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Andrew Gawthorpe

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U.S. politics @UniLeiden. Writes America Explained newsletter amerex.substack.com. Recovering blue check. Personal views.

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🤝What do Trump & Wilson share in their foreign policy approach? A core set of propositions about civilization, international interconnection, hierarchy & American power, argues Andrew Gawthorpe (Universiteit Leiden) in their #openaccess article: doi.org/10.1093/ia/iia…

🤝What do Trump & Wilson share in their foreign policy approach?  

A core set of propositions about civilization, international interconnection, hierarchy &amp; American power, argues <a href="/andygawt/">Andrew Gawthorpe</a> (<a href="/UniLeiden/">Universiteit Leiden</a>) in their #openaccess article: doi.org/10.1093/ia/iia…
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Read my latest post for a cheat sheet of the ten storylines you need to watch at the start of the new administration. amerex.substack.com/p/trump-inaugu…

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While Trump is ranting about the J6 Select Committee, he still hasn't bothered to appoint a Senate-confirmed official as Acting Defense Secretary (usually happens within minutes of inauguration) and the U.S. military has no idea who is in charge of it.

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“Now that we have a new president that wall will go up so fast,” Trump says. Says the wall is going to go up so fast people will say they “can’t take it” for the love of all that is holy can we please not have to watch this again

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I've long puzzled over the purpose of these deliberate and easily-checkable falsehoods in Trump's prepared speeches and concluded that Stephen Miller just thinks it's funny to annoy people for some reason. (number of Americans who actually died was about 300)

I've long puzzled over the purpose of these deliberate and easily-checkable falsehoods in Trump's prepared speeches and concluded that Stephen Miller just thinks it's funny to annoy people for some reason.

(number of Americans who actually died was about 300)
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Totally believable because Elon Musk is of course known for his love of Ancient Rome and of course doesn't spend his days tweeting far-right memes

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In one of his first acts, Trump pardoned Enrique Tarrio, leader of the neo-fascist Proud Boys and one of the key organizers of the January 6th insurrection, along with other members of the organization.

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One of Trump's first executive orders ENDED efforts to reunite the families who were torn apart by his family separation policy in his first term. Not all of the families have yet been reunited.

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What role does ‘civilization’ play in international politics? In our latest issue, we have 2 articles that dive into this concept and its impact on foreign policy development. Follow this 🧵to read what Andrew Gawthorpe (Universiteit Leiden) & Andrew Ehrhardt (@kcl_cgs) have to say about the

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I made this exact argument on CNBC sometime last summer, and promptly never got invited back on CNBC again. Whoops, should have listened guys.

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Happy 12th Is The Supreme Court Going To End Birthright Citizenship Day to all those who celebrate by retching into a bucket.