Monthly Archives: March 2015

FWPs of Conflict Researchers

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Will H. Moore

I rather like this quote of Tilly’s from his From Mobilization to Revolution (p. 5): The analysis of collective action is a risky adventure.  For one thing, there are too many experts around.  It is a bit like food, or sex, … Continue reading →

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Massasoit’s Decision: First Contact and Teaching IR

Posted on March 15, 2015 by Will H. Moore

Many of us who teach international relations turn to fictional accounts of “first contact” to illustrate processes such as the security dilemma, alliances, balancing power, and so on. Indeed, Dan Drezner has rather famously shown us the many ways we … Continue reading →

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An Apology to Paget, Pity for Deneice & Sydney, and an Explanation for Nadia

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Will H. Moore

Yesterday I confessed to reading a thread at PoliSciRumors.  ‘Tis about my accepting a post at Arizona State.  Paget[1] observed that I once gave a lousy talk, but was otherwise very kind: D’oh!  Sorry about that.  I have definitely given … Continue reading →

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FSU Reloads in IR

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Will H. Moore

This morning I noticed an unexpected spike on my blog. Curiously, a post I had written on 1 March was getting traffic 9 days later.  I got to wondering whether someone had mentioned it on PoliSciRumors, a site a ignore. … Continue reading →

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Pegida Protests Podcast Illustrates Concepts & Processes

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Will H. Moore

In a recent podcast, Germany, Islam & The New Right, BBC Radio 4 explores the remarkable rise of Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West (Pegida) in Dresden, Germany (see here and here).  A local political scientist interviewed in the … Continue reading →

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Post Modern Scientists who Study Politics

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Will H. Moore

The other day I invited the PhD students in my seminar to have a gander at a couple of prints in my office.  I had no idea #TheDress would become a thing later in the week, much less that Dan … Continue reading →

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