RT @stavridisj: Cutting diplomats is penny wise but pound foolish. My old boss, SECDEF Bob Gates, used to point out that DOD has more peopl….

RT @Weinsteinlaw: Hollowing out our diplomatic corps-our first line of defense-is not ‘America First.' It is America in retreat, leaving a….

RT @JohnMoralesTV: “There is a cult of ignorance in the United States […] nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignora….

RT @EdwardGLuce: "Though there's nothing glacial about it, Trump is ushering in America’s ICE age. He's catapulted it into America’s best-f….

RT @stuartpstevens: USAID cuts could lead to 14 million deaths over the next five years, researchers say

RT @MairavZ: Ahead of Netanyahu trip to Washington, Likud ministers send a letter to Netanyahu imploring him to annex the West Bank (all o….

It was great to talk about Libya 🇱🇾 and the MENA region with @Katulis at the Middle East Institute.

RT @Katulis: Tune in to the latest episode of "Taking the Edge Off the Middle East," @MiddleEastInst podcast. @StephAnneTurco discusses he….

A moral abomination. Shame on all who directly enabled this travesty or were cowed into silence.

challenge was to recompose the complex puzzle of a fragmented nation.” No one—certainly no Westerner—is better placed to recount and analyze these efforts than Williams, an experienced former Foreign Service Officer who served as Salamé’s deputy and then headed UNSMIL." 4/4.

to end the violence and chaos that enveloped Libya following Qaddafi’s overthrow and death in 2011. As Ghassan Salamé (who was the head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya [UNSMIL] from 2017 to 2020) writes in his foreword to the book, the UN's. 3/4.

"Libya Since Qaddafi: Chaos and the Search for Peace" by Stephanie T. Williams documents this reality and the tremendous difficulties in restoring social order to fractured nations. It is a comprehensive account of UN mediation efforts to broker a political framework . 2/4.

Nice review by @AmbGordonGray: "U.S. experiences over nearly 25 years in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya underscore that regime change does not result in political stability. 1/4.

“For 64 years, the USAID logo was a symbol of American leadership and strength, but also American generosity.”.

RT @AmbGordonGray: #Afghanistan, #Iraq, and #Libya underscore that regime change does not result in political stability. "Libya Since Qadd….

RT @Atul_Gawande: STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it sav….

RT @ruthbenghiat: Bringing the war home: what Fascists do. Dressed for battlefield combat, deployed to Home Depot. 🤔.

RT @declanwalsh: The Emirati sheikh is best known as the owner of a top British soccer team. But behind the scenes, he is the “handler” gui….

RT @haaretzcom: 'It's a killing field': IDF soldiers ordered to shoot at unarmed Gazans waiting for humanitarian aid.

RT @BrookingsFP: ICYMI, you can still watch our book launch event w/ @StephAnneTurco and Jeffrey Feltman. To learn about Stephanie's experi….