Twitter: @richardmaass
Students: Before you read anything else on this site, read this amazing guide on how to read, written by the University of Michigan’s Paul Edwards:
How to Read
Then, check out this fun comic about the neuroscience behind learning things that challenge our deeply held core beliefs:
The Backfire Effect
Finally, feel free to explore any and all of the following:
Old Dominion University:
Political Science
Graduate Program in International Studies
Handouts:
US-China Bracket
Great Power Competition Bracket
Trump USFP Bracket
How to Write
Personal Appearances:
New Books Network interview on The Picky Eagle
The Past, The Promise, The Presidency: Race & The American Legacy, Episode 8: William McKinley
Teaching World Politics Project
“Hegemon: American Territorial Expansion and the Creation of the Liberal International Order,” with Patrick Porter and Emma Ashford, CATO Institute
1869: The Cornell University Press Podcast
Want to Help the Islamic State Recruit? Treat all Muslims as Potential Terrorists: The Monkey Cage @ The Washington Post, November 30, 2015
Why Washington and Moscow Keep Talking Past Each Other: The Monkey Cage @ The Washington Post, March 12, 2014
Knowledge
In Science, It’s Never ‘Just a Theory’
70 Maps That Explain America
Professional Advice
How to Email Your Professor
Thinking about getting a PhD? – 2012
Thinking about getting a PhD? – 2015
Operation Keep My Job: Pre-tenure Advice
What to Look for in a Publisher
Fellowships/Opportunities for Students
Scoville
Writing
An Argument is Not Just Contradiction
George Orwell’s Guide to Writing Well
Why Do Academics Choose Useless Titles?
How to Write an Introduction
Statistics
Spurious Correlations
When Confounding Variables are Out of Control
Humor
Weary Professors Concede Africa is a Country
Study History
Jobs vs. Environment
Analysis:
Foreign Affairs
Foreign Policy
Politico
The Monkey Cage @ The Washington Post
War on the Rocks
Duck of Minerva
News:
BBC
New York Times
Washington Post
CNN
Economist
USAToday
Al Jazeera
Evansville Courier&Press
U.S. Government:
White House
Senate
House of Representatives
Department of State
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
CIA
International Organizations:
United Nations
European Union
ASEAN
NATO
OSCE
IAEA
World Bank
World Trade Organization
International Monetary Fund
Academic Journals:
International Security
International Organization
World Politics
Diplomatic History
Security Studies
Journal of Strategic Studies
Terrorism and Political Violence
International Studies Quarterly
Journal of Conflict Resolution
Journal of Peace Research
American Political Science Review
Historical Methods
Academic Organizations:
American Political Science Association
International Studies Association
Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations
Relevant Think Tanks, NGOs, etc.:
Arms Control Association
American Enterprise Institute
Amnesty International
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Brookings Institution
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
CATO Institute
Center for Defense Information
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Council on Foreign Relations
Center for Global Development
Center for Strategic & International Studies
Center for Security Policy
Correlates of War
Federation of American Scientists
Foreign Relations of the United States
Freedom House
Heritage Foundation
Human Rights Watch
International Crisis Group
International Institute for Strategic Studies
International Peace Institute
Institute for Science and International Security
Nautilus Institute
National Security Archive
Peace Research Institute Oslo
Pew Research Global Attitudes Project
Polity
Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
RAND Corporation
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Stimson Center
Transparency International
United States Institute of Peace