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Senior Resident Fellow , Senior Associate Fellow , Director .. Tweets, views expressed are strictly personal

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    27 Sep 2014

    Personal twitter policy: Zero tolerance to trolls, personal slurs, disrespectful, spiteful comments. Limited engagement with anon accounts

    21 replies 52 retweets 201 likes
  2. 20 minutes ago

    Oh look

    73% of Americans say that is essential to the security of the United States—the largest share yet. Details: …
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  3. 22 minutes ago

    Have I missed a French proposal and push in NATO for the alliance to take a role in Syria in full strategic foresight of how US policy and Turkish security threats are going to bring them head to head while Assad and Russia continued war crimes and Europe burried head in sand?

    1:48
    Is really suffering 'brain death' as ​ claims? The French president laments a lack of coordination…
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    26 minutes ago
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    as aptly put: 'European culture is notoriously averse to compromise, largely because of the legacy of the warring tribes that historically dominated this region of the world. the word 'compromise' comes from the Old French compromis 'to break one's vase'. '

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  5. 27 minutes ago

    Now that is inception..

    What is "the West" today ?
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  6. 27 minutes ago

    It was a shocking surprise to me to learn that NATO members have different threat perceptions, commitment to addressing them, domestic politics that shape attitudes, different defence and foreign policy priorities, but agreed on bare minimums of why being together made sense

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    30 minutes ago
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    When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, the alliance questioned whether having France in NATO was still necessary.. watch out for my op-ed in an outlet that ranks state leaders according to their mustaches..

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  8. 32 minutes ago

    Ready for the op-eds with “France, a NATO ally,”

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    Is France the Bridge Between The West and Germany?
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  9. 33 minutes ago

    France at the crossroads.. Historic cleavages, religious difference, culture..

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    Is France the Bridge Between The West and Germany?
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  10. 35 minutes ago

    Is France turning away from the West?

    3 replies 4 retweets 22 likes
  11. 41 minutes ago

    Or on all of them..

    Hello Twitter! We're all wasting our lives away on a dying platform.
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    20 hours ago

    We are pleased to announce the first speaker at 3 December. Secretary General – exciting line up and agenda to be revealed in the coming days. Visit:

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  13. 1 hour ago

    Till next time Scotland.. And I will forever be jealous that I can never wear one of these.. Sigh..

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  14. Retweeted
    Nov 6

    The truth* will set you free*. *Terms and conditions apply.

    President Putin has proposed replacing with a Russian version with "reliable information"
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  15. Retweeted
    Nov 7

    . Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the Körber Global Leaders Dialogue in Berlin: “The European Union cannot defend Europe. This is partly about military might... it is also about geography.”

    6 replies 37 retweets 74 likes
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    7 hours ago

    DEAŞ için yeni lider ne anlama geliyor? Neden Hilafetten vaz geçmiyor? Hilafet DEAŞ’e iç söylem ve dış motivasyonda ne sağlıyor? Devletsiz bir Hilafet sürdürülebilir mi? Cevapları merak ediyorsanız yazım burada 👇

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    3 hours ago

    Yesterday in Basra was symptomatic of a breakdown in civil authority in the country. The PM’s military spokesman said ‘deviant’ groups killed 10 people and injured dozens. Protestors said it was the armed forces. The government is not able to protect citizens in either case

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    3 hours ago

    Sevin bizi :)

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  19. 2 hours ago

    “The Ipsos Mori poll showed 50% thought the United Kingdom would not exist in 10 years, up from 43% in 2014. Just 29% said it would exist in its current form in a decade, down from 45% in 2014.”

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    3 hours ago

    Colombian Defense Minister Resigns Over Deadly Military Attack

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  21. 3 hours ago

    Yobaz degil ama anlamsiz.. Lakin onlar papaz cubbesi degil.. Ama neyse.. Onemli olan performans ve alkis galiba..

    Bir İngiliz üniversitesinde yüksek lisansımı bitirince mezuniyet cübbesi diye giydirilen papaz cübbesini giymedim. Doktor ünvanımı aldığımda da giymeyeceğim. Bu, bir fikir olarak neleri reddettiğime ve nelere karşı olduğuma delalet eden temsili bir tavırdır. Evet, yine yobazım.
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  22. Retweeted
    21 hours ago

    A tale of true ingenuity in the face of bureaucracy. Aeroflot refuses to let a man take his cat on board because he is over the carryon weight limit. Man sneaks in another, lighter cat to be weighed, then switches it for his own and flies home in business

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    24 hours ago

    This is highly significant. Two Twitter employees were arrested by the DOJ for supplying private information to the ‘bone saw crew’ in the Saudi gov’t about dissidents which put their lives in danger. The US should throw the book at these creeps. No mercy.

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    4 hours ago

    In America students have done walkouts for gun safety, in Europe for climate change awareness, now in Lebanon against endemic corruption that has pushed so many bright people out of the country to make a life.

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    For the 3rd consecutive day students taking to the streets to be part of the national protests
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  25. 4 hours ago

    Didn’t see this profound moment coming while packing.. and no these are not tears.

    Legend.. Thanks .. including “Noone can describe DDay.. I heard a lot of bullshit.. “
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  26. 4 hours ago

    Legend.. Thanks .. including “Noone can describe DDay.. I heard a lot of bullshit.. “

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    6 hours ago

    Many Central and Eastern Europeans frustrated by President Macron: 1) appeasing Putin 2) selfish attempt to undermine NATO 3) killing EU strategy for Western Balkans and de facto pushing it towards hostile third countries Macron undermines European geopolitical security.

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  28. 5 hours ago

    Macron Says NATO Is Experiencing ‘Brain Death’ Because of Trump

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    Nov 6

    Three subtle but worrying trends have begun to emerge at the Security Council: ⇨ Souring relations between and Western members ⇨ Divisions between the and its allies ⇨ Growing disputes over conflict resolution in

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  30. 5 hours ago

    “The competition between NATO and Russia is not going the Alliance’s way. Russia has encircled Europe and divided the Alliance. How odd then that NATO is in such a self-congratulatory mood on its 70th anniversary. “

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    5 hours ago

    ‘Actually Northern Ireland has got a great deal. It's got a great deal. You keep free movement, you keep access to the single market. But you also have, as it says in the deal, unfettered access to GB’ Won’t other parts of the UK be miffed not to have such a great deal?

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    5 hours ago

    I know, here’s a plan. Spend years demonising foreigners, making immigration seem like a bad thing, creating a hostile environment, ending free movement - and then suddenly decide ‘oh, we need them after all’.

    41 replies 606 retweets 1,080 likes
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    5 hours ago

    US envoy for James Jeffrey is in Turkey today for meetings with Defence Minister Hulusi Akar and Deputy Foreign Minister Sedat Onal. All the latest about all the disputes, controversies today on

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    20 hours ago

    Merkel slaps down Macron on comments: "The French president has chosen drastic words. That is not my view of cooperation inside Nato. I think such a sweeping blow is not necessary...From a German perspective, Nato is in our interest. It is our security alliance."

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    12 hours ago

    NATO is far from brain dead, but it is suffering from the fallout of centrifugal forces pulling Europe apart. NATO has key missions in deterring Russia, the Arctic, cyber, and the Med — all directly affecting USA.

    2 replies 15 retweets 54 likes
  36. 14 hours ago

    There is a not so subtle dose of Islamophobia in how people perceive and pick sides in Syria.. Took me years to accept it but seeing all these contructs of what people react to and how and with what vocabulary.. Sigh.

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  37. 14 hours ago

    Israel aiding Syria's Kurds, advocating for them with U.S.: official | Article [AMP] | Reuters

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  38. Retweeted
    Nov 7

    Made me smile..

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  39. Retweeted
    14 hours ago

    So rarely does a film live up to the hype. surpasses expectations. It’s incredibly important viewing - for the international community to act; to document atrocities and one day hold the regime to account; and for the world to know the human cost of the conflict.

    It’s official ... will be broadcast on Channel 4 on Saturday 26 October at 9pm. Please tune in.
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    17 hours ago

    North-East Syria - People internally displaced, refugees, and those returning to their places of origin.

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  41. 17 hours ago

    Kind reminder.. Going abroad to fight as a gap year is never a good idea

    British man who joined the YPG/PKK terrorist group and then returned to the UK is jailed for four years by the Central Criminal Court of England https://t.co/iDju17IUwC
    British man Aidan James who joined the YPG/PKK terrorist group in and then returned to the is jailed for four years by the Central Criminal Court of . 📸…
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