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Enrique Desmond Arias @desarias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This is a great point. We had a lawyer speaking @bildnercenter.bsky.social last week who suggested that material support for terrorist could be litigated by victims. Are you aware of any cases where victims of Mexican DTOs have sued US gun dealers for damages?

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Enrique Desmond Arias @desarias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I'm not sure how much these satellite campuses help the core university mission or the students. Students in Miami are not often exposed to central university faculty. It is hard to build relations among students. Research opportunities are limited. The main library is on the home campus.

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Enrique Desmond Arias @desarias.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I don't think I have gotten anyone to pick up in Manhattan either though they do let me leave a voice mail.

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Enrique Desmond Arias @desarias.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Very cool. I did not know there was a German mate flavored soft drink. When I lived in Brazil, non-carbonated mate drinks were popular. Did you get in in NYC?

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Enrique Desmond Arias @desarias.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I found Black Leopard, Red Wolf difficult and not very interesting. Brief History was amazing. Just started The Disappears and it was immediately captivating. I like how James shows the details of Jamaican social life across classes. Black Leopard, of course, was missing that.

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Enrique Desmond Arias @desarias.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A great day for beginning and ending educational cycles. My kids were up early for school. Then I came to campus for the dissertation defense of a student I met online during the pandemic.

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Enrique Desmond Arias @desarias.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This is an interesting finding. In Latin American politics research there is an expectation articles will site local language sources. It has been a frequent peer review topic for a long time. Why do you think some "jihadism research" relies so heavily on English-language sources?

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Enrique Desmond Arias @desarias.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Thanks for making this point. This is generally an issue for all academic conferences happening in the US right now and for those of us hosting events. APSA has been very much behind and often tone deaf in addressing the threats facing the political system here.

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Enrique Desmond Arias @desarias.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Good point. Perhaps I am extending the administration some of the same credit I would have extended in the past.

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Enrique Desmond Arias @desarias.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Thank you. This is something few draw attention to. The administration doesn't seem to believe that high education is an industry that contributes to economic growth both in preparing students for the workforce but also simply by generating business activity.

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Enrique Desmond Arias @desarias.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

What a waste of talent and opportunity. Perhaps if the administration had consulted with people trained in the social sciences, like diplomats and economists, it could have avoided the Iran war and the trade wars, which are damaging its standing among the electorate.

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Enrique Desmond Arias @desarias.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I agree. The university where I teach has worked for years to improve transfers within our system. States might be able to achieve this over the medium term especially with this type of financial incentive.

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Enrique Desmond Arias @desarias.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

What a great place to work on Mexican politics! Good luck hiring.

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Enrique Desmond Arias @desarias.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Thanks for posting this. Your approach seems like a good start to addressing the challenges faced by many universities across the country. The plan, though, requires meaningful safeguards so the federal government cannot use the funding system to impose curriculum or free speech limitations.

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Enrique Desmond Arias @desarias.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I am surprised the NSF staff thinks we don't know they are not making new awards. As a former grantee from the security program I am very aware of the lack of funding.

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Enrique Desmond Arias @desarias.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Why do you think the switch happened?

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Enrique Desmond Arias @desarias.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I happy to share a free link to an article I published at Geoforum entitled "Illicit Value Chains, Market Challenges, and Criminal Governance in Colombia." This took a great deal of work and I am happy to see it in print. authors.elsevier.com/a/1nPsX3pILp...

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Enrique Desmond Arias @desarias.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

That is an awesome novel. I particularly like the T. Rex song references. And the humor.

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Enrique Desmond Arias @desarias.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I agree here. The report is unsourced and has no details. "Big if true" but certainly waiting for more information.

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Enrique Desmond Arias @desarias.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Thanks for sharing this. I appreciate the illuminating comparison.

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Enrique Desmond Arias @desarias.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Thank you for your kind words, Gabriela!

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Enrique Desmond Arias @desarias.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Kids in New York City definitely can get around more than kids elsewhere in the US. Built environment and public transportation make a big difference.

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Enrique Desmond Arias @desarias.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

I appreciate your summaries and commentaries. Those would be a very sad loss to this site.

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Enrique Desmond Arias @desarias.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

That is one of the best bars in New York. Lovely place. Great to hear about it here.

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Enrique Desmond Arias @desarias.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Thanks for positing this. I studied with him as an undergraduate and learned a great. I appreciate your distilling these points from his book.

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Enrique Desmond Arias @desarias.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Using “United Statesian” is one way some articulate this centuries long anti-authoritarian, anti-colonial, and anti-imperial project 7/

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Enrique Desmond Arias @desarias.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

This song, written during the dictatorships of the 60s and 70s in the region, is about love and solidarity among the region’s peoples in the face of oppression 6/

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Enrique Desmond Arias @desarias.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Gilberto Gil’s “Soy Loco Por Tí America [I am Crazy about you America},” is perhaps the most poetic expression of this multinational idea of America. www.google.com/search?sca_e... 5/

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Enrique Desmond Arias @desarias.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

What appears to be the imposition of an unwanted demonym to a US citizen is an effort by many Latin Americans to challenge the appropriation of a culturally and politically valuable supernational demonym 5/

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Enrique Desmond Arias @desarias.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Today in Latin America, US citizens and officials are referred to, legally and formally, as Estdado Unidense. United Statesian or USian is a translation of this. Spend enough time there and it feels normal, at least when you say it in Spanish or Portuguese. 4/

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Enrique Desmond Arias @desarias.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Americano is a broader demonym that has longstanding cultural valence in Latin America. In his efforts to promote a continental decolonization movement, Simon Bolivar referred to the inhabitants of the region “Americanos” in his 1815 “Letter from Jamaica,” an text in Latin American independence. 3/

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Enrique Desmond Arias @desarias.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

“Americano” is an old term that in Latin America refers to all of the inhabitants of the hemisphere. This term continues to have cultural and historical valence in the region. We shouldn’t see it as the imposition on US citizens but rather an expression of a project of regional solidarity 2/

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Enrique Desmond Arias @desarias.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

When Latin American’ push USian as a term for US citizens it isn’t about an unwanted demonym being imposed on those of us from the United States. It is, rather, about solidarity and belonging in the hemisphere 1/

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Enrique Desmond Arias @desarias.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Wonderful database. Couldn't agree more.

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Enrique Desmond Arias @desarias.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Can you explain how the data could be misused? I am not a specialist in this and it would be helpful to know some of the ways this data could be abused. Thank you.

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Enrique Desmond Arias @desarias.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

The ferries have been a really nice contribution to quality of life in my neighborhood. Thank you!

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Bildner Center, CUNY @bildnercenter.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

🎬 Film Screening: Los Olvidados (1950) Join us for Luis Buñuel’s powerful classic, followed by a Q&A session. 🗓️ Tuesday, Sept. 23 🕕 6:00 PM 📍 Segal Theatre, @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social 📩 RSVP: bildner@gc.cuny.edu

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Enrique Desmond Arias @desarias.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

This is the course description for English 360 from the department website and the course catalog: ENGL 360 Literature for Children Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Representative writers, genres, texts and movements. Prerequisite: Junior or senior classification.

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Enrique Desmond Arias @desarias.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey

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