Amanda Pearson
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@belfercenter.bsky.social | International relations, comparative politics, history | formerly @weatherheadcenter.bsky.social | X: @Pearson_ink
@belfercenter.bsky.social | International relations, comparative politics, history | formerly @weatherheadcenter.bsky.social | X: @Pearson_ink
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“What Does China Want?” by @daveckang.bsky.social, Jackie S. H. Wong, and @zenobiachan.bsky.social
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What Does China Want?
Abstract. The conventional wisdom is that China is a rising hegemon eager to replace the United States, dominate international institutions, and re-create the liberal international order in its own im...
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September 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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A US–USSR limited war was unlikely due to land theater & limited precision, yet US–China tensions, centered on a maritime theater with precision & non-kinetic weapons, make a limited regional nuclear war over Taiwan more likely, argue Henrik Hiim & Øystein Tunsjø @intsecurity.bsky.social 10/10
The U.S.-China Stability-Instability Paradox: Limited War in East Asia
Abstract. With China and the United States seemingly locked in intensifying and enduring competition, many analysts compare today's U.S.-China rivalry with the one between the Soviet Union and the Uni...
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August 29, 2025 at 7:26 AM
A US–USSR limited war was unlikely due to land theater & limited precision, yet US–China tensions, centered on a maritime theater with precision & non-kinetic weapons, make a limited regional nuclear war over Taiwan more likely, argue Henrik Hiim & Øystein Tunsjø @intsecurity.bsky.social 10/10
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Thrilled to be part of such a great looking issue!
Fall 2025 issue preview @intsecurity.bsky.social!
M. Trachtenberg | rules-based international order
@aaronbateman.bsky.social | U.S. space power
@ajmount.bsky.social | conventional deterrence of nuclear use
DJ Kim | clients’ demand evasion
@mikegoldfien.bsky.social | hawks, doves, & rapprochement
M. Trachtenberg | rules-based international order
@aaronbateman.bsky.social | U.S. space power
@ajmount.bsky.social | conventional deterrence of nuclear use
DJ Kim | clients’ demand evasion
@mikegoldfien.bsky.social | hawks, doves, & rapprochement
October 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Thrilled to be part of such a great looking issue!
Fall 2025 issue preview @intsecurity.bsky.social!
M. Trachtenberg | rules-based international order
@aaronbateman.bsky.social | U.S. space power
@ajmount.bsky.social | conventional deterrence of nuclear use
DJ Kim | clients’ demand evasion
@mikegoldfien.bsky.social | hawks, doves, & rapprochement
M. Trachtenberg | rules-based international order
@aaronbateman.bsky.social | U.S. space power
@ajmount.bsky.social | conventional deterrence of nuclear use
DJ Kim | clients’ demand evasion
@mikegoldfien.bsky.social | hawks, doves, & rapprochement
October 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Fall 2025 issue preview @intsecurity.bsky.social!
M. Trachtenberg | rules-based international order
@aaronbateman.bsky.social | U.S. space power
@ajmount.bsky.social | conventional deterrence of nuclear use
DJ Kim | clients’ demand evasion
@mikegoldfien.bsky.social | hawks, doves, & rapprochement
M. Trachtenberg | rules-based international order
@aaronbateman.bsky.social | U.S. space power
@ajmount.bsky.social | conventional deterrence of nuclear use
DJ Kim | clients’ demand evasion
@mikegoldfien.bsky.social | hawks, doves, & rapprochement
Summer 2025 issue preview! @intsecurity.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social
Phillips & Tower ➡️ ISIS
Kang, Wong, @zenobiachan.bsky.social ➡️ What does China want?
Wu Riqiang ➡️ China’s views on arms control
Anderson & Press ➡️ Military primacy in Asia
Hiim & Tunsjo ➡️ Limited war in East Asia
Phillips & Tower ➡️ ISIS
Kang, Wong, @zenobiachan.bsky.social ➡️ What does China want?
Wu Riqiang ➡️ China’s views on arms control
Anderson & Press ➡️ Military primacy in Asia
Hiim & Tunsjo ➡️ Limited war in East Asia
August 14, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Summer 2025 issue preview! @intsecurity.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social
Phillips & Tower ➡️ ISIS
Kang, Wong, @zenobiachan.bsky.social ➡️ What does China want?
Wu Riqiang ➡️ China’s views on arms control
Anderson & Press ➡️ Military primacy in Asia
Hiim & Tunsjo ➡️ Limited war in East Asia
Phillips & Tower ➡️ ISIS
Kang, Wong, @zenobiachan.bsky.social ➡️ What does China want?
Wu Riqiang ➡️ China’s views on arms control
Anderson & Press ➡️ Military primacy in Asia
Hiim & Tunsjo ➡️ Limited war in East Asia
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I'm delighted to announce that my article "Not So Innocent: Clerics, Monarchs, and the Ethnoreligious Cleansing of Western Europe” received the Outstanding Article Award in International History and Politics! @apsa.bsky.social @drjlhazelton.bsky.social Read it for free direct.mit.edu/isec/article...
August 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I'm delighted to announce that my article "Not So Innocent: Clerics, Monarchs, and the Ethnoreligious Cleansing of Western Europe” received the Outstanding Article Award in International History and Politics! @apsa.bsky.social @drjlhazelton.bsky.social Read it for free direct.mit.edu/isec/article...
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@senerakturk.bsky.social's fascinating International Security article, "Not So Innocent: Clerics, Monarchs, and the Ethnoreligious Cleansing of Western Europe” wins the Outstanding Article Award from APSA International History and Politics Section direct.mit.edu/isec/article...
Not So Innocent: Clerics, Monarchs, and the Ethnoreligious Cleansing of Western Europe
Abstract. Sizeable Jewish and Muslim communities lived across large swathes of medieval Western Europe. But all the Muslim communities and almost all the Jewish communities in polities that correspond...
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July 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
@senerakturk.bsky.social's fascinating International Security article, "Not So Innocent: Clerics, Monarchs, and the Ethnoreligious Cleansing of Western Europe” wins the Outstanding Article Award from APSA International History and Politics Section direct.mit.edu/isec/article...
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A short piece from the new issue of International Security: "Monks Behaving Badly: Explaining Buddhist Violence in Asia" thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/monks-behavi... Great piece. @intsecurity.bsky.social @pearson-edits.bsky.social @belfercenter.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social
Monks Behaving Badly: Explaining Buddhist Violence in Asia
Buddhism is commonly associated with peace, tolerance, and compassion. But like every other great religion, it has a violent side.
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June 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
A short piece from the new issue of International Security: "Monks Behaving Badly: Explaining Buddhist Violence in Asia" thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/monks-behavi... Great piece. @intsecurity.bsky.social @pearson-edits.bsky.social @belfercenter.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social
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Please welcome the new associate editors at International Security: Eliza Gheorghe, Jeremy Pressman, Stuart Kaufman, Thomas Hegghammer, Vipin Narang, Henry Farrell, Lise Howard, Anatoly Levshin, Janina Dill, Anthony C. Lopez, Mohammad Tabaar. @belfercenter.bsky.social @intsecurity.bsky.social
July 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.
May 22, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.
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When does communication fail in international politics? In a new @intsecurity.bsky.social piece, Tyler Jost and I present some fresh theory and evidence on an enduring challenge for states — getting others to understand what they are trying to say
6) “Lost in Transmission: Bureaucracy, Noise, and Communication in International Politics,” by @doncasler.bsky.social and Tyler Jost.
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May 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
When does communication fail in international politics? In a new @intsecurity.bsky.social piece, Tyler Jost and I present some fresh theory and evidence on an enduring challenge for states — getting others to understand what they are trying to say
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1) The new Spring 2025 issue is online!
Read articles by John Mearsheimer, @stephenwalt.bsky.social , Zachary Burdette, Nilay Saiya and Stuti Manchanda, and @doncasler.bsky.social and Tyler Jost
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Read articles by John Mearsheimer, @stephenwalt.bsky.social , Zachary Burdette, Nilay Saiya and Stuti Manchanda, and @doncasler.bsky.social and Tyler Jost
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Volume 49 Issue 4 | International Security | MIT Press
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May 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
1) The new Spring 2025 issue is online!
Read articles by John Mearsheimer, @stephenwalt.bsky.social , Zachary Burdette, Nilay Saiya and Stuti Manchanda, and @doncasler.bsky.social and Tyler Jost
direct.mit.edu/isec/issue/4...
Read articles by John Mearsheimer, @stephenwalt.bsky.social , Zachary Burdette, Nilay Saiya and Stuti Manchanda, and @doncasler.bsky.social and Tyler Jost
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Spring 2025 issue preview!
J. Mearsheimer < war & international politics> @stephenwalt.bsky.social
Zach Burdette
N. Saiya & S. Manchanda
@doncasler.bsky.social & T. Jost
@intsecurity.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social
J. Mearsheimer < war & international politics> @stephenwalt.bsky.social
Zach Burdette
N. Saiya & S. Manchanda
@doncasler.bsky.social & T. Jost
@intsecurity.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social
May 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Spring 2025 issue preview!
J. Mearsheimer < war & international politics> @stephenwalt.bsky.social
Zach Burdette
N. Saiya & S. Manchanda
@doncasler.bsky.social & T. Jost
@intsecurity.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social
J. Mearsheimer < war & international politics> @stephenwalt.bsky.social
Zach Burdette
N. Saiya & S. Manchanda
@doncasler.bsky.social & T. Jost
@intsecurity.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social