- International Studies Perspectives will run an article by Simon Radford and Dave Bridge. The paper looks at the utility of using the online game 'Diplomacy' game to teach international relations theory, examining both the important things that extant theories have in common with the game, what the game might leave out, and perhaps also what those self-same theories might leave out. The article builds on the literature about IR simulations, adapting our syllabi to different student learning styles, the use of online games in furthering our teaching missions, and begs further questions on both the use of simulations and what kinds of simulations we should be using in the classroom.
- International Studies Perspectives ran an article by Mariano Bertucci and Fabián Borges-Herrero. This paper explores a number of success stories of scholar–practitioner interactions on issues such as democracy promotion, fostering economic development, reducing extreme income inequality, and foreign policymaking toward the United States, among others, to argue that the so-called scholar–practitioner gap in International Relations might not be as wide as it may seem.
- Commonweal Magazine ran an op-ed by Simon Radford, Provost's Fellow and a doctoral student in political science and international relations, about the recent riots in London.
