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Ph.D in International Relations, faculty, research interests in alliances and the geopolitics of Asia-Pacific. Read non-fiction, history, and IR books. πŸ’™ Rumi’s poetry, Stephen KingπŸ“š& dystopian novels. 🚫 NO DMs PLEASE, I WON’T RESPOND πŸ›‘
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The South China Sea dispute is a serious maritime and territorial dispute between China and several Southeast Asian countries. β€œChinese activity in the South China Sea is intensifying once again.” It seems the U.S. no longer cares and China is taking advantage!! foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/01/s...

Ukraine πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ will hit back πŸ‘ A Ukrainian drone attack has destroyed more than 40 Russian planes deep in Russia’s territory. . .while Moscow pounded Ukraine with missiles and drones just hours before a new round of direct peace talks in Istanbul. apnews.com/article/russ...

Autocratic Capitalism: β€œThe breakdown of the post-Cold War order has resulted in a rise of authoritarianism and democratic backsliding in liberal democracies, but this seems to been no hindrance to capitalism. Autocratic capitalism is thriving around the worldβ€”again.” daily.jstor.org/autocratic-c...

β€œEverything in the world began with a yes. One molecule said yes to another molecule and life was born.” β€” Clarice Lispector (1920–1977)

We have lived through the epoch of suppression of the masses; we are living in an epoch of suppression of the individual in the name of the masses. . . Wars, imperialist and civil, have turned man into material for warfare, into a number, a cipher. β€” Yevgeny Zamyatin (1884–1937)

β€œTo find your love, I opened a hundred doors of madness.” β€” RUMI πŸ’™πŸ’™

Top Countries of Origin for U.S. International Students, 2023-24:πŸ‘‡

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Since a cult has to appear genuinely popular, welling up from the hearts of the people, it is invariably tinged with superstition, magic, and religious overtones. Hitler, for example, presented himself as a messiah united with the masses in a mystical, quasi-religious bond. #TheCultOfPersonality