Kyle Lascurettes

Associate Professor of IR @lewisandclark. @uva & @stlawrenceu alum. Bills/Broncos/Blazers fan. Buy ORDERS OF EXCLUSION here:

[Kyle Lascurettes @kylelascurettes]

My new book ORDERS OF EXCLUSION examines nine pivotal moments in history when powerful countries had the opportunity to rewrite the foundational rules of international relations.

In a new piece for @ambassadorbrief, I highlight some of its key arguments.

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[Associate Deans @ass_deans]

Dear Humanities Faculty - You can root for the USA in the World Cup, but please make sure your objections to capitalism and America’s history of oppression remain front and center to your identity!

[David Bosco @multilateralist]

Shouldn't the US-Bosnia game be played in Dayton, Ohio?

[Ricardo Arredondo 🇦🇷 @arredondos]

It was a pleasure to attend the “Parasiuk Dean’s Symposium: Whither the Rules-Based International Order” at @sfuintlstudies and reconnect with old friends. Brilliant presentations by @kylelascurettes and @michael_byers, masterfully moderated by @SLaurelWeldon.

[Kyle Lascurettes @kylelascurettes]

Looking forward to speaking at this great event this afternoon. If you're around Vancouver and interested in international order, please join us!

https://t.co/twAmq0EA9j

[Kyle Lascurettes @kylelascurettes]

OK, Vancouver/BC. What’s good?

[Gerardo L. Munck @GerardoMunck]

Qualitative Research Meets Causal Inference

This book by @davidwaldnerdc will be out in June

I have read it and think it is a landmark work - it shows how to validate causal claims in qualitative research and provide better explanations

For information: https://t.co/K249zaDwVc

[Kyle Lascurettes @kylelascurettes]

This is me right now.

[Inna Vishik @InnaVishik]

People outside of academia sometimes find the concept of a department chair confusing. They are not your boss, manager, or CEO. They are more like an elected representative who negotiates with terrorists on your behalf.

[Mushtaq Bilal, PhD @MushtaqBilalPhD]

Taking notes by hand leads to better greater conceptual understanding and retention than typing.

[Kyle Lascurettes @kylelascurettes]

Looks great! How about adding some Orders of Exclusion?

https://t.co/fJudQg2fiw

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

In case you missed it, I posted the syllabus for my seminar on great power competition earlier this week, covering the texts, ideas, and debates shaping the course. My book Autocrats vs. Democrats anchors the syllabus if you’re looking for a place to start! https://t.co/6yz0paZzhS

[Warren Sharp @SharpFootball]

team win % by QB when defense allows 28+ points:

0.800 - Josh Allen (4-1)

<huge gap>

0.400 - Trevor Lawrence (2-3)
0.333 - Bo Nix (1-2)
0.333 - Kirk Cousins (1-2)
0.333 - Caleb Williams (2-4)
0.333 - Jared Goff (2-4)
0.250 - Aaron Rodgers (1-3)
0.250 - Matthew Stafford (1-3)
0.250 - Justin Fields (1-3)
0.250 - Dak Prescott (2-7)
0.167 - Baker Mayfield (1-5)
0.167 - Joe Flacco (1-5)
0.111 - Cam Ward (1-8)
0.000 - Drake Maye (0-1)
0.000 - Patrick Mahomes (0-3)
0.000 - Marcus Mariota (0-4)
0.000 - Lamar Jackson (0-5)
0.000 - Brady Cook (0-4)
0.000 - Jaxson Dart (0-5)
0.000 - Jacoby Brissett (0-7)
0.000 - Tua Tagovailoa (0-7)
0.000 - Geno Smith (0-7)

*2025 regular season

[Aaron @aaronp613]

White smoke seen from Apple Park to signify a new CEO

[Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp]

Hungary under Orbán was not a classic fascist or monarchical regime. It was a species of what political scientists call "competitive authoritarianism" — where elections are generally free, meaning not formally rigged, but held under extremely unfair conditions.

[Robert Bork III @BobbyBorkIII]

Viktor Orban can still win if Mike Pence has the courage.

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

Huge win for democracy in Hungary today. Huge win for EU unity. Huge win for Ukraine.

Losers: Putin, Xi, and Trump.

[Math Files @Math_files]

Flight attendant: Do we have a doctor on board

Me: I have a PhD in mathematics

Flight attendant: one passenger is having a heart attack and one passenger is having an asthma attack

Me: (nodding) that makes two

[Arpit Gupta @arpitrage]

Proposal: there should be a University-wide office whose job it is to manage student absences.

If you have a good reason for being absent, you talk to them; and they inform the relevant faculty (passively through some dashboard) what students have good reasons to be gone.

[Kyle Lascurettes @kylelascurettes]

En route to #isa2026. Hopefully at least like 5 people I know are, too? 🤞

[Kyle Lascurettes @kylelascurettes]

@PressSec @KatieDaviscourt Good luck with that, assholes. You’re about to make militants out of a bunch of normal people who just want to live their lives. This one included.

[Kyle Lascurettes @kylelascurettes]

I really didn’t expect this new John Cena action movie to be a rousing defense of NATO and its continued necessity in the 21st century, but I’m an hour and a half in and here we are.

[Kyle Lascurettes @kylelascurettes]

I’m teaching Intro to IR for the first time in awhile, hoping to reimagine my syllabus, and looking for inspiration and good models. Anyone willing to share their own? 👀