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Professor of Political Science & Director of the Saltzman Institute of War & Peace Studies, Columbia. New Book: The Insiders' Game: How Elites Make War and Peace https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691215808/the-insiders-game

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https://bsky.app/profile/profsaunders.bsky.social/post/3mkyayse4jc26

Published: May 3, 2026 22:57

This is unfair, he’s clearly got a plan to wish really, really hard that the ships will magically get from one side of the Strait to the other. Notably Trump’s long post did not use the word “escort.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]

https://bsky.app/profile/profsaunders.bsky.social/post/3mky73xlywk22

Published: May 3, 2026 22:23

Note to headline writers: the word "escort" does not appear in this Trump post. Whatever it means, whoever wrote it, there is no promise of "escort," just "guiding," "best efforts," and a "process." [contains quote post or other embedded content]

https://bsky.app/profile/profsaunders.bsky.social/post/3mky6o46nec22

Published: May 3, 2026 22:15

At this point, the theory that he's going to try a magic spell to get the ships through the Strait may be on the money. https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/trump-says-u-s-will-guide-stranded-ships-through-strait-of-hormuz-09e0d7cf?mod=hp_lead_pos1

https://bsky.app/profile/profsaunders.bsky.social/post/3mky4ls3wpk2j

Published: May 3, 2026 21:38

Easier to read, but impossible to understand. Small thing: presidents don't send "my representatives," they send official representatives of the United States, usually from the State Department, but definitely vetted, cleared, and employed by the U.S.…

https://bsky.app/profile/profsaunders.bsky.social/post/3mkuywsqtcs2n

Published: May 2, 2026 15:55

The end of my thread after the "end a civilization" tweet. We've had several quasi-TACOs but the fundamental dynamic of the conflict is stuck and the pain is piling up everywhere. Still think this may end up the most devastating event of the 21st century.…

https://bsky.app/profile/profsaunders.bsky.social/post/3mkuxshyywc2n

Published: May 2, 2026 15:35

3+ weeks on from the "end a civilization" threat, not a lot that's changed, and Trump himself said yesterday it'll be a deal or "bomb the hell out of them." Blockade is suffocating Iran's economy, yes. But most of what's in this thread, including the…

https://bsky.app/profile/profsaunders.bsky.social/post/3mknacfeibk2y

Published: April 29, 2026 13:45

So @cnn.com says Trump passport only avail in person in DC. Some could choose to get one. Apart from everything else wrong with this, doesn’t seem great for democracy to have people display political loyalties on a document used for entry and proof of…

https://bsky.app/profile/profsaunders.bsky.social/post/3mkiqbhisv22r

Published: April 27, 2026 18:48

So, Secretary Rubio, as the nation's top diplomat, what did you do to try to stop this from happening? Apparently nothing, according to the NYT you had doubts and didn't express them. Maybe because you want to preserve your clout with Trump so he will…