Keith David Watenpaugh
kwatenpa.bsky.social
Keith David Watenpaugh
@kwatenpa.bsky.social
Senior Div-1 Research University Professor. Historian of mass violence, the Middle East and humanitarianism. Sailor, hiker, dad.
This lawsuit filed by the American Foreign Service Association outlines the impact of the illegal, wasteful and unethical destruction of USAID - the US Agency for International Development.
February 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Don't be fooled by the headline. I wrote this in 2017.
Why Trump’s Executive Order Is Wrongheaded and Reckless
The closing of America to the world is an abandonment of the enormous capacity of scholarly work.
www.chronicle.com
February 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Reposted by Keith David Watenpaugh
February 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Goldberg's essay draws a remarkable parallel between what's happening in Washington now and the US' inept (to put it mildly) handling of post-Saddam Iraq (2003).
Opinion | The Familiar Arrogance of Musk’s Young Apparatchiks
He and his team are treating the government like hostile territory to be conquered.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
If your projects and programs are being harmed by the elimination of USAID please consider sharing that information at this website: www.globalaidfreeze.com #USAID
Global Aid Freeze Tracker
www.globalaidfreeze.com
February 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Reposted by Keith David Watenpaugh
February 3, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Colleagues & grad students from across the UC gathered at @ucdavis.bsky.social for the first in a series of conferences hosted by UC Davis Human Rights Studies - The University of California Confronts Violence, Mass Atrocity and Hate: Conversations on Human Rights, Humanity and Peacemaking.
February 3, 2025 at 5:16 AM