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Daniel W. Drezner
@dandrezner
Professor @FletcherSchool. Author of Drezner's World: https://t.co/ruYNki1G1w. Co-host of Space The Nation w/ Ana Marie Cox. Shaker of hands with Mel Brooks.
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Oct 25, 2022 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Having read the letter my hot take is that it’s neither the outrage that mainstream supporters of Ukraine believe nor is it the out-of-the-box thinking that progressives believe. It’s a giant nothingburger. Seriously, if this is the criteria for diplomacy to work then by all means go ahead and try. There’s no bargain that will be struck that meets those conditions. progressives.house.gov/_cache/files/5…
Sep 16, 2022 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
Damn. @kath_stoner ain’t messing around on this #APSA2022 panel on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Makes it clear at the outset that she thinks Mearsheimer’s arguments about the causes of the war are horses**t.

P.S.: Mearsheimer is also on this panel. Mearsheimer, in his response, claims that Putin’s long July 2021 essay on Ukraine provides zero evidence that Putin wanted/intended to absorb Ukraine into Russia.
Aug 8, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
So two thoughts:
1) As Jeffrey says, holy shit;
2) I see no one told Trump about Operation Valkyrie. Semi-seriously, this anecdote should obliterate Trump’s support in the crucial “Dads who are into World War II” bloc.
Apr 19, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Oh, honey, bless your heart... nytimes.com/2019/01/14/us/… "Trump had privately indicated that he would seek to withdraw from NATO and to blow up the U.S. alliance with South Korea, should he win reelection." washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/…
Mar 23, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
If this estimate is correct it’s a stunning figure after just a month of conflict. But I have some questions for security tweeps… 1/5 wsj.com/livecoverage/r… First, “up to” is doing a LOT of work. If I understand their methodology, the number could also be as little as 21,000 — still, pretty high, but nearly half the maximum estimate. 2/5 Image
Jan 23, 2022 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
This Bills-Chiefs game is gonna be a blowout isn’t it. You can’t possibly have all four division games be excellent, right? Okay the first half of Bills-Chiefs was outstanding but there’s no way the second half can match the other three games this weekend, right?
Jan 5, 2022 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
That moment when you get back on Twitter and see @nntaleb has unblocked you but also has not changed his intellectual hygiene over the past half-decade. Here are his tweets. LOL at bragging that six months after Ebola he had the unique foresight to warn about a global pandemic. Glad we agree about @MilenaRodban though!
Dec 29, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
No no no this can’t be right I was assured by so many hawks that if the United States exited the JCPOA and imposed crippling sanctions on Iran then everything would work itself out. Shot: washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/1…

Chaser: 👇👇👇
Dec 5, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Former President Donald Trump is 100% correct. The best part of this is imagining the 30-minute explanation someone will need to provide Trump about what he said.
Oct 10, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
I’ve got a bad feeling about this Arozarena at-bat. THANK YOU MANUEL MARGOT.
Sep 29, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
BREAKING: I just boarded my first flight in 20 months. Everyone was polite and kind toward each other, and there were no disruptive passengers. UPDATE: There was a slight delay as they added more fuel before takeoff. This triggered exactly zero examples of air rage.
Aug 9, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
On a short holiday and my aunt’s dog is very insistent that I be his best friend. UPDATE: we’re besties now.
Jul 15, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Hi Evan. It's adorable that you think this perpetuates patriarchal norms. Let me explain in detail why I do this, and why I'm not going to stop doing it: (1/4) I used to be fine with students using my first name. And then I started talking with female colleagues who found that their students were far more likely to use their first name in interactions, diminishing their authority. (2/4)
Jun 24, 2021 • 16 tweets • 4 min read
Beginning in March 2020, I started monthly diary entries about life under COVID-19. With the pandemic functionally over in New England, yesterday was the last entry. Here’s a thread of the month-by-month emotional reactions:

March 2020: fear and anger. washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/0… April 2020: anger and loathing. washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/0…
May 27, 2021 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Hi, senior faculty person here who has occasionally said something approximating this. Dr. Liu is mostly correct, but the key is context (1/5)... If someone asks me about pursuing a Ph.D., I behave like a rabbi responding to someone who wants to convert to Judaism: I explain why it’s a bad, bad idea for so many reasons (2/5)
May 21, 2021 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
<— finally watching Tenet. I get the feeling that “don’t try to understand it” is going to be the best way to enjoy this film.
Mar 19, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
I guess this will have to do until ARMY OF THE DEAD comes out. Oh FFS...
Mar 16, 2021 • 11 tweets • 5 min read
1) Yesterday I wrote about a recent dust-up at the @AtlanticCouncil. Give it a read: washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/0… 2) Today @elianayjohnson has a @FreeBeacon story on the exact same thing. Give it a read as well: freebeacon.com/national-secur…
Jan 16, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
While I obviously think the toddler analogy explains an awful lot of Trump’s behavior, this @axios story — which contains the #ToddlerinChief entry below — also shows that it is nonetheless an incomplete explanation. (1/3) This section shows Trump’s culpability in the post-election madness and no one should forget it. (2/3).
Jan 6, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Thanks to the Capitol Police for saving the House Whip of the Leopard Eating People's Faces Party from having his face eaten by leopards. God bless the Capitol Police for protecting this firebrand of the Leopard Eating People's Faces Party from having his face eaten by leopards.
Dec 27, 2020 • 236 tweets • >60 min read
I’ll believe that Trump is growing into the presidency when his staff stops talking about him like a toddler. thedailybeast.com/trump-works-ov…

[This is the 2370th tweet in the #ToddlerinChief thread.] ImageImage I’ll believe that Trump is growing into the presidency when his staff stops talking about him like a toddler. thedailybeast.com/trump-works-ov…

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