My latest Substack conversation with @ysulaiman.bsky.social is now live. We discuss the big changes in Syria--what happened, why, and who wins/loses. realismandrestraint.substack.com/p/assad-is-o...

decidedly odd stat here:
14% of americans think donald trump can't read

My colleague @ysulaiman.bsky.social and I have had our research on ASEAN recently published in Global Strategis: "The Military and ASEAN's Principle of Non-Interference." e-journal.unair.ac.id/JGS/article/...

Yeah, late Friday night is the right time to post a take about recent Bluesky takes. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/all-i-am-s...

Yeah, I wasn't impressed with Threads and didn't use it much anyway. Deactivated my account.

When Duffy was on Real World-Boston--where he was known as a lumberjack and mostly faded into the background--I didn't think he was cabinet material. That still applies today. I certainly don't think he's qualified for Transportation. In Congress, he spent the bulk of his time on financial issues.

1. Since we can now do threads, a quick summary of a piece I have just put up on Trump's foreign policy approach, which differs some from @dandrezner.bsky.social www.programmablemutter.com/p/how-chaoti...

"The surprise agreement on AI marks a breakthrough in the Biden administration’s efforts over the past four years on issues of nuclear safety and proliferation."

I can see why academics and aspiring academics love Bluesky so much. There are an amazing number of folks on this platform--at least it seems--either with a Ph.D. or pursuing a Ph.D. Impressive community here!

Disturbing theme in the incoming administration. Trump, RFK Jr., Gaetz, and now Hegseth all accused of sexual misconduct.

Next year, instead of flu/Covid shots, Americans will get a box of Kleenex and a link to to the latest three hour appearance by RFK Jr. on Joe Rogan’s podcast.