Kit Wheeldon
@KitWheeldonPolitics, history, writing, and food – mostly MENA || US/UK || @SOAS & @Occidental
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Read my latest for @GPMonitor on Israel’s strategic posture in the region after Iran’s ballistic missile attack: ⬇️ geopoliticalmonitor.com/israels-region…
My latest piece in Haaretz arguing why the fall of Tunisian democracy may lead to the extinction of Tunisian Jewry 👇
An increasingly dictatorial, antisemitic president threatens Tunisia's Jews | Opinion | @AlissaPavia haaretz.com/opinion/2024-0…
Very serious people: 'People should vote tactically if they want Labour to win' * Millions of people vote tactically * Very serious people: 'How can Labour claim a mandate if it got less than 40% of the vote? There's no enthusiasm here.'
Big moves being made today! I'm joining the @SubstackInc game! NOT another China newsletter. Instead, it provides weekly analysis of the evolving security cooperation between the United States and its key Indo-Pacific allies. Four posts are up now! thehubandspokes.substack.com/p/introducing-…
Azerbaijan renames a street in Stepanakert after Enver Paşa.
Azerbaycan, Ermenistan’dan temizlediği Hankendi’bin bir caddesinin adını Enver Paşa caddesi olarak değiştirdi.
Elizabeth Tsurkov is a dear friend of mine, she is easily one of the most knowledgeable Middle East scholars on the planet, but what sets her apart from others is her kindness and humanitarianism. She dedicated her life to helping people. I’m beyond distraught at this news.
“We hit Iraq because we could. That’s the real truth of it”
Azerbaycan, Ermenistan’dan temizlediği Hankendi’bin bir caddesinin adını Enver Paşa caddesi olarak değiştirdi.
Of all the British people I’ve spoken to, rooting for Argentinas downfall is pretty rare to hear. Honestly you wouldn’t know there was a war 40 years ago. The distain of the French is deeply rooted in English identity
Reading @Martin_Indyk’s Master of the Game and core message is Kissinger was an exceptional liar. Guy lied to everybody. Lied to Meir, Sadat, Asad. Lied to the press. Lied to Nixon. And it allowed him to do amazing things. Just a generational talent. One of the best to ever do it
I recently wrote about why the losers of Iraq’s October election are still in such a powerful position 9 months later. In short, violence and coercion still play an outsized role in Iraqi politics. Big thanks to @TheNatlInterest for publishing it. nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/coer…
Start off your week with our latest piece, a thoughtful review by @KitWheeldon of Robert Vitalis’ book #Oilcraft: The Myths of Scarcity and Security That Haunt U.S. Energy Policy Read it here: saisreview.sais.jhu.edu/review-robert-… More new pieces to follow
I recently reviewed Robert Vitalis’ ‘Oilcraft’ - a brilliantly written critique of American oil policy and one of the best books I read last year, for SAIS Review. His argument is important, especially today (and barely 150 pages long). Highly recommend saisreview.sais.jhu.edu/review-robert-…
🫖➡️🇬🇧➡️🏭 British tea drinking really did power the Industrial Revolution, by vastly increasing the health of the nation. This study shows that the practice of boiling water for tea lowered mortality rates by an amazing 25% in lower water-quality areas! direct.mit.edu/rest/article-a…
I normally roll my eyes when I see *another* book on Enigma. But few are the works that compellingly contextualize such an epic period, linking decisions of seeming insignificance to the events that shaped history. An exceptional work @GershomG
There’s this weird phenomenon: looking at pre-modern politics in non-Western society as being somehow superior to modern systems, often w/amazingly shallow understandings into how those systems actually operated. I’m my experience you usually see it with sophomore undergrads
The Ottoman millet system remains one of the best ways to organize a genuinely plural society, arguably superior to the liberal solution
NEW: Using a massive database compiled on the Wagner Group by former Ukrainian intelligence officers, we found and interviewed half a dozen families who have lost sons, husbands or brothers in Vladimir Putin's mercenary army. A four-month investigation: newlinesmag.com/reportage/the-…
The NIMBYs of my hometown are triggered by a moderately sized condo building less than a quarter mile from the SEPTA station 🙄
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