Rob Rakove
@robrakove.bsky.social
Historian at Stanford University, author of "Kennedy, Johnson, and the Nonaligned World" and "Days of Opportunity: The United States and Afghanistan Before the Soviet Invasion." It's good to have options.
Finding your positive spin is tricky when each day brings news of civilians killed and buried by ballistic missiles and explosive drones.
November 29, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Finding your positive spin is tricky when each day brings news of civilians killed and buried by ballistic missiles and explosive drones.
One way to lower prices anyway
November 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
One way to lower prices anyway
One of my running theories of IR is that one shouldn't get the Czechs angry.
November 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
One of my running theories of IR is that one shouldn't get the Czechs angry.
If Twitter never existed, I'd have no notion who this person is.
November 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
If Twitter never existed, I'd have no notion who this person is.
The Aljube Museum in Lisbon has a row of charts making this point emphatically, contrasting Salazar-era growth with what followed.
November 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
The Aljube Museum in Lisbon has a row of charts making this point emphatically, contrasting Salazar-era growth with what followed.
Spend a few thousand on movers and leave your friends and loved ones behind in a quest for cheaper eggs.
November 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Spend a few thousand on movers and leave your friends and loved ones behind in a quest for cheaper eggs.
In what other era would this meeting merit an entire op-ed?
November 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
In what other era would this meeting merit an entire op-ed?
Treating it as an "American proposal" is already a flight into fiction.
November 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Treating it as an "American proposal" is already a flight into fiction.
Arguably: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txrw...
The Bangles - Hazy Shade of Winter (Official Video)
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November 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Arguably: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txrw...
Maybe it's the wider analysis that matters most
November 21, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Maybe it's the wider analysis that matters most
The Netflix / Garfield series might be fun.
November 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The Netflix / Garfield series might be fun.
That one took up an entire vacation. It was worthwhile, but I might have taken some notes.
November 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
That one took up an entire vacation. It was worthwhile, but I might have taken some notes.
Former student of mine, hooray
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Former student of mine, hooray
