Benjamin V. Allison
@benvallison.bsky.social
Christian. History PhD Candidate at UT-Austin. US relations w MENA and Russia since 1945. Nat sec, terries/insurgency, proxy war. My opinions. Spitballer.
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The Jervis Forum Roundtable Review 17-18
Margaret Peacock’s Frequencies of Deceit: How Global Propaganda Wars Shaped the Middle East
“a tremendous book with which to think about radio, the power of language and discourse, and what it means for our world today.” –Benjamin V. Allison
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Margaret Peacock’s Frequencies of Deceit: How Global Propaganda Wars Shaped the Middle East
“a tremendous book with which to think about radio, the power of language and discourse, and what it means for our world today.” –Benjamin V. Allison
wp.me/p2Insd-7CX
Jervis Forum Roundtable 17-18 on Peacock, Frequencies of Deceit
H-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum Roundtable Review 17-18 Margaret Peacock, Frequencies of Deceit: How Global Propaganda Wars Shaped the Middle East.
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December 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The Jervis Forum Roundtable Review 17-18
Margaret Peacock’s Frequencies of Deceit: How Global Propaganda Wars Shaped the Middle East
“a tremendous book with which to think about radio, the power of language and discourse, and what it means for our world today.” –Benjamin V. Allison
wp.me/p2Insd-7CX
Margaret Peacock’s Frequencies of Deceit: How Global Propaganda Wars Shaped the Middle East
“a tremendous book with which to think about radio, the power of language and discourse, and what it means for our world today.” –Benjamin V. Allison
wp.me/p2Insd-7CX
In which I am rendered incapable of generating a single criticism of the book under review.
Margaret Peacock’s latest book is outstanding.
Margaret Peacock’s latest book is outstanding.
H-Diplo|Jervis Forum Roundtable 17-18 on Peacock, _Frequencies of Deceit_ | H-Net
The Jervis ForumH-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies ForumRoundtable Review 17-18Margaret Peacock, Frequencies of Deceit: How Global Propaganda Wars Shaped the Middle East. Universit...
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December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
In which I am rendered incapable of generating a single criticism of the book under review.
Margaret Peacock’s latest book is outstanding.
Margaret Peacock’s latest book is outstanding.
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Just looking at the Comey indictment mess, would you wager that this same DOJ has a solid legal justification for the killing spree at sea?
November 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Just looking at the Comey indictment mess, would you wager that this same DOJ has a solid legal justification for the killing spree at sea?
My latest for @livenowfox.bsky.social, discussing Israel's strikes in Beirut.
Israel: Hezbollah leader killed in Beirut strikes
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that the IDF killed Hezbollah chief of staff Haytham Ali Tabatabai in a Beirut strike on Sunday. LiveNOW's Carel Lajara discusses the latest in the ...
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November 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
My latest for @livenowfox.bsky.social, discussing Israel's strikes in Beirut.
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At @aseees.bsky.social 2025? Come by Columbia 10 in the first session to hear papers from me, Alexey Chernyavskiy, Nikolaus Graf Vitzthum, and Svetlana Savranskaya, with commentary by the great, powerful, and virtual @radchenko.bsky.social!
November 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
At @aseees.bsky.social 2025? Come by Columbia 10 in the first session to hear papers from me, Alexey Chernyavskiy, Nikolaus Graf Vitzthum, and Svetlana Savranskaya, with commentary by the great, powerful, and virtual @radchenko.bsky.social!
Hey, that's me!
H-Diplo Article Review 1252
John Bernell White Jr.’s “Breaking the Strategic Glass: The Carter Administration and Oman, 1977–1980”
“important...to understand how Carter worked to create a new security architecture in the Gulf after the collapse of the Shah” –Benjamin V. Allison
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John Bernell White Jr.’s “Breaking the Strategic Glass: The Carter Administration and Oman, 1977–1980”
“important...to understand how Carter worked to create a new security architecture in the Gulf after the collapse of the Shah” –Benjamin V. Allison
hdiplo.org/to/AR1252
hdiplo.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Hey, that's me!
The purported route of a Soviet airlift to South Yemen and Ethiopia in October 1979, as reported in Newsweek.
November 14, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The purported route of a Soviet airlift to South Yemen and Ethiopia in October 1979, as reported in Newsweek.
SCENE: [A doctor’s office exam room. Milton Friedman sits, in a gown, on top of the exam table, swinging his feet and squinting at a prescription slip]
Friedman: Sudafed?! That’s what I’ve been saying!
Friedman: Sudafed?! That’s what I’ve been saying!
November 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
SCENE: [A doctor’s office exam room. Milton Friedman sits, in a gown, on top of the exam table, swinging his feet and squinting at a prescription slip]
Friedman: Sudafed?! That’s what I’ve been saying!
Friedman: Sudafed?! That’s what I’ve been saying!
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Mamdani referred to a friend as 'bro' but a Free Press investigation has determined that this man is not his sibling.
October 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Mamdani referred to a friend as 'bro' but a Free Press investigation has determined that this man is not his sibling.
Any of the homies tryna put together a @shafrhistorians.bsky.social panel for June? Ideally on MENA and/or 1970s/80s?
October 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Any of the homies tryna put together a @shafrhistorians.bsky.social panel for June? Ideally on MENA and/or 1970s/80s?
Y’know, when I suggested in 2021 that, among other things, maybe we needed to cut PhD lines to solve the jobs crisis, this is not what I had in mind… www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
October 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Y’know, when I suggested in 2021 that, among other things, maybe we needed to cut PhD lines to solve the jobs crisis, this is not what I had in mind… www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
…you know what? He’s right.
my meanest take is that I will trust academics on radicalism and political organization when they have fixed through collective action the academic publishing system.
a hot take about academia: it is both too activist and not activist enough. the endless focus on problematizing critiquing, etc etc often degenerates into navel gazing, while there is often a lack of high-quality outcome oriented empirical work on "what could make social institution XYZ work better"
October 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
…you know what? He’s right.
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For more on the history of federal government shutdowns (8 in Reagan's two terms alone! and 14 total since 1981), their duration, and government control by party, see this excellent graphic and @cnn.com article🗃️ www.cnn.com/politics/lon...
October 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
For more on the history of federal government shutdowns (8 in Reagan's two terms alone! and 14 total since 1981), their duration, and government control by party, see this excellent graphic and @cnn.com article🗃️ www.cnn.com/politics/lon...
Ahmed Jibril on the Islamic Revolution in Iran:
"... we recognized its victory was a gift from heaven. Our tranquil gift and compensation for Egypt which Sadat took into the Israeli and American embrace."
Jibril, Muthakaraat, 288.
"... we recognized its victory was a gift from heaven. Our tranquil gift and compensation for Egypt which Sadat took into the Israeli and American embrace."
Jibril, Muthakaraat, 288.
September 30, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Ahmed Jibril on the Islamic Revolution in Iran:
"... we recognized its victory was a gift from heaven. Our tranquil gift and compensation for Egypt which Sadat took into the Israeli and American embrace."
Jibril, Muthakaraat, 288.
"... we recognized its victory was a gift from heaven. Our tranquil gift and compensation for Egypt which Sadat took into the Israeli and American embrace."
Jibril, Muthakaraat, 288.
…my Lenten break was longer than anticipated
September 20, 2025 at 3:08 AM
…my Lenten break was longer than anticipated
Blessed Lent. See y’all later.
March 6, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Blessed Lent. See y’all later.
How I source my dissertation on relations between the United States, the Soviet Union, and the Steadfastness and Confrontation Front.
February 8, 2025 at 2:27 AM
How I source my dissertation on relations between the United States, the Soviet Union, and the Steadfastness and Confrontation Front.
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My latest appearance on LiveNOW from FOX, discussing the ceasefire in Gaza.
Ceasefire will go into effect Sunday
The ceasefire between Hamas and Israel will go into effect Sunday at 8:30 a.m. local time (0630 GMT), mediator Qatar announced Saturday, as families of hostages held in Gaza braced for news of loved o...
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January 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
My latest appearance on LiveNOW from FOX, discussing the ceasefire in Gaza.
My latest appearance on LiveNOW from FOX, discussing the ceasefire in Gaza.
Ceasefire will go into effect Sunday
The ceasefire between Hamas and Israel will go into effect Sunday at 8:30 a.m. local time (0630 GMT), mediator Qatar announced Saturday, as families of hostages held in Gaza braced for news of loved o...
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January 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
My latest appearance on LiveNOW from FOX, discussing the ceasefire in Gaza.
Re-upping for obvious reasons @lawfare.bsky.social
Extremist Ideology Is Hard to Pin Down
Many extremists—including Trump’s would-be assassins—adhere to ideologies that defy easy definitions.
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January 3, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Re-upping for obvious reasons @lawfare.bsky.social
My first live TV interview!
Remembering Carter: Impact in the Middle East
Benjamin V. Allison, a PhD student of history at the University of Texas, joins LiveNOW from FOX's Carel Lajara to discuss and reflect on former President Jimmy Carter's impact in the Middle East.
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January 2, 2025 at 9:49 PM
My first live TV interview!
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My thoughts on Jimmy Carter’s complex legacies in the Middle East, for @time.com
Jimmy Carter's Mixed Record in the Middle East
Dealing with the Middle East produced one of Carter’s finest moments as President, but also one of his lowest points.
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January 2, 2025 at 3:11 AM
My thoughts on Jimmy Carter’s complex legacies in the Middle East, for @time.com
My thoughts on Jimmy Carter’s complex legacies in the Middle East, for @time.com
Jimmy Carter's Mixed Record in the Middle East
Dealing with the Middle East produced one of Carter’s finest moments as President, but also one of his lowest points.
time.com
January 2, 2025 at 3:11 AM
My thoughts on Jimmy Carter’s complex legacies in the Middle East, for @time.com
Gonna be at @aseees.bsky.social on Thursday? Come to this panel on the USSR and the Middle East, featuring @radchenko.bsky.social, Robert Freedman, Margaret Peacock, Dmitry Asinovskiy, and me!*
* our final panelist, Vassily Klimentov, unfortunately can’t be with us this week
* our final panelist, Vassily Klimentov, unfortunately can’t be with us this week
November 18, 2024 at 11:19 PM
Gonna be at @aseees.bsky.social on Thursday? Come to this panel on the USSR and the Middle East, featuring @radchenko.bsky.social, Robert Freedman, Margaret Peacock, Dmitry Asinovskiy, and me!*
* our final panelist, Vassily Klimentov, unfortunately can’t be with us this week
* our final panelist, Vassily Klimentov, unfortunately can’t be with us this week