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Terrence Lyons

@tlyons.bsky.social

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Student of civil wars and contentious politics, particularly in the Horn of Africa

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Karen Tumulty @ktumulty.bsky.social · Sep 10

WaPo exclusive: The National Guard, in measuring public sentiment about Trump’s federal takeover of Washington, D.C., has internally assessed that its mission is perceived as “leveraging fear,” driving a “wedge between citizens and the military.” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

National Guard collects unfavorable public input on D.C. deployment

Internal documents reviewed by The Post reveal, with rare candor, how domestic missions rooted in politics risk damaging Americans’ trust in the military.

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AAUP @aaup.org · Sep 7

The Resistance Is Inevitable.

We’re sick & tired of ICE & FBI agents profiling, harassing, & violently arresting our neighbors.

#wearealldc

Incredible turnout in DC yesterday, including a strong AAUP contingent.

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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · Sep 6

Thousands march to the White House united in our demand. We want federal forces out of DC Now!! Free DC! Free DC! #WeAreAllDC #FreeDC

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Terrence Lyons @tlyons.bsky.social · Aug 27

Devex Newswire: Is the global aid decline a blip or a deeper transformation? www.devex.com/news/devex-n...

Devex Newswire: Is the global aid decline a blip or a deeper transformation?

Is aid at a turning point? Plus, the next phase of Brazil’s plan to finance forest preservation.

www.devex.com

Corey Frayer @csfrayer.bsky.social · Aug 27

Here's what the third day of elementary school looked like in Mount Pleasant, Washington DC.

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Chronicle of Higher Education @chronicle.com · Aug 27

Gregory Washington made faculty diversity a hallmark of his presidency at George Mason. Now, federal findings against the university spotlight a national dilemma: When is diversity hiring illegal?

Did George Mason’s President Break the Law?

Gregory Washington and his university sit at the center of a national debate on diversity and hiring.

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Terrence Lyons @tlyons.bsky.social · Aug 25

www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

George Mason Must Not Comply With the Government’s Demands (opinion)

If the institution accepts the Office for Civil Rights’ findings, it will not just damage the college’s reputation, it will make all of higher education more vulnerable, says James Finkelstein.

www.insidehighered.com

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African Politics Conference Group @africanpoliticscg.bsky.social · Aug 15

Our member Josef Woldense is leading a two-day virtual workshop on August 26 and 27: The Research Presentation as Storytelling. Learn how to present your work through a compelling narrative.
More details available on our website: www.afpol.org/blog/the-res...

The Research Presentation as Storytelling: A Two-Day Virtual Workshop with Josef Woldense

The goal is to help participants see research presentations not as a monologue of facts but as a compelling narrative. The exploration begins with the fundamentals: What is storytelling? What makes st...

www.afpol.org

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Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · Jul 31

I made an event timeline to try to make sense of all the federal overreach at @georgemasonu.bsky.social and whoo boy. When you lay it out like this, the executive over reach comes into focus. open.substack.com/pub/misofact...

Authoritarians are attacking universities. Here's how it's going at one public school.

I'm publicly documenting an event timeline to help bring order to the chaotic nature of events and help other schools plan the responses they are likely going to need.

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Virginia Heffernan @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social · Jul 29

I wrote about the Big Ten’s superb power plays.

The Big Ten Rises UpAgainst Trump newrepublic.com/article/1983... via @newrepublic.com

The Big Ten Rises Up Against Trump

The press acts as if “higher education” = Harvard. But a more interesting and gutsier stand is being taken in the heartland by schools that have a lot more going for them than football.

newrepublic.com

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Terrence Lyons @tlyons.bsky.social · Jul 29

Faculty Support of George Mason’s President Draws Federal Investigation www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...

Faculty Support of George Mason’s President Draws Federal Investigation

www.nytimes.com

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Johanna Söderström @jsoderstrom.bsky.social · Jan 24

Finally out! Together with @liserakner.bsky.social we discuss notions around taxation and solidarity! “Imagined solidarity around tax practices: a two-dimensional framework based on motivating logic and group boundaries”
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Imagined solidarity around tax practices: a two-dimensional framework based on motivating logic and group boundaries | The Journal of Modern African Studies | Cambridge Core

Imagined solidarity around tax practices: a two-dimensional framework based on motivating logic and group boundaries - Volume 62 Issue 2

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Bethany Letiecq @bletiecq.bsky.social · Jul 23

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Opinion | The Plot to Oust the President of George Mason University

This campaign is not about policy. It’s about power.

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Bethany Letiecq @bletiecq.bsky.social · Jul 18

DOJ opens 3rd probe of GMU in 3 weeks - VA Business virginiabusiness.com/doj-gmu-inve...

This is ideological lawfare.

“Eric Sell…who joined the DOJ as counsel in April…previously was associate litigation counsel for the Center for American Liberty, a conservative nonprofit Dhillon helped found.”

DOJ opens 3rd probe of GMU in 3 weeks - Virginia Business

The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a new investigation of George Mason University, the third federal probe of the Fairfax County university opened in July.

virginiabusiness.com

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Bethany Letiecq @bletiecq.bsky.social · Jul 17

www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

Third federal investigation. Total assault on GMU and President Washington. And the BOV hires a Trumpian law firm to defend us against Trump regime.

This is political theater. And a betrayal of the public trust. @aaup.org @aaupmason.bsky.social

Trump administration expands scrutiny of George Mason University

The Justice Department launched an investigation into the Virginia university’s hiring and promotion practices, adding to a string of federal investigations.

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Terrence Lyons @tlyons.bsky.social · Jul 16

Students, faculty, and lawmakers rally behind GMU amid Trump administration civil rights probe virginiamercury.com/2025/07/16/s...

Students, faculty, and lawmakers rally behind GMU amid Trump administration civil rights probe • Virginia Mercury

When student Hanaan Kazia first heard about the federal civil rights probe into George Mason University, she wasn’t surprised. But the junior political science major and member of the school’s Politic...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Jul 11

NEW: When university president Gregory Washington received notice that the Trump administration had opened an investigation into complaints of antisemitism, he was “perplexed.”

But there are signs it may be part of a coordinated campaign to oust him.

George Mason Is the Latest University Under Fire From Trump. Its President Fears an “Orchestrated” Campaign.

When university president Gregory Washington received notice that the Trump administration had opened an investigation into complaints of antisemitism, he was “perplexed.” But there are signs it may…

www.propublica.org

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Jana Krause @janakrause.bsky.social · Jul 7

📢 Call for Papers
WORKSHOP: Gender, Peace, and Security: Resistance and Resilience

Nairobi, 1-3 December, hosted by British Institute in Eastern Africa (BIEA) with @rvinews.bsky.social

➡️ Application deadline 13 August!

@statsvitenskap.bsky.social
#resilience #gender #climate #peacebuilding

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Abigail Spanberger @abigailspanberger.com · Jun 30

Let’s call it what it is — UVA President Jim Ryan’s forced resignation is an attack on all of our public higher education institutions.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · Jun 19

I asked ICE where the “413% increase in assaults” justification for its officers using masks came from. They didn’t answer. So I dug into it, and what I found … did not boost their argument.
Gift link: wapo.st/4l7a1ch

Opinion | Parsing ICE’s mixed-up, hard-to-believe assault claims

ICE officials keep touting a 413 percent increase in assaults on officers to justify officers masking their identities.

wapo.st

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Terrence Lyons @tlyons.bsky.social · Jun 18

Congratulations!

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Silvia Danielak @sdanielak.bsky.social · Jun 18

Thrilled (and slightly terrified) that the page proofs are here. My book is coming out next year @mitpress.bsky.social

#PeaceInfrastructuresBook

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U.S. Institute of Peace @usip.org · Jun 13

👋 Hello, we're the United States Institute of Peace (USIP)! We are very happy to join @bsky.app, and thrilled to announce that our website, www.usip.org, is back online! We look forward connecting here and bringing you useful content, resources and opportunities for peacebuilders around the world.

Message and screenshot of the www.usip.org homepage, featuring a photo of the USIP headquarters building.

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Edward Wong @ewong.bsky.social · Jun 11

NEW: The board of the Fulbright Program has just resigned after accusing Trump aides of political interference. They say a State Dept. office under Rubio and Darren Beattie has cancelled scholarships to nearly 200 US professors and researchers. Story: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...

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The Continent @thecontinent.org · May 25

We Built This City is a limited series of photo essays by The Continent on African cities. This week, we are in Addis Ababa with Amanuel Sileshi.

Addis, alive and unrelenting

We Built This City is a limited series of photo essays by The Continent on African cities. This week, we are in Addis Ababa with Amanuel Sileshi.

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M.Woldemariam @mikewoldemariam.bsky.social · May 1

My new essay in Current History reflects on transitional crises in Ethiopia and Sudan. It treats these cases as part of the same story- not just because their transitions played out at roughly same time, but because they were burdened by similar problems and proved to be interdependent in key ways.

The Tragedy of Transition in Ethiopia and Sudan

The collapse of the 2018–19 political transitions in Ethiopia and Sudan was one of the great African tragedies of the past decade. Three main factors caused these promising democratic openings to devo...

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Apr 22

SCOOP — The US sent Iraqi refugee Omar Ameen to Rwanda via new diplomatic relationship in which they've agreed to act as a "third country" for deportees unable to be safely returned to their country of origin, per cables reviewed by me.

This is first reported instance. Cable indicates more to come.

US “relocates” Iraqi refugee to Rwanda via new diplomatic arrangement

A State Department cable indicates at least 10 more people will be subjected to the same.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Reuters @reuters.com · Apr 22

Malnutrition treatments halted in Ethiopia due to underfunding, WFP says reut.rs/4jB8BVW

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Vera Institute of Justice @vera.org · Apr 16

DOGE staff recently attempted to assign a team to Vera, just one week after the DOJ terminated all federal funding for our essential public safety programs.

This is just the latest intimidation tactic by the administration to undermine civil society. But we’re not going anywhere.

DOGE attempted to assign team to US nonprofit group Vera Institute of Justice

Billionaire Elon Musk's U.S. Department of Government Efficiency attempted to place a team with independent nonprofit Vera Institute of Justice, the nonprofit said, marking a further expansion of the cost-cutting agency's move to exercise control over non-governmental groups.

www.reuters.com

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Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · Apr 14

A few weeks ago I hosted a @scharschool.bsky.social URGENT panel on the topic of executive power and the international order with my colleagues Dr. Peter Mandaville, Ellen Laipson, Dr. Phil Martin, and Dr. Colin Dueck. The recording of the session is now available:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kxR...

Schar School Faculty Panel: U.S. Executive Power and the International Order

YouTube video by Schar School of Policy and Government

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