Nick Lotito
@lotito.bsky.social
Political scientist @ Princeton SPIA. Middle East, international security, civil-military relations.
Netanyahu’s crimes in Gaza must never be pardoned as “excesses” in defense of Israel. He has never acted in Israel’s best interests— only his own.
“In the months before that war, Netanyahu’s push to undermine Israel’s judiciary widened already-deep rifts within Israeli society and weakened its military…once the war began, Netanyahu’s decisions were at times colored predominantly by political and personal need.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/m...
How Netanyahu Prolonged the War in Gaza to Stay in Power
www.nytimes.com
July 11, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Netanyahu’s crimes in Gaza must never be pardoned as “excesses” in defense of Israel. He has never acted in Israel’s best interests— only his own.
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“In the months before that war, Netanyahu’s push to undermine Israel’s judiciary widened already-deep rifts within Israeli society and weakened its military…once the war began, Netanyahu’s decisions were at times colored predominantly by political and personal need.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/m...
How Netanyahu Prolonged the War in Gaza to Stay in Power
www.nytimes.com
July 11, 2025 at 10:49 AM
“In the months before that war, Netanyahu’s push to undermine Israel’s judiciary widened already-deep rifts within Israeli society and weakened its military…once the war began, Netanyahu’s decisions were at times colored predominantly by political and personal need.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/m...
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Ok, I’m no @profpaulpoast.bsky.social but I shall try to do a thread on militaries and protests. Apologies up front to all the brilliant scholars I accidentally leave out - am doing this from memory.
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June 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Ok, I’m no @profpaulpoast.bsky.social but I shall try to do a thread on militaries and protests. Apologies up front to all the brilliant scholars I accidentally leave out - am doing this from memory.
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What does research tell us about Trump decision to deploy national guard in LA? Civ-mil expert Risa Brooks explains 👇
Seeing lots of discussion about whether the U.S. military will go along or push back against orders to confront mass protests.
Here’s my take on what other cases and prior research tell us about what might happen.
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Here’s my take on what other cases and prior research tell us about what might happen.
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June 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
What does research tell us about Trump decision to deploy national guard in LA? Civ-mil expert Risa Brooks explains 👇
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typical corrupt science
May 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
typical corrupt science
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Friends, I am so excited to share that my book is finally available for pre-order, and it’s CHEAP 😁
(They accidentally put up a cover image w an older version of the title - no “allegiance”)
www.bloomsbury.com/us/on-order-...
(They accidentally put up a cover image w an older version of the title - no “allegiance”)
www.bloomsbury.com/us/on-order-...
On Order, Authority, and Modern Civil-Military Relations
Lindsay P. Cohn reads Augustine from the perspective of modern civil-military relations, analyzing how Augustine's views on order, authority, war, peace, violen…
www.bloomsbury.com
April 23, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Friends, I am so excited to share that my book is finally available for pre-order, and it’s CHEAP 😁
(They accidentally put up a cover image w an older version of the title - no “allegiance”)
www.bloomsbury.com/us/on-order-...
(They accidentally put up a cover image w an older version of the title - no “allegiance”)
www.bloomsbury.com/us/on-order-...
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Apropos nothing in particular:
March 23, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Apropos nothing in particular:
Right, and if I’m not mistaken, this has been broadly true since before 10/7, plus a growing popular mobilization demanding the same? From start to finish the Gaza war has been the critical lifeline to Netanyahu’s crumbling political career
March 6, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Right, and if I’m not mistaken, this has been broadly true since before 10/7, plus a growing popular mobilization demanding the same? From start to finish the Gaza war has been the critical lifeline to Netanyahu’s crumbling political career
Me please 👋
كل سوريا كل الحرية!!
كل سوريا كل الحرية!!
December 9, 2024 at 12:05 PM
Me please 👋
كل سوريا كل الحرية!!
كل سوريا كل الحرية!!
I fear we will never match the course title sexiness of @jaylyall.bsky.social: “Development Under Fire.” 😭😂
November 21, 2024 at 10:26 AM
I fear we will never match the course title sexiness of @jaylyall.bsky.social: “Development Under Fire.” 😭😂
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Thrilled to join @carriealee.bsky.social on the U.S. Army War College's "A Better Peace" podcast for this discussion of how politicians seek to turn the military into their partisan ally in eroding democracies around the world.
warroom.armywarcollege.edu/podcasts/pol...
warroom.armywarcollege.edu/podcasts/pol...
NORMS, POLITICIZATION, AND THE MILITARY PROFESSION
There is a global trend of increased politicization of the military in eroding democracies, some of which are allies of the United States. Risa Brooks joins host Carrie Lee to shed light on the evolvi...
warroom.armywarcollege.edu
October 29, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Thrilled to join @carriealee.bsky.social on the U.S. Army War College's "A Better Peace" podcast for this discussion of how politicians seek to turn the military into their partisan ally in eroding democracies around the world.
warroom.armywarcollege.edu/podcasts/pol...
warroom.armywarcollege.edu/podcasts/pol...
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At the time, when I wrote this piece in Nov. 2022 I wondered if maybe I was pushing the envelope just a bit too far.
I only wish that had been the case . . .
So, how does this effort to politicize the military work? 1/
I only wish that had been the case . . .
So, how does this effort to politicize the military work? 1/
The Right Wing’s Loyalty Test for the U.S. Military
A dangerous turn in civil-military relations.
www.foreignaffairs.com
September 27, 2023 at 9:16 PM
At the time, when I wrote this piece in Nov. 2022 I wondered if maybe I was pushing the envelope just a bit too far.
I only wish that had been the case . . .
So, how does this effort to politicize the military work? 1/
I only wish that had been the case . . .
So, how does this effort to politicize the military work? 1/