Shadi Hamid

Columnist @WashingtonPost; Senior fellow at Georgetown University's @acmcu. Order my new book THE CASE FOR AMERICAN POWER:

[Shadi Hamid @shadihamid]

My new @washingtonpost column:

The causes behind falling birth rates aren't a complete mystery. A big part of the reason is secularization and the spread of "selfish norms." Could a return to religion be a solution — or is it too late?

https://t.co/Vb5AR22n9W

[Jag Bhalla…Idea Trader/Thought Plumber @hangingnoodles]

tech "reinforces…new selfish norms"
@shadihamid
—>
A Very Short History of
Art and Our Cult of the Self
(uses the 'law of conservation of religious energies'
and the 'cardinal conviction is that the self is sacred')
https://t.co/qH9HoOJT4j

[Shadi Hamid @shadihamid]

Why does getting married and having kids matter? It's not just about sustaining populations. It's about individual happiness. Presumably, we want people to be happier rather than sad — and one of the strongest predictors of happiness is family formation.

https://t.co/XbX0r2MRbL

[Shadi Hamid @shadihamid]

Are smartphones the cause of falling fertility rates? Not exactly. Smartphones exacerbate "selfish norms" and those selfish norms lead people away from marriage.

https://t.co/RuvO4Ih3EI

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

There is no rift between Vance and Trump on Israel/Iran, per reporting from my Zeteo colleagues:
https://t.co/IQ1Qq9uDs9

[Shadi Hamid @shadihamid]

Why does getting married and having kids matter? It's not just about sustaining populations. It's about individual happiness. Presumably, we want people to be happier rather than sad — and one of the strongest predictors of happiness is family formation.

https://t.co/XbX0r2MRbL

[Shadi Hamid @shadihamid]

Are smartphones the cause of falling fertility rates? Not exactly. Smartphones exacerbate "selfish norms" and those selfish norms lead people away from marriage.

https://t.co/RuvO4Ih3EI

[Shadi Hamid @shadihamid]

Well said. It's anti-semitic to conflate American Jews with the state of Israel and its policies, which would suggest some kind of dual loyalty. It's always critical to make this distinction as clear as day.

[Yousef Munayyer @YousefMunayyer]

President Biden made a massive moral, strategic and political error backing Israel's genocide in Gaza.

President Trump made a massive moral, strategic and political error launching war on Iran with Israel.

The difference is Trump may have figured out he needs to reverse course.

Had Biden done so, we likely wouldn't be talking about a President Trump today.

[Borzou Daragahi 🖊🗒 @borzou]

I never heard such brutal honesty about the state of Israel from an American official before. Those in the Biden administration would sooner sell their organs than say something like this publicly. In one soundbite he exposes Israel’s utter international isolation and its complete dependence on the US for its security. The masks and the gloves are off.

[Shadi Hamid @shadihamid]

It's true that this is probably the toughest public criticism offered by a US administration towards Israel in my lifetime. We'll see if it gets translated into action or if it's just rhetoric, but it's still much more than the Biden administration could ever manage.

[Clash Report @clashreport]

BREAKING: JD Vance blasts Netanyahu's government:

Donald J. Trump is the only head of state in the entire world who is sympathetic to the nation of Israel at this moment in time.

If I was in the cabinet of the Israeli government, I might not be attacking the only powerful ally that I have anywhere left in the entire world.

[Astead @AsteadWH]

This, from @patrickgaspard last year, is key to understanding the rise of the populist left in recent Democratic primaries from NYC to Maine and now DC

"Foreign policy" may rank low on polling priorities for voters. But a willingness to be frank about Israel's violence in Gaza has become a litmus test of moral authority and a gateway to trust on issues like tackling affordability. The result is a sea change among blue coalitions

[Shadi Hamid @shadihamid]

Our final episode of the season.

This was a difficult conversation but I'm proud that we had it. We spoke to my good friend @rwnicholson_ who is a vocal supporter of Israel. We covered a lot of ground and it got quite tense at times. Check it out.

https://t.co/sXgxKrBblO

[Shadi Hamid @shadihamid]

Well said. It's anti-semitic to conflate American Jews with the state of Israel and its policies, which would suggest some kind of dual loyalty. It's always critical to make this distinction as clear as day.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Mamdani: "Solidarity with a government that is committing genocide is a very different thing than a question of solidarity with people of a specific faith. I'm proud to be a mayor of the city with the largest Jewish population in this country."

[Yousef Munayyer @YousefMunayyer]

Imagine being an Iran war hawk. You spend your professional life working toward getting the US to go to war for Israel in Iran and then, when it finally happens, it is a total disaster that ends up damaging the US-Israel relationship, hurting the US's interests, empowering Iran, and weakening your boy Netanyahu before elections. Biblical level failure.

[The Week @TheWeek]

“Contrary to popular belief,” mothers “aren’t necessarily having fewer children compared with a decade or two ago,” says Shadi Hamid.

Read more of the day's top columns here. https://t.co/Sh07hDH8qj

[Shadi Hamid @shadihamid]

@jdawgum @samstein @EggerDC I don't delete posts

[Igor Sabino @igorhsabino]

Amazing conversation. I fully agree with @rwnicholson_, but it was really interesting to hear the pushbacks from @shadihamid and @matthewkaemingk. We really need more interactions like this regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

https://t.co/KwDoqxoVDG

[Shadi Hamid @shadihamid]

@jdawgum @samstein @EggerDC Can you provide any evidence of me actually saying that anywhere?

[Canis @Canis03VT]

The fact that Muslims were so hated right after 9/11 and now so many years later people are proudly shouting “my mayor’s Muslim” is such a big swing in a positive direction. New York course corrected itself and I’m here for it.

[Taufiq Rahim @taufiqzrahim]

Imagine watching the Knicks win, an entire city explode in communal joy, and thinking: "Yes, America is over."