#BELARUS

𓅓Ramon

Rapataux

2020 was a strange year. A different year... The worst pandemic since 1918 hit the world. Everything came to a stop. Life wasn't. To see how terrible Covid19 was, I

Dmitri Alperovitch

DAlperovitch

In the last few weeks, I have become increasingly convinced that Kremlin has unfortunately made a decision to invade Ukraine later this winter. While it is still possible for Putin

Dan Shapiro

DanielBShapiro

1. A thread on my obsession with charoset:https://twitter.com/DanielBShapiro/status/1118985796948758535 2. As anyone who's hosted a Seder knows, the preparations are intense. So many symbolic &traditional foods to locate &prepare, so many

デイヴィッド (XSPR)

XSPR_DARU

ALL YOU DIE References and Sources in subsequent tweets in this thread, one for each line. Please post extra (esp. better) references/sources under a line's corresponding tweet below. The title

Vincent Wong

InitialVW

Will be live-tweeting @PENamerica's fascinating activist exchange between @joshuawongcf and @OsopePatrisse, moderated by @baratunde. Incredibly rare and interesting discussion, particularly as both the US and Chinese govts use each othe

Michael McFaul

McFaul

For those of us who study autocracies, including elections in autocracies, there were a lot of familiar messages, symbols, and methods on display this week at the #RNCConvention. THREAD 1.

Waleed Sami 🇪🇬

Willy_Egy

Did Ethiopia acquire long range air defense system (HQ-9 (FD-2000) or S-300)?First of all, I would like to thank all the those who helped me in the analysis and verifying

alan riley

profalanriley1

1. Nord Stream 2: Can the EU or Germany (or indeed US, UK) be sued if sanctions are imposed on the pipeline? The short answer is no. The longer answer

Olga Onuch

oonuch

Absolutely. I study moments of mass mobilization. previous protests in Belarus were very different. This is indeed a critical juncture for protest mobilization in the country. 1) the protests are

GOPisComplicit

GOPisComplicit

THREAD While everyone is busy playing will he/won’t he wear a mask and what did the idiot just say...Trump is doing very strategic, very haunting thingsToday he pulled out of

Bob From Brockley 🥤

bobfrombrockley

Starting a new thread on COVID conspiracy theories and denialism.The virus has created an opportunity for far right groups to get purchase in the mainstream... An anti-mask rally in Ireland

Nejat Özonay

NejatOzonay

1/OBOR, Ejder yolu, İpek yolu...Adına ne dersek diyelim, Türkiye için bir fırsat mı yoksa büyük bir tehlike mi?Türkiye uzun zamandır ulaşım alanında bir vizyona sahip ve hub ülke olma konusunda

Danny Anderson

DZAnderson2

It’s that time again: today we publish #CrisisWatch after 2 weeks of tracking updates on 80+ conflicts worldwide. Here’s a not-so-brief thematic briefing on what happened in August [warning: monster

Joaquim Campa

JoaquimCampa

Thread Of Awesome Bird's-Eye Views Of Cities Around The World. (credits: http://over-view.com ) I start with my home city:1. Barcelona 2. New York City (US) 3. London (UK) 4. Madrid (Spain)

Tim White

TWMCLtd

Wednesday - the definitive #Coronavirus thread!Open up, read all the details, data and analysis, then retweet.#Germany #Italy #Spain #France and many others in danger of new records today. #Covid19 chaos

Bloomberg Economics

economics

China’s economy continues to recover from its contraction earlier this year, showing the economic benefits from swift control of the pandemic and a rapid resumption of manufacturing (THREAD) https://trib.al/6ligyss Chinese