The Bench
Alia Awadallah, Jesse MarksWelcome to The Bench — my creative, intellectually free corner of the internet. This is where I'll share my half-baked thoughts on foreign policy and working in Washington.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 17 | Subscribers | Read | aliaawadallah.substack.com |
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Latest Issues
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The Post-CVE Era
In recent months, ISIS has shown mounting signs of reconstituting. Intelligence assessments and open-source reporting point to increased operational tempo in Iraq and Syria, expanded activity by affiliates in Africa, and renewed propaganda ...
Getting In, Part III: Knock, Knock(ing on doors)
If you haven’t read Part I and Part II, check them out before reading on. Until this point we’ve covered a few years out from election day.
Universities, Think Tanks, and the Making of Middle East Expertise
I used to think nothing ever changed in the Middle East. For years, I studied and worked on the region, and every time I drifted away, I’d come back to find that I could pick up almost exactly where I had left off.
Learning AI Policy in Real Time
In my first few weeks at the Department of Commerce, where I was responsible for editing the Secretary’s briefing papers, I repeatedly tried to change the word compute to computer. I assumed it was a typo.
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Foreign policy and politics. Former Biden White House, Pentagon, State, and Commerce alum. Peak millennial. بحكي عربي
CEO of Rihla Research & Advisory LLC & PhD Student at Australia National University studying US-China AI competition in GCC. Writing on China-Middle East geopolitics, geoeconomic, conflict, and technology.
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