the "Rachel's beef trifle" energy of this truly laid me out bsky.app/profile/laur...

Shouting from the flipping rooftops

Spoiler alert: that vote in December to extend the ACA subsidies is going to fail.

Looking at you, AOC.

I can’t. I just can’t.

100 Grand is the best Halloween candy. I won’t take questions.

Having spent the last few days in Europe, I’m once again convinced that we have an A/C addiction in the US.

🎶 You bring me closer to guard! 🎶

That sudden urge to put Animal Nitrate on repeat

The coolest promo we could ask for 💪

1. Increasing the number of assigned readings typically has little if any relationship to the extent of reading that will happen, so focus on interesting assignments if you want to add to the course expectations. 2. Don’t be afraid to say “I don’t know but I’ll look into it.”

1- Use real world examples. 2- Unpopular opinion: done in moderation, edutainment is not a bad approach. It breaks monotony and maintains engagement.

"We go live to Fox News"

My sabbatical leave allowed me to reflect on my professional life. As I’ve stepped into more senior roles in academia (plus gotten a bit older), I often get asked: 
“How do you keep writing academic articles, policy work, opinion pieces, while juggling everything else?” My answer: skillpower 🧵

Pigs have flown. Shadi Hamid nailed it. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

The detention of Erdoğan’s main rival marks a phase shift in governance in Turkey, to brute-force authoritarianism www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/w...

Morning Bluesky. In Türkiye, Erdogan has arrested his biggest rival and the man likely to beat him in an election, the mayor of İstanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu. Several members of his close circle have also been taken into custody. Now a full-on autocracy.

Massive, horrifying news.

Who are advising the Dems and how are they still in the advising business?

That Chuck Schumer interview is painful to watch, ow.

Cowards.

Watching Dems follow the exact path the Turkish opposition have walked is really quite special.

Statehood now.

Thrilled to take on this big responsibility with some of the best people in the discipline. Look forward to doing the authors, reviewers, and readers of @fpajrnl.bsky.social proud.

Happening now “Understanding foreign policy change: a role theoretical approach” with Anna Michalsky, @lesliewehner.bsky.social @cameronthies.bsky.social @sibeloktay.bsky.social Kai Oppermann, Stephan Klose & Damian Strycharz #ISA2025

My heart is heavy, y’all. 🌾

If you see me at #ISA2025, please feel free to give me a hug. I need it. We all do.

Need this energy to keep it moving.

Not Like Us sitting there waiting like chekov’s gun right now

Feeling festive and ready for the 2024 Williams Sonoma Hater’s Guide 🎄

Um yes, I have a young daughter too.

Because it’s a terrific song.

Ramaswamy: “it would be possible to randomly fire workers based on their Social Security numbers.” Political scientists:

Having witnessed Turkish politics very closely for a very long time, what I can tell you is “elitism” is the tar and feather of politics, and it requires excruciating centrism to get rid of it.

Just taught my 6 yo why and how the numbers on the screen will change all night using Halloween candy. Parenting win. 💪

Holy shit Saturday

I’ve never impressed anyone the way I impressed my 6-yo today when I sang Wannabe from start to finish without missing a beat.

So this happened last week. It was a true pleasure and privilege to chat with the Secretary about how science can inform diplomacy and diplomatic training. I highly recommend the Jefferson Science Fellowship if you are interested in gaining government experience.

I haven’t missed you kid-sized coffees in Europe. 🙂‍↔️

Aaron Sorkin taking a page out of the “CHP should nominate Abdullah Gül” playbook. Bahahah

Where do I sign up?

just watched 74 people speaking at least a dozen different languages become american citizens in a ceremony at monticello, where the speakers were themselves children of immigrants. inspiring stuff and a vivid illustration of what reactionaries want to snuff out

I think of Bülent Ecevit often these days. So yeah.

it'll lay on the jargon with a mix of self-loathing & fear of being exposed

Why oh WHY do academic-facing apps have to be so inexplicably bad? It's 2024 ffs.

Today is my last day at UIS… I’m joining the State Department full-time as Deputy Chair of Multilateral Diplomacy at the Foreign Service Institute! Leaving UIS feels bittersweet, of course, but I’m SO excited to continue my work in the nexus of foreign policy and diplomatic training. Onward!! 🎉

The world you grew up in is dead

So this happened at #ISA2024. Honored to have received the 2022 Best Book Award from ISA’s Foreign Policy Analysis section for Governing Abroad. Deepest thanks to the award committee for their generous recognition. I will forever cherish it.