Ben Fishman
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Senior Fellow @WashInstitute. Adjunct Prof @Georgetown. #Libya Middle East/North Africa. ex-NSC staff. Board Member @canceradvocacy. @RedSox and UConn hoops
washington, dc
Joined December 2012
RT @WashInstitute: New from @fishman_b: Under the proposed State Department budget, U.S. assistance to the Mideast won’t be cut back as dra….
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American assistance to the Middle East apparently won’t be cut back as drastically as the Trump administration hoped, but questions abound regarding the diluted department’s capacity to actually use...
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"We also look forward to advancing commercial deals between our countries.".
Good meeting with Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dabaiba in Tripoli. We discussed the importance of restoring calm, preventing violence, and advancing political dialogue as we work together to enhance U.S.-Libyan cooperation that will benefit Americans and Libyans. We also look
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RT @US_SrAdvisorAF: Good meeting with Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dabaiba in Tripoli. We discussed the importance of restoring calm, preventi….
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.@SenateGOP .@SenateDems about to vote on final rescission package. No sign of change since vote last night despite amendments.
.@VP broke the tie on #Rescission package defunding @NPR, @PBS and #GlobalHealth. But it’s also a win for #Iran. -Defunds local. forces countering #Hezbollah and proxies in Iraq.1/3.
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-Ends funding for .@FulbrightPrgrm for first time since 1946. 2800 students and scholars nationally go abroad. 4000 exchange students come to come to US. Huge loss for international engagement 3/3.For more:.
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The Trump administration’s budget cuts, intended to make America “safer, stronger, and more prosperous,” could wind up harming U.S. interests in the region while strengthening Russian and Chinese...
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-Disbands @VOANews and its Persian service allowing Russia and China to further dominate media space. -Stops @StateDept programs allowing Iranian people to access info regime blocks.2/3.
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.@VP broke the tie on #Rescission package defunding @NPR, @PBS and #GlobalHealth. But it’s also a win for #Iran. -Defunds local. forces countering #Hezbollah and proxies in Iraq.1/3.
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RT @WashInstitute: New from @fishman_b and Elizabeth Surman: State Department budget cuts, intended to make America “safer, stronger, and m….
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The Trump administration’s budget cuts, intended to make America “safer, stronger, and more prosperous,” could wind up harming U.S. interests in the region while strengthening Russian and Chinese...
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RT @UNSMILibya: DSRSG Stephanie Koury concluded on Thursday a three-day visit to Benghazi as part of the UNSMIL’s consultations with variou….
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RT @el_khawaga: The Fund being described as having "independent financial status" is artful way of explaining that it is a family-run enter….
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BENGHAZI: Libya’s eastern-based parliament voted on Tuesday to approve a budget for its development and reconstruction fund, a parliament spokesperson and member said, although it is unclear if the
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RT @emad_badi: Amid it all, the appearance of US-made armored vehicles is perhaps the best encapsulation of Washington’s muddled approach t….
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RT @emad_badi: It's that time of the year where the LAAF reminds everyone what it thinks of the UN arms embargo. With Russian equipment….
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It always takes a concise map to understand the situation- and what’s at stake.
Tripoli edges toward destructive urban warfare as GNU-aligned forces exploit SSA’s collapse to move against SDF. Tonight, MOD's 444, 111, the Joint Force, & GSA are targeting SDF positions across Ain Zara, Saba’a, and near Jraba - setting the stage for a bloody confrontation.
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RT @WashInstitute: New from @fishman_b in Al Majalla: "Put simply, there is an urgency to addressing Libya’s chaos and dysfunction." https:….
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Now that Libya has become an outright kleptocracy—with billions missing from the public treasury and national politics frozen—the Trump administration may need to throw a sanctions “grenade” into the...
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Putin making it clear who really calls the shots in with Haftar. (It’s not Washington).
#BREAKING.Libyan Army Commander Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar meets Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
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A low point in US - #Libya relations. Qaddafi accepted al-Qaeda detainees from the US. Now it seems that one or both Libyan rivals are trying the same tactic.
The Trump admin is moving forward with plans to transport a group of undocumented immigrants to Libya on a US military plane, an admin official says.Flight trackers show that a US Air Force C-17 has filed a plan to fly on Wednesday from Kelly Field in San Antonio to Misrata.
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RT @AlMajallaAR: 📌هل يلقي ترمب قنبلة في المستنقع الليبي؟. ✍️مقال بين فيشمان @fishman_b في #المجلة . 🔗 ��جد #ليبيا ن….
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