Senior Div-1 Research University Professor. Historian of mass violence, the Middle East and humanitarianism. Sailor, hiker, dad.https://bsky.app/profile/kwatenpa.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kwatenpa.bsky.social/post/3lhm3jw2qlk25This lawsuit filed by the American Foreign Service Association outlines the impact of the illegal, wasteful and unethical destruction of USAID - the US Agency for International Development.07 Feb 2025 17:06 +0000at://did:plc:phdjyi2pcm67fjsmexulerjp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhm3jw2qlk25https://bsky.app/profile/kwatenpa.bsky.social/post/3lhh24zfxjk2xDon't be fooled by the headline. I wrote this in 2017. https://www.chronicle.com/article/why-trumps-executive-order-is-wrongheaded-and-reckless/05 Feb 2025 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:phdjyi2pcm67fjsmexulerjp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhh24zfxjk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/kwatenpa.bsky.social/post/3lhesof436s2lGoldberg's essay draws a remarkable parallel between what's happening in Washington now and the US' inept (to put it mildly) handling of post-Saddam Iraq (2003). https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/opinion/trump-musk-iraq-takeover.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawIPS9FleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHQ-gwZK0u6SlPHAh6gn8VdMSyCCRKxdKDE3uH_GKMZ1TP99FlczTuLtROA_aem_3gwO4e9kdU9WeZM0fe7RSg04 Feb 2025 19:38 +0000at://did:plc:phdjyi2pcm67fjsmexulerjp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhesof436s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/kwatenpa.bsky.social/post/3lhccxfsf3k25If your projects and programs are being harmed by the elimination of USAID please consider sharing that information at this website: www.globalaidfreeze.com #USAID https://www.globalaidfreeze.com/03 Feb 2025 19:52 +0000at://did:plc:phdjyi2pcm67fjsmexulerjp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhccxfsf3k25https://bsky.app/profile/kwatenpa.bsky.social/post/3lharyow4xs2yColleagues & grad students from across the UC gathered at @ucdavis.bsky.social for the first in a series of conferences hosted by UC Davis Human Rights Studies - The University of California Confronts Violence, Mass Atrocity and Hate: Conversations on Human Rights, Humanity and Peacemaking.03 Feb 2025 05:16 +0000at://did:plc:phdjyi2pcm67fjsmexulerjp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lharyow4xs2y