#NATO

Quantitative data on military alliances in IR can be really bad. Just eyeballing the data finds major problems. A few fun examples from the Correlates of War Formal Alliances dataset
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Pourquoi la Turquie décide de conserver ses S-400 russes en dépit des sanctions CAATSA imposées par ? 1- La Turquie n’a pas pu acquérir d’autre/ systèmes de missiles de
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If you want to watch @akk's key address on German security and defence policy - live stream (in German)https://www.pscp.tv/w/1ynKOBLBlbrxR  She's emphasising verrrry strongly how important the role of the US
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Why Japan should have the capability to counterattack enemies - this is a good summary of where we are. Let us reflect upon some of the points in it.1. Vocabulary.
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I'm done using the term "Consolidated Democracy"Here's why.[THREAD] To be clear, I have a vested interest in this term. It played a key role in research @jurpelai and I conducted
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Thread on the #RussiaReport post-release.Despite common belief, Putin doesn't support getting a certain person or partie into power but only wishes to destabilise European countries. The best way to think
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Something big just happened over the North Sea... I DONT KNOW WHAT THOUGH.I’ll post the air traffic screenshots below in this thread.It’s certainly NOT what the media reported at 2:42PM
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TR and GR will have the 61th round of #exploratorytalks tomorrow. Let’s start by remembering some facts: Exploratory talks are not #negotiation. They aim to explore and understand the problems
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"Freedom Caucus" "Justice Democrats" Extremists, co-opting classical American words/ideals to drive people to the tips of the political horseshoe. Two sides of the same divisive coin.Let's discuss. We'll start
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I feel like we strongly underestimate as a culture just how effectively Nazism was neutered in Germany.And Germany specifically, I will add. Fascism in Italy and Japan was nowhere nearly
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Thread: Nixon and switch from gold standard to fiat standard is a very interesting topic for us who are into #bitcoin economics. Yesterday, I started to dig deeper and
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A few quick take-aways / key points from NL’s recently-released vision document on the Indo-Pac (IP). More analysis to follow soon in a proper article. (1/11) NL IP geographic scope:
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A thread with frequently asked questions and some answers to those. Q: Why do Iran and Turkey bomb the Kurdistan Region of Iraq?A: Both these countries are afraid of a
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Quick thread about India. America and the S-400. Let's begin:First the bad news...The S-400 is a Russian made anti aircraft system that is mounted on 8×8 highly mobile cross-country
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US sanctions on Turkish military procurement agency (SSB), including export license ban, likely to give short-term pain to Turkey's burgeoning defence industry.https://news.yahoo.com/turkey-avoids-worst-long-mooted-154803537.html Within
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1: There is a unique policy problem looming if UAP becomes more firmly recognized. As @ChristopherKMe4 says here there is no real indication that serious thinking has been done in
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