The culture-war as it is being fought in the Texas school system. This article clearly comes from a left perspective, criticizing conservative attitudes toward education.
Author: jtdevine2014
I am an Associate Professor at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick where I teach international politics. My research focuses on the politics of the Middle East the domestic politics and foreign policy of Iran in particular.
What’s next for the Syrian regime’s non-state allies -Monkey Cage
Great use of theory to map out post-conflict potential relations between the Syrian government and its non-state allies -though we are a long way from
’24’ makes people support torture, and other discoveries political scientists made this year -Vox
Some of the cool research done by Political Scientists, including one of my former grad school cohort, Margaret Foster, who wrote a paper on how
Congenial new Iraq leader wins allies, but no easy path to save nation -Reuters
Interesting article on the challenges faced by Iraq’s new Prime Minister, Haidar al-Abadi. He has a big square to circle. “He has to make Maliki
The New Arab Cold War- FP
“The popular conception of the Middle East is one of a region divided along sectarian lines pitting Sunni against Shiite, but another simultaneous struggle is
Book Review: ‘World Order’ by Henry Kissinger -Wall Street Journal
A review of the always controversial Henry Kissenger’s book, ‘World Order’ with an interesting discussion of the uber-realist’s view on the Westphalian system, IS and
IR Theory & Practice 