Joshua Shifrinson (@Le_Shif)

This was a foreign policy election. Primacists think that the US public can be swayed to support even costly foreign endeavors. Instead, we see the US public increasingly sensitive to blowback; as US hegeony wanes, expect costs to mount & appetite for foreign imbroglios to fall

Joshua Shifrinson @Le_Shif Sep 30

Remember when invading Iraq and toppling Saddam Hussein was going to create a regional force to resist Iran (minimizing the US need to do so)?

Pepperidge Farm remembers.

washingtonpost.com/world/2026/09/…

www.washingtonpost.com U.S. withdraws forces in Iraq as balance of power shifts to Iran U.S. military forces departed from bases in Iraq on Wednesday, a milestone in two bloody decades of American involvement.

Joshua Shifrinson @Le_Shif Sep 11

Unlike, say, ROC money.

Engage the arguments, not the funding source.

Joshua Shifrinson @Le_Shif Aug 2

My book, Archival Research for International Relations, is out this month. Inspired by the gap btwn the widespread use of archival evidence in IR and the lack of arhives training, it aims to put archival research for IR on sound theoretical & practical footing. Pls take a look!

Cornell University Press Verified account @CornellPress Aug 1

ARCHIVAL RESEARCH FOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS is an indispensable guide to why archival sources can be invaluable for IR scholarship and how to use archives effectively. Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson bridges this gap by unpacking archival research from the ground up.
#ArchivalResearch #InternationalRelations #IRScholarship #ResearchMethods
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Joshua Shifrinson @Le_Shif Jun 13

Just think: forty more of them in the next year, taxed heavily, and we can finally pay down the national debt!

washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

www.washingtonpost.com Elon Musk becomes the first trillionaire as SpaceX soars in its market debut Investors flocked to SpaceX after its blockbuster market debut, lifting Musk’s net worth above $1 trillion and into the record books.

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