michael-spagat.bsky.social
Economist who studies war. Chair of Every Casualty Counts and former Chair of Action on Armed Violence. Obsessed with measurement.
👤 Joined on 22 September 2023
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@michael-spagat.bsky.socialJudging by how things develop, by next Monday the US Government will be livestreaming the execution of the ICC
Show PostWhat an absolutely remarkable thing for ICE to do, one day before House Republicans hold a hearing on the brutality of the Ortega-Murillo regime in Nicaragua. www.expedientepublico.org/ice-detains-...
Show PostThere are a few stories that I used to make a point of re-reading on 9/11 and am returning to this year—the New Yorker articles about Rick Rescorla and John O’Neill, the Falling Man article in Esquire, and this WaPo story about Heather Penney, the F-16 pilot who very nearly had to ram Flight 93.
Show PostThis is a very cool article/🧵 that outlines the argument and evidence in my book, Divided Armies, about why prejudice and discrimination is bad for military effectiveness
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