Director William & Mary's Global Research Institute | Prof. of International Relations | TRIP Survey (Bridging Academic-Policy Gap) | AidData (China's Development Finance) | International Organizations | Beer | Miami Dolphins https://mjtierney.weebly.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/miketierneyir.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/miketierneyir.bsky.social/post/3msvj2nifkc2fLove this so much. Should out to my colleagues at @wm.edu AidData. #Data transparency is good. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Aug 2026 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:ec6pyfe23tyovrvwegrcvemz/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvj2nifkc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/miketierneyir.bsky.social/post/3mkmuzcvqp22jPresident Tim Sullivan was present at the creation of @global-wm.bsky.social. Taylor Reveley was the President at @wm.edu when we moved from the basement of Blow Hall to 427 Scotland Street. Love hearing them reminisce. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94pS9P0TJjY29 Apr 2026 10:23 +0000at://did:plc:ec6pyfe23tyovrvwegrcvemz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkmuzcvqp22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/miketierneyir.bsky.social/post/3micepmldo22uRare to read anything these days on U.S.-China relations that causes you to look at the issue in a new light. Alex Yu-Ting Lin and @robertralston.bsky.social‬ shed new light on whether and to what extent there is a "consensus" on the China threat. Great use of survey data to illuminate a key issue. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Mar 2026 19:15 +0000at://did:plc:ec6pyfe23tyovrvwegrcvemz/app.bsky.feed.post/3micepmldo22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/miketierneyir.bsky.social/post/3mia3j3labs2j"We're eyeball to eyeball, and I think the other fellow just blinked." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/world/americas/cuba-russian-oil-tanlker.html29 Mar 2026 21:25 +0000at://did:plc:ec6pyfe23tyovrvwegrcvemz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mia3j3labs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/miketierneyir.bsky.social/post/3mi54eiy4ds2zW&M's Global Research Institute is making a joint hire with the Dept of Government in International Security/US Foreign Policy at the Associate or Full Professor level. We are looking for someone to build and grow an externally-funded lab/center. https://williammary.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WM/details/Associate-or-Full-Professor-of-Government--International-Security-_JR10151628 Mar 2026 17:02 +0000at://did:plc:ec6pyfe23tyovrvwegrcvemz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi54eiy4ds2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/miketierneyir.bsky.social/post/3mfeirgmcsk2yLove learning from my former students. This from Nitya Labh, who is now a research fellow at Chatham House... [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Feb 2026 11:17 +0000at://did:plc:ec6pyfe23tyovrvwegrcvemz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfeirgmcsk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/miketierneyir.bsky.social/post/3m7v7ebygsk2oGates Forum #4 last week @wm.edu. We hosted members of Congress, policymakers, journalists, and scholars to develop recommendations on how the government and private sector employ security assistance to achieve various goals. Research Report forthcoming. @global-wm.bsky.social13 Dec 2025 18:13 +0000at://did:plc:ec6pyfe23tyovrvwegrcvemz/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7v7ebygsk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/miketierneyir.bsky.social/post/3m6w7dodvwc2eKudos to @jeffkopstein.bsky.social and Steve Hanson for getting their book on my annual Christmas list! Assault on the State is one of @foreignaffairs.com' top books of 2025! Honored to help them launch this book at @global-wm.bsky.social. It is not a fun book, but it is prescient. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Dec 2025 10:20 +0000at://did:plc:ec6pyfe23tyovrvwegrcvemz/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6w7dodvwc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/miketierneyir.bsky.social/post/3m6a6alsdrs25Interesting conversation on China's lending and investments in the US, UK, and EU. With AidData's Brad Parks, David Culver, and Sailor Miao (all @wm.edu alums). Foreign aid nerds, see Brad's comments on U.S. now emulating China: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8ZLTVEPA9o22 Nov 2025 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:ec6pyfe23tyovrvwegrcvemz/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6a6alsdrs25https://bsky.app/profile/miketierneyir.bsky.social/post/3m5u7bvg5kc25New research from my colleagues @wm.edu's AidData on Chinese development finance and investments in both developing countries and also the US, UK, EU, and Japan. New report and dataset released tomorrow. Here is a preview from the BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgmy5d7k84o17 Nov 2025 21:48 +0000at://did:plc:ec6pyfe23tyovrvwegrcvemz/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5u7bvg5kc25https://bsky.app/profile/miketierneyir.bsky.social/post/3lzek4vvvk22xHas been a long time since a @wm.edu Alum has been a U.S. president, but it's nice to see we are dominating the NFL coaching scene. Now, if the Dolphins would replace their underperforming Yale alum and hire Joe Brady, we'd have 3 W&M alums in the NFL. Go Tribe! https://www.facebook.com/wmsportsblog/videos/129713777153744321 Sep 2025 18:39 +0000at://did:plc:ec6pyfe23tyovrvwegrcvemz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzek4vvvk22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/miketierneyir.bsky.social/post/3lyumqid7xs2dNew Article. #Thread. Have you ever read a news story about #climatechange, where the journalist quotes one expert who represents the #Scientific consensus (human activity causes global warming) and one expert who disagrees with the consensus? Why do we see this "balance" in news coverage?15 Sep 2025 10:43 +0000at://did:plc:ec6pyfe23tyovrvwegrcvemz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyumqid7xs2d