Matthew Brummer

Associate Professor of science & technology policy at GRIPS (政策研究大学院大学) and Policy Innovations Fellow, Program on US-Japan Relations, Harvard University

[Matthew Brummer @matthewbrummer]

NATO-Japan alignment is happening and the implications are (potentially) extensive. Unite the alliances. My latest: https://t.co/OafcMcT5B3 in @WarOnTheRocks

[Matthew Brummer @matthewbrummer]

That’s the way the cookie crumbles! 5th times the charm for Shigeru Sugar Ishiba

[Matthew Brummer @matthewbrummer]

All economics is political.

[Valerio Capraro @ValerioCapraro]

This is really big.

A machine learning study has found that the political leanings of economists not only influence the language they use to present their results in academic research, but also the very estimates they produce for several “objective” variables, such that the implied policy prescription is consistent with their partisan leaning.

This might shake economics to its core.

Economics has built much of its credibility on the presumption that its analyses are largely objective and that the role of politics is to choose trade-offs between objective benefits and costs on qualitatively different dimensions.

This article demonstrates that these “objective” benefits and costs may not actually be objective but instead a biased function of the economist’s political orientation.

Paper: https://t.co/nR2PWJCI4V

[Jennifer Lind @profLind]

Fall issue is live! In my @IntSecHarvard article I argue that China's rise has shifted the international system back to bipolarity. (ungated article here): https://t.co/GTRfHeFtvj

[Matthew Brummer @matthewbrummer]

#Japan scholars, ever wonder what the government's expert working groups look like in real life? Here's a peek behind the curtain. The Council for Science, Technology and Innovation is evaluating Japan's #startup strategy. The topic of discussion for today is #VentureCapital

[Matthew Brummer @matthewbrummer]

Amen! At a recent @CSIS conference on US-Japan relations, @AdamPLiff zeroes in on a fundamental crisis that *almost completely* flies under the radar: https://t.co/qGs4kAMpCV

[Daniel R. McCarthy @DRMcCarthy1]

The series, published by @Rout_PoliticsIR, is interested in monographs and edited books focused on Technology in IR, broadly conceived, w a particular interest in work that reflects on technology and world order

Have a book project in the works? DM or email (see CoP 👇below)

[Matthew Brummer @matthewbrummer]

@drvolts Hi David and friends, for more on American culture and Trump, you might like our typology and application of antihero archetypes. Open access at Uni of Richmond. Thanks! https://t.co/7zNNwYKKYK

[Matthew Brummer @matthewbrummer]

@russbuettner @susannecraig Great piece, @russbuettner and @susannecraig . You might enjoy our antihero typology and application to Trump. Open access at Uni of Richmond: https://t.co/7zNNwYKKYK

[Matthew Brummer @matthewbrummer]

@AshaRangappa_ Dear Asha and readers, if you're interested in this topic, you may find our research article on the relationship between drama and reality interesting: https://t.co/7zNNwYKKYK

[Matthew Brummer @matthewbrummer]

@Mathieu_Droin NATO and Japan: https://t.co/OafcMcT5B3

[Matthew Brummer @matthewbrummer]

@WagnerTonight Counterpoint: the myth is the truth. https://t.co/7zNNwYKKYK

[Matthew Brummer @matthewbrummer]

@nytopinion @jbouie Counterpoint: the myth is the truth. https://t.co/7zNNwYKKYK

[Matthew Brummer @matthewbrummer]

The battery war is officially here. And it’s going to get worse. We detail how China initially leapfrogged the US in LiBs for EVs in a recently published article: https://t.co/LJsYyd4DXK

[STAIR-ISA 🔭🧪🎥🌏 @STAIRISA]

What are you doing March 2nd - 5th, 2025? Submit your proposals to the @STAIRISA section for the ISA Annual Convention next year, in Chicago. We can't wait to see your paper and panel proposals! #ISA2025

[Matthew Brummer @matthewbrummer]

Kishida’s visit to the US was a resounding success across the board. As a former member of a speech writing team, I was particularly impressed by his many public addresses, not only to Congress but also at around a dozen sideline events. Impressive!

[Matthew Brummer @matthewbrummer]

OpenAi releases a custom GPT-4 model optimized for the Japanese language, which is one of the most difficult for LLMs to understand. I expect Japan to be a huge market due to its big tech infrastructure, culture of innovation, and high demand for AI solutions across industries

[OpenAI @OpenAI]

Introducing OpenAI Japan, our first office in Asia, along with a new GPT-4 custom model specifically optimized for 日本語 (the Japanese language). https://t.co/mIcCpbC18m

[Kristi Govella @KristiGovella]

Looking forward to #ISA2024 (@isanet)! I'll be a discussant for a great panel on Crisis and Innovation in Contemporary #Japan featuring @matthewbrummer, @GGRESH, @K__2010, @kenjikushida, Kay Shimizu, and @christinadavis. Join us Friday at 4 pm!

[Matthew Brummer @matthewbrummer]

Interesting initiative to place technology at the center of IR. Bravo.

[Daniel R. McCarthy @DRMcCarthy1]

Invitation: if you are working on a book project, or have an idea for a book project, on Technology in IR that might fit with the new Routledge series (👇) I'll be at #ISA2024 - happy to chat over work in all stages of development

[Matthew Brummer @matthewbrummer]

@sawada_hiroto Fantastic! Congratulations!

[Matthew Brummer @matthewbrummer]

Agree with this take: Putin underestimated the balancing effect his invasion would have. In addition to formal expansion, NATO is also now increasing its alignment with non-members especially in Asia. Japan is the big ticket item: https://t.co/OafcMcT5B3

[Steven Erlanger @StevenErlanger]

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.
Finally, Sweden. With Finland, it makes the Baltics much safer, let alone themselves and the rest of NATO. My take
https://t.co/2M3Uqi4CEP