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🧵with some preliminary thoughts on what this means for US national security, with a side of IR theory.
Some thoughts on what Trump has done in Venezuela and what it might mean for US national security. Caveat: not a Latin America scholar so this is focused on US policy. Clearly huge consequences for Venezuela that others can address.
First, despite the buildup, I didn't think Trump would do it.
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First, despite the buildup, I didn't think Trump would do it.
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January 3, 2026 at 2:41 PM
🧵with some preliminary thoughts on what this means for US national security, with a side of IR theory.
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Some thoughts on what Trump has done in Venezuela and what it might mean for US national security. Caveat: not a Latin America scholar so this is focused on US policy. Clearly huge consequences for Venezuela that others can address.
First, despite the buildup, I didn't think Trump would do it.
1/
First, despite the buildup, I didn't think Trump would do it.
1/
January 3, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Some thoughts on what Trump has done in Venezuela and what it might mean for US national security. Caveat: not a Latin America scholar so this is focused on US policy. Clearly huge consequences for Venezuela that others can address.
First, despite the buildup, I didn't think Trump would do it.
1/
First, despite the buildup, I didn't think Trump would do it.
1/
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I got the best teaching evals of my career for a large course last semester— along with three teaching awards— after rebuilding my intro class around in-class handwritten essays. I simply do not believe that this is unsolvable or that students don't care about actually learning to do their work.
In only two years, ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project.
James D. Walsh writes for @intelligencer.com: nymag.com/intelligence....
James D. Walsh writes for @intelligencer.com: nymag.com/intelligence....
May 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I got the best teaching evals of my career for a large course last semester— along with three teaching awards— after rebuilding my intro class around in-class handwritten essays. I simply do not believe that this is unsolvable or that students don't care about actually learning to do their work.
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a common app, but for camp forms.
May 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
a common app, but for camp forms.
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I get the desire to explain what the Trump administration is doing through rational political science, I really do. But such an approach misses a fundamental truth. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/there-are-...
There Are No Adults in the Room
A brief note on the inherent media problem with covering galactically stupid policies.
danieldrezner.substack.com
April 5, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I get the desire to explain what the Trump administration is doing through rational political science, I really do. But such an approach misses a fundamental truth. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/there-are-...
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Listen, I don't want to presume to be speaking for other people, but: If you are feeling overwhelmed by the stupidity, the chaos, the vile fanaticism, the immeasurable damage and suffering, the specter of global turmoil, just know that I am feeling that too. Because this is just an insane situation.
“While this is a tragedy, it’s also the new reality. We must respond with both purpose and force.”
This is obviously the correct – and only viable – response, and it is based on a clear-sighted analysis of what is happening. But what an absolute disaster this all is, on a global scale.
This is obviously the correct – and only viable – response, and it is based on a clear-sighted analysis of what is happening. But what an absolute disaster this all is, on a global scale.
Carney: The system of global trade anchored on the United States.. is over. Our old relationship of steadily deepening integration with the United States is over. The 80 year period when the United States embraced the mantle of economic leadership… is over.
April 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Listen, I don't want to presume to be speaking for other people, but: If you are feeling overwhelmed by the stupidity, the chaos, the vile fanaticism, the immeasurable damage and suffering, the specter of global turmoil, just know that I am feeling that too. Because this is just an insane situation.
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I don't expect any of our major media outlets to acknowledge this outright, but this is the thing: These aren't 'steep' tariffs, these are _insane_ tariffs. These are 'nobody in the White House understands decimal points' numbers. It speaks to total economic illiteracy _throughout the White House_.
There's no question that today's tariff announcement will give the United States the highest tariff rates of any industrialized country. And it's not even close.
April 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I don't expect any of our major media outlets to acknowledge this outright, but this is the thing: These aren't 'steep' tariffs, these are _insane_ tariffs. These are 'nobody in the White House understands decimal points' numbers. It speaks to total economic illiteracy _throughout the White House_.
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I know Trump is busy ensuring the U.S. economy commits seppuku right now, but FYI Tufts University just issued a declaration in support of a motion filed today by Rümeysa Öztürk’s legal team in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts.
It’s a pretty strong declaration. www.tufts.edu/president/sp...
It’s a pretty strong declaration. www.tufts.edu/president/sp...
University Declaration for Rümeysa Öztürk
University Declaration for Rümeysa ÖztürkApril 2, 2025Dear Tufts community,Please see below a declaration by Tufts University in support of a motion filed today by Rümeysa Öztürk’s legal team in Öztür...
www.tufts.edu
April 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I know Trump is busy ensuring the U.S. economy commits seppuku right now, but FYI Tufts University just issued a declaration in support of a motion filed today by Rümeysa Öztürk’s legal team in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts.
It’s a pretty strong declaration. www.tufts.edu/president/sp...
It’s a pretty strong declaration. www.tufts.edu/president/sp...
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As a foreign national, I will say that living and working in a country in which those fundamental protections are suspended for me, or at the very least conditional on not upsetting the regime in any way, is utterly untenable.
From the Trumpist perspective, that, of course, is the intended effect.
From the Trumpist perspective, that, of course, is the intended effect.
Freedom of speech and the right of due process - unless you "create a ruckus," then you'll be disappeared by masked agents of the state.
Fundamental constitutional protections - officially suspended for foreign nationals. They'll remain in place for US citizens until the regime decides otherwise.
Fundamental constitutional protections - officially suspended for foreign nationals. They'll remain in place for US citizens until the regime decides otherwise.
Marco Rubio on Rumeysa Ozturk: "We revoked her visa ... once you've lost your visa, you're no longer legally in the United States ... if you come into the US as a visitor and create a ruckus for us, we don't want it. We don't want it in our country. Go back and do it in your country."
March 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
As a foreign national, I will say that living and working in a country in which those fundamental protections are suspended for me, or at the very least conditional on not upsetting the regime in any way, is utterly untenable.
From the Trumpist perspective, that, of course, is the intended effect.
From the Trumpist perspective, that, of course, is the intended effect.
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Donald Trump's regulatory freeze has injected chaos and uncertainty into a number of lucrative US fisheries, raising the risk of a delayed start to the season for some East Coast cod and haddock fleets and leading to overfishing of Atlantic bluefin tuna reut.rs/4iyGDu0
March 23, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Donald Trump's regulatory freeze has injected chaos and uncertainty into a number of lucrative US fisheries, raising the risk of a delayed start to the season for some East Coast cod and haddock fleets and leading to overfishing of Atlantic bluefin tuna reut.rs/4iyGDu0
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We are only two months into the Trumpist regime, and already, life and work in the United States has become a dangerous proposition for any foreign nationals, and utterly untenable depending on where they are from, who they are, or what they do. Which is, of course, exactly what the Trumpists want.
Chilling report from Brown University.
Administration advises all foreign students, staff, and faculty to postpone or reconsider (ie cancel) international travel, due to federal government's crackdown on universities.
Brown also warns against *domestic travel* -since it's unclear what ICE will do.
Administration advises all foreign students, staff, and faculty to postpone or reconsider (ie cancel) international travel, due to federal government's crackdown on universities.
Brown also warns against *domestic travel* -since it's unclear what ICE will do.
Brown University advises all international community members to postpone, reconsider travel
One week before spring break, Brown advised international community members, including green card holders and permanent residents, to postpone international travel in a campus-wide email sent on Sunda...
www.browndailyherald.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
We are only two months into the Trumpist regime, and already, life and work in the United States has become a dangerous proposition for any foreign nationals, and utterly untenable depending on where they are from, who they are, or what they do. Which is, of course, exactly what the Trumpists want.
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This was an interesting read. www.vox.com/politics/403...
This is why Kamala Harris really lost
Turnout among young people and immigrants was too high for the party’s own good, according to Democratic data analyst David Shor.
www.vox.com
March 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
This was an interesting read. www.vox.com/politics/403...
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inability to prove membership was how hero Louis Post, Asst Sec of Labor during 1919 Red Scare, released many of those rounded up for deportation for being communists or anarchists. Most had maybe once gone to a meeting, he said. I discuss his book Deportation Delirium in my book Emergency Politics
Here’s Trump’s EO invoking the Alien Enemy Act of 1798 as a basis for rounding up, detaining, & removing those members of Tren de Aragua who are neither U.S. citizens nor lawful permanent residents:
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
The EO says nothing about how that membership is to be *proved.*
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
The EO says nothing about how that membership is to be *proved.*
Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of The United States by Tren De Aragua
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Tren de Aragua (TdA) is a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization with thousands of
www.whitehouse.gov
March 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
inability to prove membership was how hero Louis Post, Asst Sec of Labor during 1919 Red Scare, released many of those rounded up for deportation for being communists or anarchists. Most had maybe once gone to a meeting, he said. I discuss his book Deportation Delirium in my book Emergency Politics
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What Authoritarianism Means
Even critical observers underestimated the speed and scope of the Trumpist assault, they overestimated democratic resilience. What is America now, and what comes next?
New piece:
Even critical observers underestimated the speed and scope of the Trumpist assault, they overestimated democratic resilience. What is America now, and what comes next?
New piece:
What Authoritarianism Means
Even critical observers underestimated the speed and scope of the Trumpist assault, they overestimated democratic resilience. What is America now, and what comes next?
thomaszimmer.substack.com
March 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
What Authoritarianism Means
Even critical observers underestimated the speed and scope of the Trumpist assault, they overestimated democratic resilience. What is America now, and what comes next?
New piece:
Even critical observers underestimated the speed and scope of the Trumpist assault, they overestimated democratic resilience. What is America now, and what comes next?
New piece:
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I'm honestly running out of words I can use on the air to describe what's happening in and to this economy
March 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I'm honestly running out of words I can use on the air to describe what's happening in and to this economy
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There goes the Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) program. Because why would it be important for students to learn critical languages and gain experiences and understanding of other countries? 😭
March 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
There goes the Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) program. Because why would it be important for students to learn critical languages and gain experiences and understanding of other countries? 😭
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OK, it's well past time to start a thread.
Welcome to Donald Trump's trade policy. Nobody. Knows. Anything.
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Welcome to Donald Trump's trade policy. Nobody. Knows. Anything.
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January 7, 2025 at 8:52 AM
OK, it's well past time to start a thread.
Welcome to Donald Trump's trade policy. Nobody. Knows. Anything.
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Welcome to Donald Trump's trade policy. Nobody. Knows. Anything.
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If you are in Chicago for the 2025 ISA conference, try to make it to the Art Institute, Millennium Park. Chicago Architecture Center, and Lake Michigan.
March 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
If you are in Chicago for the 2025 ISA conference, try to make it to the Art Institute, Millennium Park. Chicago Architecture Center, and Lake Michigan.
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There has been a lot of chatter today about Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, some regarding this moment when White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked if the Ukrainian president plans to wear a suit. I want to address idea in this thread. 🧵
March 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
There has been a lot of chatter today about Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, some regarding this moment when White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked if the Ukrainian president plans to wear a suit. I want to address idea in this thread. 🧵
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Some scattered thoughts after the most shocking and horrible moment of US diplomacy most of us have ever seen. Not even sure what the point of writing anything about this is, but here goes. 1/
February 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Some scattered thoughts after the most shocking and horrible moment of US diplomacy most of us have ever seen. Not even sure what the point of writing anything about this is, but here goes. 1/
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Other Choices Were Readily Available. 2025. Oil on canvas.
February 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Other Choices Were Readily Available. 2025. Oil on canvas.
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DoD terminates Minerva grants and State Dept eliminates Title VIII summer language institutes on the same day. Coming on the heels of COVID, there’s going to be gaping holes in international expertise in the US for a generation.
/slow clap
/slow clap
February 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
DoD terminates Minerva grants and State Dept eliminates Title VIII summer language institutes on the same day. Coming on the heels of COVID, there’s going to be gaping holes in international expertise in the US for a generation.
/slow clap
/slow clap
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Managed the rare feat of having my grant application rejected twice: once when I used "inequality" in my title, and once when the entire Minerva grant program was closed down today by Rubio.
Minervas funded some of the best research on political violence for the past 15 years. Terrible decision
Minervas funded some of the best research on political violence for the past 15 years. Terrible decision
February 27, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Managed the rare feat of having my grant application rejected twice: once when I used "inequality" in my title, and once when the entire Minerva grant program was closed down today by Rubio.
Minervas funded some of the best research on political violence for the past 15 years. Terrible decision
Minervas funded some of the best research on political violence for the past 15 years. Terrible decision
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I am keeping a diary of daily events, as they unfold open.substack.com/pub/adamprze... It is available to everyone. I am new to Substack, so please let me know if something is wrong with the link or the file.
Diary
Week 1
open.substack.com
February 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I am keeping a diary of daily events, as they unfold open.substack.com/pub/adamprze... It is available to everyone. I am new to Substack, so please let me know if something is wrong with the link or the file.
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A bunch of people have sent me this. I just want everybody to know this is NOT my fault. (This time.)
Something is happening inside the Earth, scientists say
Something is happening inside the Earth, scientists say
The core of the Earth is undergoing surprise structural changes, researchers believe.
www.independent.co.uk
February 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
A bunch of people have sent me this. I just want everybody to know this is NOT my fault. (This time.)