Joseph Huddleston
@joehud.bsky.social
Associate Professor at @setonhall.bsky.social Diplomacy. Teaches conflict, nationalism, methods. Researches separatism, diplomacy, civilians. Yes I will belay you.
I love the 1800s garden graveyards. Such a great concept.
November 11, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I love the 1800s garden graveyards. Such a great concept.
This is lovely, Steve. Brandon was a great colleague, and we are really feeling the loss at SHU School of Diplomacy. He got a lot done in his two short years here, including taking over as director of DiploLab and coauthoring several pieces with students.
March 29, 2025 at 10:05 AM
This is lovely, Steve. Brandon was a great colleague, and we are really feeling the loss at SHU School of Diplomacy. He got a lot done in his two short years here, including taking over as director of DiploLab and coauthoring several pieces with students.
Thank you, Sebastian!
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Andrea, I agree with you, and we grappled with this question a lot. Our framework leaves room for mindful advocacy.
Here's my thread from last week: bsky.app/profile/joeh...
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Andrea, I agree with you, and we grappled with this question a lot. Our framework leaves room for mindful advocacy.
Here's my thread from last week: bsky.app/profile/joeh...
January 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Thank you, Sebastian!
Link for free access (can be used 50 times total):
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/6AZGX...
Andrea, I agree with you, and we grappled with this question a lot. Our framework leaves room for mindful advocacy.
Here's my thread from last week: bsky.app/profile/joeh...
Link for free access (can be used 50 times total):
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/6AZGX...
Andrea, I agree with you, and we grappled with this question a lot. Our framework leaves room for mindful advocacy.
Here's my thread from last week: bsky.app/profile/joeh...
Best place to read rebel marketing is Cliff Bob's work, one of the originals on the topic.
Interesting thing to consider re:terrorism. I guess it depends on whether we treat "terrorist" as merely a slur versus an empirical descriptor. A lot of these groups do use terrorism as one of their tactics.
Interesting thing to consider re:terrorism. I guess it depends on whether we treat "terrorist" as merely a slur versus an empirical descriptor. A lot of these groups do use terrorism as one of their tactics.
December 27, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Best place to read rebel marketing is Cliff Bob's work, one of the originals on the topic.
Interesting thing to consider re:terrorism. I guess it depends on whether we treat "terrorist" as merely a slur versus an empirical descriptor. A lot of these groups do use terrorism as one of their tactics.
Interesting thing to consider re:terrorism. I guess it depends on whether we treat "terrorist" as merely a slur versus an empirical descriptor. A lot of these groups do use terrorism as one of their tactics.
All this, and many other good articles, in CSD's latest special issue on Ethics and the Study of Armed Actors. www.tandfonline.com/toc/ccsd20/2...
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Conflict, Security & Development
Research Ethics and the Study of Armed Actors. Volume 24, Issue 6 of Conflict, Security & Development
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December 26, 2024 at 9:07 PM
All this, and many other good articles, in CSD's latest special issue on Ethics and the Study of Armed Actors. www.tandfonline.com/toc/ccsd20/2...
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Finally, we don't think these concerns mean all rebel marketing is bad. Sometimes, the rebels might be better than the state and legitimizing them might be straightforwardly ethical. That's a separate debate. We just want conflict scholars to intentionally think about this ethical consideration.
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December 26, 2024 at 9:07 PM
Finally, we don't think these concerns mean all rebel marketing is bad. Sometimes, the rebels might be better than the state and legitimizing them might be straightforwardly ethical. That's a separate debate. We just want conflict scholars to intentionally think about this ethical consideration.
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We don't have complete answers to the question of what to do about this. Definitely don't stop doing research. But DO think about how your work is useful to these actors, and DO be aware of biases built into your data collection during fieldwork.
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December 26, 2024 at 9:07 PM
We don't have complete answers to the question of what to do about this. Definitely don't stop doing research. But DO think about how your work is useful to these actors, and DO be aware of biases built into your data collection during fieldwork.
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Moreover, many scholars are incentivized to write for larger audiences, so these effects can be magnified. And rebel leaders themselves read and cite our work more than you might think, and may directly use it in their marketing efforts.
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December 26, 2024 at 9:07 PM
Moreover, many scholars are incentivized to write for larger audiences, so these effects can be magnified. And rebel leaders themselves read and cite our work more than you might think, and may directly use it in their marketing efforts.
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Next, this might be true even if scholars' (and journalists') coverage is negative, or normatively condemnatory. It can still raise their profiles and give them bargaining leverage, like it did severe abuse by rebels in the DRC.
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December 26, 2024 at 9:07 PM
Next, this might be true even if scholars' (and journalists') coverage is negative, or normatively condemnatory. It can still raise their profiles and give them bargaining leverage, like it did severe abuse by rebels in the DRC.
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I don't like long threads, so let me keep it punchy. Our first point is that scholarship on rebels can be useful as rebel legitimation. Our work sometimes inadvertently plays into their hands, and conflict scholars need to think about how.
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December 26, 2024 at 9:07 PM
I don't like long threads, so let me keep it punchy. Our first point is that scholarship on rebels can be useful as rebel legitimation. Our work sometimes inadvertently plays into their hands, and conflict scholars need to think about how.
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Cliff Bob's book famously put journalism, TV, and other media in the category of marketing by rebel groups, but what about scholarship? Does it matter that our research is sometimes useful to violent nonstate actors? When and how is scholarship useful to them, and what can scholars do about it?
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December 26, 2024 at 9:07 PM
Cliff Bob's book famously put journalism, TV, and other media in the category of marketing by rebel groups, but what about scholarship? Does it matter that our research is sometimes useful to violent nonstate actors? When and how is scholarship useful to them, and what can scholars do about it?
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I've seen plenty of AI slop, and I too, hate it. And very much agreed about writing=thinking. But that's not the point in question here, is it?
But I didn't see @afinetheorem.bsky.social advocating writing substitution use cases. It seems clear to me it's designed to complement instruction.
But I didn't see @afinetheorem.bsky.social advocating writing substitution use cases. It seems clear to me it's designed to complement instruction.
December 15, 2024 at 2:22 PM
I've seen plenty of AI slop, and I too, hate it. And very much agreed about writing=thinking. But that's not the point in question here, is it?
But I didn't see @afinetheorem.bsky.social advocating writing substitution use cases. It seems clear to me it's designed to complement instruction.
But I didn't see @afinetheorem.bsky.social advocating writing substitution use cases. It seems clear to me it's designed to complement instruction.
But I get that others are worried that admin will then saddle me with a 4-4, not hire people. etc. I also worry about that.
December 15, 2024 at 1:19 PM
But I get that others are worried that admin will then saddle me with a 4-4, not hire people. etc. I also worry about that.
It does seem like it wouldn't help much at all in writing classes, but seems great for my methods class, even parts of my conflict class.
If a chat can answer the midnight qs like "When is our final?" and "Which assignment counts the most?", my life would get easier. 3-3 is a lot of work!
If a chat can answer the midnight qs like "When is our final?" and "Which assignment counts the most?", my life would get easier. 3-3 is a lot of work!
December 15, 2024 at 1:18 PM
It does seem like it wouldn't help much at all in writing classes, but seems great for my methods class, even parts of my conflict class.
If a chat can answer the midnight qs like "When is our final?" and "Which assignment counts the most?", my life would get easier. 3-3 is a lot of work!
If a chat can answer the midnight qs like "When is our final?" and "Which assignment counts the most?", my life would get easier. 3-3 is a lot of work!
It's what everyone hates me for!
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December 15, 2024 at 1:13 PM
It's what everyone hates me for!
It's real colleagues, who are behaving as trolls and undermining any conversation about their important and (perhaps) dire point. Like he said, it's an empirical question, but all I see is assertion w/o evidence.
This tool looks useful for at least a few courses at my R2 (where there's no TAs).
This tool looks useful for at least a few courses at my R2 (where there's no TAs).
December 15, 2024 at 12:21 PM
It's real colleagues, who are behaving as trolls and undermining any conversation about their important and (perhaps) dire point. Like he said, it's an empirical question, but all I see is assertion w/o evidence.
This tool looks useful for at least a few courses at my R2 (where there's no TAs).
This tool looks useful for at least a few courses at my R2 (where there's no TAs).