Jonathan Cristol
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Jonathan Cristol
@jonathancristol.bsky.social
I teach Middle East Politics, International Security, International Law, WMD (and stuff like that) at YU. Write about East Asia and Middle East. Ex-think-tanker. Occasional contractor. New to this platform. Love a good parenthetical aside. NYC based.
Friends, I read the headlines this morning, opened my end table drawer, and when I tell you this was among the contents, I am 100% serious.

(And my students already took the test that lies beneath it.)
November 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Look what I found.

Jealous, much?
October 2, 2025 at 2:51 AM
A lovely rooftop evening hosted by the Coalition for the UN we Need!
September 22, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Presented without comment.
August 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I did not rank Mamdani. I did not support Mamdani.

I plan to vote Eric Adams only to stop Mamdani from becoming mayor…

… but this is outrageous and disgusting.
June 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Always a pleasure to join Channel 8 News (Sulaymaniyah)!
June 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I often disagree with AOC; but I do believe she is incredibly smart.

That’s why this post surprises me because it is very very overstated — for now at least.

And while I believe Trump should be impeached, and that he was wrong today, I don’t think this is what he should be impeached for.
June 22, 2025 at 2:58 AM
More shout outs to tariffs.
March 5, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Shameful.
Despicable.
Disgusting.
February 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
In 2030 this will be:

A) Required to be posted in every home, office, and business.

B) The non-ironic title of a book about the Trump Dynasty written by Ivanka.

C) The ironic title of a Pulitzer Prize winning book by “WaPo Editors.”

D) The epitaph on America’s tombstone— but in Mandarin
February 16, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Take a moment to read this section of the DOJ letter ordering Adams case to be dropped. I have no words that are appropriate for a family friendly app so just read it.
February 11, 2025 at 1:54 AM
!!!!!!!!
February 10, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Why even have separate housing at all?

Let’s just have everyone live at work and anyone without a job will just live underground and ride stationary bikes to provide power to the people on the surface.

To maintain motivation they can earn “merits” to maybe one day (literally) move up.
February 8, 2025 at 1:51 AM
In other words — he is saying no to additional aid, yes to commerce.
February 3, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Yes that NYT Headline Bot is all-too-often too close to reality, but then there are works of art like para. 2 of this article.
February 1, 2025 at 6:10 AM