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Richard Maass @richardmaass.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Looking forward to this year's World Affairs Council Ambassadors Lunch on Friday, April 24! Register via QR code or at www.hrwac.org.

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European Journal of International Security @ejisbisa.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

🚀 Must-read: "Rethinking survival in IR: Ontological security and narrated statehood" by @ProfEtuna. 📖👉 Read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Richard Maass @richardmaass.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Surprised+pleased to discover that "The 51st State That Never Was" was the 6th most-read @warontherocks.bsky.social article of 2025! Check it out here: warontherocks.com/2025/02/the-... See the full list here: warontherocks.com/2025/12/most... And Happy New Year! 🎉

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The 51st State That Never Was: Why the United States Didn’t Annex Canada

Why didn’t the United States annex Canada during earlier historical periods? In short, because it didn’t want to. President Donald Trump has drawn

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Richard Maass @richardmaass.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

We're excited to welcome Admiral Samuel Paparo, commander of US forces in the Indo-Pacific and a GPIS alum, to ODU for the Waldo Family Lecture on September 29. If you're in the area, RSVP by scanning the QR code in the flyer below, and join us for what is sure to be a fascinating discussion!

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

The wait is over! The Crowd Counting Consortium (with @djpressman.bsky.social & @chenoweth.bsky.social) has just released its June report. They find that No Kings Day was one of the largest days of protest in US history (comparable to Women's March 2017). wagingnonviolence.org/2025/08/new-...

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Texas National Security Review @tnsr.org · 12/08/2025

The recent collision between Chinese vessels in the South China Sea has brought renewed focus to the gray zone tactics being used in that region. Our latest podcast episode with @richardmaass.bsky.social looks at international legal mechanisms to deter this kind of activity. youtu.be/KlQ0dzuX-Xg

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Richard Maass @richardmaass.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

This article by @unlawfulentries.bsky.social in yesterday's TIME magazine offers a short and readable history of birthright citizenship in the United States - including what problems it was meant to solve. Definitely worth checking out!

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Texas National Security Review @tnsr.org · 04/07/2025

What is the "gray zone?" Richard Maass (@richardmaass.bsky.social) presents different conceptualizations of these aggressive actions and offers international legal mechanisms as a method to reduce their likelihood of success in his latest article. Read more tnsr.org/2025/06/lega...

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Richard Maass @richardmaass.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal... endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness..." HBD to an extraordinary document, worth re-reading annually: www.archives.gov/founding-doc...

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Declaration of Independence: A Transcription

Note: The following text is a transcription of the Stone Engraving of the parchment Declaration of Independence (the document on display in the Rotunda at the National Archives Museum.) The spelling a...

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Texas National Security Review @tnsr.org · 02/07/2025

How can international law deter "gray zone" aggression? Richard Maass (@richardmaass.bsky.social) argues for a new strategy of "legal deterrence by denial."

Int'l security competition in the twenty-first century is likely to remain largely within the “gray zone,” a category of aggressive activities that threaten core aspects of statehood while avoiding the threshold of armed force that has traditionally legitimized military retaliation in self-defense.

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Kelly McKernan @kellymckernan.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

My students upon entering class this afternoon: “So we’re at war and we still gotta turn in homework?” Me, a millennial:

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Richard Maass @richardmaass.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

This is evidently where we are now...

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Richard Maass @richardmaass.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

The Picky Eagle for $14.50? For those interested in US foreign policy history, race&IR, etc... no better time to grab a copy than during the huge 50% off sale at @cornellupress.bsky.social this week! www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

A reminder of how the number of centrifuges in Iran soared after Trump’s 2018 JCPOA withdrawal. @brendannyhan.bsky.social

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Michael Flynn @flynnpolsci.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

I think about this figure a lot.

Figures showing Iranian enrichment before and after the JCPOA.

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Bethany Albertson @albertsonb2.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

You Gov numbers: "Only 16% of Americans think the U.S. military should get involved in the conflict between Israel and Iran; 60% say it should not and 24% are not sure" It's going to change quickly, but let's at least remember where we started. today.yougov.com/politics/art...

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Trump approval falls, Israel-Iran conflict, anti-ICE protests, and vaccines: June 13-16, 2025 Economist/YouGov Poll | YouGov

This week’s Economist/YouGov poll covers Trump approval numbers, the Israel-Iran conflict, anti-ICE protests, and opinion of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and his actions

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Richard Maass @richardmaass.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Article 2 Section LEEROY JENKINS might have to make it onto the International Law syllabus next fall

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Richard Maass @richardmaass.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Good early context from @anjalikdayal.bsky.social Trump's post sounds like he views these strikes as a clean 1-off rather than start of a larger war... unfortunately, international politics is about interactions where others also have a say in whether it is indeed now "time for peace"

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Richard Maass @richardmaass.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Another must-read @profsaunders.bsky.social @foreignaffairs.com essay on presidential power and USFP. Color me skeptical re: reporting requirements as a fix, though. Historically, Congress has best been able to rein in presidents on foreign policy via its power of the purse. (1/2)

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Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

My team and I at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman@bsky.social, Soha Hammam, & Chris Shay) have a new piece out: wagingnonviolence.org/2025/06/amer.... In it, we show that through May 2025, the size and scale of anti-Trump protests have dwarfed those in 2017. 🧵

A line chart with a blue line showing a large growth of protest events from Jan 20 - May 31, 2025, and a green line showing the relatively modest growth of protest events during the same period in 2017.

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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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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Faculty here are doing their research and speaking out. Here's one resource: a compendium of many ways federally-funded research has made all of our lives better. publicusaresearchbenefits.com

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Richard Maass @richardmaass.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

I was honored to moderate the World Affairs Council 2025 Ambassadors Lunch, part of Norfolk NATO Festival - Admiral Vandier, Ambassador Sørensen, General Rõkk, and Colonel Helle offered an insightful discussion on NATO, Baltic Sentry, the Arctic, collective defense, and much more! www.hrwac.org

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Unhappy to confirm that the entire Historical Advisory Committee at the State Department received termination notices this afternoon (myself included). The HAC, set up by Congress, oversees the office that produces the FRUS series. history.state.gov/about/hac/in... 1/

Tim Naftali's tweet on the termination of the HAC members without cause.

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Richard Maass @richardmaass.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Check out @profetuna.bsky.social's new article on the ongoing protests in Georgia 👇

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Richard Maass @richardmaass.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

⭐ 4 days left to register for this great event! ⭐ I look forward to moderating this conversation on topics of current interest to the alliance, including the Baltic Sentry maritime security operations. Tables are filling up, so act now if you're able to join us on May 2!

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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Huge crowd in Lexington, Kentucky today to declare "No Kings!" #50501 #NoKings #NoKing #HandsOff #protest #Kentucky #Lexington #indivisble

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Liz Ahern 🌈🇲🇽🏳️‍⚧️☮️ @austinmermaid.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

“Nobody is above the law.”Providence, Rhode Island filled the streets sending a message to Trump we won’t tolerate dictators! #NationalDayOfProtest #HandsOff #NoKings #50501Movement @fvp_tok

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

The people of St. Paul, Minnesota have seriously showed up. Thousands at the anti-Trump, anti-deportation protest.👏 #50501movement #HandsOff (🎥 Wedge Live)

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Side-eye McFly @aschray.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

St. Louis shows up no matter the weather #fiftyfiftyone #handsoff #marchforscience

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JennyQuackles @jennyquackles2.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Wow 👀 Salt Lake, UT continues to show up! 🪧🔥 #50501movement #handsoff #April19

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Dr. Maria Hoeffer, ND @indigospin.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Cincinnati is showing up to protect democracy! #50501 #HandsOff

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

The New York anti-Trump protest today is BIG! Looks like tens of thousands on the streets. #50501movement #HandsOff #NoKings (🎥 L2FTV)

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

I teach a couple of classes in which at some point we ask: what’s the point of multilateralism? What do states get out of international organizations? Why do they want to cooperate with each other? Eradicating polio is always a key example—but that assumes leaders who don’t want people to get polio.

Slide featuring a map of the world with polio-endemic counties marked in red. The slide reads “WHAT DO IOS DO FOR MEMBER STATES?
WHO-led Polio Eradication Campaign
(Map from Scientific American).
1988
350,000 cases
125 countries
2010
1,292 cases
4 endemic countries”

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

The government isn't doing universities a favor by channeling federal funding through them. It's using a private entity to realize public goals, to accomplish things that benefit the entire nation. You'd think conservatives who call for privatization all the time would grasp that.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Last year, the United States sold more educational services to the rest of the world than it sold in natural gas and coal combined. wapo.st/4luJyph

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Opinion | Trump is killing one of our strongest exports

The president wants to balance U.S. trade deficits? He can’t do it without this industry he hates.

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

“In his first 100 days, President Trump has declared more national emergencies — more creatively and more aggressively — than any president in modern American history.” www.axios.com/2025/04/18/t...

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Trump redefines "emergency" to impose his will

Powers originally crafted to give the president flexibility in rare moments of crisis now form the backbone of Trump's agenda.

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Ben Schmidt @bschmidt.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

This also drives me crazy about the US higher ed sector. Foreign students bring $40b a year into the us from their home countries — compare that to $25b in grain exports or $20b in iron and steel.

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