Steven Heydemann
@stevenhyde.bsky.social
Ketcham Chair in Middle East Studies, Prof. of Gov, Smith College; Nonresident Senior Fellow CMEP, Brookings. Former VP, Center for Applied Research on Conflict, USIP.
https://smith.academia.edu/StevenHeydemann
https://smith.academia.edu/StevenHeydemann
If there’s anything there that would lift that tuber out of the dumb as rocks category he’s keeping it very well hidden.
November 7, 2025 at 10:19 PM
If there’s anything there that would lift that tuber out of the dumb as rocks category he’s keeping it very well hidden.
This has been a condition of the U.S., particularly some hold out senators, for fully removing Ceasar sanctions. Al-Sharaa just made that move a little easier.
November 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
This has been a condition of the U.S., particularly some hold out senators, for fully removing Ceasar sanctions. Al-Sharaa just made that move a little easier.
Within USIP there were disagreements about its ties to USG. Folks like Bill Taylor supported closer integration. I opposed it. USIP was a nongovernmental NGO. It derived huge credibility from that. If it is rebuilt let’s strengthen its independence. Keep it apart from USAID. And State.
October 31, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Within USIP there were disagreements about its ties to USG. Folks like Bill Taylor supported closer integration. I opposed it. USIP was a nongovernmental NGO. It derived huge credibility from that. If it is rebuilt let’s strengthen its independence. Keep it apart from USAID. And State.
Yeah. I have my USIP construction project hardhat on a bookshelf. Every time I look at it I find it hard to believe what’s happened.
October 30, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Yeah. I have my USIP construction project hardhat on a bookshelf. Every time I look at it I find it hard to believe what’s happened.
Especially pernicious to suggest that racial diversity erodes trust. White workers can't trust Black and Brown workers because race trumps shared economic grievances. It's an obscene and so profoundly racist argument it has to be called out.
October 30, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Especially pernicious to suggest that racial diversity erodes trust. White workers can't trust Black and Brown workers because race trumps shared economic grievances. It's an obscene and so profoundly racist argument it has to be called out.