Jeff Kaplow and Marcus Holmes

Cheap Talk

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Cheap Talk is an every-week-or-so international relations podcast with Jeff Kaplow and Marcus Holmes, professors of government at William & Mary.

Be sure to visit the podcast's website and support the creator: www.jkaplow.net

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Jeff Kaplow and Marcus Holmes

Episodes

Freedom From the Burden of Explanation 26.10.2020

That's Just Good Business 19.10.2020

There Were Bales of Hay and It Was a Nice Day Out 11.10.2020

Taking diplomacy seriously; the Cold War ends with a fizzle; summit diplomacy; Jimmy Carter saves the day; and Marcus recommends an excellent article in International Studies Quarterly. Further reading: Marcus Holmes and Keren Yarhi-Milo. 2017. “The Psychological Logic of Peace Summits: How Empathy Shapes Outcomes of Diplomatic Negotiations.” International Studies Quarterly 61(1): 107–122. Jeffrey...

We Learned Not a Whole Lot 05.10.2020

Continuity of government; interpreting foreign policy signals in a crisis; decision-making in the loss domain; benefiting from chaos; and Marcus worries about the lingering effects of COVID

Our Expectations Are Too High 27.09.2020

Whether international security institutions matter; power politics; using institutions to avoid taking action; constraining versus screening; and Marcus feels bad for institutions sometimes

Outside the Bounds of Reasonable Behavior 20.09.2020

The puzzle of nuclear non-use; strategic calculations versus the nuclear taboo; and Marcus uses the word deontological in a sentence

Their Own Weird Physics Language 14.09.2020

Rationalism versus political psychology; whether the bargaining model is useful; the role of individuals in IR; and Marcus has a couple more things to say

Not That Anyone Asked 07.09.2020

The COVID-19 pandemic, institutions, China, signposts to a post-pandemic future, and Marcus predicts a new world order