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Nuclear Weapons and the Brazilian Case | Smoke & Stir
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What I’m Reading. Nuclear Weapons and the Brazilian Case. By taylormarvin on August 7, 2014. Argentine Mirage III aircraft, via Francisco Infante and Wikimedia. First off, my apologies for the long absence — I recently moved and started a new job, neither of which are conductive to regular writing. Today I have a piece at. Political Violence at a Glance. The 1967 Treaty of Tlatelolco. During the country’s period of dictatorship, Argentina nearly went to war with Chile over Beagle Channel islands. The sho...
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Kay Steiger: Programming Note, Part 2
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Monday, July 11, 2011. Programming Note, Part 2. Kaysteiger.com now redirects you to my new Wordpress site. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Kay Steiger is editor of Campus Progress. She has written for The American Prospect. As well as guest blogged for TAPPED. She was formerly an editorial assistant at The American Prospect. She graduated from the University of Minnesota. To contact Kay, just send her an email at kay [dot] steiger [at] gmail [dot] com. Quick and the Ed.
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Settler Colonialism and Telling Stories with Maps | Smoke & Stir
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What I’m Reading. Settler Colonialism and Telling Stories with Maps. By taylormarvin on June 29, 2015. At the blog Afternoon Map. Nicholas Danfort recently highlighted two maps. To demonstrate the point, Danfort passes along two maps which claim to show the distribution of the “races of mankind,” with one map depicting Europe, the other the entire globe. The global map is particularly interesting. Source unknown, via Nicholas Danfort. By the CIA World Factbook. Out of a population of 15 million. Populati...
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Does Khamenei Believe Obama’s Threats? | Smoke & Stir
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What I’m Reading. Does Khamenei Believe Obama’s Threats? By taylormarvin on June 6, 2014. Last week President Obama addressed West Point’s graduating class. American observers alternatively characterized the speech as an example of foreign policy realism. Suggested that it provided little guidance on Syria and Iran. And warned that Obama’s reluctance for war would embolden America’s enemies. By Khamenei is not new. His apparent dismissal of US threats appears to be:. Ayatollah Khamenei, who in the past h...
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Why’s Iran So Terrible at Lying? | Smoke & Stir
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What I’m Reading. Why’s Iran So Terrible at Lying? By taylormarvin on February 8, 2013. Political Violence @ a Glance. An academic blog by political scientists I edit, solicits readers’ answers about some open question in political violence or international relations. I wrote the question this week. Why are Iran’s attempt to fake technical achievements. At, say, 6/8ths scale? It’s important to note that these exaggerated or fabricated accomplishments aren’t mid-level operations. President...8212; indicat...
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What I’m Reading | Smoke & Stir
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What I’m Reading. What I’m Reading. This page is a record of non-fiction books I have read, in reverse chronological order. indicates favorites. The Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in Retreat. The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future. The Mantle of the Prophet: Religion and Politics in Iran,. Bridled Ambition: Why Countries Constrain Their Nuclear Capabilities. Mexico’s Criminal Insurgency,. By John P. Sullivan and Robert J. Bunker. By Mario Andrew Pei. By Vijay Pras...
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About & Author | Smoke & Stir
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What I’m Reading. Interests include US foreign policy, Latin America, and economic history. He previously wrote at the UC San Diego student publication. Prospect Journal of International Affairs. Where his writing was cited in numerous national outlets. Taylor edited the academic blog. Political Violence @ a Glance. And you can also follow him on Twitter. Taylor’s work from. Is archived here. Items published before August 2012 were originally published at. Views my own, etc. Interested in guest posting?
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What Is the Western Gaze? | Smoke & Stir
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What I’m Reading. What Is the Western Gaze? By taylormarvin on June 3, 2014. Comics writer and critic Sean T. Collins and artist Colin Panetta have an eleven-panel comic. Based on Max Fisher’s May. Explainer “9 questions about Nigeria you were too embarrassed to ask.”. Fisher’s piece was published in response to the mid-April Chibok mass kidnapping by the militant group. Style of ‘explainer journalism,’ which was pioneered by both. Nominally non-ideological simplification of complex world events. While I...
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