Jordan Becker
@jordanbecker.bsky.social
I teach and do social science, and direct a social science research lab @WestPoint. Personal account; I'm in the Army but don't speak for it here! @CSDS Brussels; IHEDN Chaire ECODEF
https://www.westpoint.edu/social-sciences/profile/jordan_becker
https://www.westpoint.edu/social-sciences/profile/jordan_becker
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🧵1/5 Happy to report that this article has an issue in @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1177/0022...
Abstract
Why do countries mutually agree to constraints on their behavior? Why do they comply with such constraints in the absence of enforcement mechanisms?
doi.org/10.1177/0022...
Abstract
Why do countries mutually agree to constraints on their behavior? Why do they comply with such constraints in the absence of enforcement mechanisms?
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Grad students in political science and other social sciences! Consider applying to the great 2-week summer program in Qualitative and Multi-Method Research at Syracuse. Info is here:
www.maxwell.syr.edu/research/cen...
www.maxwell.syr.edu/research/cen...
Institute for Qualitative & Multi-Method Research
www.maxwell.syr.edu
October 24, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Grad students in political science and other social sciences! Consider applying to the great 2-week summer program in Qualitative and Multi-Method Research at Syracuse. Info is here:
www.maxwell.syr.edu/research/cen...
www.maxwell.syr.edu/research/cen...
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It’s true generally but here even more so: for anyone who received an award or honor, there are dozens more who would have been worthy
Reviewing, and doing it well, is one of the best services one can do to our profession. Massive thanks to the winners of the #ecsr2025 Best Reviewer Award: @saidhassan.bsky.social, @katyaoivanova.bsky.social, Nicole Schwitter
September 4, 2025 at 9:26 AM
It’s true generally but here even more so: for anyone who received an award or honor, there are dozens more who would have been worthy
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In Brussels in September? Come along! ukandeu.ac.uk/events/the-f...
The future of UK-EU relations - UK in a changing Europe
Join UK in a Changing Europe and The Open University in Brussels as they bring together leading academics, think tankers, officials and journalists in Brussels to discuss UK-EU relations.
ukandeu.ac.uk
August 20, 2025 at 8:39 AM
In Brussels in September? Come along! ukandeu.ac.uk/events/the-f...
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Re-upping this great opportunity for junior scholars working on conflict and international security using quantitative methods to present research, including practice job talks — apply to @jqconworkshop.bsky.social by August 14
📢 CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS | Junior Scholars in Quantitative Conflict Workshop Fall 2025
PhD students, postdocs & junior faculty: Present your research/practice job talk!
🗓️ Virtual: 1st & 3rd Thursdays, 1pm ET
📝 Deadline: Aug 14
Application below:
#PoliSci #polisky #JobMarket #ConflictStudies
PhD students, postdocs & junior faculty: Present your research/practice job talk!
🗓️ Virtual: 1st & 3rd Thursdays, 1pm ET
📝 Deadline: Aug 14
Application below:
#PoliSci #polisky #JobMarket #ConflictStudies
Junior Scholars in Quantitative Conflict Workshop Submission
We are now accepting submissions for the Fall 2025 sessions of the Junior Scholars in Quantitative Conflict Workshop! This virtual workshop provides a supportive space for junior scholars (PhD candida...
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August 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Re-upping this great opportunity for junior scholars working on conflict and international security using quantitative methods to present research, including practice job talks — apply to @jqconworkshop.bsky.social by August 14
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This is why the extra 1.5% of GDP on defense-related expenditures is absolutely necessary and could be quite useful.
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Europe’s roads and rail unfit for war with Russia, EU transport chief warns
Brussels aims to spend €17bn on upgrading transport networks to be prepared for conflict
on.ft.com
July 29, 2025 at 12:04 PM
This is why the extra 1.5% of GDP on defense-related expenditures is absolutely necessary and could be quite useful.
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on.ft.com/41b8ytg
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📢 CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS | Junior Scholars in Quantitative Conflict Workshop Fall 2025
PhD students, postdocs & junior faculty: Present your research/practice job talk!
🗓️ Virtual: 1st & 3rd Thursdays, 1pm ET
📝 Deadline: Aug 14
Application below:
#PoliSci #polisky #JobMarket #ConflictStudies
PhD students, postdocs & junior faculty: Present your research/practice job talk!
🗓️ Virtual: 1st & 3rd Thursdays, 1pm ET
📝 Deadline: Aug 14
Application below:
#PoliSci #polisky #JobMarket #ConflictStudies
Junior Scholars in Quantitative Conflict Workshop Submission
We are now accepting submissions for the Fall 2025 sessions of the Junior Scholars in Quantitative Conflict Workshop! This virtual workshop provides a supportive space for junior scholars (PhD candida...
iu.co1.qualtrics.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
📢 CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS | Junior Scholars in Quantitative Conflict Workshop Fall 2025
PhD students, postdocs & junior faculty: Present your research/practice job talk!
🗓️ Virtual: 1st & 3rd Thursdays, 1pm ET
📝 Deadline: Aug 14
Application below:
#PoliSci #polisky #JobMarket #ConflictStudies
PhD students, postdocs & junior faculty: Present your research/practice job talk!
🗓️ Virtual: 1st & 3rd Thursdays, 1pm ET
📝 Deadline: Aug 14
Application below:
#PoliSci #polisky #JobMarket #ConflictStudies
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📣 Terrific and supportive opportunity from @jqconworkshop.bsky.social for junior scholars working on conflict and international security using quantitative methods to present research, including practice job talks 📣
📢 CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS | Junior Scholars in Quantitative Conflict Workshop Fall 2025
PhD students, postdocs & junior faculty: Present your research/practice job talk!
🗓️ Virtual: 1st & 3rd Thursdays, 1pm ET
📝 Deadline: Aug 14
Application below:
#PoliSci #polisky #JobMarket #ConflictStudies
PhD students, postdocs & junior faculty: Present your research/practice job talk!
🗓️ Virtual: 1st & 3rd Thursdays, 1pm ET
📝 Deadline: Aug 14
Application below:
#PoliSci #polisky #JobMarket #ConflictStudies
Junior Scholars in Quantitative Conflict Workshop Submission
We are now accepting submissions for the Fall 2025 sessions of the Junior Scholars in Quantitative Conflict Workshop! This virtual workshop provides a supportive space for junior scholars (PhD candida...
iu.co1.qualtrics.com
July 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
📣 Terrific and supportive opportunity from @jqconworkshop.bsky.social for junior scholars working on conflict and international security using quantitative methods to present research, including practice job talks 📣
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🚨 ISSS is accepting award nominations through September 15, 2025, for the following section awards:
🏆 Book Award
🏆 Best Security Article Award
🏆 Patricia Weitsman Award for Outstanding ISSS Graduate Student Paper
🏆 ISSS Emerging Scholar Award
All details here: www.isanet.org/Programs/Awa...
🏆 Book Award
🏆 Best Security Article Award
🏆 Patricia Weitsman Award for Outstanding ISSS Graduate Student Paper
🏆 ISSS Emerging Scholar Award
All details here: www.isanet.org/Programs/Awa...
Award List
www.isanet.org
July 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
🚨 ISSS is accepting award nominations through September 15, 2025, for the following section awards:
🏆 Book Award
🏆 Best Security Article Award
🏆 Patricia Weitsman Award for Outstanding ISSS Graduate Student Paper
🏆 ISSS Emerging Scholar Award
All details here: www.isanet.org/Programs/Awa...
🏆 Book Award
🏆 Best Security Article Award
🏆 Patricia Weitsman Award for Outstanding ISSS Graduate Student Paper
🏆 ISSS Emerging Scholar Award
All details here: www.isanet.org/Programs/Awa...
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July 26, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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This week's @wpr.bsky.social column wasn't about illustrating general IR concepts, so much as it was about addressing a pressing current issue.
But I did draw a bit from some of my recent research on alliances, primarily NATO specifically. Specifically...
But I did draw a bit from some of my recent research on alliances, primarily NATO specifically. Specifically...
The U.S. Won’t Abandon Europe
A whirlwind week left observers writing the trans-Atlantic alliance’s eulogy. But the U.S., even under Trump, isn’t interested in abandoning Europe.
www.worldpoliticsreview.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This week's @wpr.bsky.social column wasn't about illustrating general IR concepts, so much as it was about addressing a pressing current issue.
But I did draw a bit from some of my recent research on alliances, primarily NATO specifically. Specifically...
But I did draw a bit from some of my recent research on alliances, primarily NATO specifically. Specifically...
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New article: For the Times They Are A‐Changin': Towards a ‘Homeland Economics’ Paradigm of the European Union? - Brockenhuus‐Schack; Nedergaard - JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #dkpol
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 19, 2025 at 7:50 AM
New article: For the Times They Are A‐Changin': Towards a ‘Homeland Economics’ Paradigm of the European Union? - Brockenhuus‐Schack; Nedergaard - JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #dkpol
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Yesterday, our researcher Lotje Boswinkel was in Santander as part of the annual "Spain in the World" gathering, organised by the Spanish MFA and UIMP. Lotje discussed European security and shifts in the global order.
More info🔸 www.uimp.es/en/ @lotjeboswinkel.bsky.social
More info🔸 www.uimp.es/en/ @lotjeboswinkel.bsky.social
July 15, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Yesterday, our researcher Lotje Boswinkel was in Santander as part of the annual "Spain in the World" gathering, organised by the Spanish MFA and UIMP. Lotje discussed European security and shifts in the global order.
More info🔸 www.uimp.es/en/ @lotjeboswinkel.bsky.social
More info🔸 www.uimp.es/en/ @lotjeboswinkel.bsky.social
More gold. New favorite substack. Particularly important for those of us straddling academe and policy.
George Orwell warned: bad writing leads to bad thinking.
Academia trains us to write for journals, not the public.
Clarity feels risky, because it exposes us.
But clear communication is essential for democracy.
So how do we do it?
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New post 👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/why-clarit...
Academia trains us to write for journals, not the public.
Clarity feels risky, because it exposes us.
But clear communication is essential for democracy.
So how do we do it?
🧵
New post 👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/why-clarit...
Why Clarity Feels Dangerous (Especially If You’re an Academic)
The Hardest Work in Writing Is Saying What You Really Mean
catherineeunicedevries.substack.com
July 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
More gold. New favorite substack. Particularly important for those of us straddling academe and policy.
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We've got an article in here! @profpaulpoast.bsky.social Tim Haesebrouck and I that is...
bsky.app/profile/jord...
bsky.app/profile/jord...
As JPR's Editorial Office heads into the summer break, we are excited to share that we have just published our largest issue yet!
👉 Check out the July issue here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/JPR/curr...
We will be back in early August - until then, happy reading and a peaceful summer! 🌞
👉 Check out the July issue here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/JPR/curr...
We will be back in early August - until then, happy reading and a peaceful summer! 🌞
July 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
We've got an article in here! @profpaulpoast.bsky.social Tim Haesebrouck and I that is...
bsky.app/profile/jord...
bsky.app/profile/jord...
We've got an article in here! @profpaulpoast.bsky.social Tim Haesebrouck and I that is...
bsky.app/profile/jord...
bsky.app/profile/jord...
As JPR's Editorial Office heads into the summer break, we are excited to share that we have just published our largest issue yet!
👉 Check out the July issue here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/JPR/curr...
We will be back in early August - until then, happy reading and a peaceful summer! 🌞
👉 Check out the July issue here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/JPR/curr...
We will be back in early August - until then, happy reading and a peaceful summer! 🌞
July 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
We've got an article in here! @profpaulpoast.bsky.social Tim Haesebrouck and I that is...
bsky.app/profile/jord...
bsky.app/profile/jord...
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As JPR's Editorial Office heads into the summer break, we are excited to share that we have just published our largest issue yet!
👉 Check out the July issue here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/JPR/curr...
We will be back in early August - until then, happy reading and a peaceful summer! 🌞
👉 Check out the July issue here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/JPR/curr...
We will be back in early August - until then, happy reading and a peaceful summer! 🌞
July 7, 2025 at 11:54 AM
As JPR's Editorial Office heads into the summer break, we are excited to share that we have just published our largest issue yet!
👉 Check out the July issue here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/JPR/curr...
We will be back in early August - until then, happy reading and a peaceful summer! 🌞
👉 Check out the July issue here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/JPR/curr...
We will be back in early August - until then, happy reading and a peaceful summer! 🌞
🧵1/5 Happy to report that this article has an issue in @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1177/0022...
Abstract
Why do countries mutually agree to constraints on their behavior? Why do they comply with such constraints in the absence of enforcement mechanisms?
doi.org/10.1177/0022...
Abstract
Why do countries mutually agree to constraints on their behavior? Why do they comply with such constraints in the absence of enforcement mechanisms?
July 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🧵1/5 Happy to report that this article has an issue in @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1177/0022...
Abstract
Why do countries mutually agree to constraints on their behavior? Why do they comply with such constraints in the absence of enforcement mechanisms?
doi.org/10.1177/0022...
Abstract
Why do countries mutually agree to constraints on their behavior? Why do they comply with such constraints in the absence of enforcement mechanisms?
Words to (try to) live by
I’m at the European Political Science Association Annual Meeting, participating in a mental health roundtable. 🧠💬
It’s made me reflect on how to approach supervision and mentoring in order to shape the well-being and growth of scholars.
👉🏽 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/the-two-my...
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It’s made me reflect on how to approach supervision and mentoring in order to shape the well-being and growth of scholars.
👉🏽 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/the-two-my...
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The Two Myths That Hold Writers Back And How to Move Past Them
Rethinking How We Train Scholars Through Skillpower and Stretch
catherineeunicedevries.substack.com
June 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Words to (try to) live by
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🧵 Hiring 2 PhDs in political science!
Join my ERC project DEMO-LIES
@uantwerpen.be
🇧🇪
We study how politicians accuse each other of lying/disinfo — and how citizens react: Does it erode trust? Polarize? Mobilize? 🧠🗳️
💥 4-yr fully funded
📅 Start: Oct/Nov 2025
🗓️ Deadline: 21 Aug
Details + apply 👇
Join my ERC project DEMO-LIES
@uantwerpen.be
🇧🇪
We study how politicians accuse each other of lying/disinfo — and how citizens react: Does it erode trust? Polarize? Mobilize? 🧠🗳️
💥 4-yr fully funded
📅 Start: Oct/Nov 2025
🗓️ Deadline: 21 Aug
Details + apply 👇
Doctoral scholarship holders in political science | University of Antwerp
YUFE vacancies
www.uantwerpen.be
June 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
🧵 Hiring 2 PhDs in political science!
Join my ERC project DEMO-LIES
@uantwerpen.be
🇧🇪
We study how politicians accuse each other of lying/disinfo — and how citizens react: Does it erode trust? Polarize? Mobilize? 🧠🗳️
💥 4-yr fully funded
📅 Start: Oct/Nov 2025
🗓️ Deadline: 21 Aug
Details + apply 👇
Join my ERC project DEMO-LIES
@uantwerpen.be
🇧🇪
We study how politicians accuse each other of lying/disinfo — and how citizens react: Does it erode trust? Polarize? Mobilize? 🧠🗳️
💥 4-yr fully funded
📅 Start: Oct/Nov 2025
🗓️ Deadline: 21 Aug
Details + apply 👇
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Slightly belatedly sharing this H-Diplo roundtable honoring the contributions of the late Owen Cote. Contributions from Barry Posen, Steve Miller, Phil Haun, @fiona-cunningham.bsky.social, Lena Andrews, Austin Long, and myself.
We miss Owen everyday.
networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
We miss Owen everyday.
networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
H-Diplo|RJISSF Tribute to the Scholarship and Legacy of Owen R. Coté, Jr. | H-Net
H-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studvies ForumTribute to the Scholarship and Legacy of Owen R. Coté, Jr.
networks.h-net.org
June 26, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Slightly belatedly sharing this H-Diplo roundtable honoring the contributions of the late Owen Cote. Contributions from Barry Posen, Steve Miller, Phil Haun, @fiona-cunningham.bsky.social, Lena Andrews, Austin Long, and myself.
We miss Owen everyday.
networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
We miss Owen everyday.
networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
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📢 On June 6, #EISS Founding Director Hugo Meijer gave a lecture at the College de France titled “The Origins of War and Peace in the Human Species”, based on his forthcoming book to be published by Cambridge University Press in 2026!
🎥 youtu.be/UWW9aMu9mzI?...
🎥 youtu.be/UWW9aMu9mzI?...
June 24, 2025 at 11:17 AM
📢 On June 6, #EISS Founding Director Hugo Meijer gave a lecture at the College de France titled “The Origins of War and Peace in the Human Species”, based on his forthcoming book to be published by Cambridge University Press in 2026!
🎥 youtu.be/UWW9aMu9mzI?...
🎥 youtu.be/UWW9aMu9mzI?...
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Join us for a public panel by the Jean Monnet Summer School on the future of EU–US relations.
🗓 30/6
🕒 15:30–16:45 CET
📍 VUB Campus Etterbeek, Auditorium I.0.01
👉 Register: ow.ly/k1m750WfohV
#BSoG #TransatlanticRelations
🗓 30/6
🕒 15:30–16:45 CET
📍 VUB Campus Etterbeek, Auditorium I.0.01
👉 Register: ow.ly/k1m750WfohV
#BSoG #TransatlanticRelations
June 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Join us for a public panel by the Jean Monnet Summer School on the future of EU–US relations.
🗓 30/6
🕒 15:30–16:45 CET
📍 VUB Campus Etterbeek, Auditorium I.0.01
👉 Register: ow.ly/k1m750WfohV
#BSoG #TransatlanticRelations
🗓 30/6
🕒 15:30–16:45 CET
📍 VUB Campus Etterbeek, Auditorium I.0.01
👉 Register: ow.ly/k1m750WfohV
#BSoG #TransatlanticRelations
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Under greater pressure, younger cohorts increase the rate at which they publish articles significantly, and do so by placing a higher relative premium on high-impact factor journals (i.e., they don't flood low-impact journals). Since something must give, they publish fewer books and book chapters.
June 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Under greater pressure, younger cohorts increase the rate at which they publish articles significantly, and do so by placing a higher relative premium on high-impact factor journals (i.e., they don't flood low-impact journals). Since something must give, they publish fewer books and book chapters.
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How do structural incentives, such as job scarcity and metric-based evaluation, shape the questions scholars ask, the methods they use to answer them, and the outlets they prioritize to publish their work?
We have an updated draft answering these questions: osf.io/preprints/os...
We have an updated draft answering these questions: osf.io/preprints/os...
June 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
How do structural incentives, such as job scarcity and metric-based evaluation, shape the questions scholars ask, the methods they use to answer them, and the outlets they prioritize to publish their work?
We have an updated draft answering these questions: osf.io/preprints/os...
We have an updated draft answering these questions: osf.io/preprints/os...
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Most literature reviews miss the point.
Not because they’re sloppy.
But because they treat the literature like a box to tick.
In my latest Respect the Marble Post, I carve out a 6-step process to writing a meaningful lit review:
catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/most-liter...
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Not because they’re sloppy.
But because they treat the literature like a box to tick.
In my latest Respect the Marble Post, I carve out a 6-step process to writing a meaningful lit review:
catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/most-liter...
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Most Literature Reviews Miss the Point. Don’t Let Yours
Critically Engaging Past Work to Confidently Shape Your Own
catherineeunicedevries.substack.com
June 24, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Most literature reviews miss the point.
Not because they’re sloppy.
But because they treat the literature like a box to tick.
In my latest Respect the Marble Post, I carve out a 6-step process to writing a meaningful lit review:
catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/most-liter...
🧵
Not because they’re sloppy.
But because they treat the literature like a box to tick.
In my latest Respect the Marble Post, I carve out a 6-step process to writing a meaningful lit review:
catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/most-liter...
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