Brad Nelson

Assad Is Out, HTS In In between grading and the holidays, my colleague Dr.

My latest Substack conversation with @ysulaiman.bsky.social is now live. We discuss the big changes in Syria--what happened, why, and who wins/loses. realismandrestraint.substack.com/p/assad-is-o...

decidedly odd stat here:
14% of americans think donald trump can't read

According to Sheinbaum's post on X, she--not surprisingly-- disagrees with Trump's characterization of the call. "We reiterate that Mexico's position is not to close borders but to build bridges between governments and between peoples." x.com/Claudiashein...

My colleague @ysulaiman.bsky.social and I have had our research on ASEAN recently published in Global Strategis: "The Military and ASEAN's Principle of Non-Interference." e-journal.unair.ac.id/JGS/article/...

All I Am Saying Is Give Bluesky a Chance Twitter refugees can be so crotchety these days!

Yeah, late Friday night is the right time to post a take about recent Bluesky takes. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/all-i-am-s...

Yeah, I wasn't impressed with Threads and didn't use it much anyway. Deactivated my account.

When Duffy was on Real World-Boston--where he was known as a lumberjack and mostly faded into the background--I didn't think he was cabinet material. That still applies today. I certainly don't think he's qualified for Transportation. In Congress, he spent the bulk of his time on financial issues.

How chaotic is Trump II going to be? It matters whether you think his approach is transactional or personalist

1. Since we can now do threads, a quick summary of a piece I have just put up on Trump's foreign policy approach, which differs some from @dandrezner.bsky.social www.programmablemutter.com/p/how-chaoti...

Biden’s final meeting with Xi Jinping reaps agreement on AI and nukes In their final meeting before Donald Trump takes office, Biden also urged Xi to push North Korea to curb support for Russia’s war on Ukraine and signaled progress in moves to free unjustly jailed U.S....

"The surprise agreement on AI marks a breakthrough in the Biden administration’s efforts over the past four years on issues of nuclear safety and proliferation."

I can see why academics and aspiring academics love Bluesky so much. There are an amazing number of folks on this platform--at least it seems--either with a Ph.D. or pursuing a Ph.D. Impressive community here!

Disturbing theme in the incoming administration. Trump, RFK Jr., Gaetz, and now Hegseth all accused of sexual misconduct.

Next year, instead of flu/Covid shots, Americans will get a box of Kleenex and a link to to the latest three hour appearance by RFK Jr. on Joe Rogan’s podcast.