana-Venezuela confrontation AKA the Essequibo Crisis.

1. I wrote something for the Foreign Area Officers journal about how how U.S. security cooperation can help Guyana.

But my work benefitted from work by....

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The @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social is searching for a tenure line position in Technology and Global Affairs at the Assistant or Associate level. I am chairing the committee and happy to talk with anyone who is interested. Please share!
jobs.du.edu/en-us/job/49...

Heard a great quote recently by @neildegrassetyson.com: "You can credit science for nuclear power. They became weapons because countries can't get along."

I love this quote for two reasons 🧵

Please share widely!
IR Theory Colloquium (IRTC)
2025-2026
Call for applications / Due July 31
IRTC is a monthly, 90-minute Zoom workshop for early career researchers, aimed at improving theoretical arguments and expanding the IR Theory community.
More info below:

The surprising lessons of a secret cold-war nuclear programme America is sick of policing the world. More nuclear-armed states will not help

Some America Firsters seem tempted to let allies go nuclear, to let the U.S. off the hook for their security. Cold War history suggests that’s a grave mistake. My column, The Telegram, with lessons from Sweden’s secret cold-war nuclear weapons programme

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Join IFSH!
We are seeking a Senior Researcher with broad expertise in dual-use technologies and their impact on deterrence, defense, and arms control policies. The position will not focus on cyber topics.
ifsh.de/en/institute...

"I asked chatgpt" "I asked grok" well I asked Jared Harris from the critically acclaimed HBO miniseries Chernobyl and he said this is how an RBMK reactor core explodes.

ISA's Dissertation Completion Fellowship The ISA Dissertation Completion Fellowship is open to applicants from across the social sciences and humanities working in the broad field of International Studies.

Interested in applying for the 2025 ISA Dissertation Completion #Fellowship? Watch ISA's info session with the Committee members as they discuss and answer questions on eligibility criteria, submission details, and how to build your application.

Why Are Protesters in Mexico City Angry at Remote Workers?

Remote workers in Mexico City are facing the ire of protesters.

This wave of anger against relatively well-heeled foreigners didn't come out of nowhere.

Our explainer:

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/w...

With the holiday, no new column this week.

Instead, here's a 🧵 highlighting some of the @wpr.bsky.social pieces I've written so far this year and how they can be used to teach International Relations concepts.

🚨New First View Article🚨

"Revisiting security communities: What can IR theory learn from international law?" by Cyprien Bassamagne Mougnok is now available #OpenAccess!

Check it out here 📄 ➡️ buff.ly/MqGVgdQ

What the U.S. Can Learn About Democracy From Latin America A new history of the Western Hemisphere suggests that our southern neighbors may hold lessons for American political movements.

A new book by Greg Grandin “upends the idea of Latin America as perpetual victim, instead chronicling a tradition of leaders who have consistently fought for the social good,” Carolina Miranda writes.

Program Assistant, Nuclear Policy Program - Washington, DC Program Assistant Nuclear Policy Program The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a unique global network of policy research centers, is seeking a program assistant to work with scholars in our...

We’re hiring at @carnegienpp.bsky.social: come work with us! carnegieendowment.applicantpro.com/jobs/3780781

Opinion | The Danger of an Unrestrained President to the World

My latest, in @nytimes.com:

The Danger of an Unrestrained President to the World

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/o...

U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites show no sign of widespread environmental impact So far, any chemical and radioactive contamination seems confined to the nuclear sites hit by U.S. bombs.

So far, any chemical and radioactive contamination seems confined to the nuclear sites hit by U.S. bombs.

As first evidence comes in that some Iranian nuclear sites were not destroyed/material was possibly moved, US escalation risks incentivizing Iranian nuclear weaponization. And now the bunker busters are mostly played out. Seems like a highly unstable equilibrium.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/w...

YouTube video by Lieber Institute Dr. Leonardo Collado Torres | A Data Scientist Examines the Brain

Biostats assistant professor @lcolladotor.bsky.social is also an investigator @lieberinstitute.bsky.social where he leads the R/Bioconductor-powered Team Data Science group. Learn more about his work in the video below: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz4L...

Why Isn’t Russia Defending Iran? Backing the most anti-Western Middle Eastern power was convenient until it wasn’t.

Backing the most anti-Western Middle Eastern power was convenient—until it wasn’t, @hannanotte.bsky.social writes:

HIV prevention drug hailed as a 'breakthrough' gets FDA approval A drug called lenacapavir, administered in two injections a year, offers protection from HIV comparable to daily pills. One looming question: Will it be affordable for lower resource countries?

A drug called lenacapavir, administered in two injections a year, offers protection from HIV comparable to daily pills. One looming question: Will it be affordable for lower resource countries?

.@nktpnd.bsky.social and I argue in The Boston Globe: The U.S. has an interest in preventing a nuclear Iran—but that’s not what this war is about anymore. It’s becoming a campaign for regime change, and the U.S. should resist being dragged into this war. 🧵

Israel says Iran was racing toward a nuclear weapon. US intel says it was years away | CNN Politics When Israel launched its series of strikes against Iran last week, it also issued a number of dire warnings about the country’s nuclear program, suggesting Iran was fast approaching a point of no retu...

“US intelligence assessments had reached a different conclusion—not only was Iran not actively pursuing a nuclear weapon, it was also up to three years away from being able to produce and deliver one…according to four people familiar with the assessment” www.cnn.com/2025/06/17/p...

Scoop: Every Senate Dem demands Trump withdraw military from Los Angeles "Respect for our Constitution and for our civilian law enforcement demands nothing less," the Senate Democrats wrote.

I am leading all Senate Democrats in demanding that Trump remove all deployed military forces from Los Angeles.

Respect for our Constitution, servicemembers and civilian law enforcement demands nothing less.

Imperial President at Home, Emperor Abroad American foreign policy in an age of unrestrained executive power.

America now has the foreign policy of a personalist dictator. New piece from me in @foreignaffairs.com

www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

This is what a police state looks like.

[Police state: a political system characterized by extensive government control over civil society often with little distinction between law and executive power. Police state regimes rely on police forces for governance. Associated with authoritarian states.]

Arms Control Knowledge Transfer Initiative Primary Source Archive | CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues An archive of documents, interviews, and analysis dedicated to preserving arms control knowledge for future generations of experts.

Explore PONI's ACKTI Archive to find primary source documents on the design, negotiation and implementation of arms control across US history. The database currently has primary sources for the BWC, CWC, START I, INF, and PNIs.

Learn more here:

The Anti-Dystopian's Guide to GenAI for students & educators What is GenAI, Why is it Bad, and How Can Higher Education Resist It?

People have been asking about what I think about GenAI in higher ed, so I put together a guide for students & educators that attempts to demystify what GenAI is & how it's bad.
Very much a work in progress, so do let me know if you have feedback/updates!
alinautrata.substack.com/p/the-anti-d...

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Announcing the 2025 ISA Dissertation Completion #Fellowship. This award is for #EarlyCareerScholars in the later stages of their #PhD program. It is intended to help #Students offset the cost of completing their dissertation. Eligibility Criteria & submission details here: buff.ly/pv0ye0Z

Are We Ready for a ‘DeepSeek for Bioweapons’? Anthropic’s Claude 4 is a warning sign: AI that can help build bioweapons is coming, and could be widely available soon.

With Anthropic's Claude Opus 4 demonstrating a certain level of capability related to bioweapons, Steven Adler warns that without some kind of international agreement and action, a freely downloadable “DeepSeek for bioweapons,” may become available to anyone who wishes to cause mass harm.

Congratulations to Erik Lin-Greenberg, co-director of
@ssp-mit.bsky.social's Wargaming Lab, for recently taking command of the 820th Intelligence Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska. Read here: polisci.mit.edu/news/2025/pr... @mitpolisci.bsky.social

On June 16 at noon (ET), I will hold a super informal Zoom workshop on "Navigating the Tenure Track System" for political science graduate students and postdocs about to start a tenure track position. #polisci

To register, pls fill the following form: shorturl.at/vVuQb