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I always end #ChicagoIntroIR with a lecture on existential threats to humanity
https://t.co/09WjbBxLJK
This week in #ChicagoIntroIR2019, we're wrapping up the course's core material by thinking about "human extinction" -- a light and low key topic 😉
What are we reading to help us think about extinction?
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![ProfPaulPoast's tweet photo. This week in #ChicagoIntroIR2019, we're wrapping up the course's core material by thinking about "human extinction" -- a light and low key topic 😉
What are we reading to help us think about extinction?
[THREAD] https://t.co/SxZc0GuQd1](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EJDiCEuWoAAjPPg.png)
@EvansRyan202 @JarrodNHayes @mchorowitz @shifrinson @KennethMcDonagh @SevaUT It is amazing! Definitely going into #ChicagoIntroIR!!
But also highlights why @tiktok_us is probably beyond my skill-set :)
@avivajazz Saluti, please find the unroll here: @ProfPaulPoast: @BillGates's recommendations are sound but underscore a point I raise in #ChicagoIntroIR: "You can't… https://t.co/Me0JOHivb4 Share this if you think it's interesting. 🤖
@BillGates's recommendations are sound but underscore a point I raise in #ChicagoIntroIR:
"You can't `tech' your way out of threats to humanity; they ultimately require political action"
Such `Political action' is, well, hard (h/t @dandrezner)
https://t.co/vyt3aHxZ2q
What can International Relations theory tell us about the global response to #COVID19?
This new slide for #ChicagoIntroIR offers a summary (w/ a little help from @realDonaldTrump)
Need discussion questions, perhaps for breakout @zoom_us sessions?
This thread has my favorite "Discussion Questions" from my >150 student #ChicagoIntroIR course.
I use these to break up my in-person lecture & encourage critical engagement w/ the ideas presented in lecture.
I want to believe this, but then I think:
1) is stopping pandemics actually an "easier" problem?🤔
2) it would require massive & sustained cooperation & coordination on a global scale. As my #ChicagoIntroIR students learn, achieving even lesser cooperation is, well, "difficult"
Here's an optimistic thought. After 9/11, we spent trillions of dollars trying to stop terrorism. After this public health crisis, we'll likely spend a fortune on a problem that is easier to solve. If we do, this may well be the last pandemic the world ever sees.
@thoatley @ISQ_Jrnl @whinecough @sarahbauerle I show it to my #ChicagoIntroIR students. They love how the Cayman Islands is also a prominent node!
@erinkaylockwood @whinecough @sarahbauerle May I see the materials too? We discuss Bretton Woods quite a bit in #ChicagoIntroIR and the students love policy simulations. This could be a great fit!
These are amazing guidelines!
I have #ChicagoIntroIR students write policy memos for their @CFR_Academic model UNSC. I think I've found a new template!
Why do IR scholars study Civil Wars? Because they are often caused by and ended by external actors.
Read 👇. Super well deserved award! Such an important paper that forms the basis for my #ChicagoIntroIR lecture on rebellions and civil wars.
Civil wars end the way external actors think they ought to end. Thank you, @AlexMStark @ISSS_ISA @MorganLKaplan @Journal_IS @GUGovt @Georgetown and Sean Lynn Jones
Great question! We covered a variety of definitions for "International/World Order" in #ChicagoIntroIR.
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In response to @shifrinson, I shared the definitions of "international order" used in #ChicagoIntroIR (including my preferred definition by @SlaughterAM)
Here, I'll highlight some work specifically focused on defining international order (and why defining it is tricky)
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@profmusgrave Agree!
#ChicagoIntroIR has no assigned book.
Just articles, blog posts, and some chapters.
Nothing for the students to buy.
Great question! We covered a variety of definitions for "International/World Order" in #ChicagoIntroIR.
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This suggests that I should probably elaborate on this point in an upcoming thread (based, in part, on #ChicagoIntroIR material)
Consider my favorite passage from Tate, which I share with #ChicagoIntroIR students -- it expresses an idea that Waltzs & Mearsheimers of IR would recognize
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