Steven A. Cook

@stevenacook

Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for MENA . Big NY sports & pizza guy. Goofy dad. I'd rather be skiing. My own opinions. RTs ≠endorsement.

Washington, DC
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Oct 23

    Getting in is easy. Do the Turks have a plan beyond that? My latest ‘s safe zone is a mine field.

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    3 hours ago

    Former HDP co-leader Demirtaş found innocent of terrorist propaganda, but will remain in prison on the back of other "offenses"

    : Selahattin Demirtaş davasında karar
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    18 hours ago

    Oil workers in southern Iraq are joining the protest movement. Demonstrations are targeting oil sites. Political pressure on the government has been intense all month; now, the first signs of risk to the state's economic lifeblood.

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    7 hours ago

    A jaw dropping interactive. Watch til the end to see Iran’s securing of a much needed supply route to Lebanon and the sea.

    This remarkable interactive is much more than a visual of how Russia, Turkey, and Assad carved up northern Syria. As you scroll down, the magnitude of Trump's ineptitude is also vividly…
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    5 hours ago

    A reminder of what’s at stake if the U.S. ignores Turkey’s ongoing repression of civil society: ​ by

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    8 hours ago

    Curious how the death of will affect ISIS? I have a very different take based on years of terrorism research.

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  7. 9 hours ago

    On the Armenian Genocide Resolution... CHAIRMAN KILIÇDAROĞLU’S STATEMENT ON THE PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION 296 BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:

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  8. 12 hours ago

    Seems more like an over the top Bar/Bat Mitzvah than an investment conference...

    "The three-day gathering began with a splash. Waving white robots greeted guests from 30 countries who streamed into a ballroom where break dancers clad in neon flashed across a stage." - and , …
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    Oct 30

    My piece on Lebanon and US policy, written for the Center for Global Policy which has been producing superb, disciplined analysis. Protests Complicate Lebanon's Chronic Fragility

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  10. Oct 30

    Because no foreign university has yet committed to it...

    "The scheme will begin with three foreign universities, which have not yet been named."
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    Oct 30

    Utterly fair appraisal.

    Yesterday's vote reflects changing perceptions on Turkey, but the delay of recognition has always been political, too. The American debate has always been framed in terms of appeasing decision-makers in Turkey, not the facts, about which near-total scholarly consensus exists.
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  12. Oct 30

    Gulen?

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    WOW: said today some countries find and kill terrorists they see as a threat to their own national security [read it as al-Baghdadi & company] no matter where they are and this means they also accept …
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  13. Oct 30

    I’m pretty sure the sun rose over the Bosporus this morning, the morning after the US House of Representatives recognized the Armenian genocide.

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    Oct 30

    Where is the outrage? Does anyone have any outrage out there on Twitter?

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    Oct 30

    This video is hilarious.

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    We mashed up ’s Bin Laden speech with ’s al-Baghdadi speech, and the results are amazing
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  16. Oct 30

    We are all Gulenists now...

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    sees his fierce critic as behind sanction bill that was approved overwhelmingly in the US House of Representatives yesterday, says allegations against him are baseless.
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  17. Oct 30

    Is RTE still planning to visit DC in November?

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    Oct 30

    In a review article I wrote for Turkish Studies I try to explain how discussions within the field of Ottoman and Turkish Studies shifted on the question of the Armenian Genocide A short thread.

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  19. Oct 30

    Samantha Power: A Belated Recognition of Genocide by the House This is well done/argued.

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    Oct 29

    Looks like a great round-up, including Eric Schwartz,, , , and my colleague

    Join on Thursday, Oct 31 for a hearing to review developments in and examine the human consequences of the Turkish military incursion into .
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    Oct 29

    My new article for : "Baghdadi Has Joined the Mount Rushmore of Jihad”

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    Oct 29

    CSPAN video of meeting on US-Turkey Relations with me, , Naz Durakoglu and Ellen Laipson.

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  23. Oct 29

    Listen up (literally)! has a terrific new podcast called "Why It Matters." Here is the link Subscribe and learn some cool stuff.

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    Oct 29

    Read this excellent thread and then reflect on just how disgusting, cynical, and callous it is to question Vindman’s loyalty to this country

    While reading Vindman's written testimony about his background my mind jumps to the experiences of Jewish refugees from the Soviet Union broadly. I am struck by how impossible Alexander Vindman's story is anywhere…
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    Oct 29

    Eli Cohen on : Thanks to the folks at for the chance to review the new telling of Israel's greatest (known) spy story

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    Oct 29

    HAPPENING TODAY: • Deadline for YPG to retreat from Russia-Turkey 'safe zone' areas • UN-led Syria talks to draft new constitution set to begin in Geneva • State Dept's top Middle East official testifies on the Hill at 2pm.

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    Oct 29

    The smearing of LTC Vindman is a reminder the Trump NSC has been a dumpster fire since the inauguration, a place where the irregularities of Trump and the regular order of government collided so viciously questions of loyalty were common. A few things to keep in mind 1/x.

    Supposedly, according to the Corrupt Media, the Ukraine call “concerned” today’s Never Trumper witness. Was he on the same call that I was? Can’t be possible! Please ask him to read the Transcript of the call. Witch Hunt!
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    Oct 29

    The main immediate change being that news reports will refer to him as 'caretaker PM Hariri' for the next 9 months.

    BEIRUT (AP) — 's Prime Minister Saad Hariri says he's reached a 'dead end,' will submit his resignation to the president.
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  29. Oct 29

    How Baghdadi was caught after years in hiding, and who in Isis will take over

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  30. Oct 29

    This....

    I lost count of the number of Western analysts who assumed all along that Hezbollah could somehow become a positive, reformist force. I sat in meetings where it was asserted that Tayyar+Hezb would be the driver of reform (they never were, nor were their pol rivals)
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    Oct 29

    NEW: White House national security official Alexander Vindman arrives for a closed-door deposition at U.S. Capitol. He is set to become the first current White House official to testify before House impeachment investigators.

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    Oct 29

    I hope everyone understands what it means for every immigrant, every Jew, and everyone with roots in countries outside of Western Europe if Republicans get away with smearing a purple heart winner because his family are Soviet emigres.

    Forget the smear campaign against Lt.Col. Vindman. Read his testimony about Trump’s shadow foreign policy with Ukraine. It’s specific, powerful, damning, and firsthand.
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  33. Oct 29

    "Aramco executives were caught by surprise by the news" Saudi Aramco to launch its IPO on November 3 via

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  34. Oct 29

    Bad news...

    As I show statistically in my book Rules for Rebels, was like a CEO so incompetent that losing him will have almost no effect on the firm’s performance.
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  35. Oct 29

    Happy Birthday,

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  36. Oct 29

    happy 21 birthday, ! Have a drink on me....

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  37. Oct 29

    What?

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  38. Oct 28

    Word on the street is that there are veto proof majorities in the House and Senate for sanctions. It will be up to the Senate Majority Leader whether to bring it to the floor for a vote.

    U.S. House to vote on sanctions against this week [Ahval]
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  39. Oct 28

    Given where Abu Bakr al Baghdadi and one of his top lieutenants were found as well as the profile of some Syrian units carrying out Operation Peace Spring, this strikes me as hoping everyone forgets/continues to ignore what Ankara has been up to.

    Having paid the dearest price in the fight against Daesh, PKK/YPG, and other terrorist organizations, Turkey welcomes this development. I am confident that a decisive struggle against terrorism, in line with the…
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  40. Oct 28

    Ya know, has been correct about this all along.

    Your daily reminder that the so-called moderate rebels whom pundits wanted to arm with heavy weapons aren't so moderate.
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    Oct 28

    Producer extraordinaire Jason Blum '91, founder and CEO of talked with about what makes a great horror movie.

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