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Professor, coffee drinker, civil actor, daily dog parker. Author on peacebuilding in Yemen: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/yemen-in-the-shadow-of-transition-9780197678367?cc=us&lang=en&

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Stacey @philbrickyadav.bsky.social · Aug 31

Journalists/media inquiries about recent events in Yemen, please contact me at my university email: [email protected]

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 18d

Nothing is inevitable. In either direction. Hope and work.

Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 18d

“52% of all autocratization episodes become U-Turns, which increases to 73% when focusing on the last 30 years. The vast majority of U-Turns (90%) lead to restored or even improved levels of democracy”

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When autocratization is reversed: episodes of U-Turns since 1900

The world is in a “wave of autocratization.” Yet, recent events in Brazil, the Maldives, and Zambia demonstrate that autocratization can be halted and reversed. This article introduces “U-Turn” as ...

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 24d

Stephen Colbert's Emmy victory speech:

"Sometimes you only truly know how much you love something when you get a sense that you might be losing it. I have never loved my country more desperately. Stay strong, be brave, and if the elevator tries to bring you down, go crazy and punch a higher floor!"

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Stacey @philbrickyadav.bsky.social · 26d

They've updated your *title*? As if that was the relevant issue here?

Stacey @philbrickyadav.bsky.social · 26d

This seems like a form of journalistic malpractice, honestly, and I think you're being awfully generous not to name them directly.

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Stacey @philbrickyadav.bsky.social · Sep 5

September 14 deadline is approaching 🚨

Stacey @philbrickyadav.bsky.social · Jul 31

Excited to be co-organizing an APSA MENA Methods Workshop on "Participatory and Engaged Research in the MENA" with @apsamena.bsky.social colleagues @separkinson.bsky.social, @ammars.bsky.social and Lara Khattab at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies. ECRs & practitioners, apply by 9/14.

2026 APSA MENA Methods Workshop

APSA is pleased to announce a Call for Applications from early-career scholars who would like to participate in a 4-day workshop titled, "Participatory and Engaged Research in the MENA Region." Organ...

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Stacey @philbrickyadav.bsky.social · Sep 2

Today in comic relief, it's my 18th first day of school as a college professor, my course has been prepped for a month, I've set up the website and sent the welcome message, I'm caffeinated and ready to go...and I totally forgot to print out the syllabus.

Stacey @philbrickyadav.bsky.social · Aug 31

No words for this one.

U.S. Suspends Visas for Palestinian Passport Holders, Officials Say

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Stacey @philbrickyadav.bsky.social · Aug 31

As I mentioned the day it happened, civilian residents of Sana’a have been threatened with these strikes and pressured to self-displace (I’m not going to say leave) for months in advance, even in areas where the targets were no longer living. Raises questions about precision, intel, and intent. 3/n

Stacey @philbrickyadav.bsky.social · Aug 31

Journalists/media inquiries about recent events in Yemen, please contact me at my university email: [email protected]

Stacey @philbrickyadav.bsky.social · Aug 31

Insofar as they hit adjacent homes and harmed civilians - threatening for months in advance to do so - the strikes demonstrate that, while Houthi rule has increasingly driven people, especially women, into their homes, civilians cannot even rely on staying home to keep them safe. 2/n

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Stacey @philbrickyadav.bsky.social · Aug 31

The airstrikes on Sana'a matter, but perhaps not in the way being most widely reported. Targeted strikes against members of the Houthi cabinet and Houthi PM would matter more if they represented the concentration of power in the Houthis' system of rebel rule. They don't. 1/n

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Stacey @philbrickyadav.bsky.social · Aug 28

For months, @ichamza.bsky.social's family were told by the IDF - warned, threatened, choose your verb - to abandon their home, even though the "strategic target" had left by May. Pressuring civilians to leave their homes is not a kindness. Doing it for months on end just terrorizes them in advance.

Dr.Hamza د.حمزة @ichamza.bsky.social · Aug 28

Israel bombed the house next door to my family's in Sanaa, Yemen.
Our home is damaged and the missiles fuselage shrapnel shattered a couple of rooms.
My family is in shock even after sustaining ten years of war.

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · Aug 28

#NIH is hanging by a thread. The #CDC has been decimated. #RFK Jr. and Russell #Vought are psychopaths--I don't say this frivolously--they are cold, calculating, inflicting violence on millions through public policy. It is where we are right now. These men are not normal. 1/

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Stacey @philbrickyadav.bsky.social · Aug 28

Thought of your assignment/students when I saw this event announcement. Would be cool to see how these official positions align with public opinion, from the people who follow most closely. (I have a meeting during this event...of course.)

Crown Center for Middle East Studies @mes-crown.bsky.social · Aug 27

How is public opinion in the Arab world shifting in response to the war in #Gaza? Join us online & in person for a conversation between Amaney Jamal & Michael Robbins of Arab Barometer, and Crown founding fellow Khalil Shikaki, moderated by Michal Ben-Josef Hirsch: brandeis.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Curtis Ryan @curtisryan.bsky.social · Aug 28

Today is the last day to vote in Apsa Mena officer elections. Please vote if you haven’t already. And if you have, thanks for voting!

APSA MENA Politics Section @apsamena.bsky.social · Aug 25

Section members - Reminder about our elections! Only a few days left to get your vote in. You should have received an email (hint: search for 'Survey Research' in your inbox), or you can find the ballot on @apsa.bsky.social Connect. Get your votes in for your new elected representatives!

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Stacey @philbrickyadav.bsky.social · Aug 27

Will be interested to hear in any intrepid folks disaggregate to look at the way leaders position in relation to domestic vs international audiences. Let us know!

Stacey @philbrickyadav.bsky.social · Aug 27

This is a cool assignment but how have you framed the idea of an “official position”? I can imagine inward and outward facing positions, those articulated by UN ambassadors vs. members of royal families or senior military officials, state media, etc. Or do you leave this to them to wrestle with?

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Stacey @philbrickyadav.bsky.social · Aug 18

From a teaching perspective, it’s hard, though. Intro to Comparative Politics is often one of the only classes an UG student will take on politics outside the US, so it’s hard to cede syllabus ground. I still try, like using @hebagowayed.bsky.social’s great book comparing refugee & asylum systems.

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Stacey @philbrickyadav.bsky.social · Aug 18

Comparativists have long included the US in dissertations/books as one among two or more cases. It’s the Americanists who insist on having their own subfield.

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Stacy Fahrenthold @sfahrenthold.bsky.social · Aug 13

It's happened. An AI slop post in Arab American history is making the rounds, blending every immigration stereotype with a cloyingly implausible story about a fake Syrian peddler in Michigan.

This is deeply fascinating and also troubling. AI can regurgitate these stereotypes endlessly. What to do?

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Stacey @philbrickyadav.bsky.social · Aug 17

Well, I guess that means at least some AI failures must be attributable to what humans already put out there. Fun!

Stacey @philbrickyadav.bsky.social · Aug 17

It’s real, then? Wow. The things I’ve missed since leaving Twitter.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Aug 13

It has been almost two years since Hamas led the deadliest attack on Israel in the country’s history.

Not a single person has been charged or prosecuted for it, and the entire subject is shrouded in secrecy.

Israel Hasn’t Prosecuted a Single Suspect for the Oct. 7 Attack

Israel has extensively documented the 2023 Hamas-led assault and is believed to be holding at least 200 Palestinians suspected of involvement. Not one has been charged or put on trial.

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Stacey @philbrickyadav.bsky.social · Aug 11

“All…GHF food distribution sites are located in areas the Israeli military has marked for evacuation. To collect food, Palestinians must enter zones of direct danger. There are reports, and video evidence, of the Israeli military firing on Palestinians near or en route to these distribution sites.”

Monday briefing: What a new investigation tells us about the shooting of Palestinians at Gaza aid sites

In today’s newsletter: A Guardian investigation uncovers chilling evidence that civilians in Gaza appear to have been targeted by coordinated gunfire during food distributions

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · Aug 8

What's up, Chat-GPT 5? Do we have some PhD-level intelligence up in this piece?

lousy map of major language families in Southeast Asia

lousy map of major religions in Southeast Asia

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