Nicholas Danforth

@NicholasDanfort

Senior Policy Analyst, Bipartisan Policy Center. Mideast Politics. Turkey. Maps. Historical Randomness. Retweets are not endorsements nor necessarily sarcastic.

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    30 Nov 2017

    basically anything i say or write about turkey these days i end up desperately hoping turns out to be wrong

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  2. Retweeted
    18 hours ago

    Behold! The power of archival research

    Finding this speech in the Archives as a young graduate student remains the most influential piece of historical research I've ever done. It shifted the debate on campus in ways I never expected. I never would have saw this coming when I first read the speech…
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  3. 2 hours ago

    honestly of all the hotly contested subjects people argue about on twitter this is the only one im really emotionally invested in.

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  4. 2 hours ago

    And my same old argument for why it doesnt matter:

    A new world map more accurately reflects Africa's size
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  5. 2 hours ago

    Alternatively, maybe a good time to come up with some talking points that aren't so heavily reliant on the Warsaw Pact.

    As the US-Turkish relationship continues to meltdown it’s a good time to highlight a briefing note prepared for Lady Thatcher on her 2nd day as Prime Minister regarding the strategic importan…
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  6. 4 hours ago

    In which politely suggests that "punishing those who cross us" is not the most coherent or effective use of sanctions.

    In I ask a bunch of questions about our maximum economic pressure campaign on....Turkey
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  7. 20 hours ago

    Fascinating piece on Iraqi-Saudi relations from

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  8. 20 hours ago

    Qatar, Kosovo and Bosnia!

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  9. 20 hours ago

    if i click and it just turns out to be azerbaijan im going to be pissed

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  10. 20 hours ago

    Say what you will about Sabah's politics. My real issue is them turning everything into clickbait by refusing to use proper nouns in their headlines.

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  11. Aug 21

    Kurban Bayrami, as explained for US visitors to Turkey in the 1940s

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  12. Retweeted
    Aug 20

    On the plus side, this is now a more accurate representation of the history of the Confederacy.

    Silent Sam is down
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  13. Retweeted
    Aug 21

    Episode #71 - Halil Karaveli on a history of authoritarianism in modern Turkey

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  14. Aug 21

    ironically it was similarly dire assessments of turkish democracy that fed into the akp's narrative when it was consolidating power

    The Myth of Turkish Democracy
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    Aug 20
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    This nascent post 2000s “soft science” think-tank academic obsession with maps and geography is really indicative of an overall neoliberal appropriation of Marxist-anti-imperialist methodology to serve the interests of empire.

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  16. Retweeted
    Aug 20

    Unfortunately, so long as Erdogan has the ability and willingness to sacrifice Turkey’s interests to maintain his hold on power, Washington is left with few good options for dealing with him.

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    Aug 20

    The day the mufti of Lebanon ordered “prayers for Americans" - great read by on operation "Hajji Baba".

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  19. Aug 20

    Curious to know who got the VA vanity plate “KURD”

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  20. Aug 20

    reliable or not, turkey's secret witnesses have great code names.

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  21. Aug 20

    if only there was someone turkey could release to gain america's support in this confrontation as well...

    "If similar resolutions are followed in terms of Enis and Osman , closely monitored by European politicians and human rights advocates, the support of the EU countries for Turkey against America might even increase in an unexpected rate."…
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