Media, economics, culture. San Francisco-Nairobi. Editor at Century International, at @TCFdotOrg. Views are my own.
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Eamon Kircher-Allen retweeted
Lemme ask one of those tone deaf economist questions that annoy almost everyone. Today, many families learned that the amount they owe on their mortgage has declined—in real terms—by 9.1% over the past year. Why do we hear so little about this? Why don't we see folks celebrating?
Eamon Kircher-Allen retweeted
gn - "Into The Inferno," shot on iPhone during the Saddleridge Fire, 2019 on a shuttered freeway in LA. Been sleeping a lot lately, slowly gaining my strength back. The firestorms of the future are here now, and it's going to be all hands on deck. Welcome to the Pyrocene. – at Los Angeles, CA
Eamon Kircher-Allen retweeted
Great piece by @AlexMStark on US relations in Gulf. US job is to manage relationships and advocate for US interests. When junior partners want the opposite of what their more powerful partner wants then it’s not a relationship problem, it’s a divergence.
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Eamon Kircher-Allen retweeted
All eyes understandably on Ukraine, but other policy challenges persist.
@dahliasc @CenturyIntl reports how Abraham Accords exacerbate ills they're supposed to address — and how to salvage progressive policy goals from the Accords.
tcf.org/content/report/salva…
Eamon Kircher-Allen retweeted
It's been 10 years since we lost Anthony Shadid.
I miss him every day.
But some of his brilliance lives on — so many people mentored by Anthony who today practice his ethics, his tenacious reporting, his storytelling.
worldpoliticsreview.com/tren…
Eamon Kircher-Allen retweeted
Until the U.S. invests in peace with the same effort it puts into military engagement against ISIS, the region will face predictable waves of violence.
New from @tcambanis: tcf.org/content/commentary/g…
Eamon Kircher-Allen retweeted
Military action will never suffice against ISIS.
What *usefully* can US/international community do?
- Rebuild bombed cities
- Promote good governance
- Rights & rule of law
- Reconciliation for ISIS adjacent & victims
tcf.org/content/commentary/g…
Eamon Kircher-Allen retweeted
"Better governance in Mosul is a win-win proposition—an undeniably wise investment in human well-being that just might also foster stability in a troubled, strategic corner of the world," writes @tcambanis in a new report for @CenturyIntl.
tcf.org/content/report/bombs…
Eamon Kircher-Allen retweeted
Without good governance Iraq and entire world is vulnerable to the next ISIS. US has a role: rebuilding what it bombs & supporting reconciliation.
This is the long game—for Iraq, counterterrorism & rights, I argue in a new report for @CenturyIntl
tcf.org/content/report/bombs…
Eamon Kircher-Allen retweeted
"A credible counterterrorism policy must revolve around good governance, rights, and human dignity," writes Century International director @tcambanis in a new report: tcf.org/content/report/bombs…
Eamon Kircher-Allen retweeted
Yikes. Like I always used to tell my Critical Terrorism Studies students —
— the Endless War on Terror always told us as much out “us” as it did about “them.”
And “over there” always comes back home, eventually.
#Gitmo
🚨NBC: As it scrambles to deal w/ Haitian migrants at the border, the Biden administration is seeking a private contractor to operate a migrant detention facility at Guantanamo Bay w/ a requirement that some of the guards speak Spanish & Haitian Creole. nbcnews.com/politics/immigra…
Eamon Kircher-Allen retweeted
The moment when you unbox the first copies of your new, finished book. Born in Blackness has been long in the making but it won't be long now in the waiting. It's due out on October 12.
Eamon Kircher-Allen retweeted
Today we launch #CenturyInternational. We build on @TCFdotorg’s century of commitment to foreign policy research and analysis. We aim to connect policymakers with deep research on the ground.
More about us: tcf.org/century-internationa…
Eamon Kircher-Allen retweeted
We couldn’t do our work without our amazing #CenturyInternational fellows @rohadvani @Naira005 @3yyash @AbuJamajem @SajadJiyad @Eamon_KA @aronlund @MsEntropy @dahliasc
Eamon Kircher-Allen retweeted
California officially ends single-family home only zoning in most neighborhoods statewide — allowing at least duplexes to be built. Takes effect Jan. 1.
We're taking historic steps to make the CA Dream more attainable by giving communities additional tools to expand affordable housing production while holding local governments accountable.
Our work is far from over as we tackle this housing crisis.
gov.ca.gov/2021/09/16/govern…
Eamon Kircher-Allen retweeted
Assad's forces and their Russian allies have subdued the southern city of Deraa al-Balad, the epicenter of the 2011 uprising that sparked the civil war. The symbolic signifcance of this development is difficult to overstate, @TCFdotorg's @aronlund writes. worldpoliticsreview.com/arti…
Eamon Kircher-Allen retweeted
One America News Network's handling of the GOP defeat in California has been so, so weird that I have to tell you about it. (1/7)
Eamon Kircher-Allen retweeted
My new @TCFdotorg report:
Lebanon is imploding, but its rotten, dysfunctional politics seem as resilient as ever.
So I asked Lebanese opposition groups about how, in practice, they envision achieving political change in a country collapsing around them:
tcf.org/content/report/leban…
Eamon Kircher-Allen retweeted
If you're wondering what those Sequoia #wildfires look like from the park, this is the view right now at the edge of Giant Forest. Another smoky, smothering day up there.
