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Thinking about this April, 2003 David Brooks column: "He sees a ruling establishment that can conduct wars with incredible competence and skill." www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine/194...

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1 year, 6 months and a bit between 9/11 and the invasion of Iraq 1 year, 8 months and a bit between Oct. 7 and now

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The terrifying thing about this moment is that anything could happen.

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Always a good sign of things to come when you're getting confident headlines like this... www.wsj.com/world/middle...

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When Tim Walz became Kamala Harris's running mate, progressives highlighted policies passed. It could not have been possible without Melissa Hortman. -Free school breakfast and lunch -Restoring voting rights for felons -Paid leave Great piece by @gracepanetta.bsky.social 19thnews.org/2025/06/rep-...

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Kimberly Terrell says Tulane silenced her research into racial disparities in Cancer Alley. After months under what she called a “gag order,” she resigned from the university’s environmental law clinic.

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An excellent thread on Speaker Melissa Hortman’s extraordinary legacy. Hartman and her husband’s assassination is an unspeakable tragedy. 💔

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"But the absence of politics is political. To make Warfare as catharsis for invaders... is a choice that privileges their sacrifice and esteems their ability to endure the primal challenge of war." - @evanhill.bsky.social lareviewofbooks.org/article/unci...

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"Burke, dean of Tulane’s law school, wrote... to clinic staff that Tulane Pres. Michael Fitts worried the clinic’s work threatened to tank support for the university’s long-sought efforts to redevelop New Orleans’ historic Charity Hospital as part of a downtown expansion." apnews.com/article/canc...

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[Saudi FM] "Faisal bin Farhan expressed his condemnation of the blatant Israeli aggression against Iranian territory to [Iranian FM] Araghchi" alongside calls with Jordanian & Egyptian FM's. aawsat.com/%D8%A7%D9%84...

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For context www.intellinews.com/netanyahu-av...

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youtu.be/r3BO6GP9NMY?...

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As with past seasons, happy to chat with any prospective poli sci job market candidates about materials and experiences on the market & in-job.

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www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...

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Good overview of the Gaza Aid Debacle at Global Dispatches with International Rescue Committee VP Ciarán Donnelly www.globaldispatches.org/p/the-gaza-a...

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"Clashes in Los Angeles between federal agents and people protesting immigration raids continued into a third day on Sunday as the National Guard arrived on orders from President Trump. Here is what happened on each day." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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"Had Kiptum lived, he probably would have achieved that milestone by now, and might have won gold in the Paris Olympics too. Those dreams are buried with his body, which lies beneath his family’s land in accordance with Kalenjin tradition." www.economist.com/1843/2025/05...

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Always cool stepping onto a 3000-series Metro car and being instantly transported back to 1987.

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For @carnegieendowment.org, I wrote about the Saudi podcast scene and how hosts address policy and politics without being overtly "political."

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@ DC journalists and activists: Department of the Interior, at the request of MPD, has decided to shut down Dupont Circle from Thursday to Monday.

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Forthcoming in June: Poems and Essays from Gaza, Short Stories from Syria As publication dates often slip — and new books surface — we try to have a glance at what’s really coming in translation from Arabic at the start of each month. If you have more books to add, please let us know.

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Andrew England and @alomran.me on.ft.com/3HkoN01

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In Armenia and thus remembered this from the twilight era of longform journalism - worth a read if you want a(n informative) distraction. grantland.com/features/the...

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This should not fall to students. Faculty with tenure or tenure lines (& especially those with the privilege of citizenship) should be treating the administrations war on higher ed like the 5-alarm fire it is, and pushing their leadership to do the same. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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Me and @andrewleber.bsky.social called out our employer in the newspaper for not denouncing these unconstitutional and un-American acts. These students with everything to lose did the same. Why is every tenured faculty member with a guaranteed job for life not doing so as well?

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"He's the third House Democrat to die in the last three months. If Democrats had gained a narrow 1 or 2-seat majority in 2024, they would have lost it by now." www.yahoo.com/news/last-8-...

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Israel’s Allies Denounce Its New Gaza Offensive www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/w...

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@alomran.me on Saudi Arabia's tourism drive for @financialtimes.com on.ft.com/3S5jhkc

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Harvard doesn't need my money, and this is a molecule in the bucket, but they're seemingly one of the few liberal institutions with both resources and the will to push back against this administration at present.

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Important paper by Bleemer and Quincy: Since 1960, the college wage premium has become less equal. Lower-income students now get far less out of college than their higher-income peers. www.nber.org/papers/w33797

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Amid Cease-Fire Talks, Israel Says It Has Expanded Ground Operations in Gaza www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/w...

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“If he went anywhere in Latin America… If he went anywhere in Europe, there would be protests. This is a place that’s going to deal with him on very transactional terms, that’s going to put on a big show and where there’s not going to be any domestic protests whatsoever.” @andrewleber.bsky.social

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Trump administration's idea according to NBC: to relocate one million Palestinians to Libya, in exchange for funds for Libya and some incentives for the Palestinians - no words left to describe international politics today

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Real Men Steal Countries: Inside Trump’s Absurd Greenland Obsession @hooks.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/1947... via @newrepublic.com

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With Pres. Trump in the Middle East for the first major international visit of his second term, questions and controversy swirl around what will come of the trip. @andrewleber.bsky.social, @zaha-hassan.bsky.social, & Amr Hamzawy answer the pressing questions: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...

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Based on pure anecdata, Trump speech going down v well in the surrounding region (whether you prefer MENA or West Asia, etc.) based on Syria policy changes and the focus on economic activity over conflict.

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Brief comments on Trump's visit to the Gulf with colleagues Amr Hamzawy and @zaha-hassan.bsky.social for @carnegieendowment.org carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...

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To understand how Trump views the Arab Gulf monarchies, you could do worse than looking at how the 1976 movie Network talks about "The Arabs" youtu.be/35DSdw7dHjs?...

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I've been told repeatedly that tenure is not just for giving sex pests and deadwood guaranteed lifetime employment so now would be a great time for tenured faculty to openly pressure their universities to resist this Maoist evisceration of academia.

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This attitude (particularly on the Supreme Court) is why corruption is more or less legal in the United States at present.

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