Adam Lappe
@adamlappe.bsky.social
Political Science PhD student at U Iowa studying international conflict and border securitization
Visited the DMZ after IPSA Korea. One international border visit down, a little over 300 to go!
July 17, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Visited the DMZ after IPSA Korea. One international border visit down, a little over 300 to go!
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The legal prohibition against territorial conquest is a pillar of the current global legal order. Too bad it's dying.
My latest for @wpr.bsky.social.
My latest for @wpr.bsky.social.
The Norm Against Territorial Conquest Is in Its Death Throes
The norm against territorial conquest has underpinned the post-World War II rules-based order. But it now seems to be weakening.
www.worldpoliticsreview.com
April 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The legal prohibition against territorial conquest is a pillar of the current global legal order. Too bad it's dying.
My latest for @wpr.bsky.social.
My latest for @wpr.bsky.social.
Argentina joins many other countries in ramping up its physical border security by planning a fence on its Bolivian border. Bolivia says this could affect the peaceful coexistence between the two countries! I am hoping to explore cases like this in my dissertation!
www.google.com/amp/s/buenos...
www.google.com/amp/s/buenos...
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April 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Argentina joins many other countries in ramping up its physical border security by planning a fence on its Bolivian border. Bolivia says this could affect the peaceful coexistence between the two countries! I am hoping to explore cases like this in my dissertation!
www.google.com/amp/s/buenos...
www.google.com/amp/s/buenos...
Reposted by Adam Lappe
DoD terminates Minerva grants and State Dept eliminates Title VIII summer language institutes on the same day. Coming on the heels of COVID, there’s going to be gaping holes in international expertise in the US for a generation.
/slow clap
/slow clap
February 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
DoD terminates Minerva grants and State Dept eliminates Title VIII summer language institutes on the same day. Coming on the heels of COVID, there’s going to be gaping holes in international expertise in the US for a generation.
/slow clap
/slow clap
Reposted by Adam Lappe
“The aggressor is always peace-loving… he would prefer to take over our country unopposed.”
-Clausewitz
One of my favorite quotes about international power politics and war, fitting all too well here.
-Clausewitz
One of my favorite quotes about international power politics and war, fitting all too well here.
I love how the outrage here is that federal employees refused to let Musk’s minions from DOGE — a bullshit private body that has absolutely no right to access this info — have open access to federal systems.
It’s like getting indignant that a mugger’s victim had the audacity to resist.
It’s like getting indignant that a mugger’s victim had the audacity to resist.
Absolute insanity.
February 3, 2025 at 5:46 AM
“The aggressor is always peace-loving… he would prefer to take over our country unopposed.”
-Clausewitz
One of my favorite quotes about international power politics and war, fitting all too well here.
-Clausewitz
One of my favorite quotes about international power politics and war, fitting all too well here.