The Last Word seems to be progressing nicely. Here are answers to some commonly asked questions, and at the bottom a list of topics that people have volunteered to cover in case you were still thinking of writing something.
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Publication
-will be for free online through the 3nr
-I am going to use the creative commons share alike 3.0 which basically means people can use anything in the journal for further academic work, distribute it freely etc.
-the font garamond will not be used in any way shape or form
Review Process
There will be 2 separate reviews of each article- one for spelling/grammar/style, and one for content. The 2 reviews will be conducted by different people. After review authors will get a chance to fix/resubmit for publication. A lot of people have volunteered to review so this process will be pretty quick I think. Submitted articles will be commented on in word using the comment function.
Topics being covered- Theory articles- most of which have someone arguing for each side
-intrinsicness
-plan inclusivity
-consultation
-functional/textual competition and word pics
-conditionality
High school topic papers
-Foucault/agamben and police
-Butler on Afghanistan
-Gender critics of IR
-US leadership
Non policy debate topics- Here quite a few people emailed me about the exclusion of other kinds of debate but so far very few have put their money where their mouth is.
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