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Apr 18, 2022

Time permitting, I will engage with anyone on my feed who makes a cogent argument and provides data to support hypotheses. But I have zero tolerance and block immediately those engaged on my feed in namecalling or disinformation. My feed; my rules.

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Tymofiy Mylovanov

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Russia economy is vulnerable. In January, Russia's has reached the biggest budget deficit ($25 billion) since at least 1998. Tax revenue from oil and gas plunged 46% due to sanctions, while the cost of war in Ukraine has increased the spending by 59%.

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Bye, Russia! Animation shows where Germany has been getting its natural gas from. Source: buff.ly/3kgi245

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State of the Union 2023 kept foreign policy on back burner

State of the Union 2023 kept foreign policy on back burner | The World from PRX

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President Joseph Biden's State of the Union address on Tuesday focused on the bread-and-butter issues of jobs, infrastructure and health care. But as The World's Sarah Birnbaum reports, the Ukraine

Jeff Hancock Named Co-Director of the Cyber Policy Center and FSI Senior Fellow | Stanford Law...

Jeff Hancock Named Co-Director of the Cyber Policy Center and FSI Senior Fellow

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(Originally published by the Stanford Cyber Policy Center on February 6, 2023) The Stanford Cyber Policy Center (CPC), a joint initiative of the Free

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Zelenskyy has outlined his ideas for peace. Putin has not. Shouldn't we be pressing Putin to do so?

Preparing for Peace in Ukraine

The World Must Embrace Zelenskyy’s Peace Proposal and Peace Summit

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Elbegdorj Tsakhia Appointed the Bernard and Susan Liautaud

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Terrific to have President Elbegdorj at

@FSIStanford

@StanfordSAPARC

now! Elbegdorj Tsakhia Appointed the Bernard and Susan Liautaud Visiting Fellow

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While at Stanford, Elbegdorj, formerly the president of Mongolia, will focus on examining strategies to support Mongolian democracy in an increasingly polarized geopolitical landscape.

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Some inconvenient facts for those incredibly still arguing that NATO "provoked" Putin to invade Ukraine. 1/ THREAD

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A TikTok Trend You Can’t Ignore: Addressing the Risks by Protecting Privacy and Bolstering Transp...

Freedom House

@freedomhouse

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"A US ban on TikTok could inadvertently encourage other governments to tighten their grip, shrinking the digital civic space." FH's

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argues that the US should strengthen privacy and transparency regulations rather than embrace censorship online.

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As one of the world’s most ardent defenders of internet freedom, the United States should strengthen requirements for privacy and transparency rather than resort to an outright ban.

Countering an Authoritarian Overhaul of the Internet

Allie Funk

@alfunk

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#FreedomOnTheNet 2022 is here 🧵on key findings: - 12th consecutive year of decline - Governments are carving up the global internet to create more controllable domestic spaces - Despite the bad news, efforts to protect internet freedom are paying off

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At home and on the international stage, authoritarians are on a campaign to divide the open internet into a patchwork of repressive enclaves.

Downloading now.

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Ian Chong 莊嘉穎

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Glad to have had the opportunity to participate in this project. The issues covered - managing US-PRC tech competition - remain timely & important. twitter.com/uscnpm/status/…

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And by all "former Soviet republics," this famously included Putin's russia as well. In fact, Putin is quoted saying that Ukraine could join NATO if it wished, on the Kremlin's own web page.

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After the Russia-NATO Summit President Vladimir Putin took part in a joint press conference with...

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Did NATO Promise Not to Enlarge? Gorbachev Says “No”

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Before Gorbachev was dead, he was alive, David. While alive, he said that promise was never made. Would have been a bit weird if they were discussing NATO expansion into the former Soviet Union before it became the former Soviet Union.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has made it well known his antipathy towards NATO, claiming the Alliance took advantage of Russian weakness after the collapse of the Soviet Union in violation of...

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We fought Hitler and Imperial Japan to stop annexation. We created the UN to prevent annexation. After decades of little annexation in the world, Putin is now trying to bring back the practice. We cannot allow it to become legitimized again.

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What Putin Fears Most | Journal of Democracy

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For he details, read: "What Putin Fears Most" journalofdemocracy.org/articles/what- via

@JoDemocracy

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Forget his excuses. Russia’s autocrat doesn’t worry about NATO. What terrifies him is the prospect of a flourishing Ukrainian democracy.

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Gorbachev? Yeltsin? Nemtsov? No. That was Medvedev in 2010 at the Lisbon NATO summit, 2 years AFTER the "dreaded" 2008 Bucharest NATO summit! I know, inconvenient facts. But these are direct quotes from Putin & Medvedev. But carry on with your mythmaking. 9/

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At a NATO summit -- yes a NATO summit!!! -- a Russian said this: "The period of distance in our relations and claims against each other is over now. We view the future with optimism and will work on developing relations between Russia and NATO in all areas . . ." 8/

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"At the end of the day, the decision is to be taken by NATO and Ukraine. It is a matter for those two partners." Author? Yep, you guessed it. That's Putin again. 7/

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On Ukraine-NATO, a Russian policymaker said this: "I am absolutely convinced that Ukraine will not shy away from the processes of expanding interaction with NATO and the Western allies as a whole. Ukraine has its own relations with NATO; there is the Ukraine-NATO Council." 6/

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Who said that? Kasparov? Navalny? No. Putin. 5/

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After the second wave of NATO expansion was announced, a Russian strategist said this: "We of course are not in a position to tell people what to do. We cannot forbid people to make certain choices if they want to increase the security of their nations in a particular way.” 4/

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Who said that? Yeltsin? Nemtsov? No, Putin. Why would Putin want to join an alliance allegedly threatening to destroy Russia? Makes no sense. 3/

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When asked if Russia should join NATO, here's what one Russian leader said about the scary, horrible NATO: "Why not? Why not . . . I do not rule out such a possibility . . . it is with difficulty that I imagine NATO as an enemy." 2/

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Some inconvenient facts for those incredibly still arguing that NATO "provoked" Putin to invade Ukraine. 1/ THREAD

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PS NATO has never attacked the USSR or Russia and never will. And you know it.

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Because the USSR/Russia continues to invade & annex your neighbors -- Poland 1939, Baltics states 1940, Finland 1940, Hungary 1956, Czechoslovakia 1968, Georgia 2008, Ukraine 2014 & 2022. Stop invading your neighbors & maybe they wouldn't feel so compelled to get security help.

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Никита Одинцов

@NikitaOdintsov

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Зачем тогда США и странам НАТО расширение на Восток нужно? Зачем вы вокруг России построили пояс из биолабораторий?

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Congratulations

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Nice job Joe.

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job well done. My boy

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had this waiting for you

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Preparing for Peace in Ukraine The World Must Embrace Zelenskyy’s Peace Proposal and Peace Summit

Preparing for Peace in Ukraine

The World Must Embrace Zelenskyy’s Peace Proposal and Peace Summit

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Those shouting at the President of the United States of America not only disrespected our Commander in Chief but also our Speaker.

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Foreign Affairs

@ForeignAffairs

Ukrainians will fight with or without new advanced weapons, with or without harsher sanctions, and with or without money to help them run their country—and the West should help them win as swiftly as possible, writes

How to Get a Breakthrough in Ukraine

foreignaffairs.com

The case against incrementalism.

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Nice job Joe.

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When people can't think of an actual argument or have no data, they call you a liar. Maybe the most juvenile form of discourse. Shouting it is even more pathetic.

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The Cap of Smoke and Mirrors

Sergey Vakulenko

@SergeyVakulenk0

Jan 20

Price cap for the Russian oil seems to be a great success story and working even better than everybody thought. But does it really? What’s the mechanics behind the $40/bbl discount, how is the price defined? Take a look at

svakulenko.substack.com

A closer look at the Russian oil price cap workings

Noted. For all your claims about "futile exchanges," you and your MFA colleagues sure spend a lot of time reading & reacting to a professor "in the regions" (as Moscovites would say)! Not much happening at the United Nations these days?

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Dmitry Polyanskiy

@Dpol_un

Russia government official

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I don’t see any contradiction in having one policy and expressing my own views. I am also guided by common sense. For example no one authorized me to engage in this futile exchange and to comment your Russophobic remarks and delusions on “Kiev’s victory”. It’s my own decision.

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FSI Stanford

@FSIStanford

One Year Since Putin's Invasion of Ukraine: The View from Kyiv

🇺🇦 UPCOMING EVENT | Feb. 24, 12:00pm PT On the anniversary of the invasion of #Ukraine, join us for an exclusive panel with leaders from Kyiv to discuss the impacts of the war.

FSI hosts four Ukrainian political and civic leaders for a special discussion with the Stanford community.

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This will be good. Join us!

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FSI Stanford

@FSIStanford

UPCOMING EVENT | Feb. 24, 12:00pm PT On the anniversary of the invasion of #Ukraine, join us for an exclusive panel with leaders from Kyiv to discuss the impacts of the war. @McFaul | @O__Honcharuk | @Leshchenkos | @avalaina | @SashaUstinovaUA ow.ly/zVBX50MMpYM

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Good point. I should have written "Trump administration."

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Tom

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