Jonathan Caverley
@jcaverley.bsky.social
Political scientist who is a visiting senior fellow at IISS and professor (on leave) at the US Naval War College. Sure it works in practice, but how does it work in theory? Opinions are mine.
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would be bonkers if a bunch of rocket scientists had to leave the US for Europe because of fascism.
Jared Isaacman, the billionaire Space X fanboy picked to take over NASA, plans to eviscerate the agency
November 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
would be bonkers if a bunch of rocket scientists had to leave the US for Europe because of fascism.
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“No more foreign wars,” as the monkey’s paw curls shut.
September 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“No more foreign wars,” as the monkey’s paw curls shut.
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The black box of academic publishing is dark inside indeed - and I've not even mentioned Manucript Central yet - but it also contains other academics doing their best as editors to steward your work with care and respect.
September 6, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The black box of academic publishing is dark inside indeed - and I've not even mentioned Manucript Central yet - but it also contains other academics doing their best as editors to steward your work with care and respect.
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My short overview for @navalnews.com on the major news broken overnight in Japanese media that Australia now wants to acquire Upgraded Mogami aka 06FFM for the RAN under SEA 3000. As noted, no official statement by Canberra yet.
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
Upgraded Mogami Set To Win SEA 3000
Japanese media has broken the story that the Upgraded Mogami is set to be the preferred design for a major Australian frigate purchase.
www.navalnews.com
August 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
My short overview for @navalnews.com on the major news broken overnight in Japanese media that Australia now wants to acquire Upgraded Mogami aka 06FFM for the RAN under SEA 3000. As noted, no official statement by Canberra yet.
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
This. The political economy of American higher education is deeply misunderstood even by most of the people within it. This is shocking considering the stakes involved as well as US elites' obsession with it.
Most reporting is just not up to the task of registering both that 1) the White House is *attacking* universities *as institutions* 2) the White House is working *with* universities’ boards to achieve *common goals* for remaking and weakening those institutions
Boards of Trustees ***LIKE*** the Trump demands. They ***AGREE*** with them.
They like the idea of putting the screws on activist, lefty, and Muslim students. They like the idea of a whiter student body and conservative curriculum. They want these things and think $200 million is a fair price.
They like the idea of putting the screws on activist, lefty, and Muslim students. They like the idea of a whiter student body and conservative curriculum. They want these things and think $200 million is a fair price.
July 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This. The political economy of American higher education is deeply misunderstood even by most of the people within it. This is shocking considering the stakes involved as well as US elites' obsession with it.
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People: World Cup can't happen now FIFA will pull out
football fans: FIFA will just do corruption
People: who even understands how to be corrupt well enough to navigate this situation?
FIFA:
www.insideworldfootball.com/2025/07/08/f...
football fans: FIFA will just do corruption
People: who even understands how to be corrupt well enough to navigate this situation?
FIFA:
www.insideworldfootball.com/2025/07/08/f...
FIFA opens office at Trump Tower, New York - Inside World Football
July 8 – FIFA has opened an office at Trump Tower in New York City, deepening its already close ties with the much-criticised US administration.
US President Donald Trump and FIFA supremo Gianni Infa...
www.insideworldfootball.com
July 8, 2025 at 11:49 AM
People: World Cup can't happen now FIFA will pull out
football fans: FIFA will just do corruption
People: who even understands how to be corrupt well enough to navigate this situation?
FIFA:
www.insideworldfootball.com/2025/07/08/f...
football fans: FIFA will just do corruption
People: who even understands how to be corrupt well enough to navigate this situation?
FIFA:
www.insideworldfootball.com/2025/07/08/f...
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Great footage, highly recommended watch for naval infrastructure enthusiasts. Note also the completely stripped down and cut open Type 209 boat. Something you don't see often in such footage.
[VIDEO] Exclusive tour of SIMA Peru shipyard 🇵🇪
We take you on an exclusive tour of the SIMA PERU shipyard. The facility has been building ships & boats since the mid-1800s. Today, SIMA Peru plays a key role in the renewal of the Peruvian Navy fleet 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=40J0...
We take you on an exclusive tour of the SIMA PERU shipyard. The facility has been building ships & boats since the mid-1800s. Today, SIMA Peru plays a key role in the renewal of the Peruvian Navy fleet 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=40J0...
Exclusive tour of SIMA Peru shipyard
YouTube video by Naval News
www.youtube.com
June 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Great footage, highly recommended watch for naval infrastructure enthusiasts. Note also the completely stripped down and cut open Type 209 boat. Something you don't see often in such footage.
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This is Sirens, brought to you by the Ladies of Bombshell. In Ep 1, our hosts talk about why they are launching a new podcast, reveal what horrible things they have discovered at the bottom of their work bags, and talk about issues that may lure men to their death.
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Sirens: A Bombshell production: Bond markets, AI and DOGE2025
This is Sirens, a new series, brought to you by the Ladies of Bombshell - Loren DeJonge Schulman, Radha Iyengar Plumb, and Erin Simpson. In this episode, our hosts talk about why they are launching a ...
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June 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
This is Sirens, brought to you by the Ladies of Bombshell. In Ep 1, our hosts talk about why they are launching a new podcast, reveal what horrible things they have discovered at the bottom of their work bags, and talk about issues that may lure men to their death.
sites.libsyn.com/92063/bonds-...
sites.libsyn.com/92063/bonds-...
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Star Trek - TMP: How is it that between Earth and the Klingon Empire -- the Federation's pacing threat -- Starfleet has one starship in drydock and that's it?
Where's the rest of the fleet? Who are they assigned to?
Oh, wait...
Where's the rest of the fleet? Who are they assigned to?
Oh, wait...
June 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Star Trek - TMP: How is it that between Earth and the Klingon Empire -- the Federation's pacing threat -- Starfleet has one starship in drydock and that's it?
Where's the rest of the fleet? Who are they assigned to?
Oh, wait...
Where's the rest of the fleet? Who are they assigned to?
Oh, wait...
Automatic follow given the endorser.
oh pete. you are my favorite poet.
June 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Automatic follow given the endorser.
No one in the world more qualified than my colleague @lindsaypcohn.bsky.social to discuss the ramifications of the military in LA.
Ok, I’m no @profpaulpoast.bsky.social but I shall try to do a thread on militaries and protests. Apologies up front to all the brilliant scholars I accidentally leave out - am doing this from memory.
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June 9, 2025 at 9:19 AM
No one in the world more qualified than my colleague @lindsaypcohn.bsky.social to discuss the ramifications of the military in LA.
In addition to the other excellent suggestions, I would start with CRS's Rob O'Rourke's devastating testimony here: armedservices.house.gov/uploadedfile...
June 3, 2025 at 8:59 AM
In addition to the other excellent suggestions, I would start with CRS's Rob O'Rourke's devastating testimony here: armedservices.house.gov/uploadedfile...
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Who are the leading experts on shipbuilding and the defense industrial base?
June 3, 2025 at 1:16 AM
As someone accustomed to seeing charts with missile range rings emanating from “bad guys’” territory, I was unprepared for how unsettling I found this graphic in the excellent new report from IISS. I understand the importance of Europe arming but am also saddened by it. www.iiss.org/research-pap...
May 16, 2025 at 11:21 AM
As someone accustomed to seeing charts with missile range rings emanating from “bad guys’” territory, I was unprepared for how unsettling I found this graphic in the excellent new report from IISS. I understand the importance of Europe arming but am also saddened by it. www.iiss.org/research-pap...
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Foreign military sales are under the microscope. What should change?
warontherocks.com/20...
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In Brief: How to Improve the Foreign Military Sales Process - War on the Rocks
In an April 9 executive order, the president directed his administration to “improve speed and accountability in the defense sales system.” The order aims
warontherocks.com
April 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Foreign military sales are under the microscope. What should change?
warontherocks.com/20...
warontherocks.com/20...
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[Analysis] #EUDefence: A transatlantic #Defense industrial base? Two contrasting views, by @jcaverley.bsky.social, Ethan B. Kapstein, @elietenenbaum.bsky.social and @leoperiapeigne.bsky.social | @ifri.bsky.social
A transatlantic defense industrial base? Two contrasting views - PubAffairs Bruxelles
The evolving landscape of global defense cooperation has brought the transatlantic relationship between the United States (US) and Europe into sharp focus. As geopolitical tensions rise and the threat...
www.pubaffairsbruxelles.eu
April 7, 2025 at 10:04 AM
[Analysis] #EUDefence: A transatlantic #Defense industrial base? Two contrasting views, by @jcaverley.bsky.social, Ethan B. Kapstein, @elietenenbaum.bsky.social and @leoperiapeigne.bsky.social | @ifri.bsky.social
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April 4, 2025 at 3:40 AM
For federal workers who have been laid off:
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Some exciting news from @economist.com. All American service members—all 1.3m active duty, and those retired—now have free access to The Economist's website, thanks to a deal with DoD. If I'm not mistaken, you can access it through DoD's library pages: www.dodmwrlibraries.org. Happy reading.
DoD MWR Libraries
www.dodmwrlibraries.org
November 22, 2024 at 11:32 AM
Some exciting news from @economist.com. All American service members—all 1.3m active duty, and those retired—now have free access to The Economist's website, thanks to a deal with DoD. If I'm not mistaken, you can access it through DoD's library pages: www.dodmwrlibraries.org. Happy reading.
The ISA International Security Studies Section still seeks Emerging Scholar Award nominations (<45 years old or <15 years from PhD). Nominating's easy, & receiving the award has real impact at an important career stage. Consider sending a name in by this Friday! www.isanet.org/Programs/Awa...
ISSS Emerging Scholar Award
www.isanet.org
September 24, 2024 at 3:33 PM
The ISA International Security Studies Section still seeks Emerging Scholar Award nominations (<45 years old or <15 years from PhD). Nominating's easy, & receiving the award has real impact at an important career stage. Consider sending a name in by this Friday! www.isanet.org/Programs/Awa...
I argue in Foreign Affairs (ungated!) that while there are many reasons to defend Taiwan, the island's military value for China is not one of them.
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www.foreignaffairs.com/taiwan/taiwa...
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www.foreignaffairs.com/taiwan/taiwa...
The Taiwan Fallacy
American power does not hinge on a single island.
www.foreignaffairs.com
August 7, 2024 at 2:18 PM
I argue in Foreign Affairs (ungated!) that while there are many reasons to defend Taiwan, the island's military value for China is not one of them.
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www.foreignaffairs.com/taiwan/taiwa...
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www.foreignaffairs.com/taiwan/taiwa...
In a coin flip election, if it's dangerous to be the last billionaire to endorse one potential winner but makes relatively little difference whether or not you endorsed the other, your dominant strategy is pretty clear. 🌐
July 21, 2024 at 1:07 PM
In a coin flip election, if it's dangerous to be the last billionaire to endorse one potential winner but makes relatively little difference whether or not you endorsed the other, your dominant strategy is pretty clear. 🌐
Colleagues! Just over a week to the submission deadline. It's a great small conference with well-attended panels on topics across security studies with a wide variety of scholars at all levels of their career and from all parts of the globe. In a great city to boot! 🌐
www.isanet.org/Conferences/...
www.isanet.org/Conferences/...
ISSS-IS Pittsburgh 2024: Call for Proposals
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June 7, 2024 at 9:39 AM
Colleagues! Just over a week to the submission deadline. It's a great small conference with well-attended panels on topics across security studies with a wide variety of scholars at all levels of their career and from all parts of the globe. In a great city to boot! 🌐
www.isanet.org/Conferences/...
www.isanet.org/Conferences/...
Yanna Krupnikov and I have an article out in the APSR! Bottom line: women generally have a harder time than men changing the public's mind about security. And while the public credits both men and women veterans with higher leadership, it doesn't listen to them on security either. 🌐
t.co/LtkjIkKyKO
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May 7, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Yanna Krupnikov and I have an article out in the APSR! Bottom line: women generally have a harder time than men changing the public's mind about security. And while the public credits both men and women veterans with higher leadership, it doesn't listen to them on security either. 🌐
t.co/LtkjIkKyKO
t.co/LtkjIkKyKO
Colleagues in security studies: this is your last day to vote in the ISA @ISSS_ISA governing council election. Please make your voice heard as we choose the scholars who will shape the future of our large and diverse subfield. Thank you! www.isanet.org/ISA/Sections...
ISSS Officer Election
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February 20, 2024 at 6:47 PM
Colleagues in security studies: this is your last day to vote in the ISA @ISSS_ISA governing council election. Please make your voice heard as we choose the scholars who will shape the future of our large and diverse subfield. Thank you! www.isanet.org/ISA/Sections...