#Conflict

Thread: For #polisci colleagues unfamiliar with my first book (https://www.amazon.com/Jockeying-American-Presidency-Political-Opportunism/dp/1604977809), I thought I’d summarize the claims here — because while I published this in 2010
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The House Foreign Affairs Committee is having a hearing about Syria policy with special envoy Joel Rayburn. I'll be tweeting highlights from the hearing:[THREAD] Michael McCaul of Texas, ranking Republican
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, is joining Gov. Jared Polis for an update on the state’s response to COVID-19. Watch live:http://bit.ly/2TV8x8o  Polis starts by saying he
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1/10 Tomas Pueyo (@tomaspueyo): Panic, Profit, and Denial.This is the story of how the VP of Growth for an Online Ed. Company unjustly helped lock down the world and in
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How did diamonds become the standard for engagement rings and jewelry? The truth is that diamonds aren’t the rarest gemstone in the world. If that’s the case, then why are
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Because I am a glutton for punishment, here's a tiny thread about why causal inference and policy is so tricky re: "masks and COVID-19" Disclaimer #1: Mute this thread if
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Look guys - THE SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST IS PRETTY SERIOUS.(I know you might say when it wasn't but we are talking risk of a big conflict)The thread on
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I don't know. It makes sense to me, that this is a public health crisis. I watched a bunch of people struggle to save the life an 8-year-old girl last
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It might not be fair to say I found The Queen's Gambit demoralizing, but it would be accurate. Like The Aeronauts, it's part of a troubling media project of male
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LRA update thread: With the ICC's verdict in Dominic #OngwenTrial due later this week, feels timely to share updates on what Joseph Kony and remaining #LRA groups are up to.
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A lot of my research lately has focused on ambivalent sexism (wiki it, it’s good reading). The basic idea is that sexist men have both hostile and benevolent sexist ideas
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Novak Djokovic had more quotes, very interesting, in Serbian, about his return to the @atptour council with @VasekPospisil, and the fact that they will continue PTPA anyway. Thread "These
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Not a lot of discussion about the #bannon indictment today. It seems like a slam dunk case for the government. Here are some key points: THREAD The original structure of
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a breakdown of jikook's pas de deux from a ballet point of view: a thread let's start with definitions. what is a pas de deux? it's basically french for "step
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A few months ago, I joined the unit of lawyers @ICRC who work on « national implementation of #IHL » (aka the @ICRC Advisory Service). People often ask me what we do,
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Working Paper Alert. Thread: several studies show that domestic violence help calls has increased during the lockdowns. In fact @emilycleslie has a fantastic paper using data US data. But what
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