Matthew Brummer

NATO-Japan alignment is happening and the implications are (potentially) extensive. Unite the alliances. My latest: warontherocks.com/2023/07/anarch… in @WarOnTheRocks

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

All economics is political.

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): direct.mit.edu/isec/article/4…

#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

Amen! At a recent @CSIS conference on US-Japan relations, @AdamPLiff zeroes in on a fundamental crisis that *almost completely* flies under the radar: youtube.com/live/6yywfYCEs…

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)

@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! scholarship.richmond.edu/heroism-scienc…

@russbuettner @susannecraig Great piece, @russbuettner and @susannecraig . You might enjoy our antihero typology and application to Trump. Open access at Uni of Richmond: scholarship.richmond.edu/heroism-scienc…

From Lucky Loser, my book w @susannecraig, here's how TV money and magic saved Trump from himself: “Our job was to make him look legitimate, to make him look like there was something behind it, even though we pretty much all knew that there wasn’t.” nytimes.com/2024/09/14/bus…

@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: scholarship.richmond.edu/heroism-scienc…

@Mathieu_Droin NATO and Japan: warontherocks.com/2023/07/anarch…

This is only to get you started. Time permitting, I'll try to share more detailed 🧵on other key issues for the summit: burden sharing and NATO-🇪🇺 relations, NATO engagement in/with the Indo-Pacific, etc. I already have a selection of papers in mind, but feel free to share in DM.

The NATO summit in Washington is about to kick in. Over the past few days and weeks, there's been a tsunami of briefs, articles, and events that are worth your time. But since your time is valuable, here is a selection of recommended reads to grasp the stakes of this summit 👇1/8

@WagnerTonight Counterpoint: the myth is the truth. scholarship.richmond.edu/heroism-scienc…

"The truth of Donald Trump is very far from the myth. Yes, he is shameless. Yes, he is surrounded by a cult of personality. But neither has made him invulnerable to the blows of political combat." nytimes.com/2024/06/05/opi…

@nytopinion @jbouie Counterpoint: the myth is the truth. scholarship.richmond.edu/heroism-scienc…

“The truth of Donald Trump is very far from the myth,” @jbouie writes. Read: nyti.ms/3VtpsAQ

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: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

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

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!

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

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!

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

@sawada_hiroto Fantastic! Congratulations!

Excited that my paper “The Mercurial Commitment: Revisiting the Unintended Consequences of Military Humanitarian Intervention and Anti-atrocity Norms” has been accepted @ISQ_Jrnl!! ssrn.com/abstract=35228…

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: warontherocks.com/2023/07/anarch…