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The American team has almost no experience in high-level international negotiation, no regional expertise on Ukraine and Russia, and no relevant foreign language knowledge. Not true of the Russians, to put it mildly.  Looks like a bloodbath by design.

It's odd that a WaPo political columnist started writing about farming. I'm into the topic, and have read the books he seems to be summarizing (Pollan, Kingsolver, Rebanks, Kimball...). Maybe it's just a middle-age thing. Or maybe he's smartly preparing for the After Times.

ICYMI, it officially happened. The Sinaloa Cartel is now on the US Foreign Terrorist Organization list, alongside al Qaida and ISIL. 7 other criminal groups are there, too. These lists are often politicized, with the term “terrorist” stretched more and more. But wow.

I’m not sure the US will attack in Mexico, but if it does, cartels could retaliate inside the US. Or even more easily, cartels could attack some of the 1.5 million US citizens living in Mexico, or the many thousands concentrated at Mexican beaches. Of course I hope not.

I am glad to inform you that our special issue “Text as Data in the Study of Politics in Developing Countries” is out in the Developing Economies! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17461049/2…

Tesla sales almost halve in Europe as Musk faces criticism over Trump ties theguardian.com/technology/202…

I completely missed that Republicans introduced a bill to increase the endowment tax from 1.4% to 21%. If passed, Harvard would go from paying ~$35m to $525m/yr in federal taxes (that’s 8.2% of its current operating expenses)

BREAKING: Los Zetas founders Z40 and Z42 are being extradited to the US as of this morning.

Fascinating. Stephen Miller is the moderate (!) in the White House, encouraging cooperation with Mexico vs cartels. Because cooperation could help with his real priority, stopping immigration. Gorka (of course) wants war. nytimes.com/2025/02/27/wor…

🇲🇽🇺🇸"Mexico will extradite to the United States drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, convicted of murdering a U.S. anti-narcotics agent in 1985, and more than two dozen other suspected cartel members." reuters.com/world/americas…

In 2023, Human Rights Watch documented #Saudi border guards widespread, systematic killing of migrants at the Saudi-Yemen border-- a possible crime against humanity. A new The Guardian piece reveals that the killings have not stopped. theguardian.com/global-develop…

A friend is doing a massive hike/bike/skydive journey to raise awareness about and funds for curing Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease. She lost her dad and brother to CJD. justgiving.com/page/melanie-h…

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by @CityCyclops. #NewYorkerCartoons newyorkermag.visitlink.me/Mq3ciM

This is so recognisable for anyone who lived under Soviet-style communism that it is hilarious. I guess "westerners" get to experience it for the first time.

Dissertation defended! Beyond grateful for my family, friends, and an unbelievable committee with Tricia Bacon, Joseph K. Young, Trace Lasley, and Brian J. Phillips, also on Bsky.app

This week, Omomayowa O. Abati, PhD from Government @ Essex presents research at the Political Studies Association annual meeting. His paper shows that areas of Africa with more multilingualism have less armed conflict. Follow us for more about language and conflict in Africa!

Only around 50% of academic papers focus on low- and middle-income countries, despite these countries comprising over 80% of the global population. See how World Bank Policy Research Papers help bridge this gap: wrld.bg/Q6a950VBLhH

Who creates terrorism research? Which countries produce the most? How have these things changed over time? Check out my recent article. Open access. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…