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Professor of Political Science, Elon University Editor in Chief, Foreign Policy Analysis

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Charlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Here's the paper - the abstract suggests that students who outsource their homework to AI later do worse on exams (which makes sense!) papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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The Generative AI Learning Penalty: Evidence from Chinese Secondary Education
Using 30 months of panel data on 26,811 Chinese students in grades 7-12, we study how generative AI affects homework productivity and learning. The data combine
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bariskesgin.bsky.social @bariskesgin.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
For those interested, you may now purchase a printed copy at <https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=btdoDDaMLr0OzePVld8MODh0G2i67iNnYzAWBaGcYzK> *The entire special issue is open access. A hard copy may be of interest to you, your institutions.
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bariskesgin.bsky.social @bariskesgin.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Teaching Israel/Palestine in Journal of InterReligious Studies, coedited w/ Geoffrey Claussen & Sandy Marshall. Thanks to the Center for the Study of Religion, Culture and Society and Brian Pennington for their support. @elonuniversity.bsky.social irstudies.org/index.php/ji...
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No 49 (2026): A Special Issue on Teaching Israel/Palestine | Journal of Interreligious Studies
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bariskesgin.bsky.social @bariskesgin.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Devastated to hear about @raulpachecovega.bsky.social 💔 Great colleague and friend, a wonderful person.
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International Interactions @intlinteractions.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Think editing an ISA journal sounds like fun? Calls for new teams for ISR and II are now up. Looking for enthusiastic individuals to start January 2028. Feel free to reach out if you are interested! www.isanet.org/Publications
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ISA Publications
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Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
A reminder about applications for the 2026 Journeys in World Politics workshop being due on June 1st! Please apply!
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Leanne C. Powner @leannecpowner.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
I still have one sponsored PhD student space available. Please share widely - I'd hate for it to go to waste!
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Luca Tardelli @lucatardelli.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
'it is the very nature of that struggle that builds durable understanding.. students grow intellectually through doing the work of drafting, revising, failing, trying again, grappling with confusion and revising..This is the work of learning how to learn' theconversation.com/the-greatest...
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The greatest risk of AI in higher education isn’t cheating – it’s the erosion of learning itself
Automating knowledge production and teaching weakens the ecosystem of students and scholars that sustains universities, raising existential questions about their mission.
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bariskesgin.bsky.social @bariskesgin.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Many thanks to Pres. Christodulides for his kind gesture in speaking with our group for many minutes, and introducing us to Pres. @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu We are also grateful to @uncyprus.bsky.social for hosting us earlier. @elonuniversity.bsky.social -w/SafiaSwimelar www.elon.edu/u/news/2026/...
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The United Nations in Cyprus hosts the Divided Lands study abroad class
During the Winter Term study abroad opportunity, students had the unique experience of meeting the president of Cyprus and president of the European Union Commission.
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bariskesgin.bsky.social @bariskesgin.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
FPA-2026 manuscripts are loading…
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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
This bad boy is finally out - and it is a beaut! Fantastic collab with @lukotto.bsky.social & @cvargiu.bsky.social Quick thread about some key findings in the book. Link to buy the book with 20% discount at the end of the thread
Book cover for “The Psychology of Attack Politics"
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bariskesgin.bsky.social @bariskesgin.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
happy to share this paper and its dataset, co-authored with Katherine McCormick (@elonuniversity.bsky.social '24 and UNC Political Science PhD Student). Introducing the American Women Political Leaders’ Operational Codes Dataset | PS: Political Science &amp; Politics - bit.ly/46Iow1O
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Introducing the American Women Political Leaders’ Operational Codes Dataset | PS: Political Science &amp; Politics | Cambridge Core
Introducing the American Women Political Leaders’ Operational Codes Dataset
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Adam L. Ozer @ozerthinking.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Introducing The UK MP Inbox: a public database of email newsletters written by UK Members of Parliament. To read more about the Inbox, I wrote a blog post discussing these data and some potential use cases for social scientists and researchers: adamlozer.github.io/blog/posts/2... #polisky
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Adam L. Ozer, Ph.D. - The UK MP Inbox
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bariskesgin.bsky.social @bariskesgin.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
I have been following Ryan Beasley’s exciting work on time, leaders’ temporal orientation -this is a major contribution to the literature! Excited to read the paper.
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bariskesgin.bsky.social @bariskesgin.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
An extended deadline to July 15th. Nominate yourself and/or your colleagues, help lead the ISA.
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bariskesgin.bsky.social @bariskesgin.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
submit your proposals for ISA-Midwest. attend once, you’ll come back…
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bariskesgin.bsky.social @bariskesgin.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
BISA-ISA workshop on "Personality in Foreign Policy" w/ @consuelothiers.bsky.social Come join us and help us spread the word. www.isanet.org/Conferences/...
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BISA-ISA Joint International Conference 2025: Call for Proposals
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bariskesgin.bsky.social @bariskesgin.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
never gets old to see things printed :)
Ofer Feldman edited Not My Words.Chapter about Erdoğan in Ofer Feldman edited Not My Words.
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Raul Pacheco-Vega @raulpachecovega.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Write No Matter What: Advice for Academics (by Joli Jensen) In this blog post you will find my reading notes of Jensen's book. I will also write a blog post on how to restart your academic writing practice, because I feel like others might benefit from it. www.raulpacheco.org/2018/03/writ...
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Write No Matter What: Advice for Academics (Joli Jensen) - my reading notes
Slowly but surely I've been amassing a small library of academic writing books. Not because
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Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Chart of cumulative protests reported from Jan 22 - Feb 28, 2017 vs 2025:
Chart showing double the number of protests in 2025 than occurred during the same time period in 2017.
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bariskesgin.bsky.social @bariskesgin.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
credible reports of Istanbul mayor @ekrem-imamoglu.bsky.social being arrested at the moment, in early hours of Wednesday in Turkey. another sad twist in Turkish politics.
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bariskesgin.bsky.social @bariskesgin.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
If anyone is looking for a way to help others, OK communities are one. -Thinking of you Stephen Nemeth and Holley Hansen.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 07/03/2025
Tadaa.
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Salome Bones' locker @salomekjones.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
I brought you this.
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bariskesgin.bsky.social @bariskesgin.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
looking for an 8:15 panel at #ISA2025 final day, here’s an excellent one:
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bariskesgin.bsky.social @bariskesgin.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
@sibeloktay.bsky.social @lesliewehner.bsky.social and yours truly -along with a brilliant team of associate editors- are honored to assume our editorial duties of @fpajrnl.bsky.social by the end of 2025. very much looking forward to serving scholars, practitioners, and readers of foreign policy.
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bariskesgin.bsky.social @bariskesgin.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
#isa2025 agenda: 'personality in foreign policy' workshop, 'leaders in context' panels. leaders' psychology is at the center of international politics.
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bariskesgin.bsky.social @bariskesgin.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-worl...
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Donald Trump was recruited by KGB with codename 'Krasnov', claims ex-Soviet spy
Donald Trump was recruited by the KGB with the codename 'Krasnov', claims an ex-Soviet spy.
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Politics In The Wild @politicsinthewild.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt. Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
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bariskesgin.bsky.social @bariskesgin.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
we are cooked!
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Mike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
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End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs
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Caroline Krafft @ckrafftc.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Call for applications: Why Location Matters: Research in the Arab World Deadline: February 28, 2025 www.theacss.org/pages/fora-a... #MenaSky
Call for applications: Why Location Matters: Research in the Arab World
01/27/2025


MESA/ACSS/OIB/AUC Call for applications

Deadline for submission of Applications: February 28, 2025

The Middle East Studies Association, the Arab Council for the Social Sciences, the Orient Institute in Beirut, and the American University in Cairo (AUC) are organizing a five-day workshop at AUC from June 29-July 3, 2025. The workshop will bring together a select group of doctoral students from North American, German and Arab universities to discuss the possibilities, critical approaches, epistemological and practical challenges of undertaking archival and/or ethnographic research in the
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21/01/2025
Wow. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde fearlessly calls out Trump and Vance to their faces. This is heroic. (posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)
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Michael Paarlberg @mpaarlberg.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
US public universities are the envy of the world and are our greatest comparative advantage. It’s astounding how little that’s appreciated by politicians who want to defund them because they’re woke. The University of Wisconsin is ranked higher than the Sorbonne. University of Illinois outranks LSE.
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World University Rankings
Explore the top ranked universities in the world Discover the top universities worldwide with the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025.
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bariskesgin.bsky.social @bariskesgin.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Most recent publication: a chapter on Erdogan's quotations for Not My Words: How and Why Elected Officials Quote, Requote, and Misquote Others link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
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Tailoring Quotations to Audiences: Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at Youth and Muhtar Meetings
Based on the records of the Republic of T&#252;rkiye&#8217;s Presidency&#8217;s webpages, this chapter presents a comprehensive account of two collections of President Recep Tayyip Erdo&#287;an&#8217;...
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bariskesgin.bsky.social @bariskesgin.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
academics, your downloads folder is about to sort everything under 2024 tomorrow... you know, all the things we were about to read.
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bariskesgin.bsky.social @bariskesgin.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
what a service to the profession…!
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FPA Journal @fpajrnl.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
In his article @baris_kesgin explores Pacific Island leaders' views on climate change, finding they see global politics with hostility & feel powerless in addressing the crisis. His work lays the groundwork for future research on their climate beliefs #COP academic.oup.com/fpa/article-...
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The Operational Codes of Pacific Island Countries’ Leaders: Beliefs about the World amidst Climate Change
Abstract. Small island states such as Tuvalu face major risks due to anthropogenic climate change and rise in sea levels. Whereas these microstates face an
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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 27/10/2024
Anyone have a recommendation for a good arabic to English translator looking for a paid project?
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/10/2024
We’re losing the generation that had to fight tooth and nail to secure their right to vote. Remember what they sacrificed to win it before you sneer about its importance
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bariskesgin.bsky.social @bariskesgin.bsky.social · 27/08/2024
Teaching Israel/Palestine in Turbulent Times -proposals due Sept 16th. www.elon.edu/u/academics/...
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On the Edge | Elon University
On the Edge Symposium 2025 Center for the Study of Religion, Culture, and Society Elon University (NC) Feb. 9-11, 2025 Elon University’s “On the Edge” symposium, hosted by the Center for the...
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bariskesgin.bsky.social @bariskesgin.bsky.social · 22/05/2024
next, give us bookmarks please.
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bariskesgin.bsky.social @bariskesgin.bsky.social · 16/03/2024
brilliant leadership research, original data, policy-relevant discussion. 🙌
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bariskesgin.bsky.social @bariskesgin.bsky.social · 16/02/2024
what @liselhintz.bsky.social has been doing is extraordinary… glad to see this coming to print, and I look forward to reading it soon.
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Dr. Devon Cantwell-Chavez @devoncantwell.bsky.social · 13/02/2024
We are still accepting submission for the CIPS student conference at uOttawa on a rolling basis! We would love to hear your work related to IR and foreign policy. We define this quite broadly (see call for proposals) and we take submissions in French and English. www.cips-cepi.ca/cipsprojects...
Call for Proposals 

2024 CIPS Graduate Student Conference 

Conference theme: Exploring the "New" Terrain of Foreign Policy and International Relations (IR)
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bariskesgin.bsky.social @bariskesgin.bsky.social · 02/02/2024
take a look at my recap of our study abroad course Divided Lands: Cyprus and Bosnia&Herzegovina x.com/baris_kesgin...
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FPA Journal @fpajrnl.bsky.social · 11/01/2024
How do small island states facing an existential climate crisis view the world? Baris Kesgin assesses PIC leaders' beliefs finding they have a more hostile view of climate change, have less control over climate matters, and have less cooperative strategies. academic.oup.com/fpa/article/...
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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 29/10/2023
"The number of children reported killed in Gaza in just three weeks has surpassed the annual number of children killed across the world's conflict zones since 2019" Save the Children
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bariskesgin.bsky.social @bariskesgin.bsky.social · 08/10/2023
a huge welcome to @jkaarbo.bsky.social !!!
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bariskesgin.bsky.social @bariskesgin.bsky.social · 03/09/2023
may it be read, cited, and expanded... academic.oup.com/fpa/article-...
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The Operational Codes of Pacific Island Countries’ Leaders: Beliefs about the World amidst Climate...
Abstract. Small island states such as Tuvalu face major risks due to anthropogenic climate change and rise in sea levels. Whereas these microstates face an exis
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