Kudos to the photo intern who put a photo of UC Berkeley’s famous Sather Gate for a story ostensibly praising Stanfurd

We also find, somewhat unexpectedly. that various “rings” of states in the Asia-Pacific are speaking less about the two superpowers today than in the past

It also appears that the U.S. and China talk about status in subtly different ways. The U.S. is much more to emphasize “rights” and “responsibilities”, while China is more likely to stress “fairness” and legacies of colonialism and imperialism

We present all sorts of findings, but among the more interesting ones: contrary to the popular perception of it as a status-hungry rising power, China actually talks less about power and status in the UN today than in the past

Nothing better than celebrating Boxing Day by riding the tallest, steepest, fastest hybrid wood rollercoaster in North America

It also develops and tests a theory of when colonial powers target civilians, which focuses on the character of the warfare, the presence of racial hierarchies, and the structure of the colonial state.

It also collects data along a range of metrics that suggest colonial wars are particularly hard on civilians. Mass killings are twice as likely to occur in colonial wars than interstate wars, for example.

The paper argues that colonial violence is an understudied phenomenon in world politics, despite the fact that colonial wars have occurred more frequently than interstate wars over the past two hundred years.

We then illustrate the continued influence of these radicalized frameworks through a comparison of British punitive campaigns on the “North West Frontier” and more recent American COIN efforts in Afghanistan.

In the piece, we build on the work of critical security studies scholars to trace how racialized frameworks from the colonial era are embedded in both “punitive” and “paternalistic” theories of COIN warfare.

Watching a touching Thanksgiving movie with the kids about the importance of bonding with friends and family

My eldest kiddo organizing their candy looks like the “dope on the table”’ scene in The Wire