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Ryan Grauer
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Associate Professor of International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh. Writes and thinks about war. Proud Chicago resident. Jayhawks and (Chicago) Sky fan.
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October 23, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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It's easy to see this speech as just weirdly performative, but there's a lot more—and a lot worse—going on here.

The meeting & speeches are part of a larger project aimed at promoting the military leadership’s partisan alignment with the administration.

How? 1/
Hegseth: "If the words I'm speaking today are making your heart sink, they you should do the honorable thing and resign."
September 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:
September 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Today’s the deadline: submit your nominee for the ISSS Emerging Scholar Award today! @isss-isa.bsky.social @isanet.bsky.social
Colleagues: Do you know an emerging security studies scholar that deserves wide recognition? Are you such a scholar? Submit your nomination for the @isss-isa.bsky.social Emerging Scholar Award by September 15! www.isanet.org/Programs/Awa...
ISSS Emerging Scholar Award
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September 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Reminder: The deadline to nominate the person you think is most deserving of the ISSS Emerging Scholar Award is September 15! www.isanet.org/Programs/Awa...
September 8, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Reminder: The deadline to nominate the person you think is most deserving of the ISSS Emerging Scholar Award is September 15! www.isanet.org/Programs/Awa...
September 8, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Proud to be represented by both Duckworth and Pritzker.
Take off that Cavalry hat, you draft dodger.

You didn’t earn the right to wear it.

Stolen valor at its worst.
September 6, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.

This is not a joke. This is not normal.

Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
September 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Illinois Gov. Pritzker ahead of Trump National Guard deployment:

"To Chicagoans... Look out for your communities and your neighbours. Know your rights. Film things that you see happening... Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America."
September 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I am glad to have Pritzker fighting back. Federalized troops do not belong anywhere near Chicago, and certainly not in service of an addled wannabe dictator’s 1970s and ‘80s-inspired fever dreams.
In the coming days, we expect to see what's playing out in LA and DC happen in Chicago.

These efforts are not about fighting crime or making communities safer.

This is about Donald Trump testing his power and producing political drama to cover up his own corruption.
September 2, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Colleagues: Do you know an emerging security studies scholar that deserves wide recognition? Are you such a scholar? Submit your nomination for the @isss-isa.bsky.social Emerging Scholar Award by September 15! www.isanet.org/Programs/Awa...
ISSS Emerging Scholar Award
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September 2, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I am delighted to announce that the first H-Diplo|RJISSF roundtable I have had the pleasure to organize has been published! Check out the discussion of @tanishafazal.bsky.social’s excellent book, Military Medicine and the Hidden Costs of War, here: networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
H-Diplo|RJISSF Roundtable 16-41 on Fazal, _Military Medicine and the Hidden Costs of War_ | H-Net
H-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies ForumRoundtable Review 16-41 Tanisha M. Fazal, Military Medicine and the Hidden Costs of War. Oxford University Press, 2024. ISBN: 9780190057473....
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May 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Thinking about the prospects of waging war with partners? Consider lessons from history about the centrality of logistics! New, from @rosellacappella.bsky.social and me, in an Open Access book about the role of the Marines in future wars, edited by Joanna Siekiera. www.usmcu.edu/Outreach/Mar...
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April 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Operation Rolling Plunder
Exclusive: Members of Donald Trump’s incoming economic team are discussing slowly ramping up tariffs month by month, a gradual approach aimed at boosting negotiating leverage while helping avoid a spike in inflation
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Members of President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming economic team are discussing slowly ramping up tariffs month by month, a gradual approach aimed at boosting negotiating leverage while helping avoid ...
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January 14, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Colleagues: submissions close tomorrow! Come join us at the Joint ISSS-IS Annual Conference in Pittsburgh this October 24-26 to present your work on International Security, get feedback, and network! www.isanet.org/Conferences/...
ISSS-IS Annual Conference 2024, Pittsburgh
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June 14, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Colleagues—the next ISSS-IS Annual Conference on International Security will be held 24-26 October 2024 in Pittsburgh, PA! Submissions are due soon—15 June 2024. I am Program Chair and Host; please reach out with any questions. www.isanet.org/Conferences/...
ISSS-IS Annual Conference 2024, Pittsburgh
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May 22, 2024 at 6:26 PM
The Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh is hiring! We are looking for an expert in International Security. We start reviewing applications October 1 (see below)! Feel free to contact me with any questions. Polisky

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September 25, 2023 at 12:01 PM
Am making the move over…still learning about lists and feeds here. I am looking forward to seeing the discussion on this platform, though! @profmusgrave.bsky.social
September 25, 2023 at 10:55 AM