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    Oct 30

    After experiencing slander more than a few times on social media, this is basically the only wisdom I can offer.

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  2. Retweeted
    11 hours ago

    Just a high-profile British national newspaper journalist being openly Islamophobic - safe to say nothing will happen to her because it’s completely endemic in the British media

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  3. Retweeted
    9 hours ago

    Very appropriate statement and decision.

    Following the barbaric and unacceptable execution of journalist , our Ambassador to , like those of Germany, Austria and Italy, has cancelled his participation in the .
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    10 hours ago

    Naming an overtly pro figure as 's new ambassador to rather than a top career diplomat was probably not the wisest choice in the current circumstances, by

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  5. 11 hours ago

    Great respect for this, especially when it comes from academics who do so in environments (in the Gulf, but I'm also thinking about elsewhere in the Arab world and wider MENA) where academics are deeply vulnerable. I experienced this myself, and I'm far less vulnerable than most.

    As Gulf academics we often find ourselves in a delicate position. We must criticize the gross injustices plaguing our region, yet we must also debunk the potent orientalist discourse that all too often pervades such criticism. We thus end up attacking & defending simultaneously
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    16 hours ago

    For those interested: after Iran's abhorrent execution of fellow journalist Ruhollah Zam, I am not chairing tomorrow's discussion with EU envoys based in Tehran on economic relations with Iran. I'm sure envoys will discuss how trade must be contingent on respect for human rights.

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    Dec 10

    It was a day almost five years in the making. Egyptian forces hid evidence, shot dead men they initially claimed were responsible for Regeni's murder & arrested rights defenders working on the case. Hard to sum up what this day means, but I tried here:

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  8. Retweeted
    18 hours ago

    Article 50 can be revoked - legally speaking

    Replying to @MyriamFrancoisC
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  9. Retweeted
    20 hours ago

    BREAKING: EU and UK extend Brexit talks beyond today's deadline

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  10. 23 hours ago

    "Conservative attacks on the authoritarianism of the “woke” left might seem less like partisan opportunism if the same alt-right luminaries weren’t currently indulging some of the worst enemies of liberty in Europe." Precisely. On Peterson, Orban, et al

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  11. 23 hours ago

    Coma for 3 weeks; Lung collapse; 2 heart attacks; Nerve syndrome (GBS); And all before his 24th birthday. But, you know, COVID19 is just like the flu. When a vaccine is available, consider this closely, as you weigh up your responsibilities to yourself and others.

    Alhamdulillah I’m grateful to be alive despite being in a coma for 3 weeks, having my lungs collapse, 2 heart attacks and being diagnosed with a rare nerve syndrome GBS as a result of Covid - all before my 24th birthday.
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  12. Dec 12

    Ouch

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    “As far as I’m aware she does not have any degree in economics.” “I was and I remain a professor of economics.” This is what happened when a Brexit Party MEP questioned the expertise of Green MEP Molly Scott Cato over post-Brexit trade.
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    Dec 11

    The use of the death penalty against journalists is abhorrent. If the Islamic Republic thought Zam committed a crime they should have sought extradition. But they didn’t because the real “crime” they wanted to punish him for was speaking truth to power and exposing corruption.

    Iranian media are reporting that Ruhollah Zam has been executed. Zam, a journalist and political activist residing in France, was kidnapped and taken to Iran during a visit to Iraq. The international community must condemn Zam’s execution in the strongest possible terms.
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  14. Retweeted
    Dec 12

    Policy tensions/contradictions showed when Macron, in Sissi presser, said he wont condition eco/defense coop on human rights "because I believe in sovereignty of ppl...wld be ineffective on HR+counterproductive in war on terror" but also "value of human is superior to everything"

    Condemnations important, even if weakened by wider foreign policy. Macron hosted Sissi in state visit even tho 🇪🇬security officials are accused of kidnapping, murdering 🇮🇹 doctoral student Giulio Regeni in 2016, 2 yrs after Sissi took power. 🇮🇹 glass house too, selling arms to🇪🇬
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  15. Retweeted
    Dec 12

    We’re hiring two new China scholars at Carnegie, with the rank for both positions open. An opportunity for those with outstanding records of achievement in the China studies field: 1. Foreign/Security Policy: 2. Political Economy:

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  16. Dec 12

    Berlin's position is likely to be similar to many other European capitals. Few in the West want to officially say "Actually, normalisation with Israel should follow a solution to the Palestine question", but at the same time, will not accept changes to other status quos, like WS.

    We welcome the US-brokered normalization of relations between and . Our position on the conflict over remains unchanged. We advocate a just and lasting political solution mediated by the UN.
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    Dec 11

    Faced with local resentment and the threat of a Turkish incursion, the SDF--unlike the Syrian regime or opposition in exile--has shown signs of willingness to learn from its mistakes. & explain

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  18. Dec 12

    I missed this. is absolutely right; this is a despicable tweet. Unless anyone has any proof detailing Qatar is paying him to do, well, anything at all on NBC, they should leave the absurd accusations at the door. Shameful.

    Imagine if I tweeted at a Jewish journalist saying ‘your Israeli $$$’ at work. I would be (rightly) fired. This guy works for . For the record, I am not Qatari and I do not receive ‘Qatari $$$’. I’m British and American. And this is racism, , plain and simple:
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    Dec 11

    Iran executed a journalist this morning for the "crime" of reporting on popular anger at the government. He had been living in exile but was abducted and brought back to Iran by the IRGC.

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    Dec 12

    omg

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  21. Dec 12

    "Saudi, Egyptian crackdowns signal collision with Biden agenda" for - includes my thoughts, Bruce Riedel,

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