Sharan Grewal

🧵NEW: This is an unprecedented intervention.

Almost every single living, former head of the IDF, Mossad (Israeli foreign intelligence), Shin Bet (domestic intelligence) & Police Commissioner urges an end to Israel’s war in Gaza.

“This is an extremist government. It has taken us all hostage.”

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Political Science at Western University, Canada is searching for three tenure track assistant professors. There are two ads, one in International Politics (IR or comparative) and one in Comparative or Canadian. Ads are here: www.uwo.ca/facultyrelat...

The @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social is searching for a tenure line position in Technology and Global Affairs at the Assistant or Associate level. I am chairing the committee and happy to talk with anyone who is interested. Please share!
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We’re hiring a junior colleague in AP @au-spa.bsky.social

Please share broadly & questions can come to me! (I’m chair!)

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‘Andor’ Can Teach Us a Lot About Nonviolent Resistance, Too Andor is quickly becoming canon for experts on insurgencies and armed rebellions. But it has a lot to say about nonviolent civil resistance, too.

Today, I wrote for @wpr.bsky.social on Andor and its lessons for nonviolent resistance.

Andor is truly a masterpiece, and my writing can't do it justice. Still, I hope you find as much inspiration in the show (and this commentary) as I did!

MIT Political Science is hiring this fall, with junior lines in both American Politics (members.apsanet.org/CAREERS/eJob...) and IR. Please share widely!

Assistant Professor - Department of Political Science University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

UC Berkeley is hiring an Assistant Professor this fall, with a preference for candidates in International Relations, American Politics, or Public Law.

I am on the committee and glad to answer questions. Please apply!

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Congrats Rana!!

The global implications of the US strikes on Iran | Brookings Brookings experts break down what the U.S. military operation against Iranian nuclear facilities means for the region and the world.

The U.S. strikes on Iran marked a major shift in America's Middle East policy. Brookings foreign policy experts break down what the operation means for the region and the world.

Call for Papers: Syria after Assad Workshop - Project on Middle East Political Science The stunning collapse of the Assad regime in December 2024 has thrown up crucial questions about the future of Syria and the Syrian people. For example, is Syria transitioning mainly from fourteen yea...

POMEPS Call for Papers: Syria after Assad Workshop. We seek papers on topics related to understanding Syria today that will be discussed at a virtual workshop on Sept. 19th. The deadline to apply is July 21st. For more info on how to apply:
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We were lucky enough to have our YouGov/The Economist poll in field when the US bombed Iranian nuclear facilities. You can see the partisan realignment in real time

US state department told to terminate nearly all its overseas pro-democracy programs Exclusive: All but two of the programs awarded under the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor would be cut, affecting nearly $1.3bn in grants

The end of DRL.

"All but two of the [391] programs awarded under the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor would be cut, affecting nearly $1.3bn in grants."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

DISASTROUS. This means they will send people to horrific situations with no due process — in direct violation of promises the Solicitor General made to the Court in previous cases.

This greenlights sending people to be enslaved in Libya or tortured in any random foreign country.

Happy to see this out in the world!

In a nutshell: people are more willing to support violence when they don't see readily available nonviolent alternatives.

Schedules talks for Sunday: jk, bombs Iran
Gives Iran two weeks: jk, bombs Iran

Why would Iran trust any offer to negotiate now?

New paper alert 😄 ! Mauricio Rivera Celestino, Scott Gates and I have a paper out in the Journal of Conflict Resolution: lnkd.in/gzqYuTmN! The work began in 2017 as part of the Street-Level Autocrat project. Since then, children have been born, data collected, and now, the article is finally out:

Israel strikes Iran. What happens next? Brookings scholars examine the implications of Israel's surprise attack on Iran for the region and beyond.

Brookings foreign policy scholars examine the implications of Israel’s strike on Iran for the region and beyond.

BJPolS abstract discussing the role of mosques in Tunisian elections, highlighting the impact of Islamists and measuring trust in the political system through mosque attendance data, correlating these factors with electoral successes in 2011, 2014, and 2019.

From April 2025 -

The Islamist Advantage: The Religious Infrastructure of Electoral Victory - cup.org/4hUtJFu

"regular interactions in mosques allow Islamists to build deeper ties and greater trust with their supporters than secular parties can"

- @sharangrewal.bsky.social

#OpenAccess

A Soldier For Life – War on the Rocks

"..keep the military out of politics.. Nothing would be more harmful to the culture of our military and to the relationship we enjoy with American people than the implication that we are merely one more politicized actor in the partisan struggle."

Gen (R) Dempsey
warontherocks.com/2025/06/a-so...

From a dear comrade who was kind enough to let me share their video.

Veterans stage a sit-in on the US Capitol steps and say, “Military off our streets!” Hell yeah!

Illegal

Also the pop-up store was selling "faux credit cards labeled 'White Privilege Card: Trumps Everything.'" ...

Army Officials Pushed Back on Pop-Up MAGA Shop Ahead of Fort Bragg Trump Speech Ahead of President Donald Trump's rally-style appearance at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on Tuesday, Army officials raised alarms over a vendor planning to sell Trump-branded merchandise on site.

"However, no service members are expected to be admonished in any way, with multiple Army officials explaining that, despite rules very likely being broken, holding troops to account when goaded by the president, who is ultimately the boss, would be impossible."
www.military.com/daily-news/2...

Well, guess Trump can kiss his dreams of a Nobel Peace Prize goodbye…

Exactly. Stop putting the burden (and blame) on the protesters for not demonstrating to your liking, and place it on the dictator and his security forces for putting them in this situation.

Opinion | Trump’s Fort Bragg speech was a serious step toward ending democracy The address projected the image of the military siding with the president against his political foes.

My piece at msnbc has the scariest headline of anything I have ever written www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb... CivMilSky

Domestic Deployment of the Military: The Past, Present, and Potential Future Since the founding of the United States, domestic deployment of the military has been a move of last resort; that may be about to change.

In 1992, the Marines were called into LA.

An LAPD officer yelled 'cover me' which to the police means to prepare to shoot if necessary. But for the Marines, it means to cover with gunfire. They shot 200 bullets instantly into a home with three kids inside.
www.americanprogress.org/article/dome...

Don't expect the military to defect...