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Scrivner Professor of Public Policy, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, and Director of the Scrivner Institute of Public Policy at the Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs, University of Denver | Principal, Bridging the Gap | 🏳️‍🌈 .. more

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Naazneen Barma @naazneenbarma.bsky.social · Oct 8

Hahrie, congratulations! Such wonderful news — and can't wait to see what you will do with it!

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Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs - DU @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social · Sep 24

We are so proud to be the home of @bridgingthegap.bsky.social! Congratulations to @naazneenbarma.bsky.social and the BtG team on their award of a new, $1M grant from @carnegiecorp.bsky.social to bring scholarly insights to public debate & decision-making on global challenges and U.S. foreign policy.

Carnegie Corporation of New York Board Approves 94 Grants Totaling $63,219,000 | Carnegie Corporation of New York

At its quarterly meeting held in New York City on September 11, 2025, Carnegie Corporation of New York’s Board of Trustees approved 94 grants totaling $63,219,000. Brief descriptions of each board-app...

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Bridging The Gap @bridgingthegap.bsky.social · Sep 23

2025 IPSI alum Hana Attia recently published the article 'When and How Do Presidents Terminate Sanctions? The Effect of Domestic Factors on US Sanctions Policy.' Check it out below!
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When and How Do Presidents Terminate Sanctions? The Effect of Domestic Factors on US Sanctions Policy

Abstract. How do domestic factors influence US presidents’ decisions to lift sanctions? Drawing on work emphasizing the domestic costs related to leaders’

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Bridging The Gap @bridgingthegap.bsky.social · Sep 15

Congratulations to Jordan Tama and Susanna Campbell on the publication of their book chapter, "Bridging the Gap in International Relations" (chapter 24) in the new Handbook of International Relations!

www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/b...

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · Sep 14

I wrote a column responding to Ezra Klein’s eulogy for Charlie Kirk, and argued that democracy depends not just on civil disagreement, but on the civic equality that Kirk passionately opposed.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Charlie Kirk’s killing was a tragedy. But we must not rewrite his life | Moira Donegan

In the wake of horror, honest accountings of his life have not only become rare – they have also become dangerous

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Sep 13

New, from me:
It was a terrible week, one that inspired some truly awful takes. The worst was the effort by Bari Weiss and The Free Press to smear universities as "the biggest culprits" to blame American political violence, with faculty training "jihadis."
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-worst-...

The worst takes from a bad week

The Free Press, about to take over CBS News, blames universities for American political violence

donmoynihan.substack.com

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Charles Kenny @charlesjkenny.bsky.social · Sep 12

Blog: US Funding of International Organizations Has Collapsed

With weeks left in FY, US has paid zero toward assessed (membership) contributions to WHO, WTO, FAO, ILO, UNESCO, NATO, OECD, WMO, WIPO & more.

FY26 budget suggests paying dues to only 7 out of 46 organizations under the IO account.

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Bridging The Gap @bridgingthegap.bsky.social · Sep 11

The Teaching, Research, and International Policy (TRIP) Project is seeking proposals for short-term collaborative research partnerships between academic researchers and policy practitioners! Find more information below!

trip.wm.edu/home/Call%20...

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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · Sep 11

The political economy of Turning Point USA and its sister organizations (written a couple of years ago) crookedtimber.org/2023/03/06/c...

Conservatives on campus — Crooked Timber

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · Sep 10

Political violence is bad. It usually begets more political violence.

Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.

Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.

It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · Sep 10

settings > content & media > autoplay video & gifs = off

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Morgan Edwards @energymorgan.bsky.social · Sep 8

Excited to share that we're hiring an Assistant Professor of Environmental Policy at UW-Madison! Priority deadline October 24. Madison is a fantastic place to be...feel free to reach out if you have any questions about the position.

jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...

Aerial photo of UW-Madison campus on the shore of Lake Mendota

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Sabrina Karim @sabrinamkarim.bsky.social · Sep 8

Multilateralism is not necessarily fading! There is still civilian support for it in different parts of the world. Using two sets of independent conjoint experiments, we show that civilians in Liberia prefer multilateral actors (the UN) to oversee (not rebuild) security sector reforms

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · Sep 5

#OpenAccess from @iojournal.bsky.social -

International State Building and Civilian Preferences: Experimental Evidence from Liberia - cup.org/47q06KN

- Cameron Mailhot & @sabrinamkarim.bsky.social

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NPR @npr.org · Sep 7

The de minimis rule that allowed small packages worth less than $800 to be exempt from tariffs ended on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025.

Postal traffic to US drops more than 80% after trade exemption rule ends, UN agency says

The de minimis rule that allowed small packages worth less than $800 to be exempt from tariffs ended on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025.

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · Sep 6

Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · Sep 6

I really resent my tax dollars being spent on this

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Sep 6

if i had the opportunity to ask a question of anyone in the administration, given this "war in chicago" messaging, i would ask them how many americans the president intends to kill in his war

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Sep 6

it is always worth remembering that vance made a conscious decision to be a person of low character. he has eagerly contorted himself into evil for the sake of what amounts to a whiff of power.

Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · Sep 6

This is an actual exchange from a VP who took an oath to defend the constitution and, as a citizen, is expected to abide by the law.

May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · Sep 6

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · Sep 6

“Transactional agreements.” Sure @NYTimes. If someone says they’ll smash your kneecaps, unless you give them money, we can call that a transaction agreement as well. Or you could use the easier word: extortion, or more colloquially, a shakedown . www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

What Has the Trump Administration Gotten From Law Firms and Universities?

A recent ruling against the Trump administration’s federal funding cuts was a temporary win for Harvard. But a dozen other institutions already struck deals with the government involving millions of d...

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · Sep 3

1/ I worked at DoD. I literally cannot imagine lawyers coming up with a legal basis for lethal strike of suspected Venezuelan drug boat.

Hard to see how this would not be "murder" or war crime under international law that DoD considers applicable.

Read expert analysis by @bcfinucane.bsky.social⤵️

Legal Issues Raised by a Lethal U.S. Military Attack in the Caribbean

The Trump administration’s extraordinary lethal attack on this purported smuggling vessel raises significant potential legal issues.

www.justsecurity.org

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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · Sep 3

AAUP-HARVARD, AAUP, & UAW WON THE HARVARD CASE!!!!

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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · Sep 2

***Attention Historians***

Tenure-track job postings in History and History-adjacent fields for September 2025.

A thread.

I will update the thread over the course of the month.

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · Sep 2

A1 above the fold in the @nytimes.com. The message is getting through. Keep pushing everyone. We can save the #CDC, save the #NIH from the clutches of #RussellVought #StephenMiller and #DonaldTrump. Keep the pressure up on your members of Congress and the media (letters to editors, op-eds).

A photograph of the front page of The New York Times dated September 2, 2025. The main headline reads: “In Blitz on Science, Experts Warn of an Autocratic Tilt.” Below it are two featured articles. The first, by Apoorva Mandavilli, is titled “C.D.C. Left Battling for Its Survival” and describes turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. became health secretary, leading to staff losses, leadership resignations, and questions about the agency’s legitimacy. The second article, by William J. Broad, is titled “Are Research Cuts Fighting Red Tape or Free Inquiry?” and discusses threats to science and research under political pressure.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · Sep 2

"IU was a gem in Indiana. The state legislature and the IU Board of Trustees appear to have hired Whitten to fulfill an ultraconservative and Christian nationalist agenda... Sadly, they are destroying all that made IU great in the process."

Scathing but spot-on.

www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

Abdulkader Sinno: Why I left IU, Indiana and the United States

Selfish politicians, irresponsible trustees and unethical administrators are destroying a once great university.

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Sep 1

Good morning New York, while you were sleeping this was one of our most read stories. on.ft.com/4p6SUtu

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