@YomSean

Prof. @TUpolisci, Fellow @DAWNme. I write on Mideast politics, authoritarianism, & US foreign policy. More: https://xitter.cf/t.co/0xfIS9WF9z

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Coming soon (Sept/Oct): my book on #Jordan politics covering every topic imaginable (monarchism, state-building, autocracy, Palestine, tribalism, democracy, civil society, economic travails, foreign policy). Hardly the Hashemite Kingdom of "Boredom"... global.oup.com/academic/prod…
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Rana Sweis@ranasweisOct 23
Today's terrorist attack in the southern Jordanian town of #Karak comes nearly 10 years after #ISIS claimed responsibility for killing 10 people there. In 2016, seven Jordanian security officers, a Canadian tourist and two Jordanian civilians were killed. 🧵
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Emad Hajjaj Cartoons
@EmadHajjajOct 23
كنيسة حمود في الكرك .. جرح وطن
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إن أي اعتداء على أردني، أياً كان دينه أو معتقده، هو اعتداء على المجتمع الأردني بأسره.
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MESA@MESA_1966Oct 22
#Employment The Center for Middle East Studies at Brown University invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral research associate position for a political scientist with expertise in the Middle East and North Africa. mesana.org/resources-and-opp…

Middle East Studies Association

The Center for Middle East Studies invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral research associate position for a political scientist with expertise in the Middle East and North Africa.

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Union Labor With American Characteristics
@WithLaborOct 19
I think Europe is familiar with the concept of a divorced guy who can't see his kids.
AnAmerican Homestead
@HomesteadAmericOct 19
When Islamic protests starts in the US, they will never expand outside the cities. Because they will start running into guys like this. That's the difference between the Islamic takeover of Europe and the US.
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Matthew Yglesias
@mattyglesiasOct 19
Republicans: We hate Indian-Americans Indian-Americans: We’re not going to vote for you then Republicans: See! See!
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Mina Kimes
@minakimesOct 16
You’re*
49erspnw@Armandoh5aaOct 16
Replying to @minakimes @Nate_Tice
They warned me not to engage with you. But your a retarded woman with low IQ
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derek guy
@dieworkwearOct 3
Replying to @realDonaldTrump
if republicans win congress, trump will give you $5,000. but if democrats win congress, i will finally reveal where you can buy good pants.
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Sarah Leah Whitson
@sarahleah1Oct 2
On the banality of evil, circa 2026: "part of what made it easier to trust the system was the pseudo-scientific precision of AI. We are all familiar with the breezy, authoritative tone of today’s chatbots. When AI is used for targeting, it brings a similar feigned omniscience to killing...When inevitably flawed human beings make decisions, they can expect others to challenge them. But AI makes it easier for us to defer to its judgments. That deference risks magnifying the human biases that inevitably infect any AI system." theguardian.com/commentisfre…

AI weapons systems are already here. Algorithms must not decide who lives and dies | Kenneth Roth

Israel’s conduct in Gaza shows the danger of using AI in warfare. Humans must remain at the center of wartime decisions

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Molly Ploofkins
@MollyploofkinsOct 2
This guy's so fk'in sharp. He's the ONLY choice for Texas... "If the Republican policies are so popular and effective, why do you constantly need to redraw the maps?"
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"McGurk is someone who I’ve written about for years as, in the words of one official who spoke to me, “the prime example of a white man failing up.” This character has gone through Middle East policy in the Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden eras, and, as I reveal in my book, tried to get a job in the second Trump presidency unsuccessfully."
Akbar Shahid Ahmed
@AkbarSAhmedSep 24
"The reason we need to look at the Biden admin's atrocious policymaking on Gaza is exemplified by this week at the UN..The biggest event yesterday [was] Brett McGurk [on Syria]—which shows you the architects of this policy are coming back to shape our era" thenation.com/article/politi…

How Joe Biden Helped Cause a Genocide in Gaza

An interview with reporter Akbar Shahid Ahmed about his new book, “Crossing the Red Line.”

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Alan Eyre
@AlanEyre1Sep 23
Is this the level of strategic thinking & geopolitical analysis in 'The World's Greatest Deliberative Body'?
Acyn
@AcynSep 23
Kennedy: I think that the people running Iran are reptiles. And they're part of a colony of reptiles. The chief reptile is President XI in China. You can't trust any of them. All of them are the same. It's like the same hooker in different dresses
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RHC
@RHCJOSep 22
جلالة الملك عبدالله الثاني يلقي خطابا في الجلسة الافتتاحية لاجتماعات الجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة في دورتها الحادية والثمانين. نص الخطاب: rhc.jo/g/95794 #الأردن #الأمم_المتحدة
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Dr. Annelle Rodriguez Sheline
@AnnelleShelineSep 22
Congratulations to @AkbarSAhmed, whose book, CROSSING THE RED LINE, is out today. Especially as Biden administration officials try to whitewash their reputations, Akbar's detailed reporting provides a vital resource for those who want to hold them accountable.
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Carl Bildt
@carlbildtSep 22
There are speeches and there are speeches, but King Abdullah II 🇯🇴 certainly spoke up about the situation on the West Bank in 🇺🇳 today.
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Clash Report
@clashreportSep 22
Jordan’s King Abdullah II: This Israeli government's appetite is now a regional threat. And today, Syria is the warning. The international community is choosing not to see repeated incursions, creeping territorial expansion, new facts and posts on the ground, including around vital water resources. Step by calculated step, Israel is testing how far it can go. And every time the international community looks away, Israel learns that it can go even further, across borderlines and legal limits.
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للمرة الثانية، سيعقد مجلس الوزراء اليوم جلسته في محافظة #معان برئاسة دولة الدكتور جعفر حسان، ضمن نهج العمل الميداني للحكومة في المحافظات، لمتابعة الأولويات والمشاريع التنموية بالتواصل المباشر مع الهيئات التمثيلية والقطاعات المختلفة. وتأتي جلسة اليوم للبناء على ما تم بحثه خلال الجلسة السابقة التي انعقدت في العام الماضي، لاستعراض ما تم إنجازه، ومتابعة المشاريع والاحتياجات القائمة، إلى جانب مناقشة أولويات المرحلة المقبلة، بما يسهم في دفع مسار التنمية وتطوير مستوى الخدمات في المحافظة. #الأردن #معان #مجلس_الوزراء
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Arynne Wexler
@ArynneWexlerSep 18
As a former National Merit Scholar, I'll say this simply so that you can understand: There is no way to game the system here, it is merit based The founders believed that your ancestry should not determine your destiny - you work hard, you build, you contribute to society, you succeed Indian Americans studying hard, raising high-achieving kids who become doctors, engineers, and entrepreneurs is not a problem America needs to solve You'd be upset if they weren't successful and mooching off society, you're upset that they ARE successful -- it's almost like their success is not what upsets you Incredible mask-off moment The right will lose all normies this way, and we will lose for a long time if you keep dragging us down this odious path You're an embarrassment
Kaylee Ashlynn
@kaylee_ashlynnSep 17
Heritage High School in Frisco, Texas National Merit Scholar group. Careful, they don’t like when you notice things.
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National Merit Scholars qualify via top ~1% PSAT/NMSQT scores in their state. Selection is solely score-based and race-blind; no quotas or displacement of others. nationalmerit.org studypoint.com/ed/national-me…
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David French
@DavidAFrenchSep 17
It’s becoming very clear that when the new right praises meritocracy, the last thing they are is colorblind. Texas has tried to create a meritocracy that rewards academic achievement regardless of race, ethnicity, sex or religion. It’s far from perfect, but one thing is crystal clear — if you do well enough in school you can go to the best university in the state. That’s a promise. But now the results are in, and white men don’t do well enough for the new right. After spending years and years complaining when the left used admissions statistics to decry disproportionate racial admissions, the new right is now doing the exact same thing. nytimes.com/2026/09/17/opini…

Opinion | Watching Bigots Erupt

This is what I see when I look at the picture Bo French hates.

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This essay is adapted from Syria: A Modern History, Daniel Neep’s excellent book for @BasicBooks @neepd Read and subscribe to @hiddencitiesmag hidden-cities.com/p/how-syri…

How Syria’s Future After Assad Echoes With Its Past

The debates in Syria today resonate with the same set of challenges that earlier generations of Syrians faced.

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