Ben Raynor

PhD Candidate in Pol. Sci., @UCIrvine. IPE and its intersection with international security. Once upon a time King's College London 🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[Ben Raynor @BenRaynor4]

Excited to say that today I was awarded the IPE Best Graduate Student Paper Award at ISA 2020 - Honolulu for my paper, "In The Shadow of Sanctions: Reputational Risk, Financial reintegration, and the Political Economy of Sanctions Relief"! Massive honor, totally unexpected!

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@drhhardt Thank you so much Heidi!!! Such an exciting day ☺️☺️🥂

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Not sure which was more difficult, my R&R for EJIR or keeping this a secret 😉💍

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@misbah_hyder YESSSSS YOURE A ROCKSTAR 🎉🎉🎉

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.@BenRaynor4 centers an under-examined paradox of sanctions proliferation: the complexity of lifting financial sanctions.

In @EuroJournIR

https://t.co/YzwtATO25A

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@maryisaac__ Forget Europe, go to Kinshasa

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Started interview data collection on my final empirical dissertation chapter today and the anxiety was perspiration-inducing... Quickly realized it was probably because I'd had 7 cups of coffee by 2:30pm, and had this realization while drinking an 8th.

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@MaryAnneSMM Thank you so much Mary Anne!!! :)

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Super excited to announce that I have been awarded a research grant from the Center for Organizational Research to study organizational practices in MNCs, their perceptions of risk and how such perceptions impact foreign direct investment into previously-sanctioned economies!! 🎉

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@s_vortherms @ucisocsci Thank you so much Sam!!!

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@drhhardt Thank you so much Heidi!! :)

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So excited to announce that my article, "The shadow of sanctions: reputational risk, financial reintegration, and the political economy of sanctions relief" has just been published in the European Journal of International Relations! A brief thread 👇 https://t.co/58NlGw7bvg

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@hunt_cheese Sour Skittles remain undefeated mate

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@hunt_cheese 21 Savage

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@CarolynAnhDang Thank you Carolyn :)

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@MaryAnneSMM Thank you so much Mary Anne!!

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@daniel_mcdowell You and me both!! 🤣

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@erinkaylockwood @ucisocsci Thanks so much for all your awesome guidance on this paper Erin! Couldn't have done it without your help (on an offensively large number of earlier drafts)!!

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@lnachman32 Thank you so much Lev!! You're the best!!

[Ben Raynor @BenRaynor4]

I am deeply indebted to @drhhardt , @erinkaylockwood and @s_vortherms for their amazing guidance!! Could not have asked for better advisors ☺️

[Ben Raynor @BenRaynor4]

These findings offer dire implications for Russia and it's economy. While attempting to sanctions-proof 'Fortress Russia', it cannot remain in this stasis into perpetuity. Should it choose to change its course, Russia can expect years in the post-sanction financial wilderness