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@mrubin1971

Resident Scholar, AEI. Please note: I use twitter to distribute my writings/media but I don't correspond on twitter. (Email me instead).

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  1. 23 hours ago

    was founded as a state for the Muslims, but from its silence on the to provincial partnership w/ to the fate of its students in , is humiliating it & its claim to be a state that defends . ⁦⁩

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  2. Feb 22

    "How China is Humiliating Pakistan" (My latest in ):

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  3. Feb 22

    “Iraqi Kurdistan’s universities are fueling an education crisis” (my latest in the Kurdistan Times). ⁦⁩

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    Feb 22

    مایکل رۆبن رەخنە لە زیادبونی ژمارەی زانکۆکان لە هەرێمی کوردستان دەگرێت و بە "قەیرانی پەروەردەیی" دەزانێت. ئەو دەشڵێت مەسڕوڕ بارزانی لە ئەمریکا لە ٢٠١٠ کۆشكێکی بە ١٠ ملیۆن دۆلار کڕیوە و ئاهەنگی رۆژی لەداییكبوونی تێدا گێڕاوە."

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    Feb 21

    🚨This Monday, 2/24 is the deadline to apply to AEI's 2020 Summer Honors Program, a fully funded week of public-policy study with such esteemed scholars as , Yuval Levin, , , James Capretta, , and

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  6. Feb 21

    My assessment of the history of U.S.- peace-making for the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies's inaugural "Mehr" Brief: English: فارسی:

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  7. Feb 21

    "Today is the worst day for counter-terrorism since Sept. 11" (my latest in )

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  8. Feb 21

    Was there alternative to deal w/ which re-empowers the group? Yes: there were levers so-far unused against sponsors in . From last June in : "Winning in Requires Taking the Fight to Pakistan"

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  9. Feb 21

    As & celebrate peace deal, read up on history of U.S.-Taliban negotiations in "Dancing with the Devil," a history of U.S. diplomacy with rogue regimes. It's not our first agreement w/the Taliban. They've always cheated:

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  10. Feb 21

    The U.S. and Taliban agreement is a surrender which empowers the & AlQaeda and undermines the elected gov't and Afghan women. Some background: 1) 2) 3)

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  11. Feb 20

    Rhetoric matters. Sometimes what said about the Middle East will have longer-term consequences than what he did.

    “The Five Worst Things Donald Trump Has Said on the Middle East” | (My latest in ⁦⁩ ). ⁦⁩ ⁦⁩
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  12. Feb 19

    “The Five Worst Things Donald Trump Has Said on the Middle East” | (My latest in ⁦⁩ ). ⁦⁩ ⁦⁩

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  13. Feb 19

    With , , and perhaps about to escalate in , this piece from October is worth reading:

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  14. Feb 19

    "Reconciliation with Turkey should only come with a price" (or why the US must demand a full Turkish withdrawal from Cyprus before any Washington-Ankara rapprochement (my latest in ):

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  15. Feb 18

    “Was coronavirus a bioweapon? We don't know, but history shows we can't trust China” ⁦⁩ ⁦⁩

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  16. Feb 17

    “How the Make the U.S. State Department Great Again”| The National Interest (⁦⁩) ⁦⁩ ⁦⁩

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  17. Feb 17

    “Ethiopia’s naive peacemaking could lead to war” (my latest in ⁦⁩) ⁦⁩ ⁦⁩

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  18. Feb 14

    “Pakistan will threaten any Taliban peace deal” (my latest from ⁦⁩) ⁦⁩ ⁦⁩

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    Feb 14

    مایکل رۆبن لەو شرۆڤەیەدا، ئەو هۆکارانە باس دەکات کە رێگرن لە دروستبونی دەوڵەتی کوردستان لە عێڕاق. ئەو پێیوایە کە "هیچ رێگەیەکی کورت بۆ دروستبونی کوردستانی سەربەخۆ لە عێراق نییە."

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  20. Feb 14

    My monthly column in the new "Kurdistan Times" () in Kurdish () or English: "There is No Short-Cut to Kurdish Independence" ()

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