Elbay Alibayov

International development professional (Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina): security; state-building; policy reforms; innovative strategy & decision making

[Elbay Alibayov @ElbayPolicyLabs]

Good one. It's difficult to make sense of the last series #KabulAttack. Better not to jump into conclusions--it's a weird problem https://t.co/AKjZ8TRpL3

[Kate Clark @KateClark66]

Calm, clear analysis by @AANafgh colleague @Borhan on who may have attacked Kabul last week.
https://t.co/qM1MMY3rmo

[Elbay Alibayov @ElbayPolicyLabs]

Full Steam Ahead: Europe Moves Decisively towards Security and Defence Union https://t.co/h9yntSmZyd

[Elbay Alibayov @ElbayPolicyLabs]

Ghani at #KabulProcess: in 2015-16 75000 Afghans killed/wounded; 11000 foreign fighters joined IS-KP in #Afghanistan https://t.co/TGI9v4w93S

[Elbay Alibayov @ElbayPolicyLabs]

#Israel marks the 50th anniversary of 1967 6-day war. #Arab states in a diplomatic row. Quite a symbolic coincidence--typical #MiddleEast

[Elbay Alibayov @ElbayPolicyLabs]

#GeneralElection in UK. At stake: safe passage thru #Brexit & fundamental reform of a decaying #political system #GE2017 #hungparliament https://t.co/2RpClwBJaW

[Elbay Alibayov @ElbayPolicyLabs]

UK General Election: The Case for Transforming Political Institutions https://t.co/NJgBGqUhJk

[Steve Inskeep @NPRinskeep]

Wow what a backstory to the news of Qatar's neighbors cutting relations. https://t.co/TcAEMh4vsS

[Elbay Alibayov @ElbayPolicyLabs]

I just published “UK General Election: The Case for Transforming Political Institutions” #GE2017 https://t.co/QNuFUaSixU

[Elbay Alibayov @ElbayPolicyLabs]

@MoisesNaim @AmerQuarterly China in Venezuela? It was just an issue of time--yet another conquest of South America after Spaniards, Portuguese, Americans...and Marxism

[Elbay Alibayov @ElbayPolicyLabs]

UK General Election: The Case for Transforming Political Institutions https://t.co/NJgBGqUhJk

[Elbay Alibayov @ElbayPolicyLabs]

Beware of what you wish. My take on the idea of Arabs-only #military alliance, contingency & unpredictable outcomes for #MiddleEast https://t.co/vxLEV1iIzu

[Elbay Alibayov @ElbayPolicyLabs]

An Arab NATO: The Birth of Another Black Swan in the Middle East? https://t.co/l8bWRpnZFm

[Elbay Alibayov @ElbayPolicyLabs]

Just 2 weeks after the uber-promoted Arab American summit in Riyadh calling for unity. Anything else to prove the point? #MiddleEast https://t.co/w8hcO0GSdo

[Elbay Alibayov @ElbayPolicyLabs]

@politico hinting to infamous travel ban... and perhaps even more of this kind of stuff to come

[Elbay Alibayov @ElbayPolicyLabs]

@nytimesworld it is a pre-election point-scoring by PM--there is no need of drafting new strategies; better to focus on their implementation

[Elbay Alibayov @ElbayPolicyLabs]

@EvdoxiaL @PJDunleavy why it's quite clear--Britain heads towards hung parliament... and perhaps for the first time it is not as a bad thing--think coalitions

[Elbay Alibayov @ElbayPolicyLabs]

@20committee was difficult not to see it coming after the '80s-'90s UK policy of welcoming preachers when they were rejected elswhere

[Elbay Alibayov @ElbayPolicyLabs]

@7Licorne @LNajafizada 4) Implications: If not terrorist act, then it speaks of power struggle between political elites entering violent cycle & total chaos

[Elbay Alibayov @ElbayPolicyLabs]

@7Licorne @LNajafizada 3) Common: Whoever did it, their ability to act on short notice & in high-security setting speaks of high organizational capacity

[Elbay Alibayov @ElbayPolicyLabs]

@7Licorne @LNajafizada 2) Another thing is someone used the funeral to assassinate their political rivals. Then even the death at the protest is not accidental

[Elbay Alibayov @ElbayPolicyLabs]

@7Licorne @LNajafizada 1) Big difference. One thing is insurgents/terrorists used a high-profile event to deliver yet another deadly attack, send message

[Elbay Alibayov @ElbayPolicyLabs]

An Arab NATO: The Birth of Another Black Swan in the Middle East? https://t.co/l8bWRpnZFm