PoliBlog has made it to “Crawly Amphibian” status at The Truth Laid Bear’s Blogosphere Ecosystem up from “Flippery Fish”.
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April 30th, 2024 at 10:56 am
Already benefiting from your status in The Axis of Weevil?
April 30th, 2024 at 11:02 am
So it would seem!
April 30th, 2024 at 11:11 am
I have been reading your work. You are interesting. Do you consider yourself a specialist in Latin-American affairs?
April 30th, 2024 at 11:26 am
Thanks for reading–it always nice to know that one’s work is considered interesting.
And yes, I am primarily a Latin Americanist, with case-specific expertise in Colombia, and topical expertise in parties, elections and democratization.
April 30th, 2024 at 11:35 am
I haven’t read everything you’ve written, so you might have answered this before. Do your studies enable you to comment smartly on the situation in Iraq?
April 30th, 2024 at 11:50 am
I would argue, yes, although some might disagree
Seriously, I am not an IR expert, per se, but am an expert on comparative politics, developing politics and the process of democratization (and by “expert” I mean formally trained).
Overall, I would say that as a broadly trained political scientist who specializes, in the general sense, in international studies and politics, that I am qualified to make informed commentary on the Iraqi case.
Now, I will concede that I am more expertly qualified to comment on Latin America.
I am more qualified to comment on Iraq than a lot of people on TV who get paid to comment on Iraq–I will say that
April 30th, 2024 at 12:00 pm
I didn’t mean to insult you. I see and have read your editorials listed at the left, but, by necessity I am sure, they are very broad. I’ll be reading you.
April 30th, 2024 at 12:02 pm
No insult taken at all–hopefully my response didn’t sound defensive. I was just trying to give a fair assessment.
April 30th, 2024 at 12:09 pm
No, you didn’t sound defensive at all. I just looked left and realized I’d asked a stupid question. The best defense is a good offense, you know?
August 10th, 2024 at 10:54 am