Eamon Aloyo
@eamonaloyo.bsky.social
Interests include IR, political philosophy, effective altruism (🔸).
Assistant Professor at Leiden University.
Senior Fellow at https://powerfordemocracies.org/
www.eamonaloyo.com
He/him
Assistant Professor at Leiden University.
Senior Fellow at https://powerfordemocracies.org/
www.eamonaloyo.com
He/him
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In his latest #openaccess article, @eamonaloyo.bsky.social looks at the US’ foreign policy towards Syria in 2018 to develop jus ad vim as a decision-making framework.
Learn more about how ethical principles can be better applied to reduce error: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiag053
Learn more about how ethical principles can be better applied to reduce error: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiag053
September 21, 2026 at 8:00 AM
In his latest #openaccess article, @eamonaloyo.bsky.social looks at the US’ foreign policy towards Syria in 2018 to develop jus ad vim as a decision-making framework.
Learn more about how ethical principles can be better applied to reduce error: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiag053
Learn more about how ethical principles can be better applied to reduce error: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiag053
My latest article is now out (open access) in @iajournal.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1093/ia/i...
Many thanks to @christianbraun612.bsky.social, Esther G. Reed, and Daniel R Brunstetter for editing the special section.
Many thanks to @christianbraun612.bsky.social, Esther G. Reed, and Daniel R Brunstetter for editing the special section.
Forecasting-informed foreign policy decision-making: the case of jus ad vim
This article looks at how forecasting techniques can mitigate cognitive biases and improve decision-making procedures, using evidence-based forecasting ana
doi.org
September 10, 2026 at 2:57 PM
My latest article is now out (open access) in @iajournal.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1093/ia/i...
Many thanks to @christianbraun612.bsky.social, Esther G. Reed, and Daniel R Brunstetter for editing the special section.
Many thanks to @christianbraun612.bsky.social, Esther G. Reed, and Daniel R Brunstetter for editing the special section.
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NEW: A record 29% cars sold globally this year will be electric
Meanwhile... China is exporting more E.V.s than the U.S. exports cars of any kind
Latest w/ @bradplumer.bsky.social → www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Meanwhile... China is exporting more E.V.s than the U.S. exports cars of any kind
Latest w/ @bradplumer.bsky.social → www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
August 19, 2026 at 7:49 PM
NEW: A record 29% cars sold globally this year will be electric
Meanwhile... China is exporting more E.V.s than the U.S. exports cars of any kind
Latest w/ @bradplumer.bsky.social → www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Meanwhile... China is exporting more E.V.s than the U.S. exports cars of any kind
Latest w/ @bradplumer.bsky.social → www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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"We should have the fortitude to speak up about human rights outrages whether the responsible party is Russia, China, Israel, America or the Emirates; if you care about human rights in only some places, you don’t actually care about human rights."
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/o... Thoughts?
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/o... Thoughts?
Opinion | In Sudan, a Preventable Atrocity (Gift Article)
Hundreds of thousands of people in Sudan are bracing for their city to be overrun by a militia notorious for committing atrocities.
www.nytimes.com
July 11, 2026 at 12:32 PM
"We should have the fortitude to speak up about human rights outrages whether the responsible party is Russia, China, Israel, America or the Emirates; if you care about human rights in only some places, you don’t actually care about human rights."
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/o... Thoughts?
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/o... Thoughts?
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The U.S. meat industry wants to erase basic protections for farmed animals in the few states in which animals have these protections.
@ASPCA has made it easy to oppose it here: secure.aspca.org/action/fsfp-...
#FactoryFarming #AnimalWelfare #SaveOurBacon
@ASPCA has made it easy to oppose it here: secure.aspca.org/action/fsfp-...
#FactoryFarming #AnimalWelfare #SaveOurBacon
USA: Oppose New Attack on Animal-Protection Laws
The Food Security and Farm Protection Act is a dangerous bill that was just introduced in the U.S. Senate. Despite its new name, this bill is identical to the dangerous Ending Agricultural Trade Suppr...
secure.aspca.org
June 2, 2026 at 7:08 AM
The U.S. meat industry wants to erase basic protections for farmed animals in the few states in which animals have these protections.
@ASPCA has made it easy to oppose it here: secure.aspca.org/action/fsfp-...
#FactoryFarming #AnimalWelfare #SaveOurBacon
@ASPCA has made it easy to oppose it here: secure.aspca.org/action/fsfp-...
#FactoryFarming #AnimalWelfare #SaveOurBacon
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"In any outbreak, the single most important question is: How does it spread? Get it wrong and everything else breaks down." Me, writing for @theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
How Does It Spread?
Answering this question is essential to public health, but people keep getting it wrong.
www.theatlantic.com
May 12, 2026 at 8:10 PM
"In any outbreak, the single most important question is: How does it spread? Get it wrong and everything else breaks down." Me, writing for @theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Front page of the print NYT: Trump Revels in Making Emphatic Threats to Commit War Crimes. He said he'll send Iran back to the "Stone Ages." Today he argued he can destroy Iran's civilian infrastructure to pressure the government because "they're animals." Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/05/u...
April 6, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Front page of the print NYT: Trump Revels in Making Emphatic Threats to Commit War Crimes. He said he'll send Iran back to the "Stone Ages." Today he argued he can destroy Iran's civilian infrastructure to pressure the government because "they're animals." Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/05/u...
Latest V-Dem Report:
"The speed with which American democracy is
currently dismantled is unprecedented in modern
history." p. 5.
"Nearly three quarters of the world population
(74%, or 6 billion) live in autocracies." p. 7
v-dem.net/documents/75...
"The speed with which American democracy is
currently dismantled is unprecedented in modern
history." p. 5.
"Nearly three quarters of the world population
(74%, or 6 billion) live in autocracies." p. 7
v-dem.net/documents/75...
v-dem.net
March 17, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Latest V-Dem Report:
"The speed with which American democracy is
currently dismantled is unprecedented in modern
history." p. 5.
"Nearly three quarters of the world population
(74%, or 6 billion) live in autocracies." p. 7
v-dem.net/documents/75...
"The speed with which American democracy is
currently dismantled is unprecedented in modern
history." p. 5.
"Nearly three quarters of the world population
(74%, or 6 billion) live in autocracies." p. 7
v-dem.net/documents/75...
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Latest from the Energy Profits Agency:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Latest from the Energy Profits Agency:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
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🚨 New in Nature+Science!🚨
AI chatbots can shift voter attitudes on candidates & policies, often by 10+pp
🔹Exps in US Canada Poland & UK
🔹More “facts”→more persuasion (not psych tricks)
🔹Increasing persuasiveness reduces "fact" accuracy
🔹Right-leaning bots=more inaccurate
AI chatbots can shift voter attitudes on candidates & policies, often by 10+pp
🔹Exps in US Canada Poland & UK
🔹More “facts”→more persuasion (not psych tricks)
🔹Increasing persuasiveness reduces "fact" accuracy
🔹Right-leaning bots=more inaccurate
December 4, 2025 at 8:43 PM
🚨 New in Nature+Science!🚨
AI chatbots can shift voter attitudes on candidates & policies, often by 10+pp
🔹Exps in US Canada Poland & UK
🔹More “facts”→more persuasion (not psych tricks)
🔹Increasing persuasiveness reduces "fact" accuracy
🔹Right-leaning bots=more inaccurate
AI chatbots can shift voter attitudes on candidates & policies, often by 10+pp
🔹Exps in US Canada Poland & UK
🔹More “facts”→more persuasion (not psych tricks)
🔹Increasing persuasiveness reduces "fact" accuracy
🔹Right-leaning bots=more inaccurate
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My take on the UAE-backed slaughter now unfolding in Sudan, and the refusal of the US and others to call out the UAE for its role. This was preventable, but neither Biden nor Trump cared enough to try: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/o... Thank God some members of Congress are speaking up.
Opinion | The World Has Again Failed to Prevent Atrocities in Darfur
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
My take on the UAE-backed slaughter now unfolding in Sudan, and the refusal of the US and others to call out the UAE for its role. This was preventable, but neither Biden nor Trump cared enough to try: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/o... Thank God some members of Congress are speaking up.
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Good news: carbon intensity has declined
Bad news: carbon emissions increased, due to the rapid rise in world GDP
Also bad news: the chance of staying below 2°C remained low, at 17%
Better news: chance of going above 3°C has gone down substantially, from 26% to 9%
Bad news: carbon emissions increased, due to the rapid rise in world GDP
Also bad news: the chance of staying below 2°C remained low, at 17%
Better news: chance of going above 3°C has gone down substantially, from 26% to 9%
Mitigation efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and meet the Paris Agreement have been offset by economic growth - Communications Earth & Environment
Global carbon dioxide intensity declined from 2015 to 2024 following the Paris Agreement, but total emissions still increased due to economic growth, according to a global analysis of population, gros...
www.nature.com
October 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Good news: carbon intensity has declined
Bad news: carbon emissions increased, due to the rapid rise in world GDP
Also bad news: the chance of staying below 2°C remained low, at 17%
Better news: chance of going above 3°C has gone down substantially, from 26% to 9%
Bad news: carbon emissions increased, due to the rapid rise in world GDP
Also bad news: the chance of staying below 2°C remained low, at 17%
Better news: chance of going above 3°C has gone down substantially, from 26% to 9%
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The three most damning paras in the UN Report alleging that Israel is perpetrating genocide in Gaza: Siege starvation, attacks on health care, direct targeting of children as patterns that cannot be explained except if group destruction is one animating purpose.
September 16, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The three most damning paras in the UN Report alleging that Israel is perpetrating genocide in Gaza: Siege starvation, attacks on health care, direct targeting of children as patterns that cannot be explained except if group destruction is one animating purpose.
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“It will take decades to recover from this, if we ever do.” America’s cancer research system, which has helped save millions of lives and is in one of its most productive moments, is under threat by the Trump administration.
Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer
America’s cancer research system, which has helped save millions of lives, is under threat in one of its most productive moments.
nyti.ms
September 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
“It will take decades to recover from this, if we ever do.” America’s cancer research system, which has helped save millions of lives and is in one of its most productive moments, is under threat by the Trump administration.
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As debate boils over allegations of genocide in Gaza, there’s another place where all sides in the United States seem to agree a genocide is underway — yet largely ignore it. That’s Sudan My column: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...
Opinion | Where There’s No Debate About Genocide — and No Response Either
www.nytimes.com
August 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
As debate boils over allegations of genocide in Gaza, there’s another place where all sides in the United States seem to agree a genocide is underway — yet largely ignore it. That’s Sudan My column: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...
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share of likely republican voters that approve of trump running for an unconstitutional third presidential term: 53%
-data for progress
-data for progress
August 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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If you're looking for a novel to read, I recommend The Uproar not only because a friend wrote it, but more importantly because it's a terrific, timely, and captivating book.
The Uproar
A “raw, tensely plotted, profound high-wire act of a book” (Téa Obreht) on the intricacies of marriage, class, and race, and just how far ...
www.hachettebookgroup.com
August 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
If you're looking for a novel to read, I recommend The Uproar not only because a friend wrote it, but more importantly because it's a terrific, timely, and captivating book.
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Here is the chart showing the growth of reported protest over time, 2025 vs. 2017, referenced in the piece below.
August 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Here is the chart showing the growth of reported protest over time, 2025 vs. 2017, referenced in the piece below.
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It's not just that Israel is imposing a policy of starvation on Gazans; it's also that the U.S. is underwriting this horror and is utterly complicit in it, in both the Biden and Trump administrations. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/o...
Opinion | The World Must See Gaza’s Starvation
www.nytimes.com
July 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
It's not just that Israel is imposing a policy of starvation on Gazans; it's also that the U.S. is underwriting this horror and is utterly complicit in it, in both the Biden and Trump administrations. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/o...
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In a study of professors, women got 378 new work requests over 4 weeks vs 118 for men. Women spent more time on service, advising & teaching; men on research. Orgs should track who is taking extra duties & ensure they are rewarded and distributed fairly. www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...
Being Too Helpful At Work Can Hurt Your Career—Here’s How To Say No
Women are more likely to take on behind-the-scenes duties at work—extra tasks like onboarding or event planning—and it's hurting their careers. Here's how to say no.
www.forbes.com
July 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
In a study of professors, women got 378 new work requests over 4 weeks vs 118 for men. Women spent more time on service, advising & teaching; men on research. Orgs should track who is taking extra duties & ensure they are rewarded and distributed fairly. www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...
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This comparsion in the NYTimes today is pretty stark. China is racing ahead to be a high-tech exporter of 21st century technologies, while the US is doubling down on being a petro-state exporting the technologies of the 19th century: www.nytimes.com/inte...
June 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This comparsion in the NYTimes today is pretty stark. China is racing ahead to be a high-tech exporter of 21st century technologies, while the US is doubling down on being a petro-state exporting the technologies of the 19th century: www.nytimes.com/inte...
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Billions of animals are tortured for meat each year. Millions of slaughterhouse workers suffer too -- physically and mentally: www.vox.com/future-perfe...
This quote really stands out: “Public demand for meat creates ongoing, present, and future exposure to trauma and continual retraumatization.”
This quote really stands out: “Public demand for meat creates ongoing, present, and future exposure to trauma and continual retraumatization.”
What slaughtering animals all day does to your mind
The meat industry has a PTSD problem.
www.vox.com
June 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Billions of animals are tortured for meat each year. Millions of slaughterhouse workers suffer too -- physically and mentally: www.vox.com/future-perfe...
This quote really stands out: “Public demand for meat creates ongoing, present, and future exposure to trauma and continual retraumatization.”
This quote really stands out: “Public demand for meat creates ongoing, present, and future exposure to trauma and continual retraumatization.”