Academia is a bastion for the pursuit of scientific truth and a place where scholars can engage in research unencumbered by the demands of the outside world. For many students of politics, it is precisely this environment that makes pursuing a PhD in international relations so alluring. Removed from the politicking and partisanship of the policy world, academia is one of the few places where a talented individual can spend years studying fascinating questions of war and peace for no other reason than to discover more about the world in which they live.
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