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.

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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. Retweeted
    21 hours ago

    I hope so 👇👇

    This headline in UAE-based The National seems to me to leave the door open for some leniency in an appeal
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    10 hours ago

    The wholesale attack on 's civil society goes beyond the journalists and key figures like, . They are noteworthy cases of larger reality in which more than a thousand civil society organizations have been closed down, their property expropriated.

    Tam iki yıl oldu!
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  4. 11 hours ago

    It is hard to be thankful in a world full of darkness, but I appreciate the sentiment. I’ll just keep hugging my kids.

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  5. 11 hours ago

    Duck is best. Also, my kids tell me that first Thanksgiving featured goose, not turkey.

    Uncharacteristically for my feed but in keeping with the season, there is a lot of discussion of culinary arts and the best poultry. The correct answer is "duck."
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  6. 15 hours ago

    Hey Sad!

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  7. 15 hours ago

    Thanks!

    getting to this Steve Cook CFR report a little late but it's so good. If you want to know what the US should do about Turkey, this is lays out actually workable approaches.
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  8. 16 hours ago

    Aboul Gheit?

    The idea that Arabs in 2011 rose up for their rights, broke the fear barrier against some of the most brutal regimes in the world, and put their lives on the line to demand their rights = "they were implementing foreign agendas"? Yeah, that's a racist statement.
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    Nov 21

    Memo aims to cauterize any political & reputational damage to Sandberg, who oversees the communications and lobbying divisions. Also possible that the correspondence in question would have emerged later via litigation or congressional subpoena.

    On Thanksgiving eve, Fb dumps the internal memo version of a hostage video. 1) Outgoing Sandberg deputy Shrage takes fall for Definers. 2) Sandberg, who denied knowing Fb hired them, now acknowledges…
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  10. 20 hours ago

    I’m told the first Thanksgiving dinner involved a goose. I’m still for tacos.

    I endorse everything writes about Turkey and am appalled by everything he writes about turkey. He’s clearly never had a properly cooked bird on Thanksgiving, since if he had he’d know that it’s superior to chicken in every way
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  11. 20 hours ago

    🇹🇷🌮🍗

    From that surely will anger many but really worth reading. Most important: “.because our two countries do not confront a common threat domestic political changes are transforming foreign policies our values are diverging, perhaps irrevocably.”
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  12. 21 hours ago

    On turkey, tacos, chocolate cake, chicken, and . My annual Thanksgiving Day piece at Politico, “Why I’m Sick if Turkey.”

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  13. Nov 21

    Money talks, Safety walks

    Academic institutions partnering with the UAE or sending students there should think carefully about the implications of its detention of PhD student Matt Hedges for alleged spying. Can you guarantee their safety?
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  14. Nov 21

    Doesn’t seem like a job with a lot of upside.

    : Head of 's Military Intelligence Directorate (GRU), Colonel General Igor Korobov has died “after a long and serious illness,” says.
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  15. Nov 21

    I wonder what his Starbucks name is.

    Just bumped into the Turkish FM Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu drinking his coffee at Starbucks, near the White House, moments after he met with Secretary Pompeo.
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    Nov 20

    In an alternate universe, w a Clinton, Obama, or Bush Administration, would *still* not be held accountable for the murder of They wld, however, have avoided the utter, open abrogation of even the pretense of basic norms that the Administration has

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  17. Nov 21

    Must read. A wonderful Thanksgiving story.

    Reposting. Thanksgiving 1969
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  18. Nov 21

    We are doing Halal Chinese on Christmas Day right after the movies.

    You know another reason why Muslims and Jews love America? Chinese and Halal restaurants are open on . In fact, we now have Halal Chinese restaurants as an option.
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  19. Nov 21

    THIS is the biggest story of today and perhaps everyday.

    BREAKING: Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts took a swipe at Donald Trump, saying there are no “Obama judges or Trump judges” after Trump attacked the judge who ruled against his attempt to restrict asylum-seekers at the border
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    Nov 21

    Testimony from Zarrab case showed that Bilal Erdogan was an administrator for an entity called Turgev, a predecessor of non-profit Turken Foundation. In 2013, Turken had $0 in revenue + $1 in assets. The next year, it reported a more than $24 million contribution. h/t Propublica

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  21. Nov 21

    The Egyptian military really loves cement.

    “’s generals will restructure the market, control its price & prevent the private sector from exerting any influence over it” Superb reporting on huge factory inaugurated by in Aug.…
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