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Robert Ralston @robertralston.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Looking for a Monday panel at ISA? Join us for a panel on "Great Power Decline and the Reconfiguration of Global Order," where @doncasler.bsky.social and I will present our paper on declining power and threat credibility alongside a group of extremely interesting (and unfortunately topical) papers.

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Don Casler @doncasler.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Americans oppose the change to 'Department of War' and it's not especially close. @robertralston.bsky.social and I found that relatively few think the change will make America safer, focus the department's mission, or make it more lethal.

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Robert Ralston @robertralston.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Check out this piece in which @doncasler.bsky.social and I talk to Stacie Goddard about our recent survey. No one really likes the rebranding of the "Department of War" & a majority of Americans neither endorse the change nor see it as a matter of national security. goodauthority.org/news/most-am...

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Most Americans oppose the ’Department of War’ rebranding

Even 42% of Republicans are no fans of the change.

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Don Casler @doncasler.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

We're hiring here at Illinois! I'm not on the committee but am happy to answer questions about the position, department, and life in Champaign-Urbana

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Don Casler @doncasler.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

When does communication fail in international politics? In a new @intsecurity.bsky.social piece, Tyler Jost and I present some fresh theory and evidence on an enduring challenge for states — getting others to understand what they are trying to say

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International Security @intsecurity.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

1) The new Spring 2025 issue is online! Read articles by John Mearsheimer, @stephenwalt.bsky.social , Zachary Burdette, Nilay Saiya and Stuti Manchanda, and @doncasler.bsky.social and Tyler Jost direct.mit.edu/isec/issue/4...

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Volume 49 Issue 4 | International Security | MIT Press

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Amanda Pearson @pearson-edits.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Spring 2025 issue preview! J. Mearsheimer < war & international politics> @stephenwalt.bsky.social <realism and China> Zach Burdette <space> N. Saiya & S. Manchanda <Buddhist violence> @doncasler.bsky.social & T. Jost <noisy negotiations> @intsecurity.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social

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Joshua Kertzer @jkertzer.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Happy to review Mearsheimer and Rosato's new book, a spirited takedown of political psychology that claims that political psychologists don’t study how individuals comprehend the world around them, which is rather like arguing that botanists don’t study plants www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

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Ricky Clark @rickyclark.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

My book, Cooperative Complexity: The Next Level of Global Economic Governance, is out today! You can order it from @cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social for 20% off with the discount code CLARK24. The purchase link and a short thread on the book follow 🧵

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Ricky Clark @rickyclark.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

During Trump's first term, @doncasler.bsky.social and I found American consumers were sensitive to price increases from tariffs (whether on China or Canada). Given the salience of inflation discourse today, our findings suggest Trump's new tariffs may face headwinds as consumer costs come to bear.

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Trade Rage: Audience Costs and International Trade - Don Casler, Richard Clark, 2021

Politicians frequently issue public threats to manipulate tariffs but only sometimes follow through. This behavior theoretically ought to generate audience cost...

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Don Casler @doncasler.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

I was very fortunate to contribute a review to the H-Diplo | RJISSF roundtable on Melvyn Leffler's new history of the Iraq War issforum.org/ISSF/PDF/RJI...

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Don Casler @doncasler.bsky.social · 23/08/2023

If Prigozhin really is dead, I have to applaud the simulation writers for their impeccable timing---I'm teaching about two-level games tomorrow! www.nytimes.com/live/2023/08...

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