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Tweeting to teach. International Relations and Foreign Policy. @UChicago Prof. @ChicagoCouncil Fellow. @WPReview Columnist.

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@ProfPaulPoast
Paul Poast
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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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@ForeignAffairs
Foreign Affairs
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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
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Longtime partners will soon start to drift away.
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@WPReview
World Politics Review
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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
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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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@WPReview
World Politics Review
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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
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Trump is not the first U.S. president to allow racist views to influence his foreign policy decisions.
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@PhillipsPOBrien
Phillips P. OBrien
25 days
Worth a read by @Robert_E_Kelly and @ProfPaulPoast
@ForeignAffairs
Foreign Affairs
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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
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@ForeignAffairs
Foreign Affairs
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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
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Longtime partners will soon start to drift away.
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@PMCroninHudson
Patrick M. Cronin
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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
@ForeignAffairs
Foreign Affairs
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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
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@ForeignAffairs
Foreign Affairs
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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
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Longtime partners will soon start to drift away.
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@WPReview
World Politics Review
1 month
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
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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.
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@nickdanderson
Nick Anderson
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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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World Politics Review
2 months
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
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Though there are many ways to define the West, modern policymakers have a fairly precise idea of who it includes.
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@ProfRachelMetz
Rachel Metz
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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.
@IntOrgJournal
International Organization
2 months
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 @UCSBPoliSci @uncpolisci @fgenovese
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@WPReview
World Politics Review
2 months
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
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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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@WPReview
World Politics Review
2 months
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
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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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World Politics Review
2 months
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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@WPReview
World Politics Review
2 months
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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@WPReview
World Politics Review
2 months
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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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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@WPReview
World Politics Review
2 months
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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