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Jonathan Powell @prof_powell

Visiting AP @uk_patterson. Interested in political instability, militaries, and human security.

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Daily Nation
@NationAfrica
20 Dec 2025
Coup contagion? Inside rising power grabs in Africa nation.africa/africa/news/co…

Coup contagion? Inside rising power grabs in Africa

A primary driver of this trend is international indifference.

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2020-2025 coup wave in Africa.
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The rapidly deteriorating situation in Guinea-Bissau echoes a long history of troubled elections. Salah Ben Hammou and I recently wrote about this with @TC_Africa theconversation.com/guinea-b…

Guinea-Bissau’s presidential poll has already failed the credibility test

What’s at stake in Guinea-Bissau’s election is a wider regional crisis in which incumbents erode legitimacy.

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Guinea-Bissau: President Embaló arrested as soldiers say they have ‘taken full control of the...

Shots have been heard around the electoral commission, with the outgoing president saying he has been detained.

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It is very important that we exchange Greenland looking like Africa for an Antarctica that is 24,000 miles across
no context the west wing
@LemonLymancom
24 Nov 2025
"The Organization of Cartographers for Social Equality" liked this
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So much to dissect here @SADC_News … 1. The coup leader who overthrew the SADC chair is welcome to attend 2. Congratulations extended to Her Excellency The Butcher of Tanzania 3. Extend thanks to another champion of election manipulation and repression for offering to host future meetings Extraordinary indeed!
SADC Secretariat
@SADC_News
8 Nov 2025
COMMUNIQUÉ OF THE EXTRAORDINARY SUMMIT OF SADC HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT 07th NOVEMBER 2025 VIRTUAL
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A new post with @ForeignPolicy on #Madagascar lays out why post-coup optimism can be short-lived and how protesters can still shape future politics. foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/06…

Madagascar’s ‘Coupvolution’ Is Following a Familiar Pattern

Gen Z protesters now have buyer’s remorse.

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I wrote up some thoughts inspired by the recent events in Madagascar. Here, Salah Ben Hammou and I point to the disconnect between leaders being unpopular at home while being warmly embraced by the international community. theconversation.com/madagasc…

Madagascar coup: why turning a blind eye to an unpopular president weakens regional bodies

As Malagasy citizens demanded accountability, international institutions conferred legitimacy on a president with dubious democratic credentials.

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Jonathan Powell retweeted
Task & Purpose
@TaskandPurpose
27 Jun 2025
The last A-10 in the Air Force will make its final flight next year, 2 years earlier than expected trib.al/XoA5CWs

The last A-10 in the Air Force will make its final flight next year

The service moved up the retirement of the final 162 close attack fighters by two years in a budget request and asked for far fewer F-35s.

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If the feds can fine airlines for their planes always being late they should be able to fine @SECNetwork for never being able to start live coverage on time
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The Patterson School@UK_Patterson
10 Jan 2025
We are saddened to announce the passing of Dr. John Stempel, who taught at the Patterson School from 1988 until 2013 and served as Director from 1993 until 2003.  Dr. Stempel's influence on the Patterson School, its students, and the wider University community is immeasurable.
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I wrote a little something on post-coup politics. In short, more troubling than the military coups themselves is what happens next. In contrast to previous decades, soldiers no longer feel the need to even go through the motions of exiting politics. theconversation.com/gabons-c…

Gabon’s coup leaders have changed the constitution to entrench their power – it’s a growing trend...

Coup leaders in Gabon are using democratic tools to extend their stay in power.

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Gonna need a proof of life on this one…
Howard W. French@hofrench
8 Oct 2024
Rest assured, Paul Biya is still kicking. (Or so his government says.)
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Spectacular fail. whiskeyriff.com/2024/08/13/w…

“Wokeness Killed Country Music” – John Rich Says Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings Wouldn’t Be Allowed...

A RIFF on what country is really about.

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Nina Wilén@WilenNina
29 Jul 2024
Almost exactly a year ago, #Niger was the fourth country in the #Sahel to experience a #coup since 2020. Since then the political & #security landscape in the region has profoundly changed. Here's a recap of the major developments🧵:
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Reminds me of the time I was getting “training” for online instruction (which was said to be equal in effectiveness to traditional) and the training was required to be done in person (to maximize effectiveness of the training).
Misha Teplitskiy | Science of Science@MishaTeplitskiy
25 Jul 2024
The evidence that in-person instruction is more effective than online appears extremely consistent? Feels pretty unusual to see such consensus in social science 1. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.12… 2. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.12… 3. journals.uchicago.edu/doi/fu… 4. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.12…
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Nic Cheeseman@Fromagehomme
16 Jul 2024
Deeply saddened by the news that Nic van de Walle has died He was one of the most brilliant and insightful comparative scholars I ever met He was also one of the kindest and supportive people in our community Nic will be missed in so many ways, as a prof and as a friend
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Frank Drebin trying to keep the 7th going
BaseballHistoryNut
@nut_history
12 Jul 2024
These umpires in the Mexican league making Angel Hernandez look like the best umpire of all time. And just wait until you see what the 1B umpire does 😂
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I believe this is called “Goodfellas economics”
Trung Phan
@TrungTPhan
20 May 2024
Details from Red Lobster’s bankruptcy filing are wild and so much mismanagement: ▫️$1B in debt, $30m in cash ▫️Previous PE owner sold land and leased it back to Red Lobster at “above market rates” ▫️$20 Endless Shrimp cost it $11m but the interesting part is that one of the chain’s owners is Thai seafood firm Thai Union (which also owns Chicken By The Sea) and it may have used Endless shrimp to dump its own shrimp supply through the 578 restaurants in North America ▫️Thai Union became the only Red Lobster shrimp vendor, overcharging for shrimp and skipping quality reviews (Thai Union has written off its $500m investment) ▫️Red Lobster has had 5 CEO in the last 5 years (!!!) ▫️Sales down 30% since 2019 Link: document.epiq11.com/document…
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