Steve Saideman

@smsaideman

IR, civil-military relations, NATO, ethnic conflict; Director, ; I spew at ; co-host,

Ottawa, Ontario
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    27 May 2019

    The Canadian Defence and Security Network () is an effort to bridge divides within Canada between academics, the Canadian Armed Forces, government agencies, and civil society and to connect Canada to scholars and agencies elsewhere. Go to 4 info

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    18 hours ago

    We are holding the applications for the Rice Family Professor of Practice open for one more week. So if you were interested and didn't quite apply you have another chance. Come work with us !

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    2 hours ago
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    I mean, I thought it was because the word "Jackson" was festooned on every other surface everywhere around the building.

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    2 hours ago

    My dude, they did a whole ass episode of The Office making fun of this exact idea. Because it's bad. Oy vey.

    We are running a fun health program at . Anyone on our team with BMI <25 gets half a month's salary as bonus. The avg BMI of our team is 25.3 & if we can get to <24 by Aug, everyone gets another ½ month as a bonus. It'd be fun to compete with other companies 😁 1/3
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    17 hours ago

    A good friend, old shipmate and officer of mine did something that I am very proud of him for, and also proud of the as well. Well done, thank you.

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    12 hours ago

    Listen: women who have miscarriages are next.

    A 26-year-old Texas woman who allegedly self-induced an abortion has been charged with murder.
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    Apr 4

    Some of us have been watching the exact same cycle play out since 90s-era IRC chat room days

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    2 hours ago

    Happy Appomattox Day!

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  9. 3 hours ago

    Yo, Putin, fuck around and find out.

    Sweden Democrats leader wants party to change on NATO membership if Finland applies to join alliance
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    22 hours ago

    I wrote an op-ed about who should be overseeing the CAF and where various agents (Ombudsman) should report. This is my "damn, I should have said this when I testified before parliament" piece.

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    20 hours ago

    That song “We’re Not Gonna Take It” came out almost 40 years ago but I feel like we have, in fact, continued to take it.

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    23 hours ago

    As a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, I find it offensive that the GOP is weaponizing discourse around grooming and pedophilia as pure bad faith posturing, with absolutely no interest in these issues or helping people in need. It's grotesque.

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    18 hours ago

    What this makes clear is that Jan. 6 was not based on a belief, good faith or otherwise, that the outcome of the 2020 election was decided incorrectly — they were plotting this before the votes had even been counted! The coup was the plan from the get-go

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    CNN exclusive: discusses the different ideas that Donald Trump Jr. texted former President Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows about overturning the 2020 presidential election two days after after the vote.
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    15 hours ago

    I am very grateful for this incredibly valuable experience! It was an honour to have and read and comment on my manuscript. Thank you for providing the opportunity.

    The second Book Workshop was a hybrid with Tim Naftali and Karen Greenberg zoomed in with and Lorne Dawson in person to help turn her good draft into a great book on AQ terrorism. I learned alot along the way. Thanks to the readers and 1/2
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    18 hours ago

    | We are happy to introduce today our new emerging scholar, T. B. François Akilatan! He is a PhD student at under the supervision of Sylvain Eloi Dessy and . Read his full profile on our website. ⬇️

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  16. 15 hours ago

    The participants last year really enjoyed it and this year we get to feed them!!!

    Sec/Def opportunity for junior members of the Canadian Armed Forces, the Public Service, academia, and the media.🚨🚨 Our partners at the are currently accepting applications for their annual Summer Institute! Scholarships available. More at
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    16 hours ago

    We really need to talk more about how the spokesman for the union of an agency tasked with patrolling America's borders is literally parroting white supremacist talking points. Like, we *really* need to talk more about this.

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    Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer: "Sir, why do you think this administration has allowed virtually an open border?" National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd: "I believe that they're trying to change the demographics of the electorate, that's what I believe they’re doing"
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  18. 15 hours ago

    Looking forward to this. Does anyone do as much good work on both democratic and autocratic civ-mil as ?

    Really excited to publish this article w/ in ! Spoiler alert for those who follow the Tunisian military: contra claims that it stayed loyal or was passive during the 2011 protests, we argue it carried out a coup ag/ the Ben Ali regime.
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  19. 15 hours ago

    As a reminder, anyone invoking George Soros in anything is anti-semitic.

    An almost exact replica of the conspiracy theory that Soros' son is married to Adam Schiff's sister - who doesn't actually exist. The playbook never changes.
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    Apr 7

    Brian Schatz telling Josh Hawley to go fuck himself is worth a watch.

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  21. 16 hours ago

    Celebrating another successful event with edible cookie dough thanks to Crumby Cookie Dough

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