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Power Problems • February 25, 2020 

# Twitter in the Time of Trump 

Join Trevor Thrall and Emma Ashford as we discuss public engagement in the Trump era with Paul Poast, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago.

- [Paul Poast bio](https://political-science.uchicago.edu/directory/paul-poast)
- Paul Poast, “[Twitter Threads](http://www.paulpoast.com/twitter-threads/4594675216),”
- Tanisha M. Fazal and Paul Poast, “[War Is Not Over: What the Optimists Get Wrong About Conflict](https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2019-10-15/war-not-over).” *Foreign Affairs*, November/​December 2019

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##### Paul Poast 

Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago

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##### [A. Trevor Thrall](/people/trevor-thrall)

Former Senior Fellow, Defense and Foreign Policy Department, Cato Institute

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##### [Emma Ashford](/people/emma-ashford)

Senior Fellow, Stimson Center

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