David M. Sip
miskatonicprof.bsky.social
David M. Sip
@miskatonicprof.bsky.social
Proxy War/Middle East Scholar, main focus on Iranian proxy warfare and foreign policy
PhD @University of Trento
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Inspired by @osto.bsky.social article “Iran, its clients, and the future of the Middle East: the limits of religion” doi.org/10.1093/ia/i... and Amos Fox article “Strategic Relationships, Risk, and Proxy War” doi.org/10.5038/1944...
I am grateful to the team at the Georgetown Security Studies Review for publishing my article: Pressure Proxies: A Model for State Support of Non-Traditional Proxy Groups Abroad and Their Use as Deterrence. It covers diverse case studies of the use of proxies for pressure and deterrence. /1
August 6, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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August 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
🧵 My first article “The role of ideology in explaining the strength of Iran’s proxy relationships” has been published at Small Wars & Insurgencies. doi.org/10.1080/0959...
April 14, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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The talks regarding Ukraine and Russia will fail. We have been there multiple times and this pattern will not suddenly change. Even the chances of a mere ceasefire are - even when not zero - rather modest. Though if it would occur it would fall apart, eventually, and probably soon. It is inevitable.
March 31, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Country first. Courage always.
February 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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24. Februar 2022:
Russische Soldaten wollen mit Landungsschiffen in Odesa landen und Kyiv in 3 Tagen einnehmen.

24. Februar 2025:
Russischer Soldat dankt Freiwilligen für den Kauf von Futter für Esel Jascha und den Lada von 1964 ohne Dach und Türen.
February 11, 2025 at 5:56 AM