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Thanassis Cambanis
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tcambanis
Beirut
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Senior fellow @TCFdotorg, columnist @GlobeIdeas. Latest book Once Upon a Revolution: An Egyptian Story.
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Thanassis Cambanis
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May 18 |
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This is an important, widely mis-stated point. Iraqi PM and cabinet members do not have to be elected MPs. twitter.com/FIstrabadi/sta…
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Thanassis Cambanis
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May 16 |
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First thoughts by @zalali on how Iraqi election results reveal systemic flaws & don't promise change
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Thanassis Cambanis
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May 16 |
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Negotiations in Iraq could stretch to end of 2018 and will be unpredictable. Still, useful roundup of leading PM contenders from @borzou foreignpolicy.com/2018/05/15/ira…
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Thanassis Cambanis
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May 15 |
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Thanks Randa.
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Thanassis Cambanis
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May 15 |
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Thanks Tamer, and thanks in advance for keeping us to speed during the next year of government-formation negotiations
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Thanassis Cambanis
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May 15 |
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Abadi's gracious behavior promotes good norms about elections, transfer of power, nationalism, anti-sectarianism: all rare in region twitter.com/Mustafa_Habib3…
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Mohamad Bazzi
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May 11 |
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My latest @nytopinion: "Lebanon needs a new, more democratic means of sharing power — one that is not as easily manipulated by sectarian leaders and foreign powers" nytimes.com/2018/05/10/opi…
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Thanassis Cambanis
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May 11 |
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I'd read anything by these researchers twitter.com/renadmansour/s…
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Thanassis Cambanis
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May 11 |
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Remember swapping notes in Baghdad about the early Mahdi Army ops?
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Thanassis Cambanis
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May 11 |
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One of the helpful things I read before doing this research in Iraq was this recent CAP report americanprogress.org/issues/securit…
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Thanassis Cambanis
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May 11 |
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Sadr’s alliance with seculars could accelerate political desectarianization. More detail in my @TCFdotorg report tcf.org/content/report… twitter.com/nytopinion/sta…
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Quentin Sommerville
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May 10 |
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"We have no problem with anyone who is Iraqi.”
Can a Shiite Cleric Pull Iraq Out of the Sectarian Trap? nyti.ms/2I6mKgS @tcambanis
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Thanassis Cambanis
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May 10 |
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Hipsters.
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Thanassis Cambanis
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May 10 |
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Iraq's first post-sectarian election by @borzou includes some thoughts from me about the alternatives (not all of them good)
foreignpolicy.com/2018/05/10/wel…
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Thanassis Cambanis
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May 10 |
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This is a really cool visualization of Manhattan's population throughout every hour of the week. twitter.com/DannyDutch/sta…
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Thanassis Cambanis
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May 4 |
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Thread translating Sistani on upcoming elections : twitter.com/observer46664/…
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Thanassis Cambanis
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May 3 |
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West's obsession with IMF-administered austerity could kill another democracy: this time, Tunisia. @borzou reports nytimes.com/2018/05/03/wor…
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Thanassis Cambanis
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May 3 |
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Well worth reading tribute from one of the new generation’s lights to a mentor from the previous twitter.com/renadmansour/s…
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Thanassis Cambanis
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May 2 |
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Moqtada Sadr platform: secular, nationalist, anti-corruption; need for parliamentary opposition. Reforms crucial for Iraq, w or w/o Sadr.
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Aron Lund
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May 1 |
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Give Moqtada a chance: in a brand new TCF report based on dozens of interviews in Baghdad and Karbala, @tcambanis argues that Moqtada al-Sadr's nationalist makeover could help Iraq escape the swamp of sectarian corruption it has been stuck in for so long. tcf.org/content/report… pic.twitter.com/WQ4U9qJjiZ
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