Geneive Abdo

A visiting fellow @BrookingsDoha. Focus on political Islam. Author of New Sectarianism: Arab Uprisings & Rebirth of Shi'a-Sunni Divide. Views my own.

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@IbrahimJalalYE Ibrahim, I need to reach you ASAP. Your chapter was due two months ago.

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@polititrolls @thehill @TheHillOpinion Read the entire article, not just the headline.

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I am happy to announce that I joined @BrookingsDoha last month as a visiting fellow where my research will focus on #Shia communities in transition. Stay tuned for my future research.

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@GrecianFormula @DavidAPasmanik Harry is right. Sadly, senior analysts often have no funding to pay interns but the world is better off with them. The best RA I have ever had was from Lebanon and she worked with me for two years free. American readers benefited greatly from her view of the Middle East.

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#Iraq's PM @AdilAbdAlMahdi orders the arrest of 11 ministers on corruption charges, w/ 1267 other cases still in court. The move may satisfy @Mu_AlSadr & others applying pressure on the PM's government, according to Arabic media.

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If @JZarif can be believed, this is a shift in #Iran’s policy and could be a game-changer. Let’s see if Khamenei or the #IRGC contradict him tomorrow.
https://t.co/aEBOaIV41P

[Foreign Policy @ForeignPolicy]

Iraq’s Shiite militias are doing Iran’s bidding against the United States. Baghdad won’t be able to dismantle them. https://t.co/H3has7qOiF

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Here I explain why Washington should send a message to the Iraqi people that any fight against Iran is not just in the United States’ interest; it is a fight that could boost Iraqi sovereignty, too. My latest piece for @ForeignPolicy https://t.co/F9heEgdRhd

[Imad Salamey @isalamey]

Only Lebanon has such unique “tragedy of the commons” attributes:
- ministers protest own government
- protesters bloc own roads
- retired generals burn tires on own public streets.
- rulers can not be distinguished from own oppositions

[Kirk H. Sowell @UticaRisk]

This may not need saying but those talking about the Hashd being "abolished" need to curb their enthusiasm. Obviously it would be very good if this were fully implemented. But Abadi issued a similar order & it did not magically transform the situation.

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My latest on the #Iran-US crisis.https://t.co/MhtwL79oze

[Golnaz Esfandiari @GEsfandiari]

"Our message in recent weeks to the US and its regional allies was clear: our finger is on the button. If you hit three targets in Iran, we will respond by hitting three targets in Dubai," a regime insider told @FT https://t.co/nchFus7kyn

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My latest on Sky News:
https://t.co/6fUZtX2SCf

[سكاي نيوز عربية @skynewsarabia]

ميليشيات حزب الله تهدد بأن أي حرب لن تبقى عند الحدود الإيرانية
https://t.co/5yT8h8PqYc
@samykasmisky

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.@POTUS is winning...why screw things up by attacking #Iran & giving ammunition to Khamenei? Solid piece by @ghoshworld.
https://t.co/OcMFeNadLj

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#Iran is increasingly more isolated w/ every attack. Iran's leadership may think they're effectively challenging @POTUS' 'max. pressure' campaign, but these actions just give credibility to Trump’s notion Iran is a rogue state & makes it impossible for Europeans to come & rescue.

[Joyce Karam @Joyce_Karam]

#Iraq : Reports of 3 Katyusha Missiles hitting Taji base, N of Baghdad that hosts US Troops.

If true, more signs of escalation between US & Iran whose proxies have Katyusha.

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As @JLeeEnergy's new piece correctly points out, whoever carried out the attacks is no friend of Iran’s, but the #IRGC acts in its own interest. https://t.co/ggzIFcxZXJ

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The #GulfofOman attacks on Japanese ships illustrate #Iran’s playbook in its conflict w/ US: While @JZarif & @HassanRouhani talk abt reopening negotiations, Iran’s hardliners sabotage potential for such talks.

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There are actually 3 parties directly involved in this conflict:
1- @POTUS
2- @JZarif / @HassanRouhani
3- #Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards

It's likely no coincidence attacks occurred as #Japan’s PM @AbeShinzo was in #Tehran to try to de-escalate conflict b/n #Iran & US.