This is the third and final part of a three part interview between Adam B. Lerner (ABL) and Patrick Thaddeus Jackson (PTJ). It is the first instalment of a new series of interviews on Duck of Minerva entitled Quack-and-Forths.
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6+1 Questions about China’s Western Frontier and Eurasia: The Politics of State and Region-Building
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) originated in provincial-level efforts that sought to simultaneously integrate interior and frontier provinces to the rest of China as well as neighboring countries during the 1990s.
Zenel Garcia
I am an Associate Professor of Security Studies in the Department of National Security and Strategy at the U.S. Army War College. Through a joint degree program, I earned an M.A. in Asian Studies in 2014 and a Ph.D. in International Relations in 2018 at Florida International University. My research focuses on the intersection of international relations theory, security, and geopolitics. Specifically, how interpretations of security and the...
(De-)globalisation and International Order
Whenever we talk about the liberal international order, we actually also talk about globalization. The former promoted international trade and financial liberalization , the spread of democracies, and the growth of global governance. These, in turn, promoted interdependence. Markers of global economic interdependence — such as global trade flows and global financial direct investment — increased. In integrating regions, and especially among...
Whisk(e)y and Epistemic Pluralism: A Quack-and-Forth (Part II)
This is part II of the first instalment of a new series of interviews on Duck of Minerva entitled Quack-and-Forths.
T.V. Paul
T.V. Paul is James McGill Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science at McGill University, Montreal, Canada and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He served as the President of International Studies Association (ISA) for 2016-17. He is the Founding Director of the Global Research Network on Peaceful Change (GRENPEC). Paul is the author or editor of 21 books and over 75 scholarly articles/book chapters in...
Markus Kornprobst
Markus Kornprobst is Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the Vienna School of International Studies. His research appears in leading journals in the field such as the European Journal of International Relations, International Affairs, International Organization and International Theory. He has co-edited six books, most recently Theorizing International Orders, co-authored Understanding International Diplomacy, and...
Some Quick Notes
Happy belated New Year! After a rather chaotic December – and lots of work on the backend of this site – we're getting ready to kickstart happenings here at the Duck. We've got a few posts and a symposium – all of which really should've been posted a while back – coming soon. You may already have seen that Adam has created a new "interviews" feature, and posted the first part of one he did with PTJ. I'm looking forward to seeing how that turns...
Whisk(e)y and Epistemic Pluralism: A Quack-and-Forth (Part I)
This is the first instalment of a new series of interviews on Duck of Minerva entitled Quack-and-Forths.
Xymena Kurowska
ymena Kurowska of Central European University joins the Hayseed Scholar podcast. Professor Kurowska grew up in the northern part of Poland, at a time of world and local transition. She discusses what it was like to move around to 'closed' cities in a military family, having a father who served in the Polish military and also in a UN peacekeeping operation in Southern Lebanon. Xymena recalls how a karate injury almost kept...
Why we should call 1/6/21 a terrorist attack
One year ago today, a pro-Trump crowd attempted to shut down the certification of Joe Biden's electoral victory. America is still making sense of it. We're debating how it could have been prevented, whether it can happen again, how to prevent it happening again. But there's also a foundational debate about what to call the events of the day. I would argue 1/6/21 needs to be called a terrorist attack, for both conceptual and strategic reasons....
Where does the Academic Work End? or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Burnout
that I actually conceived of the idea for this post last week but was only able to force myself to write it today by promising myself a variety of self-care rewards like naps and whiskey.