First time I tweet something personal. When I was 4, a bomb fell 10 meters away from me and the memory remained indelible. I am thinking about the future of Ukrainian 4 year olds.

Please read and retweet my latest article on the Trump Self-coup of January 6th. First scholarly article to analyze those events as a self-coup, and compare it to other such attempts cambridge.org/core/journals/… #trump#self-coup#coup#January6th#military

The Trump Self-Coup Attempt: Comparisons and Civil–Military Relations bit.ly/3O0Jr44 govandopp

Having covid when writing a dissertation is not great, but at least we have this good boy with us.

The day has arrived. And I couldn’t be prouder to be graduating among this crowd.

Mom did not attend college and raised me on her own working as a street vendor. Now I hold Ph.D. I am grateful for the support I received from my wife, my mom, family, advisor (David Pion-Berlin), committee members (Nick Weller Miguel Carreras), mentors, and friends. Obrigado!

Now that Heather, Sr. Ringo and I are settled in, it is time to deliver some news: this week I started as a postdoctoral fellow CIPR Tulane. I’m thrilled to be part of such a great academic environment and to live in fabulous NOLA. Having my own office is pretty cool as well!

Pondering the results of Brazil’s presidential election CIPR Tulane Tulane SCLAS with great panel including Emilia Igor Acácio, PhD Mauro Porto, Idelber Avelar and ably chaired by Ezra Spira Cohen

Thrilled to back in Brazil for this event! We will be discussing our recently released book! It has collection of interviews with military officers regarding their role in public security operations in Brazil. Many thanks to Celso Castro and FGV CPDOC for this opportunity!

In Brussels for the 2023 Hans Morgenthau Fellows staff ride ND Int'l Sec Center--looking forward to learning more about Napoleonic Wars/WW1-2/R-U War & catching up with friends! Igor Acácio, PhD Lucas Hellemeier Maurizio Recordati Koen (redux) Noelle Troutman Zhongtian Han Stephanie Char Amoz JY Hor Joshua Schwartz

Had a fantastic week discussing Clausewitz and visiting major battlefields in Belgium w 2022-23 HJM colleagues. Many thanks to Alex Yu-Ting Lin Michael Desch and twitterless ND Int'l Sec Center members for organizing a terrific staff ride & Prof Barry Posen for sharing his insights! Photo from NATO HQ

'Presidentialism and Civil-Military Relations,' by Octavio Amorim Neto, and Igor Acácio, PhD, examines the cross-national drivers of cabinet militarization in democratic regimes, and provides an in-depth study of its causes and consequences in Brazil. bit.ly/4kfoodh