Review of In Search of Monsters by David Swanson 'there is a great deal to agree with and remarkably few words to disagree with in this book, even if the motivations behind it are almost unfathomable to me' - davidswanson.org/opposing-war-t…

This should be good

An incredible achievent, well done Maz

Great turnout for the launch of 'Legitimate Sexpectations', congratulations Katrina Marson Order yours: scribepublications.com.au/books-authors/…

Had a nice chat with Vedran 'Maz' Maslic on The Voices Of War Sorry everyone for the long & rambling responses

Latest from me: Hard-Wired for Corruption
The international arms trade, worth around US$200bn a year, represents less than 1 per cent of world trade yet is said to account for about 40 per cent of its corruption. Arena Publications
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Here I separate out different types of military abolitionism: pacifistic, procedural, prudential, progressive, liberal, and economic. DM me for a pdf if you can't get past the paywall academic.oup.com/isq/article-ab…

Top Gun for hire: why Hollywood is the US military’s best wingman theguardian.com/film/2022/may/…

Consider submitting to the Journal of Pacifism and Nonviolence Journal of Pacifism & Nonviolence We welcome both theoretical and empirical work, in international studies, politics, philosophy, strategic studies, resistance studies and more
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'But if a country that people habitually flee *to* fights a country that people habitually flee *from*, the poison gas analogy breaks down. Scary countries are deeply vulnerable to paid desertion, while the nicest countries are almost immune.' betonit.blog/2022/03/02/mak…

If you have an idea for a special issue of the Australian Journal of Human Rights we'd love to hear from you. See here for details tandfonline.com/action/authorS… and contact Claire Higgins with any questions

Should we put the ‘robot dogs of war’ - lethal autonomous weapons – on the leash?

Or are there no compelling ethical objections to such new technology that don’t apply to existing weapons? A leading military ethicist examines the issues in this new book:

amazon.com/Public-Choice-… 'Public Choice Theory and the Illusion of Grand Strategy' by Richard Hanania should be prescribed reading for all first year IR students. Wish it was published 2 decades ago when I started at university

The U.S. International Military Education & Training Program 'explicitly focuses on promoting norms of civilian control” but data from 1970 to 2009 show “a robust relationship between U.S. training of foreign militaries and military-backed coup attempts.”
theintercept.com/2022/01/26/bur…

Happy and proud to see my latest article, co-authored with the mighty Sebastian Kaempf, out today. Huge thanks to ProfSteele, Jelena Subotic, and the rest of the staff at Global Studies Quarterly for their help getting this out.
doi.org/10.1093/isagsq…

Brief thread on the article 1/6