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Beau Baumann 🍎 @beaubaumann.bsky.social · 2h

This . . . mode of politics is about domination. But they're generally pretty bad at politics. So what do you do? You arbitrarily impose yourself on the domains of public life that are more squarely in the realm of the prerogative.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 2h

So campus speech. Much viewpoint diversity. Very marketplace of ideas.

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Shayna Weiss @shaynamalka.bsky.social · 2h

This is very bad!!

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Ray Glennon OFS @rayglennon.bsky.social · 3h

The Naval Academy faculty has been roughly 50% civilian and 50% military since its founding in 1845. I was a Chemistry major (1972) and part of the military faculty as a Chemistry instructor from 1975-1978. Civilian profs were the core and foundation of the department.

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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 14h

Watch the Sadat Forum: Business as Usual or the End of the American Middle East? With Gregory Gause, @abuaardvark.bsky.social, @profsaunders.bsky.social, and @stelhami.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGwb...

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The Sadat Forum: Business as Usual or the End of the American Middle East?

YouTube video by Sadat Chair at UMD

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 14h

Learned so much from this conversation -- if you missed it, see the recording below. Thanks to @stelhami.bsky.social for the invitation!

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Join us this afternoon at 3pm EDT! Registration details below.

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Wondering if secretly WH wants to lose so they get...actual coverage of the Xi visit, which includes an airport pickup -- and we know, from Seinfeld, just how important the airport pickup is.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

COMING UP: The White House faces off against the press corps at a 3:30 p.m. ET hearing. 3 news outlets—CNN, MSNOW, and Politico—are seeking a restraining order to block Trump's move to revoke their reporters' hard passes & bar them from WH grounds. Follow along w/ @rparloff.bsky.social ⬇️👇

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Can’t get numb to this: Secretary of State Marco Rubio, despite being absentee in the role, is the nation's top diplomat.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

He’s totally getting fired

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Chris Edelson @chrisedelson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"In Trump’s first term, he reneged on JCPOA & reimposed sanctions, vowing that a policy of “maximum pressure” would force Iran into a “better deal.” trump got this enormous gamble completely wrong & US as well as others pay the price. Haven't seen any front page stories exploring this central point

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Research units from across government have been gutted. More than 10,000 PhDs have left government. For example the research arm of the Department of Education lost 90% of their staff and the research office for the Secretary of Health and Human Services lost an estimated 60% of their staff.

figure shows dramatic cut in research staff

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

New from Lauren Supplee at Can We Still Govern? The US government had gradually become better at producing and using evidence. This evidence-based infrastructure is largely invisible, important, and one more thing gutted by Trump. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-system...

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The System for Using Evidence to Improve Federal Programs Has Been Gutted

Here’s How We Fix It

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Takes my breath away every time I think about it. Not that the architecture was so great or would last forever. But the speed. Just non-believable except we all watched it live on truth social.

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Takes my breath away every time I think about it. Not that the architecture was so great or would last forever. But the speed. Just non-believable except we all watched it live on truth social.

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Timeline of Strategic Genius: Wednesday: Trump against helping Saudis fight Houthis Thursday: Gets a call from Crown Prince Salman, decides to join the fight Mid-day Sunday: Trump calls off airstrikes right as they were about to begin, declines to help Saudis (again)

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Trump Gets Caught in a Dilemma Over a Saudi Plea for Military Help

The president vacillated but decided on Sunday not to join Saudi Arabia, for now, in joint strikes against the Houthis in Yemen. But he also needs the kingdom’s cooperation in his war against Iran.

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Matthew Buckley @physicsmatt.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I'm but a simple country theoretical physicist, so I assume that modern military strategy involves placing all your defensive ordinance in a well-known prominent immobile structure. Now to take a big gulp of coffee and read this wikipedia page about the opening offensives of WWII.

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This was about the latest on the faux-triumphant arch but really could apply to anything.

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Amid reports that the US is about to escalate its failed war again, to probably no effect except further depleting already-scarce munitions, further damaging what is left of US influence, and killing innocent civilians, this is what the commander in chief is up to.

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The ballroomification of the Trump Triumphal Arch. See, it is really about national security. (Had to check that this was real. What a time to be alive.)

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Did you give them the third option, high gas prices and maybe Iran still gets a nuclear weapon and US credibility and military power is decimated?

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Omar García-Ponce @garciaponce.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We're hiring! GW’s Political Science Department is seeking a junior tenure-track professor in Comparative Politics. The search is open to any substantive or regional focus and all methodological approaches. Review of applications begins October 16. www.gwu.jobs/postings/128...

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Assistant Professor of Political Science

The Department of Political Science invites applications for a tenure-track position in Comparative Politics at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning as early as Fall 2027. This position is pendin...

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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The Pentagon will need at least five years to replace the missile interceptors it expended in the Iran war trying to defend U.S. troops and bases.-WaPo

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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The end of America's Middle East? Join us for a Sadat Forum conversation with Gregory Gause, @abuaardvark.bsky.social, and @profsaunders.bsky.social, Monday, September 28, 3:00 to 4:00 PM EDT. Register by scanning code below or go to go.sadat.umd/sadatforum

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Why is university messaging on AI so undifferentiated? Probably b/c easiest. But to avoid coming backlash, why not try a classic academic move: unpack "AI"? It's not the same in medical/research settings vs. intro classes. We make kids learn to add/multiply by hand before we give them calculators.

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I think part of this is because of the dynamics @profsaunders.bsky.social talks about in her book on elite policy setting in war. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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The Insiders’ Game

How elites shape the use of force in American foreign policy

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Anyone else eating their Monday breakfast with a sense of impending doom?

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Jeff Colgan @jeffcolgan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

It's ... it's almost as though diplomacy is a skillful activity, the people who do it are usually professionals, and he isn't one of them. @profsaunders.bsky.social @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social @dandrezner.bsky.social

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This is like Cookie Monster renouncing dessert

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Economists did not have in mind a physical limit on the number of digits you could display when they talked about price ceilings….

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Death, taxes, and first-day-of-school anxiety dreams.

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

This second act brought to you by the nation’s top diplomat

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Joshua Kertzer @jkertzer.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

What's #APSA2026 for, if not for a Sunday 8 AM panel? Leaders! Decision-making! - Jack Levy & Yintong Chen - @mlandauwells.bsky.social - @mitsurumu.bsky.social & I - Hohyun Yoon & Jonathan Renshon - @mcfuhrmann.bsky.social James Kim - @profsaunders.bsky.social @mikegoldfien.bsky.social

Leaders and Decision-Making in IR
Sun, September 6, 8:00 to 9:30am EDT (8:00 to 9:30am EDT), Marriott, Salon I

This panel examines how leaders and their characteristics shape foreign policy decision-making in international security. The papers build on insights from psychology and foreign policy analysis to advance our understanding of how leaders matter in international politics, whether in regards to the microfoundations of risk-taking and threat perceptions, the role of emotions and experiences, or methodological advances in the study of elite cognition. The papers offer lessons for integrating psychological processes, improved measurement, and elite-mass dynamics into theories of international politics and security.

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Truly awesome news about a truly awesome scholar! Congratulations @juliaazari.bsky.social!!!!!

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

“From Paris, it seems like a mystery. How could the United States, which has set the pace for global science for nearly a century, systematically dismantle its dominant position – and, above all, why?” From here, too, mes amis. www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...

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Trump takes aim at American science as China pulls ahead

NEWS ANALYSIS. For US President Donald Trump, science is plagued by 'woke ideology.' His administration announced that, starting in October, research projects eligible for funding must align with 'gov...

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Don’t know much about bonds except that Liz Truss was in office 44 days and the UK economy still hasn’t recovered. Perils of presidentialism indeed.

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I like to think nothing about Trump can surprise me, and not much has, but despite never believing in "Donald the Dove," I still find it unreal that Trump, of all presidents, started a strategically catastrophic forever war against Iran. As late as January 2026 I'd have bet on attacking Cuba.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/09/2026

I would like ask JD Vance about Pierre Damas Bel.

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Obviously we knew Hegseth was bad. Not sure my January 2025 self would've believed: "Pushed a strategically disastrous war of choice vs. Iran that decimated hardware stockpiles, morale, and readiness, while purging competent, dedicated soldiers/leaders out of the Pentagon to sooth his insecurity."

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