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Will the Internet destroy the ivory tower? - Foreign Policy

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I say that with a certain wistful regret, because I enjoy lecturing and like to think I'm fairly good at it. But it's hardly an efficient mode of information-transmission, and there are plenty of studies suggesting that students don't learn ...

Stephen M. Walt: Will the internet destroy the ivory tower? - Foreign Policy

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I say that with a certain wistful regret, because I enjoy lecturing and like to think I'm fairly good at it. But it's hardly an efficient mode of information-transmission, and there are plenty of studies suggesting that students don't learn ...

Stephen M. Walt: Slippery when read - Foreign Policy (blog)

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[image error] Stephen M. Walt: Slippery when read
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Writing in the Washington Quarterly, Kenneth Pollack and Ray Takeyh have a rather bizarre piece calling for the United States to "double down" on Iran, including direct efforts to destabilize the clerical regime. While rejecting preventive war -- at ...

How to do social science - Foreign Policy (blog)

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There's a terrific article by Jack Snyder and Erica Borghard in the latest issue of the American Political Science Review, entitled "The Costs of Empty Threats: A Penny, not a Pound." Apart from its substantive contributions, it's also a nice ...

Stephen M. Walt: How to do social science - Foreign Policy (blog)

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There's a terrific article by Jack Snyder and Erica Borghard in the latest issue of the American Political Science Review, entitled "The Costs of Empty Threats: A Penny, not a Pound." Apart from its substantive contributions, it's also a nice ...

Another tangled web - Foreign Policy (blog)

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[image error] Another tangled web
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The New York Times has a startling report today about an incident from way back in 2007, where Pakistani soldiers attacked a group of US military officials, killing one officer and wounding three others. It is obviously a disturbing report, ...

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My contribution to solving the Euro crisis - Foreign Policy (blog)

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[image error] My contribution to solving the Euro crisis
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As it happens, I took only one taxi ride on my trip (from Logan Airport to my house), and I'm not going to ask for the money back. Call it my contribution to helping Europe get back on its feet. Not quite the Marshall Plan, perhaps, but one does what ...

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Stephen M. Walt: My contribution to solving the Euro crisis - Foreign Policy (blog)

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[image error] Stephen M. Walt: My contribution to solving the Euro crisis
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As it happens, I took only one taxi ride on my trip (from Logan Airport to my house), and I'm not going to ask for the money back. Call it my contribution to helping Europe get back on its feet. Not quite the Marshall Plan, perhaps, but one does what ...

Stephen M. Walt: Another tangled web - Foreign Policy (blog)

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[image error] Stephen M. Walt: Another tangled web
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The New York Times has a startling report today about an incident from way back in 2007, where Pakistani soldiers attacked a group of US military officials, killing one officer and wounding three others. It is obviously a disturbing report, ...

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Mearsheimer Responds to Goldberg's Lates Smear By Stephen M Walt - Al-Jazeerah.info

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[image error] Mearsheimer Responds to Goldberg's Lates Smear By Stephen M Walt
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Ever since John Mearsheimer and I began writing about the Israel lobby, some of our critics have leveled various personal charges against us. These attacks rarely addressed the substance of what we wrote -- a tacit concession that ...

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