Absolutely stoked that my panel, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐭 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭, 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟕 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫, has been accepted for ASEEES 2024!

Dmitry Asinovskiy Vassily Klimentov Margaret Peacock Sergey Radchenko

Speaking of opening anecdotes, Judith Butler already earned one in my just-finished book. And she keeps proving my point.

I’ll save this tweet for an opening anecdote of the book I’ll write once about how the ideological worldview of the radical Left inevitably makes them supporting nationalism

In case you are in Oxford and interested in the Tudeh, the ADP, and Azeri nationalism, I will be talking about some of my findings in the Russian archives tomorrow at New College

Instead, educate yourself with primitive Marxism, understand everything about history and feel entitled to teach professionals how to do their job

Hey you! Go read me and Dmitry Asinovskiy’s latest articles in Cold War History, out NOW! tandfonline.com/toc/fcwh20/24/1

It is unbelievable that we live in the world, where this can be presented as an achievement. Yes, don't double check, this is not a parody account

Very insightful and level headed. Former top officials - Mossad's ex-director Efraim Halevy and Ami Ayalon, former director of Shin Bet - highly critical of Netanyahu and of Israel's overall policy.

I am discussant 1st time! KGB in the Middle East Vassily Klimentov; debates of Sov experts on applicability of Marxism in the ME Dmitry Asinovskiy; Sov then Rus ethnographers in gov that managed the 1991 collapse Carolina de Stefano. Today at 1:30 pm. #ASEEES23

My latest article is out with Cold War History! It explores the Carter administration’s policy toward the Arab “rejectionists” (Algeria, Libya, Iraq, PLO, Syria, South Yemen) after the Camp David Accords (Sept 17, 1978). Let’s dive in! 🧵tandfonline.com/eprint/WVRDYID…

Every nation-state is a modern construct made “real” by years of agitation by nationalist movements. Not yours, of course: you really are an actual nation, absolutely primordial and autochthonous. Your enemies, on the other hand? Definitely fake.

Summary of the last 48 hours on Twitter: everybody has gone insane, everybody are incapable of dealing with complexity. My Israeli feed has gone so hawkish, it's beyond the pale. My American feed became so pro-Hamas, there's no room to argue. The center cannot hold.

Join us at this exciting panel coming November!

OK let's run through this essay. To sum up my views, Kaja Kallas gets an A+ for polemical flourish, C- for understanding of history, and B- for policy prescriptions. Overall grade: B-. Let's take a closer look.