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Scott Limbocker @slimbock

Assistant Professor of American Politics in @WestPointSOSH at @WestPoint_USMA. Student of the executive branch. Proud @Royals fan and dog parent.

Joined August 2011
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5 Oct 2024
A parent's enlistment in the Army increases their children's military service propensity by between 58 percent and 110 percent, from @greenberg_k, @MatthewGudgeon, Adam Isen, @corbinlmiller, and @Richwpatt nber.org/papers/w33009
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Carrie A Lee@CarrieALee1
24 Aug 2024
Friends, colleagues, Twitter-verse! The Army War College is hiring! My dept is searching for a Professor of Asian Studies. Application deadline is 9/18. I am happy to meet with potential applicants/candidates by Zoom or at APSA. Reach out and/or amplify! usajobs.gov/job/802829500

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Kyle Greenberg@greenberg_k
22 Aug 2024
Now in @JPolEcon. Combat deployments increase injuries and combat deaths, but have little effect on suicide, credit, incarceration, or education. Deployments do not explain recent surges in veterans’ noncombat deaths or disability compensation: doi.org/10.1086/729450

The Effects of Combat Deployments on Veterans’ Outcomes | Journal of Political Economy: Vol 132, No...

As millions of soldiers deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan between 2001 and 2021, Veteran Affairs Disability Compensation payments quadrupled and the veteran suicide rate rose rapidly. We estimate the...

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Rob Person 🇺🇸🇺🇦@RTPerson3
22 Aug 2024
Are you doing interesting work on how the war in Ukraine is reshaping international politics? If so, please submit a paper or panel proposal for my working group “WG 11: The Transformative Effect of Russia's War in Ukraine” for the @WestPointSOSH seminar in February!
Jordan Becker@JordanMBecker
31 Jul 2024
4th annual @WestPointSOSH seminar is on! Submit abstracts for panels or individual papers by 3 September at the link below (Seminar is 5-6 February at West Point (@DeanUsma): forms.office.com/pages/respo… @CSDS_Brussels @PISM_DC @DartmouthDickey @TheMESOLab are our partners!
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Jordan Becker@JordanMBecker
31 Jul 2024
4th annual @WestPointSOSH seminar is on! Submit abstracts for panels or individual papers by 3 September at the link below (Seminar is 5-6 February at West Point (@DeanUsma): forms.office.com/pages/respo… @CSDS_Brussels @PISM_DC @DartmouthDickey @TheMESOLab are our partners!

Please fill out this form

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International Affairs
@IAJournal_CH
25 Jul 2024
In their NEW policy paper, @RTPerson3 (@WestPoint_USMA), @JohnMayle24 & Isak Kulalic examine Russia's hybrid interventions in post-Soviet countries to offer a new classification of 'hybrid war'. 🇷🇺 Read for free here>> doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiae131
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The Harding Project@_HardingProject
24 May 2024
🚨Check out @z_e_griffiths latest piece on unconventional work published in the branch journals and how editors can use this "weird" content to pique their audience's interest! 🔗hardingproject.com/p/charact…

Weird content cultivates community

Harding showed us how

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RT @DanielFiott: Wow! Great work @JordanMBecker and Joshua Woodaz for @WestPoint_USMA. A superb collection of essays from the 2023 internat…
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West Point Dean@DeanUsma
13 May 2024
“Let the love of learning rule humanity” Kicking off #InspirationMonday by recognizing excellence! Join us in celebrating our 13 Firsties, 37 Cows, and 4 faculty members who were welcomed as the newest USMA Phi Kappa Phi chapter inductees! 🌟 🎉 We also recognized 12 Plebes and 22 Yearlings for their stellar GPAs and gave out Zhu Scholastic Achievement Awards to deserving cadets and faculty members. 📚 🌟 The ceremony featured moving remarks honoring the late Lieutenant Peter Zhu and a keynote address by @RTPerson3, emphasizing the importance of learning and civic duty. 🌍 👉More photos available at bit.ly/WPPKP24 ____________________ 📸: K. Osterhoudt/USMA PAO-VI
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Carrie A Lee@CarrieALee1
8 May 2024
So proud of @CMRC_USAWC for hosting its 2nd Annual Conference on Civ-Mil last weekend! 150 participants spent a full day in plenaries on CMR challenges in modern war, followed by a day of research on today’s biggest issues. Thanks to all who made it happen, & see you next year!
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Jordan Becker@JordanMBecker
7 May 2024
New Episode! Social Science of War: Iraq in Retrospect, Twenty Years Later mwi.westpoint.edu/social-sci… via @WarInstitute @WestPointSOSH @DeanUsma @AlexCecylia

Social Science of War: Iraq in Retrospect, Twenty Years Later - Modern War Institute

Episode 5, Season 2 of the Social Science of War is the first in a two-part series looking back at lessons learned from the United States’ war in Iraq. Major Gabe Royal is joined by Dr. Isaiah “Ike”...

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Lee Robinson@leerobinson2022
11 Apr 2024
If you are interested in civics education, consider registering for a webinar I will be on tomorrow with colleagues involved in military officer education. Thanks to @DanVallone for putting this together! snfagora.jhu.edu/event/ameri…

American Military Officer Professional Education and Civics Webinar

Want to learn how the professional education of American military officers influences their civic skills and disposition? Every officer swears an oath, multiple times throughout their career, to...

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Modern War Institute@WarInstitute
10 Apr 2024
How healthy are US civil-military relations today? @PoliSciUMN's Dr. Ron Krebs and @WestPointSOSH's @slimbock join this episode of the Social Science of War to discuss. mwi.westpoint.edu/social-sci…

Social Science of War: Americans’ Changing Views of Civil-Military Relations - Modern War Institute

How have civilian views of deference to military and civilian authority evolved? Are current trends in civil-military relations antithetical to healthy democratic norms? And what can be done to...

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Dr. Alexandra Chinchilla@AlexCecylia
8 Apr 2024
Why do American civilians increasingly defer to the military about national security issues? Ron Krebs and @slimbock @WestPointSOSH discuss civ-mil relations in a new episode of the Social Science of War podcast👇 mwi.westpoint.edu/social-sci…

Social Science of War: Americans’ Changing Views of Civil-Military Relations - Modern War Institute

How have civilian views of deference to military and civilian authority evolved? Are current trends in civil-military relations antithetical to healthy democratic norms? And what can be done to...

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Steve Rogers@SteveRogersinfo
5 Apr 2024
Finally got to see Accountability in State Legislatures at the @UChicagoPress table. Thanks to @SaraDoskow and her team for making this possible.
Steve Rogers@SteveRogersinfo
2 Apr 2024
Need Saturday @MPSAnet pre-dinner plans?🍕 Tell me how I am wrong at Authors Meets Critics at 4:45pm!😵 Joining Shannon Jenkins, Danielle Thomsen, Adam Dynes, & Cassidy Reller's critiques👍 Retweet to be entered to win a digital copy of Accountability in State Legislatures📔
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Jordan Becker@JordanMBecker
4 Apr 2024
New from @WestPointSOSH Military personnel swear allegiance to the Constitution and serve the American people – not one leader or party theconversation.com/military… via @ConversationUS

Military personnel swear allegiance to the Constitution and serve the American people – not one...

Members of the military take an oath before service, but it’s to the Constitution, not a specific person. West Point professors explain how young officers learn the importance of their allegiance.

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Lee Robinson@leerobinson2022
3 Apr 2024
A couple of news outlets were interested in how we teach cadets about their oath to the Constitution, so @amoroso_jg and I thought we should share how we do this! @WestPointSOSH theconversation.com/military…

Military personnel swear allegiance to the Constitution and serve the American people – not one...

Members of the military take an oath before service, but it’s to the Constitution, not a specific person. West Point professors explain how young officers learn the importance of their allegiance.

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Rob Person 🇺🇸🇺🇦@RTPerson3
3 Apr 2024
“Military personnel swear allegiance to the Constitution and serve the American people – not one leader or party.” Important reminder from my ⁦@WestPointSOSH⁩ colleagues ⁦@leerobinson2022⁩ and Joe Amoroso via ⁦@ConversationUS⁩ theconversation.com/military…

Military personnel swear allegiance to the Constitution and serve the American people – not one...

Members of the military take an oath before service, but it’s to the Constitution, not a specific person. West Point professors explain how young officers learn the importance of their allegiance.

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Rob Person 🇺🇸🇺🇦@RTPerson3
29 Mar 2024
“Why Putin Invaded Ukraine” - In this piece, @McFaul and I argue that a permissive balance of power, Putin’s personalist autocracy, and his anti-democratic & anti-Ukrainian ideology led him to launch his disastrous war - not NATO enlargement. Read it for free here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/oa_edited…
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