Laurentian Associate Professor of History, St. Lawrence University.
Non-resident scholar, Stockholm University, Institute for Turkish Studies (SUITS)
Focused on Turkey and the Middle East.
Unlikely to argue on-line. Blocks dumb, annoying, or noisy.
Howard Eissenstat
wonderful piece from @clintsmithiii.bsky.social that, among other things, makes abundantly clear that pete hegseth and the trump administration are engaged in a racist purge of black officers under the belief that being black and having "merit" are mutually exclusive.
Tit, meet Tat
This american world cup should never have happened.
Really glad to feature our recent (and long running) coverage of campus politics in Turkey in this conversation.
A timely piece from @ghoshworld.bsky.social about this:
foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/05/m...
In most functioning democracies, the outcome of elections in a rural province, famous for its fishing and tourism industries, would not generate wall-to-wall coverage
For Turkish readers,
Cumhuriyet has a synopsis of the report I wrote for SUITS on Turkish-Israeli tensions
cc: @paultlevin.bsky.social
www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/dunya/stockh...
For Turkish readers,
Cumhuriyet has a synopsis of the report I wrote for SUITS on Turkish-Israeli tensions
cc: @paultlevin.bsky.social
www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/dunya/stockh...
I mean... what did he expect would happen?
apnews.com/article/nba-...
They devoted their lives to serving the United States. Now the nation’s top military leader is sending the message that they’re not welcome.
