Paul Poast
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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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Associate Professor, University of Chicago | Nonresident Foreign Policy & Public Opinion Fellow, Chicago Council on Global Affairs | Columnist, World Politics Review · I am a scholar and educator of...
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Phase 1 of Trump’s plan has mostly been implemented, but the subsequent phases are far less likely to succeed.
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New episode of the Thinking Out Loud Podcast is out! This time we had a conversation with @ProfPaulPoast, professor of International Relations at UChicago, about NATO, the war in Ukraine and US foreign policy! Watch it here: https://t.co/xUTpQew9SM
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Rather than learn the lesson that military force is not sufficient to tackle nonstate actors, the Trump administration is doing it again, @ProfPaulPoast writes. https://t.co/hFo6RvtpPV
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The military campaign against alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean could draw the U.S. into a “forever war” of Trump’s making.
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The military campaign against alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean could draw the U.S. into a “forever war” of Trump’s making, @ProfPaulPoast writes. https://t.co/hFo6RvtpPV
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The military campaign against alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean could draw the U.S. into a “forever war” of Trump’s making.
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Nine months into his presidency, it is clearer than ever that Trump wants to take the U.S. back to the late 19th century, both domestically and in its relations abroad. So how is he doing in that regard? Columnist @ProfPaulPoast examines that question: https://t.co/C3k7C5pOix
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It is now evident that for Trump, the “again” in Make America Great Again refers to the late 19th century.
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It is now evident that, for Trump, the “again” in Make America Great Again refers to the late 19th century, @ProfPaulPoast writes. https://t.co/C3k7C5pOix
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It is now evident that for Trump, the “again” in Make America Great Again refers to the late 19th century.
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What is the best means of crafting and using a military? U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to think it is a “warrior ethos.” But as @ProfPaulPoast writes, Eisenhower offered a much stronger argument: https://t.co/8GINDO4ZHy
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The U.S. defense secretary’s emphasis on warfighting ignores the other important factors that make a military cohesive and effective.
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The U.S. defense secretary’s emphasis on warfighting ignores the other important factors that make a military cohesive and effective, @ProfPaulPoast writes. https://t.co/8GINDO4ZHy
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The U.S. defense secretary’s emphasis on warfighting ignores the other important factors that make a military cohesive and effective.
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President Donald Trump might not be crying for Argentina, but he does seem concerned about the future of the country’s economy In my latest for @WPReview, I explain how the potential "Trump bailout" is another instance of this time NOT being different https://t.co/F7VbT7J8Qy
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The U.S. pledge to bail out Argentina’s economy may be due to Trump’s bond with Milei, but it’s not unprecedented.
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IR Book of the Week! "War and Power" by O'Brien. Book argues that the focus on what makes nations "Great Powers" has led to a skewed our understanding of the true sources of power, particularly in the context of war. https://t.co/z8I4WyIc7z
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For nearly two centuries, international relations have been premised on the idea of the “Great Powers.” As the thinking went, these mighty states—the European empires of the nineteenth century, the...
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I shared my thoughts on Trump's "Gaza Peace Plan" 👇 TL,DR: There are some real positives, but unclear it will be accepted, hold, or enforced. https://t.co/Gi31uxFxYr
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Trump introduced his Gaza Peace Plan yesterday. After a day to reflect on it, here are my thoughts: 1) WILL IT BE ADOPTED? Regardless of the content, it's not yet clear that the sides will accept the...
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Additionally, there were a host of comments by Trump & Hegseth that are consistent with this recent @WPReview column: https://t.co/m1bQrDr5Fc
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International and domestic violence, have long been seen as intrinsically linked, largely because they both can feed on one another.
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Just posted my immediate thoughts regarding the Hegseth/Trump speeches: TL,DR -- this was a big mistake by both. https://t.co/YTqzAyFc4R
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My immediate thoughts on the Hegseth/Trump speeches to all US Generals and Admirals: - This did not land well. It was a waste of time and a paternalizing message to a group of people who will not...
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ICYMI: "If the North Atlantic Treaty were to be written today, it might well be formulated as a consultative pact, with Article 4 being its core commitment." My latest for @WPReview explores how NATO is responding to Russian airspace incursions. https://t.co/i6yysre7UW
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That NATO members invoked the alliance’s Article 4 treaty clause in response to Russia’s airspace incursions is a big deal.
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ICYMI: "If the North Atlantic Treaty were to be written today, it might well be formulated as a consultative pact, with Article 4 being its core commitment." My latest for @WPReview explores how NATO is responding to Russian airspace incursions. https://t.co/i6yysre7UW
worldpoliticsreview.com
That NATO members invoked the alliance’s Article 4 treaty clause in response to Russia’s airspace incursions is a big deal.
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Trump's UN speech was rooted in “an American First foreign policy” and Trump's own vision of the US as the "indispensable nation". That is the thought I shared with @Salon for this piece https://t.co/cLPAqWvLPr
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Trump's angry speech before the General Assembly was "coarse absurdist theater"
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