Huss Banai
@hbanai.bsky.social
Associate Professor of International Studies at Indiana University-Bloomington. Books on liberalism, democracy, human rights, Iran, and US-Iran relations. Working on a book on enmity in politics. Co-Editor, Int'l Studies Review.
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This is pretty striking and makes me wonder exactly what Labour have been up to in making policy seemingly in response to / fear of the former rather than the middle group.
Why do people think England flags have been raised on lampposts?
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
November 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This is pretty striking and makes me wonder exactly what Labour have been up to in making policy seemingly in response to / fear of the former rather than the middle group.
One of the most impressive things about Mamdani is that his style of politics is nothing like the populist leftists of recent times. He is the anti-Corbyn and anti-Occupy *in style and approach* - important aspects of mass politics movement politicians tend to be oblivious about.
November 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
One of the most impressive things about Mamdani is that his style of politics is nothing like the populist leftists of recent times. He is the anti-Corbyn and anti-Occupy *in style and approach* - important aspects of mass politics movement politicians tend to be oblivious about.
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this is your brain when your entire politics is just a set of aesthetics
November 21, 2025 at 11:04 PM
this is your brain when your entire politics is just a set of aesthetics
Stop this “Trump loves Mamdani” nonsense! He loves to be seen as admiring of celebrity at first; he can reverse course in 5 minutes! He’s done this with so many people that you’d have to be some special observer of his by now to not have noticed!
November 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Stop this “Trump loves Mamdani” nonsense! He loves to be seen as admiring of celebrity at first; he can reverse course in 5 minutes! He’s done this with so many people that you’d have to be some special observer of his by now to not have noticed!
Finally listened to this, which was very good. The title of the episode is very poorly-crafted, however. It's not NYT-level headline diversion bad, but I really can't understand why it wasn't simply called "MAGA is the Home of Anti-Semitism Now" or some such clearer title.
Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show.
Is this the future of MAGA?
With political writer John Ganz, who’s studied the roots of antisemitism on the right and has followed the evolution of MAGA closely.
youtu.be/6jyDHToxC-4?...
Is this the future of MAGA?
With political writer John Ganz, who’s studied the roots of antisemitism on the right and has followed the evolution of MAGA closely.
youtu.be/6jyDHToxC-4?...
Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes and the Right’s ‘Groyper’ Problem | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
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November 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Finally listened to this, which was very good. The title of the episode is very poorly-crafted, however. It's not NYT-level headline diversion bad, but I really can't understand why it wasn't simply called "MAGA is the Home of Anti-Semitism Now" or some such clearer title.
How did so many high profile people get lured into the Epstein world?
Status.
He was the mysterious rich guy with hideaways that only extremely high-status people were invited to. Nectar to the status-chasing mind. He seemed to hold the keys to a really-existing Eyes Wide Shut world.
Status.
He was the mysterious rich guy with hideaways that only extremely high-status people were invited to. Nectar to the status-chasing mind. He seemed to hold the keys to a really-existing Eyes Wide Shut world.
November 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
How did so many high profile people get lured into the Epstein world?
Status.
He was the mysterious rich guy with hideaways that only extremely high-status people were invited to. Nectar to the status-chasing mind. He seemed to hold the keys to a really-existing Eyes Wide Shut world.
Status.
He was the mysterious rich guy with hideaways that only extremely high-status people were invited to. Nectar to the status-chasing mind. He seemed to hold the keys to a really-existing Eyes Wide Shut world.
So I believe this is actually post about Biden...
No one has figured out the exact scale of the Hispanic vote collapse yet, but I tried to get my arms around it. Read the rest here: www.thebulwark.com/p/2025-elect...
November 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
So I believe this is actually post about Biden...
We immigrated to Canada and landed in Toronto one year after the Blue Jays’ last World Series win. I became a Canadian partly by learning to love baseball through the Jays.
This is the closest I’ve come to feel what my schoolmates back then told me it felt to be on top of the world.
Go Jays!
This is the closest I’ve come to feel what my schoolmates back then told me it felt to be on top of the world.
Go Jays!
November 2, 2025 at 1:49 AM
We immigrated to Canada and landed in Toronto one year after the Blue Jays’ last World Series win. I became a Canadian partly by learning to love baseball through the Jays.
This is the closest I’ve come to feel what my schoolmates back then told me it felt to be on top of the world.
Go Jays!
This is the closest I’ve come to feel what my schoolmates back then told me it felt to be on top of the world.
Go Jays!
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Right-wingers with their petulant anti-anti-racism nourished the viper of antisemitism in their bosom.— www.unpopularfront.news/p/a-viper-in...
A Viper in its Bosom
The Right nourished and protected its Antisemitic Wing
www.unpopularfront.news
October 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Right-wingers with their petulant anti-anti-racism nourished the viper of antisemitism in their bosom.— www.unpopularfront.news/p/a-viper-in...
Don’t be surprised if you read the exact same line a year from about the US midterms: “Analysts said the results were due, in part, to a fragmented opposition, which included many of the same leaders repudiated by voters two years ago when they elected Mr. Milei”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/w...
Argentina’s Voters Hand Javier Milei a Crucial Victory in Midterm Election
www.nytimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Don’t be surprised if you read the exact same line a year from about the US midterms: “Analysts said the results were due, in part, to a fragmented opposition, which included many of the same leaders repudiated by voters two years ago when they elected Mr. Milei”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/w...
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Angus: This is a guy who showed an AI video of himself dumping diarrhea on his own citizens. So the fact that he’s freaking out because we showed a video that just had Ronald Reagan speaking shows he’s not trustworthy.
October 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Angus: This is a guy who showed an AI video of himself dumping diarrhea on his own citizens. So the fact that he’s freaking out because we showed a video that just had Ronald Reagan speaking shows he’s not trustworthy.
This is a great conversation that’s about much more than just strongmen. Kudos to @aysezarakol.bsky.social and @ppfideas.bsky.social for rounding the topic so capaciously
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Fixing Democracy: Confronting the Strongmen
Podcast Episode · Past Present Future · 10/22/2025 · 1h 12m
podcasts.apple.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
This is a great conversation that’s about much more than just strongmen. Kudos to @aysezarakol.bsky.social and @ppfideas.bsky.social for rounding the topic so capaciously
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
This Westie is already over the cooler temps in the Midwest.
October 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This Westie is already over the cooler temps in the Midwest.
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Among all the things wrong with this, maybe it is not in the U.S. national interest for the president to make dramatic foreign policy changes in response to a TV ad?
October 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Among all the things wrong with this, maybe it is not in the U.S. national interest for the president to make dramatic foreign policy changes in response to a TV ad?
IR scholars need to pay more attention to this stuff than they currently do.
3/ Thread. bsky.app/profile/jenn...
Balaji (a close associate of Thiel & Andreessen) leads the “network state” movement, which encourages tech elites to build their own “countries” by acquiring physical territory w/in host countries & building “parallel institutions” to replace existing ones in media, education, finance, & science 1/
October 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
IR scholars need to pay more attention to this stuff than they currently do.
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The ol’ “If-it-weren’t-for-me” brand of free-market capitalism. 🤡
October 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The ol’ “If-it-weren’t-for-me” brand of free-market capitalism. 🤡
At the inaugural American book launch of @abuaardvark.bsky.social’s important (critical) book, which I highly recommend. Great Q&A with @marieharf.bsky.social @perryworldhouse.bsky.social
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October 21, 2025 at 4:22 PM
At the inaugural American book launch of @abuaardvark.bsky.social’s important (critical) book, which I highly recommend. Great Q&A with @marieharf.bsky.social @perryworldhouse.bsky.social
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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🍁Canadians Skeptical Any Leader Can Reason With Trump
📊New polling from Abacus Data finds two-thirds say Mark Carney handled his meeting with Trump well, but... The latest from @canadianpolling.bsky.social for 338 ↓ www.338canada.ca/p/canadians-...
📊New polling from Abacus Data finds two-thirds say Mark Carney handled his meeting with Trump well, but... The latest from @canadianpolling.bsky.social for 338 ↓ www.338canada.ca/p/canadians-...
Canadians Skeptical Any Leader Can Reason With Trump
New polling from Abacus Data finds two-thirds say Mark Carney handled his meeting with Trump well, but few believe a change in government would improve relations with the U.S.
www.338canada.ca
October 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🍁Canadians Skeptical Any Leader Can Reason With Trump
📊New polling from Abacus Data finds two-thirds say Mark Carney handled his meeting with Trump well, but... The latest from @canadianpolling.bsky.social for 338 ↓ www.338canada.ca/p/canadians-...
📊New polling from Abacus Data finds two-thirds say Mark Carney handled his meeting with Trump well, but... The latest from @canadianpolling.bsky.social for 338 ↓ www.338canada.ca/p/canadians-...
Terrific and important conversation, but especially so in the last 20 minutes or so in reference to the distinctions between right-wing rhetoric and left-liberal analysis. Highly recommend.
This week, James Butler’s On Politics podcast looks at the rise of the online right (and left).
Listen and subscribe:
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Listen and subscribe:
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October 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Terrific and important conversation, but especially so in the last 20 minutes or so in reference to the distinctions between right-wing rhetoric and left-liberal analysis. Highly recommend.
Read this smart article by my brilliant colleague @sarahbauerled.bsky.social
Why have globally oriented firms been unable to prevent the rapid proliferation of national security-oriented restrictions on their investment and trade activities?
Sarahbauerle.bsky.social's article on securitized political economy was recently published in EJIR.
Read it here: t1p.de/gp520
Sarahbauerle.bsky.social's article on securitized political economy was recently published in EJIR.
Read it here: t1p.de/gp520
October 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Read this smart article by my brilliant colleague @sarahbauerled.bsky.social
This will get much much worse before your average nonchalant voter wakes up. Also, No Kings marchers ≠ average voter.
Democrats think they can fix this crisis by winning elections. They can't
1. GOP is purging voter rolls
2. The Republican party is growing faster than the Democrats
3. The Constitution is rigged to give power to rural & Southern states
4. Project 2025 & Trump say there won't be free elections
1. GOP is purging voter rolls
2. The Republican party is growing faster than the Democrats
3. The Constitution is rigged to give power to rural & Southern states
4. Project 2025 & Trump say there won't be free elections
October 20, 2025 at 11:41 AM
This will get much much worse before your average nonchalant voter wakes up. Also, No Kings marchers ≠ average voter.
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"The Media School is more focused on censorship than real solutions for student media. Is this really the best use of the university’s resources?"
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"Telling us what we can and cannot print is unlawful censorship." - Indiana Daily Student www.idsnews.com/article/2025/...
LETTER FROM THE EDITORS: IU has now fully cut IDS print. What more is there to say?
The decision came hours after IU terminated Director of Student Media Jim Rodenbush.
www.idsnews.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
"The Media School is more focused on censorship than real solutions for student media. Is this really the best use of the university’s resources?"
@ewabu.bsky.social @iusociology.bsky.social @crres.bsky.social @profnoather.bsky.social @santof.bsky.social @juanmora.bsky.social
@hbanai.bsky.social
@ewabu.bsky.social @iusociology.bsky.social @crres.bsky.social @profnoather.bsky.social @santof.bsky.social @juanmora.bsky.social
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At the halfway point in the semester, I’m rather pleased by how well students have responded to the analogue format of my courses. Blue books have been embraced; only 2 out of 120 students have asked for laptop accommodations; and the quality of writing has only improved!
October 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
At the halfway point in the semester, I’m rather pleased by how well students have responded to the analogue format of my courses. Blue books have been embraced; only 2 out of 120 students have asked for laptop accommodations; and the quality of writing has only improved!