Daniel W. Drezner

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Blogging will be light the next couple of days, as I’ll be attending/presenting at the Council on Foreign Relations National Meeting. I’m bringing the wi-fi, but this meeting is an all-day affair, and blogging is not an accepted social practice at CFR meetings…. yet. Last year, Howell Raines resigned while I was en route — ...

By , a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School at Tufts University and the author of The Ideas Industry.

Blogging will be light the next couple of days, as I'll be attending/presenting at the Council on Foreign Relations National Meeting. I'm bringing the wi-fi, but this meeting is an all-day affair, and blogging is not an accepted social practice at CFR meetings.... yet. Last year, Howell Raines resigned while I was en route -- I wonder if something big will happen this time around.....

Blogging will be light the next couple of days, as I’ll be attending/presenting at the Council on Foreign Relations National Meeting. I’m bringing the wi-fi, but this meeting is an all-day affair, and blogging is not an accepted social practice at CFR meetings…. yet. Last year, Howell Raines resigned while I was en route — I wonder if something big will happen this time around…..

Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School at Tufts University and the author of The Ideas Industry. Twitter: @dandrezner

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