Steven A. Cook

@stevenacook

Steven A. Cook is Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East & Africa studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. My own opinions. RTs not an endorsement.

Washington, DC
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Joined November 2010
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Oct 25

    Like I was saying the other day...

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  2. 9 hours ago

    Looking forward to this one.

    Sneak preview of the cover of the next issue of Middle East Report - a fabulous collection of essays analyzing today. Subscribe or resubscribe to MERIP
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    20 hours ago

    Proud of for using the Halifax forum of democracies to hold a NATO ally accountable. This is what upholding the liberal order looks like -- well done, my friend.

    Turkish minister for national defense speaking at the Halifax Security Forum. I asked him about yesterday's arrest of Hakan Altinay, formerly a non-resident senior fellow at Brookings. He blamed journalists and did not…
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  4. 15 hours ago

    True

    My lunch is better than yours.
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  5. 15 hours ago

    Thousands of professors have been purged...

    WOW | "There is a place in our universities for any view, no matter how rigid...Turkish universities are enjoying the most liberal, independent, and powerful era in their history:" Erdogan
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  6. 15 hours ago

    True, but no way Trump admn dumps MbS.

    If Washington dumps MbS, it won't be because he ordered a hit on a journalist but rather because he did it so sloppily that it calls into question his competence and composure.
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  7. 16 hours ago

    They must be freaking out in Ankara...

    The U.S. is concerned about ’s detention today of civil society leaders with ties to the Anatolia Culture Association. We urge Turkey to respect and ensure freedom of expression, association, and assembly, and to release those held arbitrarily.
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  8. Retweeted
    Nov 16

    NEW → Turkish Policy in Syria: Divining Intent and Options for the United States by

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  9. 21 hours ago

    What no short sleeves?

    only a certain breed looks this happy in a suit, so i say let your freak flag fly diva!! love it!
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  10. 21 hours ago

    Same

    Worried that I’m increasingly tricking myself into believing that if I mark an article to read later then that means I’ve read it...
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  11. Retweeted
    23 hours ago

    Please use the correct twitter handle for Turkey topics:

    . recommends how to reshape U.S.-Turkey relations at a time when the United States and Turkey do not share interests, priorities, or common values:
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  12. Retweeted
    Nov 16

    Also worth remembering that in addition to the headline grabbing arrests, dozens, if not hundreds of less prominent academics, civil servants, and culture workers are being dismissed from their jobs and blackballed. This happens every few months. It is routine.

    Among the arrested is Turgut Tarhanlı, dean of the law faculty at Bilgi University and founder of the first legal clinic for human rights in Turkey. Further evidence (as if we needed more) that the friendly posture Turkey has taken with regards to Khashoggi is a total ruse.
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    Nov 15

    Turkey tip for journalists new to the beat: if you call Fethullah Gülen a “prominent dissident” or “exiled cleric” and leave it at that, you’re doing it really wrong.

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    Nov 16

    If Democrats are more united and have a more coordinated approach on foreign policy, they will be more effective in checking Trump and setting a practical alternative agenda - my latest in Shadow Government

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  16. Nov 15

    This is why geeks warned friends and colleagues to handle the Turkish press reporting on the Khashoggi murder with caution.

    A headscarved woman urinated on by Gezi protesters, Chomsky championing Erdogan, the BBC complicit in Besiktas stadium attack:some of the baseless claims that rank 1st of countries exposed to made-up stories. My piece for our series …
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  17. Nov 15

    This story underscores the shortcomings of US ties with both and . That Trump admn would be subject to a diplomatic showdown to ensure that the Turks don’t burn down the House of Saud reveals the weakness of the US position.

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  18. Retweeted
    Nov 14

    — His Islamist sympathies were real & evident to those who know the lang. of such things, wrote . But they were limited to sympathies, rather than the full-fledged Muslim Brotherhood partisanship now being alleged by his critics.

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  19. Retweeted
    Nov 15

    📋 "Neither Friend nor Foe" 📌 On Turkey-US relations, joined and to discuss his latest report, published by the CFR. 🎧👇

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  20. Nov 14

    "The bonds of the Cold War have long since weakened, and Turkey seeks to play the role of regional power in its own right with little regard for U.S. goals or interests." From my new Council Special Report on U.S.- relations

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  21. Nov 14

    Powerful: “To the mother of the gunshot victim I couldn’t save”

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