Why European leaders should oppose the attacks on Iran and affirm the limits on the use of force established by the UN Charter: in the latest #PRIFblog post, Sidney Michelini offers political, strategic, and moral reasons.
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LMMs may be hastening the epistemic poisoning of an already denuded social niche but i'm getting a kick out of the new genre of crank essay swamping google scholar: Retired Civil Engineer Dad Develops Mathematical-Political-Theological Proof That He is the Only True Republican
[foreign mercenaries making up ~40% of UAEs armed forces]: lol. lmao
maybe try mentioning some good things before and after, i.e. the apocalypse-sandwich technique
"It's not a war. It's a Special Military Operation. And... [staffer cuts in to whisper something]... ok apparently that name is taken. It's a Major Combat Operation now. Which is different, and also not a war"
I don't think 20th century IR theory designed around a post-1945 order is going to help much in a 21st century world without order
Clear arguments from my @prif.org colleague, Sidney Michelini. Insane that one has to argue publically for what is obviously the only morally, politically, and strategically sound position.
monitoring 6 situations at the same time, all poorly
the trick is to cut off the wifi connection inside
at work hiding out in the Sensitive Compartmented Introversion Facility
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no one needs, or asked, for this, and yet...
no one needs, or asked, for this, and yet...
This sounds like a shitpost but I am being serious for once. What are the best IR/FPA works on stupidity? Because from a theoretical standpoint, the ability to signal clearly and interpret the signals being sent correctly is nontrivially important in the bargaining process.
This would be a great entry except that her particular (inductivist) interpretation of surprise leads to the conclusion that failure (due to stupidity or kinds of misperception) is inevitable and intellectually accessible only after the fact
Oldie: The Psychology of Military Incompetence by Dixon
Critique: Pois and Langer’s Command Failure in War.
Carl was already there. The primary fault of the commander is Eigensinn — lit. “own sense,” aka unresponsive to the actuality of the world; “authoritarianism” (D) or ”inflexibility“ (P&L)
i honestly never thought we'd half-ass a war with iran. it seemed like the end goal of a certain strain of powerful foreign policy interest such that if it ever happened it would be the culmination of decades of careful plotting and maneuvering. but nope, they got there and they're just YOLO'ing it
You Only Launchyourwholestockofinterceptormissiles Once
US gov has a habit of dissolving counter-deception functions the moment they become politically relevant. 2016 Obama-Clapper end NIC Foreign Denial & Deception Committee; 2024 Trump-Blinken close StateDept Global Engagement Centre; 2025 Trump-Rubio kill ODNI Foreign Malign Influence Center. 2026:
*I don't think LLMs are very "cyber"
*Actual "cyber" ideas and approaches and people, they're so old now that they've become historically exotic, even humanly tragic
youtu.be/Qi6jaKaaaEs?...
"From trust to trusting: Bringing a practice perspective to bear on trust research in IR" Just out with @coco-journal.bsky.social! The article explores how ideas from practice theory can improve our understanding of trust in IR. @normativeorders.bsky.social @prif.org @trust-ir.bsky.social 1/3
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When the magazine asks me how the 2 pieces I promised them are progressing
Trump is ready to accept the $50 million reward for capturing Maduro.
I’m going to call it. Today is the day we’ll look back on and say was the end of de facto US hegemony. The Trump regime have been dismantling US soft power, but this is full abdication in favour of Trump-Putin spheres of influence international relations as competing petrostates.
YIKES: NSO floats Pegasus spyware used in hypothetical "time of domestic crisis" in 🇺🇸America.
I believe they won't stop lobbying until they get Pegasus into USA.
To hack Americans. 1/
prohairetic? from prohairesis, though it may lean more towards moral will and volition than what you're aiming at