Amanda Pearson

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The U.S.-China Stability-Instability Paradox: Limited War in East Asia Abstract. With China and the United States seemingly locked in intensifying and enduring competition, many analysts compare today's U.S.-China rivalry with the one between the Soviet Union and the Uni...

A US–USSR limited war was unlikely due to land theater & limited precision, yet US–China tensions, centered on a maritime theater with precision & non-kinetic weapons, make a limited regional nuclear war over Taiwan more likely, argue Henrik Hiim & Øystein Tunsjø @intsecurity.bsky.social 10/10

Thrilled to be part of such a great looking issue!

Fall 2025 issue preview @intsecurity.bsky.social!

M. Trachtenberg | rules-based international order
@aaronbateman.bsky.social | U.S. space power
@ajmount.bsky.social | conventional deterrence of nuclear use
DJ Kim | clients’ demand evasion
@mikegoldfien.bsky.social | hawks, doves, & rapprochement

Summer 2025 issue preview! @intsecurity.bsky.social ‪@mitpress.bsky.social‬

Phillips & Tower ➡️ ISIS
Kang, Wong, ‪@zenobiachan.bsky.social‬ ➡️ What does China want?
Wu Riqiang ➡️ China’s views on arms control
Anderson & Press ➡️ Military primacy in Asia
Hiim & Tunsjo ➡️ Limited war in East Asia

I'm delighted to announce that my article "Not So Innocent: Clerics, Monarchs, and the Ethnoreligious Cleansing of Western Europe” received the Outstanding Article Award in International History and Politics! @apsa.bsky.social @drjlhazelton.bsky.social Read it for free direct.mit.edu/isec/article...

Not So Innocent: Clerics, Monarchs, and the Ethnoreligious Cleansing of Western Europe Abstract. Sizeable Jewish and Muslim communities lived across large swathes of medieval Western Europe. But all the Muslim communities and almost all the Jewish communities in polities that correspond...

@senerakturk.bsky.social's fascinating International Security article, "Not So Innocent: Clerics, Monarchs, and the Ethnoreligious Cleansing of Western Europe” wins the Outstanding Article Award from APSA International History and Politics Section direct.mit.edu/isec/article...

Monks Behaving Badly: Explaining Buddhist Violence in Asia Buddhism is commonly associated with peace, tolerance, and compassion. But like every other great religion, it has a violent side.

A short piece from the new issue of International Security: "Monks Behaving Badly: Explaining Buddhist Violence in Asia" thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/monks-behavi... Great piece. @intsecurity.bsky.social @pearson-edits.bsky.social @belfercenter.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social

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Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.

When does communication fail in international politics? In a new @intsecurity.bsky.social piece, Tyler Jost and I present some fresh theory and evidence on an enduring challenge for states — getting others to understand what they are trying to say

Volume 49 Issue 4 | International Security | MIT Press

1) The new Spring 2025 issue is online!

Read articles by John Mearsheimer, @stephenwalt.bsky.social , Zachary Burdette, Nilay Saiya and Stuti Manchanda, and @doncasler.bsky.social and Tyler Jost

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Spring 2025 issue preview!

J. Mearsheimer < war & international politics> @stephenwalt.bsky.social <realism and China>
Zach Burdette <space>
N. Saiya & S. Manchanda <Buddhist violence>
@doncasler.bsky.social & T. Jost <noisy negotiations>

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