Pierre Colautti
@pierrecolautti.bsky.social
PhD candidate at @universitelaval.bsky.social.
Working on Foreign & Defence Policy, Alliance dynamics, and Cohesion.
Working on Foreign & Defence Policy, Alliance dynamics, and Cohesion.
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@carotorreblanca.bsky.social , Will Dinneen, and my paper entitled "Political Science Under Pressure: Competition and Collaboration in a Growing Discipline, 2003-2023" has been (conditionally) accepted at @poppublicsphere.bsky.social.
This paper has been a labor of love. osf.io/preprints/os...
This paper has been a labor of love. osf.io/preprints/os...
October 7, 2025 at 9:13 AM
@carotorreblanca.bsky.social , Will Dinneen, and my paper entitled "Political Science Under Pressure: Competition and Collaboration in a Growing Discipline, 2003-2023" has been (conditionally) accepted at @poppublicsphere.bsky.social.
This paper has been a labor of love. osf.io/preprints/os...
This paper has been a labor of love. osf.io/preprints/os...
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New paper! @william-dinneen.bsky.social @guygrossman.bsky.social Yiqing Xu and I use GPT to code 91k articles from 174 polisci journals (2003–2023)and track research designs, transparency practices, and citations. How has the credibility revolution reshaped the discipline? doi.org/10.31235/osf...
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December 2, 2025 at 11:46 PM
New paper! @william-dinneen.bsky.social @guygrossman.bsky.social Yiqing Xu and I use GPT to code 91k articles from 174 polisci journals (2003–2023)and track research designs, transparency practices, and citations. How has the credibility revolution reshaped the discipline? doi.org/10.31235/osf...
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A few thoughts on the new US national security strategy that was released today.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
A few thoughts on the new US national security strategy that was released today.
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The disagreement over the Franco-German-Spanish fighter aircraft system, FCAS, shows that when it comes to building a European defence industry, political will is not enough, writes @rikefranke.bsky.social
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The trouble with FCAS: Why Europe’s fighter jet project is not taking off
The disagreement over the Franco-German-Spanish fighter aircraft system, FCAS, shows that when it comes to building a European defence industry, political will is not enough…
ecfr.eu
December 1, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The disagreement over the Franco-German-Spanish fighter aircraft system, FCAS, shows that when it comes to building a European defence industry, political will is not enough, writes @rikefranke.bsky.social
ecfr.eu/article/the-...
ecfr.eu/article/the-...
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Il faut arrêter de dire que la crise provoquée par la révélation d’un réseau de corruption en Ukraine affaiblit Zelensky. C’est plutôt le contraire. Et le dire nourrit le message russo/américain sur l’illégitimité de la démocratie ukrainienne.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Il faut arrêter de dire que la crise provoquée par la révélation d’un réseau de corruption en Ukraine affaiblit Zelensky. C’est plutôt le contraire. Et le dire nourrit le message russo/américain sur l’illégitimité de la démocratie ukrainienne.
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Pendant que les observateurs européens voient Zelensky "fragilisé" ou aux abois, je considère que s'il négocie bien ce virage, il sortira renforcé de la démission pour soupçon de corruption de Yermak et que c'est la meilleure nouvelle pour l'Ukraine depuis longtemps (1)
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Affaires de corruption en Ukraine : Kiev contraint de préparer l’après-Yermak
La démission du trop puissant chef de cabinet du président ukrainien pourrait être une chance pour l’Ukraine de changer de style de gouvernance et muscler sa diplomatie internationale.
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November 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Pendant que les observateurs européens voient Zelensky "fragilisé" ou aux abois, je considère que s'il négocie bien ce virage, il sortira renforcé de la démission pour soupçon de corruption de Yermak et que c'est la meilleure nouvelle pour l'Ukraine depuis longtemps (1)
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New publication from our colleagues Dr Maria Papageorgiou and Professor Valentina Feklyunina in the @ejisbisa.bsky.social!
Their paper develops a process-centred typology of alignment and traces the evolution of Sino–Russian relations from 1991 to 2024.
👉 Read here: doi.org/10.1017/eis....
Their paper develops a process-centred typology of alignment and traces the evolution of Sino–Russian relations from 1991 to 2024.
👉 Read here: doi.org/10.1017/eis....
November 28, 2025 at 11:33 AM
New publication from our colleagues Dr Maria Papageorgiou and Professor Valentina Feklyunina in the @ejisbisa.bsky.social!
Their paper develops a process-centred typology of alignment and traces the evolution of Sino–Russian relations from 1991 to 2024.
👉 Read here: doi.org/10.1017/eis....
Their paper develops a process-centred typology of alignment and traces the evolution of Sino–Russian relations from 1991 to 2024.
👉 Read here: doi.org/10.1017/eis....
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❗New Analysis❗
Writing for the EU Military Committee's "EU Military Forum", Daniel Fiott looks at the NATO Hague Summit conclusions and their impact on European defence. He focuses specifically on the 5% target in his analysis. Give it a read!
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Writing for the EU Military Committee's "EU Military Forum", Daniel Fiott looks at the NATO Hague Summit conclusions and their impact on European defence. He focuses specifically on the 5% target in his analysis. Give it a read!
Read
www.eeas.europa.eu/sites/defaul...
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
❗New Analysis❗
Writing for the EU Military Committee's "EU Military Forum", Daniel Fiott looks at the NATO Hague Summit conclusions and their impact on European defence. He focuses specifically on the 5% target in his analysis. Give it a read!
Read
www.eeas.europa.eu/sites/defaul...
Writing for the EU Military Committee's "EU Military Forum", Daniel Fiott looks at the NATO Hague Summit conclusions and their impact on European defence. He focuses specifically on the 5% target in his analysis. Give it a read!
Read
www.eeas.europa.eu/sites/defaul...
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Firing a pricey missile at a cheap drone may look absurd, but the full story is far bigger.
The Hidden Cost of a Missile: Why the Headlines Get Cost Wrong
Since late 2023, the U.S. Navy has fired nearly $1 billion worth of munitions to protect ships in the Red Sea from low-cost Houthi drones and missiles.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Firing a pricey missile at a cheap drone may look absurd, but the full story is far bigger.
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NATO allies need to upgrade infrastructure to allow for the rapid mobilization of troops against a potential Russian attack.
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The surreal 45-day trek at the heart of Nato’s defence
Europe wrestles with crumbling bridges, narrow tunnels and red tape as it plans how to move an army eastward
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November 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
NATO allies need to upgrade infrastructure to allow for the rapid mobilization of troops against a potential Russian attack.
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Today marks the US publication of my new book with Oxford University Press, 'How the United States Would Fight China: The Risks of Pursuing a Rapid Victory.'
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How the United States Would Fight China: The Risks of Pursuing a Rapid Victory
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November 15, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Today marks the US publication of my new book with Oxford University Press, 'How the United States Would Fight China: The Risks of Pursuing a Rapid Victory.'
www.amazon.com/United-State...
www.amazon.com/United-State...
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The race to churn out papers is a systemic problem.
Early career scholars are desperate to get more papers to compete in the academic job market. This can make it hard for faculty mentors hard to reduce their output unless they shrink their lab (which removes opportunities from next generation).
Early career scholars are desperate to get more papers to compete in the academic job market. This can make it hard for faculty mentors hard to reduce their output unless they shrink their lab (which removes opportunities from next generation).
November 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The race to churn out papers is a systemic problem.
Early career scholars are desperate to get more papers to compete in the academic job market. This can make it hard for faculty mentors hard to reduce their output unless they shrink their lab (which removes opportunities from next generation).
Early career scholars are desperate to get more papers to compete in the academic job market. This can make it hard for faculty mentors hard to reduce their output unless they shrink their lab (which removes opportunities from next generation).
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Folks, I'm very pleased to share a trio of recent, open-access, papers that investigate - and demonstrate - the relationship between military medicine and military effectiveness:
October 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Folks, I'm very pleased to share a trio of recent, open-access, papers that investigate - and demonstrate - the relationship between military medicine and military effectiveness:
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Military medicine as a force multiplier. "A cross-national analysis of conventional wars since 1900 probes the plausibility of the argument and suggests a positive association between physician-to-population ratios and improved battlefield performance" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Military Medicine and Military Effectiveness
Despite extensive scholarship on military effectiveness, the role of military medicine remains largely untested. We argue that robust medical capabilities improve effectiveness by preserving manpow...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Military medicine as a force multiplier. "A cross-national analysis of conventional wars since 1900 probes the plausibility of the argument and suggests a positive association between physician-to-population ratios and improved battlefield performance" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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🚨New paper🚨: Are you interested in key debates about civil war and counterinsurgency? Like questions about causal inference but wish you had a better method for dealing with spillover and carryover effects? Then check out our new paper:
arxiv.org/abs/2504.03464
arxiv.org/abs/2504.03464
Spatiotemporal causal inference with arbitrary spillover and carryover effects: Airstrikes and insurgent violence in the Iraq War
Social scientists now routinely draw on high-frequency, high-granularity ''microlevel'' data to estimate the causal effects of subnational interventions. To date, most researchers aggregate these data...
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November 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
🚨New paper🚨: Are you interested in key debates about civil war and counterinsurgency? Like questions about causal inference but wish you had a better method for dealing with spillover and carryover effects? Then check out our new paper:
arxiv.org/abs/2504.03464
arxiv.org/abs/2504.03464
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🇪🇺🇷🇺Cette nouvelle étude de l'Ifri évalue les rapports de force entre l’ #Europe et la #Russie sur quatre dimensions :
• Économie et énergie
• Défense et sécurité nationale
• Systèmes politiques et résilience sociétale
• Alliances et positionnement international
À lire : www.ifri.org/fr/etudes/eu...
• Économie et énergie
• Défense et sécurité nationale
• Systèmes politiques et résilience sociétale
• Alliances et positionnement international
À lire : www.ifri.org/fr/etudes/eu...
November 4, 2025 at 9:41 AM
🇪🇺🇷🇺Cette nouvelle étude de l'Ifri évalue les rapports de force entre l’ #Europe et la #Russie sur quatre dimensions :
• Économie et énergie
• Défense et sécurité nationale
• Systèmes politiques et résilience sociétale
• Alliances et positionnement international
À lire : www.ifri.org/fr/etudes/eu...
• Économie et énergie
• Défense et sécurité nationale
• Systèmes politiques et résilience sociétale
• Alliances et positionnement international
À lire : www.ifri.org/fr/etudes/eu...
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The seemingly outsized cuts to Global Affairs Canada in Budget 2025 are hard to square with the government’s repeated call to expand and deepen Canada's international partnerships. Reinvesting in the military is welcome – but defence is just one tool of our international policy.
November 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The seemingly outsized cuts to Global Affairs Canada in Budget 2025 are hard to square with the government’s repeated call to expand and deepen Canada's international partnerships. Reinvesting in the military is welcome – but defence is just one tool of our international policy.
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Théorie du combattant, sur France Culture
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Comment préparer les hommes à la guerre ?
Le chef d’état-major des armées, le général Fabien Mandon, a déclaré, le 22 octobre 2025, devant la commission de la Défense que « la France doit se préparer à un possible choc avec la Russie dans tro...
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October 31, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Théorie du combattant, sur France Culture
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Now available in the US. To help understand what norms Trump is breaking, Kori Schake's history of American civil-military relations.
October 31, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Now available in the US. To help understand what norms Trump is breaking, Kori Schake's history of American civil-military relations.
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Superb piece by Ben Tonra in today’s Irish Tines, on Ireland’s strategic choices in a predatory world, with the necessity of a strategic pivot towards Europe increasingly apparent.
Everyone interested in foreign policy making should read this.
Everyone interested in foreign policy making should read this.
October 29, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Superb piece by Ben Tonra in today’s Irish Tines, on Ireland’s strategic choices in a predatory world, with the necessity of a strategic pivot towards Europe increasingly apparent.
Everyone interested in foreign policy making should read this.
Everyone interested in foreign policy making should read this.
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I'm pleased to share my open access article in International Security on the role of allies in U.S. space power.
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October 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I'm pleased to share my open access article in International Security on the role of allies in U.S. space power.
direct.mit.edu/isec/article...
direct.mit.edu/isec/article...
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Donald Trumps plan to subvert the midterms is underway
From David Graham, on the cover of the next edition of @theatlantic.com
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From David Graham, on the cover of the next edition of @theatlantic.com
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Donald Trump’s Plan to Subvert the Midterms Is Already Under Way
Our election system is reaching a breaking point.
www.theatlantic.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Donald Trumps plan to subvert the midterms is underway
From David Graham, on the cover of the next edition of @theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
From David Graham, on the cover of the next edition of @theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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In this new piece for @ejir.bsky.social Stephan Klose and I discuss how US allies balance security and autonomy, focusing on 🇯🇵 and 🇵🇱 . 🙏 to @erc.europa.eu for the support 👇👇
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
cc: @michitotsuruoka.bsky.social @lanoszka.bsky.social @danielfiott.bsky.social
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cc: @michitotsuruoka.bsky.social @lanoszka.bsky.social @danielfiott.bsky.social
With or without you: how junior allies balance security and autonomy - Luis Simón, Stephan Klose, 2025
Secondary states that engage in external balancing are willing to trade some autonomy for the increased security that comes with the protection offered by a gre...
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October 23, 2025 at 7:39 AM
In this new piece for @ejir.bsky.social Stephan Klose and I discuss how US allies balance security and autonomy, focusing on 🇯🇵 and 🇵🇱 . 🙏 to @erc.europa.eu for the support 👇👇
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
cc: @michitotsuruoka.bsky.social @lanoszka.bsky.social @danielfiott.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
cc: @michitotsuruoka.bsky.social @lanoszka.bsky.social @danielfiott.bsky.social
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❗New Research❗
This new article by Daniel Fiott explores EU strategic autonomy through the three images of "responsibility", "hedging" and "independence". He analyses how the US and China try to wedge and bind the Union in each image.
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This new article by Daniel Fiott explores EU strategic autonomy through the three images of "responsibility", "hedging" and "independence". He analyses how the US and China try to wedge and bind the Union in each image.
Read
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @erc.europa.eu
September 26, 2025 at 6:41 AM
❗New Research❗
This new article by Daniel Fiott explores EU strategic autonomy through the three images of "responsibility", "hedging" and "independence". He analyses how the US and China try to wedge and bind the Union in each image.
Read
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @erc.europa.eu
This new article by Daniel Fiott explores EU strategic autonomy through the three images of "responsibility", "hedging" and "independence". He analyses how the US and China try to wedge and bind the Union in each image.
Read
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @erc.europa.eu
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Reason number 5728 to build up the European military industrial base
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The U.S. Is Quietly Pausing Some Arms Sales to Europe
As part of the “America First” agenda, the Department of Defense is stockpiling weapons.
www.theatlantic.com
September 21, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Reason number 5728 to build up the European military industrial base
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