Dalia Dassa Kaye
@dassakaye.bsky.social
Longtime Middle East/global affairs/diplomacy observer. Current: Senior Fellow, UCLA Burkle Center. Former: Director, RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy. More info here: https://www.daliadassakaye.net/. New book out Dec 2!
It doesn't matter how you think the Ukraine war should end. This is not normal. (also, a bit too soon to call Gaza ceasefire a 'triumph')
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
It doesn't matter how you think the Ukraine war should end. This is not normal. (also, a bit too soon to call Gaza ceasefire a 'triumph')
Reposted by Dalia Dassa Kaye
Oklahoma University professor of Iranian Studies, who was arrested by ICE over the weekend, has been released. www.oudaily.com/news/ou-profe...
OU College of International Studies professor released by ICE
An OU professor who was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement over the weekend has been released.
www.oudaily.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Oklahoma University professor of Iranian Studies, who was arrested by ICE over the weekend, has been released. www.oudaily.com/news/ou-profe...
Just passed a station last night selling at $6.50 a gallon.
President Donald Trump and his economic team often respond to concerns about the affordability crisis by touting how much cheaper gasoline is than under his predecessor. For the vast majority of 2025, this was a legitimate bragging point for the White House.
Until now. https://cnn.it/3M0s8np
Until now. https://cnn.it/3M0s8np
November 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Just passed a station last night selling at $6.50 a gallon.
If you're in DC come join me at GW after the holiday on Dec. 3!
You will want to attend this event if you are interested in the fractious U.S.-Iranian relationship. @dassakaye.bsky.social will discuss her new book with @azodiac83.bsky.social.
Register here: imes.elliott.gwu.edu/events/endur...
@stanfordpress.bsky.social
Register here: imes.elliott.gwu.edu/events/endur...
@stanfordpress.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
If you're in DC come join me at GW after the holiday on Dec. 3!
This initiative was a travesty from start to finish. Meanwhile sufficient aid is still not getting into Gaza.
Gaza aid group backed by US and Israel to wind down operations on.ft.com/3Mm15Tu
Gaza aid group backed by US and Israel to wind down operations
Gaza Humanitarian Foundation was heavily criticised over killings of Palestinians desperate for food
on.ft.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
This initiative was a travesty from start to finish. Meanwhile sufficient aid is still not getting into Gaza.
Reposted by Dalia Dassa Kaye
Political Scientist Vahid Abedini detained boarding flight as he traveled to the annual MESA conference
November 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Political Scientist Vahid Abedini detained boarding flight as he traveled to the annual MESA conference
Good. These parks are national treasures.
Employees in the Grand Canyon, Joshua Tree and beyond are organizing to fight attempts by the Trump administration to downsize the agency.
Park Service Union Movement Spreads to Grand Canyon, Joshua Tree
Employees in dozens of park units are organizing to fight attempts by the Trump administration to downsize the agency.
bloom.bg
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Good. These parks are national treasures.
It has a cover!
WE SHALL OUTLAST THEM tells the story of how Russia has reinvented itself on the global stage since February 2022—to try to outlast the West in a struggle over Ukraine and over global order: wwnorton.com/books/978132...
🧵 /1
WE SHALL OUTLAST THEM tells the story of how Russia has reinvented itself on the global stage since February 2022—to try to outlast the West in a struggle over Ukraine and over global order: wwnorton.com/books/978132...
🧵 /1
November 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Weekend pick—great podcast with the legendary Patti Smith.
Patti Smith on Her Memoir “Bread of Angels,” Fifty Years After Her Début Album
In the musician’s most revealing account, she discusses her retreat from public life, the early loss of her husband, and the challenge of learning and writing about her biological father.
www.newyorker.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Weekend pick—great podcast with the legendary Patti Smith.
Reposted by Dalia Dassa Kaye
Dec. 4, 12 PM ET— Join @dassakaye.bsky.social for a discussion of her new book, Enduring Hostility: The Making of America’s Iran Policy.
Hosted by the Stimson Center. Distinguished Fellow Barbara Slavin will discuss the book with Kaye and veteran diplomat Ryan Crocker.
#ReadUP
Hosted by the Stimson Center. Distinguished Fellow Barbara Slavin will discuss the book with Kaye and veteran diplomat Ryan Crocker.
#ReadUP
Enduring Hostility: A Book Talk on Why the U.S. and Iran Remain Adversaries • Stimson Center
Dalia Dassa Kaye, author of a new book on the U.S. and Iran, and veteran diplomat Ryan Crocker discuss the events and personalities that have shaped four decades of enmity.
www.stimson.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Dec. 4, 12 PM ET— Join @dassakaye.bsky.social for a discussion of her new book, Enduring Hostility: The Making of America’s Iran Policy.
Hosted by the Stimson Center. Distinguished Fellow Barbara Slavin will discuss the book with Kaye and veteran diplomat Ryan Crocker.
#ReadUP
Hosted by the Stimson Center. Distinguished Fellow Barbara Slavin will discuss the book with Kaye and veteran diplomat Ryan Crocker.
#ReadUP
Reposted by Dalia Dassa Kaye
Interested in U.S.-Iranian relations? Then join @imes-gw.bsky.social on Wednesday, December 3 at 1 p.m. EST to hear @dassakaye.bsky.social discuss her new book with @azodiac83.bsky.social.
Click here for more information and to register: imes.elliott.gwu.edu/events/endur...
Click here for more information and to register: imes.elliott.gwu.edu/events/endur...
November 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Interested in U.S.-Iranian relations? Then join @imes-gw.bsky.social on Wednesday, December 3 at 1 p.m. EST to hear @dassakaye.bsky.social discuss her new book with @azodiac83.bsky.social.
Click here for more information and to register: imes.elliott.gwu.edu/events/endur...
Click here for more information and to register: imes.elliott.gwu.edu/events/endur...
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I know people have a lot on their plates right now, but the opposition candidate who Erdogan most wants to avoid running against is being threatened with a jail sentence of over 2000 years.
apnews.com/article/turk...
apnews.com/article/turk...
Prosecutor seeks 2,352-year jail term for Istanbul's jailed mayor over alleged corruption
Istanbul’s chief public prosecutor has filed a sweeping indictment against the city's jailed mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu.
apnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I know people have a lot on their plates right now, but the opposition candidate who Erdogan most wants to avoid running against is being threatened with a jail sentence of over 2000 years.
apnews.com/article/turk...
apnews.com/article/turk...
Grim but necessary read from Nathan Brown on the make believe plans in Gaza that doom the majority of its people to a "dismal purgatory." carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/...
carnegieendowment.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Grim but necessary read from Nathan Brown on the make believe plans in Gaza that doom the majority of its people to a "dismal purgatory." carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/...
Please join one of the public events in DC for my new book; more talks after the holidays in other locations!
Dec. 4 @stimsoncenter.bsky.social with Ryan Crocker and Barbara Slavin: www.stimson.org/event/enduri...
Dec. 4 @stimsoncenter.bsky.social with Ryan Crocker and Barbara Slavin: www.stimson.org/event/enduri...
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Please join one of the public events in DC for my new book; more talks after the holidays in other locations!
Dec. 4 @stimsoncenter.bsky.social with Ryan Crocker and Barbara Slavin: www.stimson.org/event/enduri...
Dec. 4 @stimsoncenter.bsky.social with Ryan Crocker and Barbara Slavin: www.stimson.org/event/enduri...
Distraction alert. Israel and Kazakhstan are not at war. Normalization is welcome but it’s not peace.
Meanwhile, Gaza is far from over and renewed fighting on the Iran front looms.
Meanwhile, Gaza is far from over and renewed fighting on the Iran front looms.
Source tells 'Post' Kazakhstan will be the country joining the Abraham Accords.
www.jpost.com/israel-news/...
www.jpost.com/israel-news/...
November 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Distraction alert. Israel and Kazakhstan are not at war. Normalization is welcome but it’s not peace.
Meanwhile, Gaza is far from over and renewed fighting on the Iran front looms.
Meanwhile, Gaza is far from over and renewed fighting on the Iran front looms.
Reposted by Dalia Dassa Kaye
Abigail Spanberger made history on Tuesday as the first woman to be elected governor of Virginia, winning the office by the largest margin of any Democratic candidate in the state in decades. Her campaign focused on jobs and the cost of living, while emphasizing her support for abortion rights.
Abigail Spanberger Flips Virginia, Becomes State’s First Female Governor
In her campaign, Abigail Spanberger focused on jobs and the cost of living and emphasized her support for abortion rights.
nyti.ms
November 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Abigail Spanberger made history on Tuesday as the first woman to be elected governor of Virginia, winning the office by the largest margin of any Democratic candidate in the state in decades. Her campaign focused on jobs and the cost of living, while emphasizing her support for abortion rights.
Reposted by Dalia Dassa Kaye
WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
November 5, 2025 at 4:07 AM
WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Huge wins for Democrats tonight. Americans are not liking what they're seeing from this administration.
Breaking News: California voters agreed to aggressively redraw the state’s congressional district lines to wipe out as many as five Republican seats, according to The Associated Press, delivering a major victory for national Democrats. nyti.ms/3WAARih
November 5, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Huge wins for Democrats tonight. Americans are not liking what they're seeing from this administration.
Bravo!
Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
November 5, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Bravo!
🎉
Tens of thousands of raucous fans of the Los Angeles Dodgers flooded the city’s downtown on Monday, a joyful moment celebrating the team’s World Series win. nyti.ms/43aFEum
November 4, 2025 at 1:16 AM
🎉
US-Iran hostility has now endured longer than the Cold War. My new book coming out December 2 helps explain why.
You can pre-order now @stanfordpress.bsky.social or wherever you get your books. www.sup.org/books/politi...
www.youtube.com/shorts/YLL0m...
You can pre-order now @stanfordpress.bsky.social or wherever you get your books. www.sup.org/books/politi...
www.youtube.com/shorts/YLL0m...
Enduring Hostility Book Announcement
YouTube video by Dalia Dassa Kaye
www.youtube.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
US-Iran hostility has now endured longer than the Cold War. My new book coming out December 2 helps explain why.
You can pre-order now @stanfordpress.bsky.social or wherever you get your books. www.sup.org/books/politi...
www.youtube.com/shorts/YLL0m...
You can pre-order now @stanfordpress.bsky.social or wherever you get your books. www.sup.org/books/politi...
www.youtube.com/shorts/YLL0m...
An unusual night of 🎃 and ⚾. Hopefully we'll all be as happy as the kids getting their candy here in LA!
November 1, 2025 at 12:48 AM
An unusual night of 🎃 and ⚾. Hopefully we'll all be as happy as the kids getting their candy here in LA!
Reposted by Dalia Dassa Kaye
Numerous scenes of violence have emerged from the besieged Sudanese city of El Fasher since it was captured by paramilitaries last weekend. The evidence of atrocities stoked fears that Darfur is plunging, once again, into a cycle of genocidal violence.
Executions and Mass Casualties: Videos Show Horror Unfolding in Sudan
Evidence of atrocities emerging from the city of El Fasher stoked fears that the Sudanese region of Darfur is plunging, once again, into a cycle of genocidal violence.
nyti.ms
October 30, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Numerous scenes of violence have emerged from the besieged Sudanese city of El Fasher since it was captured by paramilitaries last weekend. The evidence of atrocities stoked fears that Darfur is plunging, once again, into a cycle of genocidal violence.
Reposted by Dalia Dassa Kaye
Had missed this excellent piece from the summer on the evolution of ceasefires and how they are increasingly replacing genuine peace.
Why Wars Don’t End Anymore
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Had missed this excellent piece from the summer on the evolution of ceasefires and how they are increasingly replacing genuine peace.