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Benjamin V. Allison

@benvallison

Christian. PhD Cand @UT_HistDept, @ClementsCenter. MENA, Russia, US since 1945 + terrorism. Words @ForeignPolicy @Lawfare @madebyhistory @chronicle

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Just found this memcon of discussions between Syrian and Jordanian officials regarding the attempt to form a unity state in 1977. Can't say I was prepared to see this today. khaddam.net/articles/adnan…

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I wrote about Biden and the new book. As the reporting in "Original Sin" makes clear: this story is bigger than just the 2024 campaign. It was more than a year or two of decline. We need to confront the truth: Joe Biden never should have been president of the United States. 🧵

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EMPEROR PALPATINE: 𝑨𝑹𝑬 𝑾𝑬 𝑶𝑵 𝑻𝑹𝑨𝑪𝑲 𝑻𝑶 𝑴𝑬𝑬𝑻 𝑶𝑼𝑹 𝑸𝑼𝑨𝑹𝑻𝑬𝑹𝑳𝒀 𝑲𝑷𝑰𝑺? IMPERIAL BUREAUCRAT: Y-yes my lord. EMPEROR PALPATINE: 𝒀𝑶𝑼’𝑹𝑬 𝑨 𝑹𝑶𝑪𝑲𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑹. 𝑳𝑬𝑻’𝑺 𝑻𝑶𝑼𝑪𝑯 𝑩𝑨𝑺𝑬 𝑳𝑨𝑻𝑬𝑹.

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As I wrote in Foreign Policy last July, the Israel Defense Forces has significant command-and-control and discipline problems. Its permissive culture leads directly to incidents like this. foreignpolicy.com/2024/07/03/idf…

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This is a really striking set of documents from late 1978, in which Zbigniew Brzezinski and analysts at Department of State write dueling memos on Middle East contingencies. cia.gov/readingroom/do…