Craig Whiteside

Coming from @stanfordpress.bsky.social in the summer of 2026! @lisablaydes.bsky.social and I edited a book "Ba'thist Iraq through Archives" with a star studded list of contributors!

September 29 is the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Babyn Yar.

On this day in 1941, the occupying Nazi forces began mass executions of civilians in Kyiv.

This horrific tragedy took over 100,000 innocent lives.
Never forget. Never again.🕯️🧵

Love this book

Thrilled to share our latest article in the TPV special issue on motivations! We explore how gendered narratives and misogyny act as a powerful shared language—connecting identity factors across far-right movements in Australia and the UK 👇🏼

doi.org/10.1080/0954...

One man’s memory sparks search for US soldiers he saw executed in WWII Retired firefighter Benjamin Broadwell Hagans, 96, has emerged as an eyewitness to the savage executions of three soldiers in 1942, The War Horse reports.

Retired firefighter Benjamin Broadwell Hagans, 96, has emerged as an eyewitness to the savage executions of three soldiers in 1942, The War Horse reports.

it’s for everyone’s safety. They’re bombed from jump street anyhow and often gone by half to get more.

The Pentagon has finally gotten around to announcing Jonathan Braga as the next commander of JSOC, succeeding Mitch Bradley who is taking over SOCOM.

Braga joined Delta Force in 2002, was a squadron commander there in the surge era, then commanded Delta 2015-17 when it was running the war in Syria.

I’m so gratified that some of the people I learn most from on this subject — Jim Mattis, Peter Feaver, @eliotacohen.bsky.social, @heidiurben.bsky.social, and Richard Kohn found my book worthwhile.

Wow. Congratulations

America’s Counterterrorism Wars Tracking the United States's drone strikes and other operations in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, and Libya.

Per AFRICOM there have been 68 US airstrikes in Somalia this year. Plus there’s one declared ground operation.

By our tally that makes this year the new overall peak of strikes in Somalia www.newamerica.org/future-secur...

U.S.-led coalition captures a senior Islamic State member in Syria

A U.S.-led coalition captured a senior member of the Islamic State group in northwest Syria, state media and a war monitor reported.

It was not immediately clear if the man is the IS supreme leader.

Shot (2019) direct.mit.edu/isec/article... . Chaser (2025)

Non-State Special Operations: Capabilities and Effects Published in Terrorism and Political Violence (Ahead of Print, 2025)

Got our first book review for Non-State Special Operations: Capabilities and Effects in @terpolv.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

West Point Cadets honor Junior ROTC cadet killed in Parkland shooting Peter Wang, killed in the 2018 Parkland shooting at the age of 15, was an honorary member of the West Point class of 2025.

New at CBS News – (a story that I’ve been invested in since covering the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida) — West Point Cadets honor Junior ROTC cadet killed in Parkland shooting who helped others escape. www.cbsnews.com/news/west-po...

two Delta guys. YGBFKM. Known both since I was a cadet. Role models.

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#RIP naval aviator and astronaut Jim Lovell who passed away on Thursday at the age of 97. A 1952 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Lovell flew F2H Banshee fighters before being selected for NASA’s Gemini program. In 1970, he commanded the near-tragic Apollo 13 mission.

this is a great piece. Will replace our current reading on FD 2030.

RLTW

China's Car Exports to Mexico, UAE Surge, Those to Russia Plunge in First Half

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According to Yicai, China's ten biggest automobile export markets are, in order, Mexico, the UAE, Russia, Brazil, Belgium, the UK, Saudi Arabia, Australia, the Philippines, and Kazakhstan.

www.yicaiglobal.com/news/chinas-...

Somalia sees sharp rise in US strikes against ISIS and al-Shabab The U.S. military has launched its most intensive Somalia bombing campaign on record, U.S. Africa Command strike data show.

The U.S. military has launched its most intensive Somalia bombing campaign on record, carrying out more than 50 airstrikes in the country since the start of the year as it targets the militant groups al-Shabab and ISIS.

Congratulations Adam!

A Clash Over a Promotion Puts Hegseth at Odds With His Generals

A Clash Over a Promotion Puts Hegseth at Odds With His Generals www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/u...

BYD Launches Its 7th Ship - CleanTechnica BYD decided at some point in recent years that it would be more economical for it to buy some giant car-carrying ships than to keep paying shipping companies to carry its cars to markets around the wo...

BYD Launches Its 7th Ship

cleantechnica.com/2025/07/17/b...

scatter plot comparing average age of lawmakers vs. median age of population across a bunch of contemporary democracies, showing that the United States is a real outlier, with lawmakers averaging almost 60 years old vs. a median age of the population of just 38. South Korea and Japan come closest with average lawmaker ages around 55, but their populations are older, and most countries on the chart cluster in the 40s.

Lots packed into @adambonica.bsky.social's new On Data and Democracy post, but I haven't seen this chart getting the attention I think it deserves. US lawmakers are remarkably old, and the gap here between population age and lawmaker age is exceptional.
data4democracy.substack.com/p/on-data-an...

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Israeli strike hits Gaza church, killing 3 and wounding priest who was close to Pope Francis

An Israeli strike hit the compound of the only Catholic church in Gaza, where hundreds have been sheltering from the Israel-Hamas war, killing three and wounding 10 others, including the parish priest.

Israel expressed regret over what it described as an accident and said it was investigating.