At Blue Blaze, our Scouted series discusses exciting new work in IR and foreign policy.

Tune in Wednesday for our first Scouted podcast—in which I host @sheenagreitens.bsky.social & @ibkardon.bsky.social discussing their work on China as an internal security provider

Japan’s Upper House elections are usually yawns, writes Ellis Krauss—not this time. See his guest post at Blue Blaze.

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My book has a title—cover is next! Excited to say the book is forthcoming in October.

On Oscar day, Blue Blaze goes to the movies…with our film expert Jonathan Kirshner

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This week’s post in Blue Blaze: diverging perceptions about China and US research security, and the coming fight between academia and the Trump administration

Don’t miss this week’s Blue Blaze post by Jeremy Shapiro

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