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@KoriSchake

Director of foreign/defense , author of Safe Passage, contributing writer at The Atlantic and War on the Rocks. Californian. RT = said better than I could.

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    8 Feb 2018

    So excited Times Higher Education reviewed my book! "This is a brilliant book, which uses a well-researched historical study as the context for a discussion of the international order of the present." via

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  2. 2 hours ago

    This is the best assessment of Trump Admin civ-mil issues and the trends they reveal. Well done Peter Feaver & . 

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    15 hours ago

    I hope this de-escalation succeeds. but it’s difficult not to read this story and conclude that the civilian leadership at DoD are way, way out of their depth.

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  4. 17 hours ago

    Supporting your point, : in 2002, NSC asked DOD what proportion of each Service's budget apportioned to transformation; USAF reported ~95% of their entire spending was transformational 😂

    Asterisk here is, as we remember, what OSD wanted in the old days was "Transformation" and ppl were like, wat is transformation, and in a lot of cases they decided, transformation is what's already in our PPT deck, we'll brief that, and OSD was like, well done on that Transfo
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    24 hours ago

    Statement from Transparency International U.S. () on today's landmark passage: 'This is the first significant update to our anti-money laundering laws in twenty years, and one of the most important anti-corruption measures ever passed by the U.S. Congress.'

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  6. Jan 1

    The great starts 2021 right with a fabulous, fun way to teach IR. My top pick: "You've fallen victim to one of the classic blunders!"

    When teaching Intro to International Relations, I love referencing "IR Movie Easter eggs": explicit international politics lessons/references from movies NOT overtly about international politics. For those teaching IR classes this coming term, here are my 10 favorite!
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  7. Jan 1

    "The problem with political decadence is not what it does to those who are already disordered. The primary problem is what it does to talented, knowledgeable, ambitious young leaders who can be warped toward a destructive influence."

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    Jan 1

    I love how puts this for (paraphrased): Trumps political genius was to ask first order Jacksonian questions that Hamiltonians [and others] failed to explain and educate the general public on.

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  9. Retweeted
    30 Dec 2020

    Treating allies poorly is foolish. Treating them transactionally is shortsighted. Proclaiming a plan to restore alliances is charming theater. Investing in alliance management is the true task at hand. It is a thankless, messy slog but worth every effort.

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  10. 30 Dec 2020

    This is the end of 2020 American content I needed -- I've been missing the sweetness of our provincialism (h/t ) via

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    30 Dec 2020

    When the nom process is turned into identify politics bingo it’s a sad inevitability that great personnel moves are portrayed as make-up calls for other decisions. Bottom line: Kath/Kelly are the MOST QUALIFIED picks for these positions and solid picks.

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  12. 29 Dec 2020

    Yikes -- this thread/story. Not just continuing differences between W/E Germans, but nationalist E German rejection of diversity gaining W adherents as "the post-war consensus teeters."

    A German soldier is arrested trying to retrieve a loaded gun from an airport toilet. His finger prints lead to a Syrian refugee. His cell phone leads to far-right extremist networks inside the military. This is the tale of Franco A: 1/10
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    29 Dec 2020

    The Trump administration believes the Taliban are prepared to make peace with the Afghan government. This says otherwise.

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    Taliban fighters say that they will never lay down arms for any offer. They vow to keep the path of jihad forever. These fighters chant slogans in favor of Taliban emir Shaikh Haibat Ullah and declare that they will take revenge of their killed members from the government.
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    29 Dec 2020

    So much to choose from - ⁦⁩ has the 10 worst things ⁦⁩ did in 2020

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    28 Dec 2020

    An all-important issue brought to the fore once more by Biden's nomination of a general just four years out of uniform

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    28 Dec 2020

    R U having a bad day? STOP. Crank up the volume and listen to Mandu’s friend, Odin, pretend he is a general at a important briefing.

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    28 Dec 2020

    US media has to shake this mindset that everything in US foreign policy has to be seen through the prism of the delicate and paranoid sensibilities of the Beijing leadership. That's how the CCP wants us to think, because it places their feelings over our values and interests.

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    28 Dec 2020

    "My sister is not a terrorist, she is an activist. To be sentenced for her activism for the very reforms that MBS and the Saudi kingdom so proudly tout is the ultimate hypocrisy," she said.

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  19. 24 Dec 2020

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    Replying to @pptsapper @PatDonahoeArmy @KoriSchake
    (Letterkenny voice) 🎵to be fair🎵, the Prussians and French had already moved to open order at the point of contact, with the Prussian military observers being particularly horrified by the way Civil War American soldiers stood in line and just traded hammer blows for hours.
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  20. 24 Dec 2020

    When Parker surrendered to Mackenzie in 1875, he rode in on a horse he stole from Mackenzie years before.

    Replying to @KoriSchake
    Probably influenced by my childhood born and raised on the Navajo Nation, but in both grooming and fighting I would take Quanah Parker.
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    24 Dec 2020

    Merry X'mas! And, to those who celebrate, happy Good Governance Day!

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