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Nick Lotito

@lotito.bsky.social
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Political scientist @ Princeton SPIA. Middle East, international security, civil-military relations.

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Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 13h
If you read one thing today, read this: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/trump-s-ty.... Dictatorships start by targeting vulnerable people for terror while leaving daily life the same for others. And that's the US today. Don't assume that all is well because you have not been personally affected - yet.
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Trump's Tyranny, Part I: ICE's Reign of Terror
A look at life in the very un-ordinary of times
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Daniel Tavana @danieltavana.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
New paper out in the Journal of Conflict Resolution, with @alexandra-blackman.bsky.social, @lotito.bsky.social, and @ernugent.bsky.social: "The Social Legacies of Repression: Family, Friends, and Political Participation."
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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
There it is: "More than half of the officers affected by Mr. Hegseth’s dismissals are Black or female in a force whose senior ranks are dominated by white male officers. Of the seven officers Mr. Hegseth removed from the Army two-star promotion list, two are Black and two are female"
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Hegseth Targets 7 More Officers as His Frustrated Army Secretary Quits (Gift Article)
The defense secretary’s cuts, which have hit about 10 percent of the military’s top officers, are dividing the Pentagon, officials said.
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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Generational damage being done right now
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Raffi_RC @raffic.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🌟 well, now I’ve done it—made New Yorker magazine.. a whale of a cartoon! 🐳 a wonderful part of the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of my Singable Songs album. 🎉
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Sam Heller | سام هيلر @abujamajem.com · 13/08/2026
@theguardian.com's @willchristou.bsky.social on Israeli military burning sections of occupied south Lebanon: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Israel deliberately starting wildfires in southern Lebanon, firefighters say
Emergency services, residents and environmental groups say military dropping flares to destroy forests and crops
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Dan Hon @danhon.com · 12/06/2026
OCEANIA HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY CLOSE TO A DEAL WITH EURASIA
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 09/05/2026
Then why haven’t you done it, you stupid motherfuckers?
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Peter Lucier @peterlucier.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
That’s what war is, what it does. It’s a thief of choice. It’s a trap. It’s a pit where freedom and creativity and choice go are swallowed. That’s what makes it awful. There are no good choices here. That’s why avoiding war is paramount. Once you are in it, get used to contradiction.
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APSA @apsa.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Who gets sent to fight and who does not? New research by Connor Huff, Eric Min and Robert Schub reveals how racial inequality shaped World War I. @apsrjournal
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Not All Soldiers Fight the Same War
In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. This piece, written by Raymundo Lopez, covers the new article by Connor Huff, Eric Min, and Robert Schub, "Racial Inequality in War". A Tale of Two Histories When a country mobilizes for conflict, soldiers from different backgrounds are called to fight together under the same flag.
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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
May the next Eid we celebrate be one in which those being bombarded have found safety, those displaced from their homes have returned to them, and those separated from their loved ones have been reunited. May it be a Eid in a world that is more peaceful, more just, and more kind. 🤍
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Macartan Humphreys @macartan.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Remarkable amount of content in this short message ☘️
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Elizabeth Nugent @ernugent.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Out in @thejop.bsky.social: How Exiles Mobilize Domestic Dissent with @aasiegel.bsky.social We investigate how Egyptian exiles influenced a cascade of online dissent that culminated in anti-regime protests back home in September 2019. Article link: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 06/03/2026
This is a real video from the official White House account on a war that is currently killing people. I don’t know how the US is going to come back from this. The post was “JUSTICE THE AMERICAN WAY. 🇺🇸 🔥”
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Nick Lotito @lotito.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Netanyahu’s crimes in Gaza must never be pardoned as “excesses” in defense of Israel. He has never acted in Israel’s best interests— only his own.
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Abu Aardvark @abuaardvark.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
“In the months before that war, Netanyahu’s push to undermine Israel’s judiciary widened already-deep rifts within Israeli society and weakened its military…once the war began, Netanyahu’s decisions were at times colored predominantly by political and personal need.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/m...
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How Netanyahu Prolonged the War in Gaza to Stay in Power
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Lindsay P Cohn @lindsaypcohn.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Ok, I’m no @profpaulpoast.bsky.social but I shall try to do a thread on militaries and protests. Apologies up front to all the brilliant scholars I accidentally leave out - am doing this from memory. 1/
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Nick Lotito @lotito.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
What does research tell us about Trump decision to deploy national guard in LA? Civ-mil expert Risa Brooks explains 👇
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Guillotine Hunger Force @handle.invalid · 17/05/2025
typical corrupt science
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The T. Rex may have been a lot smarter than you thought
Jan. 9, 2023 at 7:36 am | Updated Jan. 9, 2023 at 7:36 am
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Nick Lotito @lotito.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
YNWA! 👏👏
Liverpool FC 2024-2025 Premier League Champions celebration poster with all players’ imagesMo Salah taking a selfie with the crowd after scoringMo Salah celebrating after Liverpool clinch the Premier League title
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Lindsay P Cohn @lindsaypcohn.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Friends, I am so excited to share that my book is finally available for pre-order, and it’s CHEAP 😁 (They accidentally put up a cover image w an older version of the title - no “allegiance”) www.bloomsbury.com/us/on-order-...
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On Order, Authority, and Modern Civil-Military Relations
Lindsay P. Cohn reads Augustine from the perspective of modern civil-military relations, analyzing how Augustine's views on order, authority, war, peace, violen…
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Jan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Apropos nothing in particular:
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Risa Brooks @risabrooks12.bsky.social · 29/10/2024
Thrilled to join @carriealee.bsky.social on the U.S. Army War College's "A Better Peace" podcast for this discussion of how politicians seek to turn the military into their partisan ally in eroding democracies around the world. warroom.armywarcollege.edu/podcasts/pol...
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NORMS, POLITICIZATION, AND THE MILITARY PROFESSION
There is a global trend of increased politicization of the military in eroding democracies, some of which are allies of the United States. Risa Brooks joins host Carrie Lee to shed light on the evolvi...
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David Buchanan @retr0.id · 21/10/2023
the trolley problem meme, but the track forks 3 ways, and then there's a second set of junctions that could switch from one of any of the 3 tracks to one of the other 2. at the end of the tracks are 3 barriers marked with question marks, and behind them are a goat, a car, and another goat
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Risa Brooks @risabrooks12.bsky.social · 27/09/2023
At the time, when I wrote this piece in Nov. 2022 I wondered if maybe I was pushing the envelope just a bit too far. I only wish that had been the case . . . So, how does this effort to politicize the military work? 1/
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The Right Wing’s Loyalty Test for the U.S. Military
A dangerous turn in civil-military relations.
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