Paul Poast
@ProfPaulPoast
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Tweeting to teach. International Relations and Foreign Policy. @UChicago Prof. @ChicagoCouncil Fellow. @WPReview Columnist.
Joined May 2018
From now on, I will be focusing on LinkedIn for posting on social media. I'll still use this platform to observe what people are saying, but I will be posting exclusively on LinkedIn. If you don't already follow me there, you can find me here: https://t.co/jOMpc8mwAH
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I am a scholar and educator of international relations and foreign affairs. Please see my… · Experience: World Politics Review · Education: University of Michigan · Location: Greater Chicago Area ·...
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Read @Robert_E_Kelly and @ProfPaulPoast on how U.S. allies are shifting their long-term strategies “to protect themselves against American irresponsibility”: https://t.co/AXw5AZUMT9
foreignaffairs.com
Longtime partners will soon start to drift away.
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Aid cuts by the U.S. and other wealthy nations around the world have caused a decline in health funding. More children are dying as a result, @ProfPaulPoast writes. https://t.co/NfgjfEhDO0
worldpoliticsreview.com
Aid cuts by wealthy nations around the world have caused a decline in health funding. More children are dying as a result.
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@ChicagoCouncil Senior Fellow @ProfPaulPoast writes that 250 years after its founding, the US is once again in transition. https://t.co/0dOUlJspL0
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In its swift rise to the top, America forwent a single ontology. It is time for the United States to engage in the work of self-discovery.
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If it wasn��t before, it is now clear that race, racial differences and even white supremacy inform Trump’s worldview and therefore the policies of his administration. That’s disturbing, but far from surprising, @ProfPaulPoast writes. https://t.co/8zPn5hn2wS
worldpoliticsreview.com
Trump is not the first U.S. president to allow racist views to influence his foreign policy decisions.
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Worth a read by @Robert_E_Kelly and @ProfPaulPoast
“Concerns about Trump and the likely trajectory of U.S. foreign policy eventually, grudgingly, will push U.S. allies to hedge,” write @Robert_E_Kelly and @ProfPaulPoast. https://t.co/QrVoCwmaYG
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“Concerns about Trump and the likely trajectory of U.S. foreign policy eventually, grudgingly, will push U.S. allies to hedge,” write @Robert_E_Kelly and @ProfPaulPoast. https://t.co/QrVoCwmaYG
foreignaffairs.com
Longtime partners will soon start to drift away.
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Trump's Approach to Latin America Is Not Such an Outlier | latest by Senior Fellow @ChicagoCouncil @ProfPaulPoast
worldpoliticsreview.com
Trump’s coercive diplomacy is consistent with a long-standing focus of U.S. foreign policy: control of the Western Hemisphere.
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@Robert_E_Kelly & @ProfPaulPoast argue this well. And one might add to the problem of potential alliance drift the threat of prospective adversarial testing the gray-zone... #USA needs #allies
“Trump seems to be leaning into the notion that alliances are not pillars of a mutually beneficial network but elements of a protection racket—and that it’s high time for the United States to reap the rewards,” write @Robert_E_Kelly and @ProfPaulPoast. https://t.co/QrVoCwmaYG
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“Trump seems to be leaning into the notion that alliances are not pillars of a mutually beneficial network but elements of a protection racket—and that it’s high time for the United States to reap the rewards,” write @Robert_E_Kelly and @ProfPaulPoast. https://t.co/QrVoCwmaYG
foreignaffairs.com
Longtime partners will soon start to drift away.
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If you are looking for me, I've been over at LinkedIn. For example, my latest post offers a "thread-like" reflection on the new NSS https://t.co/LcJed8g6Vn
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With a day to digest it, here are my initial thoughts on the Trump Administration's newly released "National Security Strategy": 1) Contextual Caveat 1 - these documents probably don't matter: It is...
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Trump’s coercive diplomacy is consistent with a long-standing focus of U.S. foreign policy: control of the Western Hemisphere. Read more from columnist @ProfPaulPoast: https://t.co/fVLApZKE9p
worldpoliticsreview.com
Trump’s coercive diplomacy is consistent with a long-standing focus of U.S. foreign policy: control of the Western Hemisphere.
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Important new paper in @IntOrgJournal by @ProfRachelMetz, @carsonaust, and @ProfPaulPoast: "Allies and Access: Implications of an American Turn Away from Alliances" https://t.co/iqlMAWahog
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Allies and Access: Implications of an American Turn Away from Alliances - Volume 79 Issue S1
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Though ubiquitous in foreign policy discussions, “the West” is rarely examined or defined. So what is “the West”? That’s not so easy to pin down, @ProfPaulPoast writes. https://t.co/dJpRZ3t3Iz
worldpoliticsreview.com
Though there are many ways to define the West, modern policymakers have a fairly precise idea of who it includes.
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Excited to see "Allies and Access" out in @IntOrgJournal! @carsonaust , @ProfPaulPoast , and I argue that access is an overlooked benefit of America's network of alliances/partnerships. Loss of access would mean loss of the ability to project mil and intel power around the world.
Our special issue on The Future of Global Governance and World Order is out & #OpenAccess The online special issue features 15 short essays and an editors' introduction. #IOFoGG Thanks to @DonganTan @TTUPoliSci @EUI_Schuman @JuliaCMorse
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There are many steps between testing and deploying nuclear weapons, which have never again been used in war since 1945. But any rollback of safeguards is concerning, @ProfPaulPoast writes. https://t.co/jCDn60udEM
worldpoliticsreview.com
If Trump follows through on his order to resume explosive testing of America’s nuclear weapons, the implications would be significant.
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If Trump follows through on his order to resume explosive testing of the United States’ nuclear weapons, the implications would be significant, @ProfPaulPoast writes. https://t.co/jCDn60udEM
worldpoliticsreview.com
If Trump follows through on his order to resume explosive testing of America’s nuclear weapons, the implications would be significant.
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Trump’s trip to Asia mostly resulted in promises and flattery. But promises alone don’t guarantee follow-through—and that’s often where Trump’s deals break down. Read more in @ProfPaulPoast’s latest column: https://t.co/ubGoeXw7Ue
worldpoliticsreview.com
Trump came away with many promises, but everything will now depend on follow-through, which is where his deals often break down.
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Trump came away from his trip to Asia with many promises, but everything will now depend on follow-through, which is where his deals often break down, @ProfPaulPoast writes. https://t.co/ubGoeXw7Ue
worldpoliticsreview.com
Trump came away with many promises, but everything will now depend on follow-through, which is where his deals often break down.
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The first phase of Trump’s Gaza peace plan is proving difficult to maintain, and even if it does ultimately hold, there is a fundamental problem that could undermine the later phases, @ProfPaulPoast writes. https://t.co/4GFMjLxHZp
worldpoliticsreview.com
Phase 1 of Trump’s plan has mostly been implemented, but the subsequent phases are far less likely to succeed.
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Phase 1 of Trump’s Gaza peace plan has mostly been implemented, but as @ProfPaulPoast writes, the subsequent phases are far less likely to succeed. https://t.co/4GFMjLxHZp
worldpoliticsreview.com
Phase 1 of Trump’s plan has mostly been implemented, but the subsequent phases are far less likely to succeed.
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