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Alexei Abrahams

Alexei Abrahams is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Citizen Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto.

Regional Authoritarians Target the Twittersphere

Saudi Arabia’s illicit infiltration of Twitter turns out to be only the tip of the iceberg of regional regime’s efforts to wrest control of political discourse on social media.

Alexei Abrahams • 11 min read

Kushner's Technocratic Vision and the Unlearned Lessons of Fayyadism — CelebratingUSembassyMove_May2018_IsrMinForAff

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Kushner's Technocratic Vision and the Unlearned Lessons of Fayyadism

Jared Kushner unveiled the economic side of President Trump's "deal of the century" for Palestinians in June 2019. In addition to its economic flaws is a technocrat's aversion to confronting Israel's entrenched occupation.

Alexei Abrahams • 13 min read