Stuart A. Reid
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Today's the day: you can now buy my book, THE LUMUMBA PLOT, wherever you get your books. It's a spy thriller, a biography, and a history all in one. It took me five years, so I hope you enjoy it!
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I’m so proud of an amazing new collection
@ForeignAffairs
articles: “The Real Rules of International Relations.” We wanted to take a fresh look at the old chestnuts of IR theory, and explain what we know about them now, and how they influence policy. So we asked top scholars.
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The most personal thing I’ve ever written, about the worst news I’ve ever received:
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For the past five years, I’ve been working on a book, and I can’t wait to share it with the world. The Lumumba Plot is coming this October from
@AAKnopf
. You can pre-order here:
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Check out my Q&A with
@YinkaWrites
in
@SemaforAfrica
. We talk about Lumumba—the man behind the myth, and the private racism of U.S. officials in 1960.
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Very excited to publish this piece:
@JosephTorigian
on what Xi Jinping learned from his father about dealing with Moscow. Xi Zhongxun’s career “was a microcosm of relations between Beijing and Moscow during the twentieth century.”
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She was once responsible for indoctrinating China's elite. Now she's broken with the Chinese Communist Party. For the first time, Cai Xia details her political awakening. Extremely proud of this
@ForeignAffairs
essay:
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First up,
@YarhiMilo
looks at credibility. How much do leaders’ and countries’ reputations for resolve matter? And how much can a leader do to change perceptions, anyway?
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Latest from me, related to my new book, The Lumumba Plot: America broke Congo. It's time to make amends, open the Congo files, and face up to what the CIA did:
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@YarhiMilo
Next we have Charles Glaser on the security dilemma. How do you know if a state is insecure or greedy—and what if it’s both?
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@YarhiMilo
Then Michael Doyle gives the latest thinking on the democratic peace theory. Democracies don’t fight one another. But why? And what does that mean for a world divided between democracies and autocracies?
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@YarhiMilo
Finally,
@TanishaFazal
asks the question, How much do international norms (especially about war) really constrain states’ behavior? When? And are they self-sustaining?
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@YarhiMilo
Then Manjari Chatterjee Miller looks at power transition theory. If an upstart power challenges the established hegemon, is conflict inevitable? No—especially if the hegemon uses the order to its advantage.
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@YarhiMilo
Next, Stephen Brooks tackles the question of under what circumstances economic interdependence promotes peace. Do trade, international finance, and globalization reduce the risk of conflict? The answer: it’s complicated.
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63 years ago today, the world learned of Patrice Lumumba's death. He and two others had been killed weeks earlier by a firing squad, but the authorities in the breakaway province of Katanga concocted a cover story. From my book, The Lumumba Plot:
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@dylanmatt
Another, earlier INR success: it accurately characterized Patrice Lumumba's views in July 1960, at a time when the CIA and the White House had written him off as pro-Soviet and thought, preposterously, that the mutiny in Congo was a commy plot. From my book:
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"Supervariants could bring the world back to square one. It might be 2020 all over again." One of the scariest articles I've worked on, by
@larrybrilliant
and a team of other distinguished experts in
@ForeignAffairs
:
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A snub from the White House, a controversial stay at Blair House, an encounter with Dave Chappelle’s mother, and a CIA-arranged tryst—what happened when Congo’s beleaguered leader visited D.C. in 1960. Read an excerpt from my new book in
@POLITICOMag
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I'm so pleased to see
@AndresSchipani
's generous review of The Lumumba Plot: "The book often reads like a John le Carré novel." Thank you!
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I'm trying to help a researcher identify the people in this photo. It's a group of Americans and Congolese at the U.S. embassy in Leopoldville in the spring or summer of 1960. Recognize anyone? Let me know! (Zoomed in versions below.)
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In
@AirMailWeekly
, I reveal what surprised me most while researching my new book, THE LUMUMBA PLOT.
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Thank you to
@IChotiner
for his generous
@NewYorker
review of The Lumumba Plot. As he puts it, "We're given plenty of reasons to speculate that Lumumba might have failed on his own. But he—and the Congolese people—should have had the chance to do so."
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Honored to be in such good company!
We're excited to announce the exceptional 13 titles chosen for the 2024
#CundillHistoryPrize
longlist! ✨
Read the full list here:
Over the next month we will be spotlighting each title on social media. The shortlist will be announced on September 5.
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Very excited to return to my alma mater tomorrow and talk about The Lumumba Plot:
We look forward to hearing from
@stuartareid
, exec. editor
@ForeignAffairs
, and author of "The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of The CIA & a Cold War Assassination." Thu, Jan 11 4:30pm, livestreamed.
#drcongo
#greatissues
#cia
#intsec
#dartmouth
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Thank you! Yes, Maya Angelou makes a cameo in THE LUMUMBA PLOT, as do Dave Chappelle's mother, Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Barack Obama Sr., W. E. B. Du Bois, Louis Armstrong, and David Halberstam.
genuinely the best nonfiction book I've read in a year. it's propulsive to read, richly reported, and it intertwines with so many other global histories
including Maya Angelou (!) doing an action at the UN to protest Lumumba's murder
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Thank you to Caroline Elkins of Harvard for her generous endorsement. THE LUMUMBA PLOT comes out October 17.
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"Reid has brought welcome narrative coherence to a globe-spanning, multilayered story. ... Despite the story’s complexity, one’s attention never wanders." Thank you
@michelawrong
/
@TheAtlantic
!
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65 years ago today, the Congolese capital of Leopoldville erupted in anticolonial riots. It was the beginning of the end for Belgium in the Congo. From my book, The Lumumba Plot:
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Chuffed to see that
@PublishersWkly
has given my forthcoming book, The Lumumba Plot, a starred review. "Political opportunism, geopolitics, and hubris converge in this intricate and colorful debut." 🤗
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How close were Ukraine and Russia to a deal? Closer than you might think.
@scharap
and
@DrRadchenko
obtained bombshell documents from the spring of 2022:
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Washingtonians: I'll be speaking about my new book, The Lumumba Plot, this Sunday afternoon at 3pm at
@PoliticsProse
.
@EFRalph
of
@POLITICOMag
will moderate. Hope to see you there!
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@jamesgibney
@ForeignAffairs
Oh wow! Thanks for sending. I remember reading Walt's "One World, Many Theories," back in intro to IR freshman year of college.
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Hot off the presses in
@ForeignAffairs
: How might the rest of the world treat a U.S. president who shows visible signs of agedness? Probably the way America has treated others:
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Sixty-three years ago today, Congo's first post-independence leader, Patrice Lumumba, was taken from a military prison and flown to Elisabethville, the capital of the breakaway province of Katanga. Here's the scene from my book, The Lumumba Plot, about that deadly trip:
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I spoke with
@PublishersWkly
about my forthcoming book, The Lumumba Plot. How should we see Patrice Lumumba, and how culpable was the CIA in his downfall and death?
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Thank you to
@MvembaDizolele
for his generous review of The Lumumba Plot in
@ForeignPolicy
: "a meticulously researched and well-written page turner."
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Thank you,
@CrimeReads
, for naming The Lumumba Plot one of the most anticipated books this fall:
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👀 Wow ... tickled and honored to have made the shortlist. Thank you,
@CundillPrize
!
Introducing the 2024
#CundillHistoryPrize
shortlist! ✨
From secret CIA plots to the hidden history of Black civil rights, from Indigenous American innovations to new takes on US gun culture and Indonesia’s struggle for independence. Find out more here:
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See you tonight, Berkeley!
Meet
@stuartareid
this Tuesday, in conversation with Adam Hochschild. Free registration here:
@AAKnopf
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Nina Simone in Lagos, GI Joe in Dayton, drug smugglers in the Cayman Islands, Mötley Crüe in Moscow—just got off the wild ride that is
@praddenkeefe
's podcast "Wind of Change." Perfect for binge-listening:
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Podcast recommendation: "Dissident at the Doorstep." Fascinating look at the rise and escape of Chen Guangcheng—and his subsequent transformation in the U.S. Hard topic, handled expertly. Bravo to
@yangyang_cheng
,
@aliklay
, Colin Jones, and
@CrookedMedia
.
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Very grateful to Adam Hochschild for his endorsement of my book, The Lumumba Plot. King Leopold's Ghost was my entry point to Congolese history. You can pre-order The Lumumba Plot here:
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A powerful story by Laura Secor about the FBI, ICE, and an innocent Iranian scientist:
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Thanks to
@michelawrong
for recommending The Lumumba Plot as one of The
@Spectator
's "books of the year":
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In
@ForeignAffairs
,
@MvembaDizolele
and Pascal Kambale walk through the remarkable power shift in Congo: Tshisekedi has at last rid himself of Kabila and will now “rise or fall on the merits of his own leadership.”
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Stimulating conversation with
@NathanThrall
and Abed Salama at
@PACCUSA
in Clifton, NJ. Go get yourself a copy of “A Day in the Life of Abed Salama.”
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THE LUMUMBA PLOT has made the
@nytimesbooks
October roundup. Flattered to be in such great company!
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Thank you,
@BetterWorldOrg
! An honor to be included on the list of favorite audiobooks. (And shout-out to
@MichaelBoatman_
for narrating so well.)
Looking for insight and inspiration to navigate a complex world? Listen to a few favorite audiobooks that made our BWC team think in 2023.
Read the works of these incredible authors:
@nytegan
@Malala
@ayanaeliza
@jmzbeijing
@stuartareid
@patevangelista
Learn more ➡️
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Recommendation: "Ren Faire," the hilarious new HBO documentary from
@gauveyherbert
and
@lanceopp
. So many laugh-out-loud moments. Watch it!
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@dadakim
"Drop Your Weapons: When and Why Civil Resistance Works," by
@EricaChenoweth
and
@MariaJStephan
: (or their book: )
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@joestieb
@arash_tehran
Exactly. CIA didn't pull the trigger but undermined him many other ways and, crucially, green-lit his transfer to rebel-held territory where it was certain he would be killed.
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Looking forward to talking about my book in the coming weeks!
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Starting soon!
TODAY 12/1 1PM ET: Join
@MvembaDizolele
and
@stuartareid
for a conversation on his recent book "The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination"
Ask live questions and register here:
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@ralexander100
@IndigoEllis
@PjsEdmond
Thanks, Ross! Patrick and I actually met in Kinshasa once—small world.
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“Fascinating … a carefully researched book that warns us about what is lost when tensions between great powers play out in the developing world. … Reid develops his main characters beautifully.” Thank you
@PerneInAGyre
&
@nytimesbooks
!
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I highly recommend
@FareedZakaria
's new book, Age of Revolutions, imminently forthcoming from
@wwnorton
. Having taken an early look, I can tell you it's an utterly engrossing tour through our world's revolutionary past, distant and recent.
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Pour mes abonnés français, voici une interview que j'ai réalisée avec
@RFI
à propos de mon nouveau livre:
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If you read one thing about Prigozhin and Wagner, let it be
@yaffaesque
's comprehensive, fascinating, deeply sourced account in this week's
@NewYorker
:
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New Yorkers! Come see me tomorrow (Tuesday) in conversation with
@uiweala1
at
@TheAfricaCenter
in Harlem:
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Had a great time talking political biographies (plus research and writing processes) with fellow Montclair, NJ, resident
@jonathanalter
on the
@watchungbooks
podcast. Listen here:
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"If the Harris-Walz ticket wins, will parents of people who struggle with being different at last find a powerful advocate in the White House? This voiceless community is in desperate need of a new, mighty champion."
@TinaBrownLM
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I'm going on the road to talk about my new book, The Lumumba Plot. Come see me in Berkeley, Los Angeles, DC, NYC, and NJ. Details here:
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Really appreciate and respect the extraordinary work that
@stuartareid
put into his excellent book, The Lumumba Plot. Check it out, you won't be disappointed!
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@Billydub420
Yes, my statement is correct. I’m well aware of plans for Port Sudan. But it’s not a done deal.
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Some highlights. 🧵 (1) As a teacher at the Central Party School, Cai was closely monitored. And her students (many of whom were top officials) had questions:
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@joestieb
@cwjones89
@arash_tehran
Good question. It's an old, poorly sourced chestnut that contradicts everything we know (and we know a lot!) about what happened to Lumumba after he was killed. Never happened.
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Heiress Marlene Engelhorn, who grew up in a villa, finally made friends outside her own class when she went to university. When one needed help with a legal problem, she said, "Why don't you ask the family lawyer?" Delightful passage from
@yaffaesque
:
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Don’t miss
@FareedZakaria
’s powerful new essay, in which he argues that America’s decline is overhyped—and yet all too believed by its leaders.
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(6) In 2016, Cai decided to break with the party. The straw that broke the camel's back was a cover-up of police brutality:
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Had a great time talking with
@MarkLGoldberg
on his podcast about colonialism, the UN, and CIA assassination plans.
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Don't miss the stimulating set of responses to Stephen Brooks &
@WCWohlforth
in
@ForeignAffairs
about whether the world is multipolar. This should be on every International Relations 101 syllabus.
Responses:
Original article:
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