What do we read?

When I initially showed a friend this website, they asked if I could do a daily roundup of articles, analysis, blog articles, and journal articles. I sent a link to the Real Clear World website which, of course, is almost exactly what she was looking for. Besides hopefully having discussions about events taking place all around the globe, another goal of this site will be to help others to become more educated on issues in International Affairs.
Coming from the world of debate, individuals tend to guard their sources. Of course, you share with your team (hopefully) but you wouldn’t want to share with other teams lest they garner some sort of advantage. In order to help students of IR (or debaters) just getting started, we wanted this blog to perhaps provide something of a jumping off point into the world of International Relations. So, basically, instead of hiding our sources – here they are, this is what we read in an attempt to stay informed on the goings-ons in the world. Of course, this is not all that we read, it is merely a starting point for know what is going on in the world. Of course, we also couldn’t possibly sift through all of this information everyday. These are just the sources that we go to (or come to us) nearly everyday/week.

These are some of the websites and mailing lists that we currently subscribe to/visit every day:

Radio Free Europe: Russia Report
Radio Free Europe: Iran Report
ICG
CSIS: Critical Questions
CFR: Morning Brief
Economist: This Week in Politics
Foreign Policy Initiative: FPI Overnight Brief
The Diplomat
Small Wars Journal
Truthout
The Washington Post: Wonkbook
World Affairs Journal
Foreign Policy Magazine: Morning Brief
Stratfor
Foreign Affairs Newsletters
Wired: Danger Room
The Nation
Mother Jones
Congo Siasa
Real Clear World
The Brookings Institute
Jane’s News Briefs (Naval, Defense, and Security)

Publications that we subscribe to:

Newsweek
Foreign Policy
Current History
Foreign Affairs
The Economist

If we can remember more, we will add to this list. If you have some other suggestions for IR/politics-focused reading, please leave them in the comments!

Thanks,

Erik and Sam

Yes, yet another blog about politics...

Hello,

Welcome to our blog, we aren't sure how you stumbled onto us but we are glad you made it in one piece. This blog is by two students of Political Science with an interest in nearly all things 'Politics.' To start, this space will be used to expound upon issues in a larger format than Facebook allows. We have been debating and discussing issues ranging from the War on Drugs to the Arab Spring to China's Rise for quite some time and thought this would be the next logical step.

We hope to have numerous posts up per week and to eventually have debates/discussions regarding issues as opposed to us simply pontificating on random issues...

Oh, and about the name - "The strong do what they will and the weak suffer what they must" is, of course, from Thucydides. This should tell you a little about where we are coming from with our opinions. From where we sit, in classrooms and an upper-middle-class-loft-overlooking-the-Mississippi-river, respectively, Idealism, Constructivism, Neo-Liberalism, etc, all have their places in IR analysis. However, it appears to us that a 'Realist' approach achieves many more results. Things happen and what you do with the results is the truly important part.

Thanks,

Erik and Sam