Aaron Stein

@aaronstein1

Senior Resident Fellow ; Author, Turkey's New Foreign Policy: . Contributing editor at War on the Rocks.

DC - Istanbul - Bursa
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Joined June 2009
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  1. 11 hours ago

    My latest with :: Paranoia and Defense Planning: Why Language Matters When Talking about Nuclear Weapons 

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  2. 12 hours ago

    Reminder on Brunson Friday — the deal as it stood over the summer: 1) Brunson released 2) Atilla drops appeal, sent back to TR to serve out his sentence 3) TR staggers release of other Americans 4) Halkbank fine is transparent, TR gets notice far in advance of what is coming

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  3. 12 hours ago

    This a clever US strategy on the eve of Brunson Friday

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  4. 16 hours ago

    Yes. Yes, you can.

    Can I declare Kanye West to be America's Orhan Gencebay?
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    18 hours ago

    Amb. Hutchinson's imprecise language, while since clarified, feeds into a particular strain of Russian paranoia, with lasting effects. & in

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  6. 18 hours ago

    Will the short-term horror of what happened in Istanbul upend the US emphasis on its self-declared maximum pressure campaign against Iran? Will the horror of Istanbul force a rethink of how US personnel are getting paid in NE Syria?

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    Oct 10

    A worrying sign: Moscow appears close to deploying the INF-violating cruise missile, the 9M729.

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  8. Oct 10

    As the discussion about the rules of engagement for joint patrols in Manbij bog down as they work down to the tactical level, rhetoric increasing to try and force changes to the US position on the roadmap. We’ve seen this movie before.

    Turkey’s safe zone offer was sabotaged by allies: Erdoğan
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  9. Oct 10

    US Army wants an Ababil, am I right

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  10. Oct 10

    Reminder to look east when searching for the causal factors that helped erode the norm against external assassination of political dissidents/opponents

    Strangled with a dog leash: Another Putin foe dies mysteriously in London via
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  11. Oct 10

    Paranoia and Defense Planning: Why Language Matters When Talking about Nuclear Weapons 

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  12. Oct 10

    Teamed up with for this one :: Paranoia and Defense Planning: Why Language Matters When Talking about Nuclear Weapons 

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  13. Oct 7

    Conventionally armed ballistic missiles are not useful for modern combat

    you've been kidnapped. your kidnappers allow you to keep tweeting to pretend everything is alright. what would you tweet that would allarm your followers without the kidnappers knowing that you're asking for help.…
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  14. Oct 6

    America, 2018.

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  15. Oct 6

    Prop Joe

    In 500 words or less, please tell us who is the greatest HBO character of all time. Responses will be graded.
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  16. Oct 6

    I hate twitter. Until I have a very insightful conversation with smart people about airpower, Vietnam, nukes, and SEAD on a Saturday afternoon.

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  17. Oct 6

    So I dont see the NYTimes story as either confirmation of a taboo or indicative of actual planning. Instead, I see this as civil-military friction in a very, very weird war. https://www.

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  18. Oct 6

    To think that LBJ would authorize a nuclear escalation is counter to the way in which the US fought Vietnam. It makes no sense. It does make sense for Westmoreland to push for it, perhaps as a means to force changes. The military leadership felt the ROE was too restrictive

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  19. Oct 6

    At this point in the war (1968), American leaders (LBJ and McNamara) refused to allow the Air Force to target Vietnamese SAM sites. Same goes for targeting MIGs on the ground at Phuc Yen, along with no bombing zones around Hanoi.

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    Oct 5

    Your reminder that the US NC3 system is designed to ensure a launch order can be relayed in a matter of minutes, and that as long as the order is valid and authentic at no point are there any other checks in the process

    Lindsey Graham tells a story about how Trump saw old clips of North Korean missile launches on Fox News and worried it was live. “'That’s old footage, old footage!' Graham said he told him, laughing…
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