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Benjamin V. Allison

@benvallison.bsky.social

Christian. History PhD Candidate at UT-Austin. US relations w MENA and Russia since 1945. Nat sec, terries/insurgency, proxy war. My opinions. Spitballer.

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Rethinking American Grand Strategy | Mershon Center for International Security Studies Co-OrganizersChristopher McKnight Nichols - Wayne Woodrow Hayes Chair in National Security Studies and Professor of History, The Ohio State University Andrew Preston - W.L. Lyons Brown Jr.

As the Monroe Doctrine comes roaring back in USFP, I'm thrilled to announce the Rethinking American Grand Strategy International conference at @mershoncenter.bsky.social l May 29-30, 2026 | What topics, what a lineup of scholars, thinkers, and practitionersπŸ—ƒοΈ mershoncenter.osu.edu/rethinking-a...

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Jervis Forum Roundtable 17-18 on Peacock, Frequencies of Deceit H-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum Roundtable Review 17-18 Margaret Peacock, Frequencies of Deceit: How Global Propaganda Wars Shaped the Middle East.

The Jervis Forum Roundtable Review 17-18
Margaret Peacock’s Frequencies of Deceit: How Global Propaganda Wars Shaped the Middle East
β€œa tremendous book with which to think about radio, the power of language and discourse, and what it means for our world today.” –Benjamin V. Allison
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01.12.2025 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
H-Diplo|Jervis Forum Roundtable 17-18 on Peacock, _Frequencies of Deceit_ | H-Net The Jervis ForumH-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies ForumRoundtable Review 17-18Margaret Peacock, Frequencies of Deceit: How Global Propaganda Wars Shaped the Middle East.Β Universit...

In which I am rendered incapable of generating a single criticism of the book under review.

Margaret Peacock’s latest book is outstanding.

01.12.2025 11:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just looking at the Comey indictment mess, would you wager that this same DOJ has a solid legal justification for the killing spree at sea?

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Israel: Hezbollah leader killed in Beirut strikes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that the IDF killed Hezbollah chief of staff Haytham Ali Tabatabai in a Beirut strike on Sunday. LiveNOW's Carel Lajara discusses the latest in the ...

My latest for @livenowfox.bsky.social, discussing Israel's strikes in Beirut.

24.11.2025 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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sorry,

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At @aseees.bsky.social 2025? Come by Columbia 10 in the first session to hear papers from me, Alexey Chernyavskiy, Nikolaus Graf Vitzthum, and Svetlana Savranskaya, with commentary by the great, powerful, and virtual @radchenko.bsky.social!

20.11.2025 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey, that's me!

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The purported route of a Soviet airlift to South Yemen and Ethiopia in October 1979, as reported in Newsweek.

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SCENE: [A doctor’s office exam room. Milton Friedman sits, in a gown, on top of the exam table, swinging his feet and squinting at a prescription slip]

Friedman: Sudafed?! That’s what I’ve been saying!

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Mamdani referred to a friend as 'bro' but a Free Press investigation has determined that this man is not his sibling.

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Any of the homies tryna put together a @shafrhistorians.bsky.social panel for June? Ideally on MENA and/or 1970s/80s?

22.10.2025 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Y’know, when I suggested in 2021 that, among other things, maybe we needed to cut PhD lines to solve the jobs crisis, this is not what I had in mind… www.chronicle.com/article/how-...

21.10.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

…you know what? He’s right.

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For more on the history of federal government shutdowns (8 in Reagan's two terms alone! and 14 total since 1981), their duration, and government control by party, see this excellent graphic and @cnn.com articleπŸ—ƒοΈ www.cnn.com/politics/lon...

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Ahmed Jibril on the Islamic Revolution in Iran:

"... we recognized its victory was a gift from heaven. Our tranquil gift and compensation for Egypt which Sadat took into the Israeli and American embrace."

Jibril, Muthakaraat, 288.

30.09.2025 01:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

…my Lenten break was longer than anticipated

20.09.2025 03:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Blessed Lent. See y’all later.

06.03.2025 03:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How I source my dissertation on relations between the United States, the Soviet Union, and the Steadfastness and Confrontation Front.

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Ceasefire will go into effect Sunday The ceasefire between Hamas and Israel will go into effect Sunday at 8:30 a.m. local time (0630 GMT), mediator Qatar announced Saturday, as families of hostages held in Gaza braced for news of loved o...

My latest appearance on LiveNOW from FOX, discussing the ceasefire in Gaza.

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Ceasefire will go into effect Sunday The ceasefire between Hamas and Israel will go into effect Sunday at 8:30 a.m. local time (0630 GMT), mediator Qatar announced Saturday, as families of hostages held in Gaza braced for news of loved o...

My latest appearance on LiveNOW from FOX, discussing the ceasefire in Gaza.

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Extremist Ideology Is Hard to Pin Down Many extremistsβ€”including Trump’s would-be assassinsβ€”adhere to ideologies that defy easy definitions.

Re-upping for obvious reasons @lawfare.bsky.social

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Remembering Carter: Impact in the Middle East Benjamin V. Allison, a PhD student of history at the University of Texas, joins LiveNOW from FOX's Carel Lajara to discuss and reflect on former President Jimmy Carter's impact in the Middle East.

My first live TV interview!

02.01.2025 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jimmy Carter's Mixed Record in the Middle East Dealing with the Middle East produced one of Carter’s finest moments as President, but also one of his lowest points.

My thoughts on Jimmy Carter’s complex legacies in the Middle East, for @time.com

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Jimmy Carter's Mixed Record in the Middle East Dealing with the Middle East produced one of Carter’s finest moments as President, but also one of his lowest points.

My thoughts on Jimmy Carter’s complex legacies in the Middle East, for @time.com

02.01.2025 03:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Immediately told my wife β€œhe just got fined”

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Gonna be at @aseees.bsky.social on Thursday? Come to this panel on the USSR and the Middle East, featuring @radchenko.bsky.social, Robert Freedman, Margaret Peacock, Dmitry Asinovskiy, and me!*

* our final panelist, Vassily Klimentov, unfortunately can’t be with us this week

18.11.2024 23:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This may be overly-optimistic, but it seems entirely possible that Trump is torching all of his political capital before he even enters office. This could hamstring him moving forward.

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So uh… didn’t realize I owned Zbigniew Brzezinski’s copy of this book.

12.11.2024 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I regret to inform y’all that I am back.

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