Wondering if it’s time to revive my “International Relations Concepts as Seen on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’” and turn it into a paper with Erik Lin-Greenberg.

ICYMI: The latest episode of The Debrief #podcast is live! In this episode the director of NWC’s Space Studies Group Dr. David Burbach discusses the United States Space Force and changes to the Department of Defense 🇺🇸's posture toward the space 🔭 🛰️ domain! Tune in here: digital-commons.usnwc.edu/the-debrief/13/

Grateful to Hal Brands and Hopkins Press for the opportunity to document and reflect on my experience leading the "Tiger Team" that planned the U.S. response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine in Feb 2022: press.jhu.edu/books/title/53…

44 years since the best fight in Star Wars 😌

Today is the 102nd anniversary of the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial. The famous memorial stands as a tribute to one of our greatest presidents and represents the reunification of our country after the Civil War.

Pride Month is a time to come together to honor the contributions of LGBTQ+ service members. We are committed to ensuring and promoting an atmosphere of dignity and respect for all civilian and military personnel.

IR is messy, but attempts to understand and explain it can still have structure. Out in PSRM Journal, ICBe takes narrative texts of around 500 international crises and systematically structures the actors and actions in sequential fashion 1/

Battlefield medicine has come a long way. But that progress could be lost buff.ly/3X4n4C1

Andy Rooney landed on the beach of Normandy days after D-Day, 80 years ago today. In 2004, he shared a firsthand account of “a day unlike any other.” “It’s hard for anyone who has been in a war to describe the terror of it to anyone who hasn’t,” he said. cbsn.ws/3yTkNzC.

Like many Americans, I have often re-watched “Saving Private Ryan” or “The Longest Day” on June 6. The last three years I have also made time to re-read passages from West Point professor Elizabeth Samet’s LOOKING FOR THE GOOD WAR as well—I recommend it. us.macmillan.com/books/97803742…

After a lacerating indictment of those who overly sanitize or glorify the ghastly experience of war, Paul Fussell ends “Wartime” (1989) with this observation on Eisenhower’s quiet leadership on the eve of the D-Day landing, without the benefit of hindsight, 80 years ago:

Appreciate the nice shoutout of my first book on this excellent episode.

As we wind down the year U.S. Naval War College, I interviewed David Sanger about his new book that examines strategic competition among U.S., Russia, and PRC.

This remarkable photograph shows the then-oldest living ex-enslaved individual, Mrs. Sally Fickland, viewing the #EmancipationProclamation in the Freedom Train at Philadelphia, on September 17, 1947. #NationalArchives #Juneteenth

As tensions continue to mount, pundits are increasingly worried about security dilemmas emerging between the US and China. New in World Politics with Ryan Brutger and Kai Quek - we show both the 🇺🇸 and 🇨🇳 publics are prone to security dilemma thinking muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/…

So much news, but don't forget SCOTUS immunity decision, which will affect foreign policy--already has w/ docs case dismissal. New Foreign Affairs piece w/ Sarah Binder Jim Goldgeier on the chilling effect it will have on already-weak political constraints. foreignaffairs.com/imperial-presi…

Today, A/USDP Ms. Amanda Dory and the rest of the Policy team said goodbye to Dr. Mike Horowitz as he steps down from his current position as Dep. Ass’t Sec. Def. for Force Development & Emerging Capabilities. In this role... 🧵

I’m excited to share that “Credibility, Organizational Politics, and Crisis Decision Making” is now out at JCR! A quick 🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

🚨New (free to access) article in the summer issue International Security How does fatalism among leaders cause the outbreak of war? direct.mit.edu/isec/article/4…

Can’t wait to spend the week annoying Meg K. Guliford 🌾 #APSA2024