After largely neglecting the craft for the past couple of years, I’m focusing a lot more on writing these days. While, inherently, all that I write functions as training to form compelling prose, my recent work more specifically either 1) derives directly from academic or professional obligations or 2) builds up my portfolio for future considerations. One outlet for the latter that I’ve latched on to in the past couple of weeks is Suite101.
For those that haven’t heard of it, Suite101 is a site where writers publish short essays and reviews on a wide range of topics. Your efforts, in turn, are rewarded through a percentage of the ad revenue that your postings generate. In case you’re wondering though, I’m not in it for the money (I imagine it’ll take several months to move passed single digit profits). I simply figured it’d be a great way to re-hash some old college papers while building up my brand. Suite101’s great search engine placement coupled with its amenability to academic writing made it the right choice for me.
So check out my first two articles on Bosnian Muslims Identity and the Security Dilemma Thesis when you have a chance. I’d love to hear what you think 
Oh, and if you’ve published on Suite101 (or a similar site) before, please share your experience.
~TheAlexandrian
Tags: Freelance, Pay to Write, Suite101
Many IR scholars have taken Posen’s application to the next level. I wrote a paper on its application assessing the ethnic tensions in Iraq.
Check it out. I think you might find it interesting. Its a bit outdated since I wrote it in 2006.
http://duniastranger.blogspot......tical.html
Whoa – next level indeed
I actually read Posen’s article back in a class on nationalism that focused more on theory than real-time application, so your breakdown of the SD thesis goes a lot deeper than I’ve ventured.
Incidently, C. Kaufmann was a professor at my alma mater. I never read any of his stuff, but the couple of times I heard him speak I remember not being impressed