Assistant Professor of Int'l Relations at Carnegie Mellon University | PhD at UPenn | Former Fellow at Harvard & MIT | I study things that go boom joshuaaschwartz.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshschwartz.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshschwartz.bsky.social/post/3mhdhucepcc2rThrilled to share that my job market paper (9 years in the making!) is now accepted @thejop.bsky.social. I question the conventional wisdom that standing firm is always beneficial to a state's reputation for resolve relative to backing down doi.org/10.1086/741344 https://doi.org/10.1086/74134418 Mar 2026 12:18 +0000at://did:plc:dl7tebncxrloqj3pzte744vm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhdhucepcc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshschwartz.bsky.social/post/3mdxfxobd3c2eExcited to share a new article in @iojournal.bsky.social with @mchorowitz.bsky.social! We evaluate the risk of states using automated nuclear launch systems to facilitate revisionist coercive efforts. Unfortunately, we find the danger is real and should be taken seriously https://doi.org/10.1017/S002081832510121503 Feb 2026 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:dl7tebncxrloqj3pzte744vm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdxfxobd3c2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/joshschwartz.bsky.social/post/3mdxfxobd3c2eExcited to share a new article in @iojournal.bsky.social with @mchorowitz.bsky.social! We evaluate the risk of states using automated nuclear launch systems to facilitate revisionist coercive efforts. Unfortunately, we find the danger is real and should be taken seriously https://doi.org/10.1017/S002081832510121503 Feb 2026 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:dl7tebncxrloqj3pzte744vm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdxfxobd3c2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/joshschwartz.bsky.social/post/3md6mcsspw22yInterested in teaching an engaging but rigorous course on American foreign policy and film? Check out my guide for how to do so in @jpseeditors.bsky.social. First 50 readers get free access! https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/YX3CZRJCXFM5XYD2YYEE/full?target=10.1080/15512169.2025.252986124 Jan 2026 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:dl7tebncxrloqj3pzte744vm/app.bsky.feed.post/3md6mcsspw22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshschwartz.bsky.social/post/3mcrrvit4t22n@dandrezner.bsky.social We need the toddler-in-chief thread back for its pièce de résistance! https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/world/europe/trump-norway-greenland-nobel.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share19 Jan 2026 13:49 +0000at://did:plc:dl7tebncxrloqj3pzte744vm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcrrvit4t22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshschwartz.bsky.social/post/3mckxwiya422yWondering how domestic polarization is bleeding over into foreign policy? Interested in why Trump is cozying up to right-wing countries like El Salvador + Russia while menacing left-wing Venezuela + Denmark? Check out my updated working paper w/ Dom Tierney https://preprints.apsanet.org/engage/apsa/article-details/6967f1fa5cdf9e3db417c8a716 Jan 2026 20:49 +0000at://did:plc:dl7tebncxrloqj3pzte744vm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mckxwiya422yhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshschwartz.bsky.social/post/3m7i4aephx223Historical analogies are omnipresent in foreign policy debates—like accusations that Trump's Russia-Ukraine peace plan is akin to appeasing Hitler. But are analogies an effective rhetorical tool? Check out my new article w/ @chriswblair.bsky.social & Paul Lendway. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022002725139990508 Dec 2025 13:12 +0000at://did:plc:dl7tebncxrloqj3pzte744vm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7i4aephx223https://bsky.app/profile/joshschwartz.bsky.social/post/3m7i4aephx223Historical analogies are omnipresent in foreign policy debates—like accusations that Trump's Russia-Ukraine peace plan is akin to appeasing Hitler. But are analogies an effective rhetorical tool? Check out my new article w/ @chriswblair.bsky.social & Paul Lendway. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022002725139990508 Dec 2025 13:12 +0000at://did:plc:dl7tebncxrloqj3pzte744vm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7i4aephx223https://bsky.app/profile/joshschwartz.bsky.social/post/3m4xohi5v422xNetflix’s House of Dynamite is great drama, but terrible nuclear strategy. Hopefully real-world policymakers are more savvy than the fictional ones in the film. Our survival could depend on it! Check out my take t.co/eQbzUrXUFM https://t.co/eQbzUrXUFM06 Nov 2025 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:dl7tebncxrloqj3pzte744vm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4xohi5v422xhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshschwartz.bsky.social/post/3lyj4es23nc2qReally grateful for @environmentalpol.bsky.social shortlisting my co-authored piece on fossil fuel divestment and public opinion for the best article of the year award. Check it out for an example of a published paper that finds null effects [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Sep 2025 20:51 +0000at://did:plc:dl7tebncxrloqj3pzte744vm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyj4es23nc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshschwartz.bsky.social/post/3lthdyxyjls2yWant to teach a rigorous—but fun + engaging—course on American foreign policy through the lens of film? I outline how to do so in a new article in @jpseeditors.bsky.social! From Dr. Strangelove & Battle of Algiers to Mulan & Star Trek, there's lots of connections https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/YX3CZRJCXFM5XYD2YYEE/full?target=10.1080/15512169.2025.252986108 Jul 2025 12:56 +0000at://did:plc:dl7tebncxrloqj3pzte744vm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lthdyxyjls2y