🚨 New: Open access for one week only: Social Cohesion and Community Displacement in Armed Conflict, an award-winning article published by the International Security Journal.

Social Cohesion and Community Displacement in Armed Conflict Abstract. What are the origins of conflict-related population displacement? Why do some communities in conflict zones suffer mass casualties while others evade conflict violence? Whether civilians mig...

The team @intsecurity.bsky.social has graciously made our article “Social Cohesion and Community Displacement in Armed Conflict” - w @danielarnon.bsky.social @rickmcalexander.bsky.social - free for this week only! Access it here:

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Man, history has a sense of irony. Hamas initially supported the Syrian revolution, but Yahya Sinwar came along and played a key role in reconciling the group with the Assad regime, only for Sinwar to then trigger a chain of dominoes that led to the Assad regime losing Aleppo

🚨Publication day — my first book is out! “Seeing is Disbelieving: Why People Believe Misinformation in War, and When They Know Better” is a deep dive into factual misinformation in modern war and conflict, and why people do and don’t believe it. @cambridgeup.bsky.social

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My new working paper with @benckrick.bsky.social & @jonpetkun.bsky.social on the relationship between civilian harm and perceptions of military legitimacy after the battle of Mosul in Iraq based on survey, satellite, and interview data for the Households in Conflict Network: hicn.org/working-pape...

A 🧵 on Israeli strategy or lack thereof.

Israel didn’t have a strategy for this war because Israel had no idea this war was coming. Netanyahu had a strategy: avoid war, weaken moderate Palestinians and contain Hamas. But it collapsed, leaving Israel confused and at war. 1/

Our department is hiring a tenure-track line in international law and/or international organization! I'm on the hiring committee and am happy to answer questions about the position and UofA. Please share with people who may be interested!
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We are hiring! Assistant Professor of International Law and/or International Organization here at School of Government & Public Policy at UArizona. Review of applications starts Oct 9th. Send questions and please share widely!