#Democracies

Yascha Mounk

Yascha_Mounk

Four years ago, I was more pessimistic than most: I never assumed the institutions would contain Trump.Now, I'm more optimistic than many: If Biden wins, we are likely to have

Omair Ahmad

OmairTAhmad

1. Since @MVijay88 asked, here is a breakdown of the Callimachi story with ISIS and India, and why it should have raised a number of red flags.This is the story:https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/04/world/asia/isis-messaging-app-terror-plot.ht

Helen Armstrong

HelenArmstrong5

Professor Maureen Healy is the chair of the History Dept at Lewis and Clark College. She teaches Modern European History, specializing in the history of Germany & Eastern Europe (and

Arapaho415

arapaho415

Recap thread: h/t @unclenate Dec 3, 2020:1/ "The U.S. president-elect and his top advisors have made the fight against dirty money one of their early priorities.""Biden, who as vice president

Thorsten Benner

thorstenbenner

A decade ago, who would have thought Green party co-leaders would rail against "geopolitical self-dwarfication", pushing joint transatlantic agenda as alternative to "China's authoritarian pursuit of hegemony".This i

Aila Matanock

matanock

My post at @monkeycageblog applies a comparative perspective to US politics: breaking ties between politicians and armed actors can be hard - but monitoring, consistent enforcement, & political sanctions, ideally

Maitreya Bhakal

MaitreyaBhakal

Schrodinger's China:China is both a threat to world's peace, and on the verge of collapse. Schrodinger's response to COVID-19:China's response is both delayed and riddled with missteps - and is

Chipo Dendere

drDendere

The argument that the opposition in Zim failed to oust Mugabe because they are weak is not grounded in reality & ignores the enormous consequences of weakened institutions. The equivalent

The Pension War Room

yomeeks

This is your daily pension announcement: The ATRF is dropping the truth munitions! Check this shit out. Can you say boom? When they say "public statements" they mean the incorrect

A.W Kakar

awsanzar

I've been asked by a few on my opinions on this thread, which I'll address in this thread of my own.When partisans cling to the state-sponsored histories of their respective

Frank Church Inst.

Boisestate_FCI

Now more than ever, it is important to be civically active. Starting this year The #FrankChurch Insitute is endeavoring to answer the question: How do Democracies Survive and Thrive in

Brumby

the_brumby

The 10,000-Foot View: Forever Lockdown Unraveling? A short (for me) thread on what I perceive as the current macro situation (warning: contains some optimism)1) I believe many have overestimated the

Madeleine Morris

remittancegirl

This morning, I am attempting to shift my thinking from reactive to analytical. So… there’s a long thread coming. First, Trump’s promise of a peaceful transition is immaterial. We have

Guest 🇺🇸🌊🇪🇺

Gast5502

October 31, 2020, 7:45 p.m.USA and Donald Trump:Deselect!..Donald Trump has done inestimable damage to democracy and the US-built world order in four years. Now the Americans decide - and they

Jonathan West 🌺🕉️🇺🇸🇮🇳🇪🇨

MycoJonathan

When people say Muslims & Christians are persecuted minorities in India, they are without doubt lying.Christianity & Islam, by their own religious doctrine stand against & demonize Hinduism & they

Maksym Eristavi

MaximEristavi

Relations between Europe and America will never be the same again. But if @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris have an opportunity to rebuild transatlantic unity, it lies in Central and Eastern Europe.My

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