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Michael A. Specter 👻 @mikespecter.com · 21/05/2026

Our work on age verification on Georgia Tech's homepage! Led by my fantastic grad student @shreyasminocha.me, joint with @harryoppy.bsky.social, and @pearce.bsky.social

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Seva @seva.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

claude code is fucking insane i know literally NOTHING about Hegel. ZERO. and it just built me a complete system of German idealism

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Harry Oppenheimer @harryoppy.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

The worst part is “I asked ChatGPT” likely includes personalized responses (unless they’re in an anonymous session). So they’re literally being told what the model thinks they want to hear.

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

#OpenAccess from July 2025 - Digital Interdependence and Power Politics - cup.org/3IGmV2e "I theorize that international conflict generates cybersecurity externalities as state and non-state actors directly weaponize digital interdependence." - @harryoppy.bsky.social

BJPolS abstract discussing the impacts of international sanctions on digital infrastructure and cybersecurity, including theoretical and practical analysis on state and non-state network dependencies.

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Avishay BSG (Ben-Sasson-Gordis) @avishaybsg.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

This is one of my favorite papers. IR and internet people should really read it

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Harry Oppenheimer @harryoppy.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

I learned how to be a political scientist by iterating this manuscript. Huge thanks to everyone who provided comments over the years - among those on Bluesky @jkertzer.bsky.social @avishaybsg.bsky.social @rhulvey.bsky.social @dustintingley.bsky.social @abenewman.bsky.social @schneier.com

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Harry Oppenheimer @harryoppy.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

I hope more social scientists discover internet measurement - I've found it a fascinating field. The article provides a primer on digital infrastructure and the internet's technical protocols. Hopefully it's useful for others studying digital globalization and trade.

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Harry Oppenheimer @harryoppy.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

State-owned and private-owned ISPs behave the same, emphasizing technical factors over direct political control. If this was all about state policy change we would expect SOEs to align more intensely with security policy.

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Harry Oppenheimer @harryoppy.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

During conflict state + non-state actors leverage cyberspace to disrupt adversaries. This creates significant spillovers for the firms negotiating digital interdependence. I show that military treaties and alliances - which reduce conflict expectations - increase bilateral data interconnection.

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Harry Oppenheimer @harryoppy.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

I differ from trade follows the flag studies that focus on indirect mechanisms - sanctions, boycotts, tariffs, or contract disruptions. I argue digital interdependence is directly weaponized in conflict. Cyber externalities, rather than politics alone, align data flows with international security.

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Harry Oppenheimer @harryoppy.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Excited to report my article "Digital Interdependence and Power Politics" has been published open access in @bjpols.bsky.social. I use internet measurements to understand how international security influences global data flows www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Digital Interdependence and Power Politics | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core

Digital Interdependence and Power Politics - Volume 55

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

NEW - Digital Interdependence and Power Politics - cup.org/3IGmV2e "I theorize that international conflict generates cybersecurity externalities as state and non-state actors directly weaponize digital interdependence." - @harryoppy.bsky.social #OpenAccess

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Harry Oppenheimer @harryoppy.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

And what did he have to do with winning the two senate seats in Georgia?

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Harry Oppenheimer @harryoppy.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Is your read that we're basically following the offensive realism playbook right now?

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David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.

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Harry Oppenheimer @harryoppy.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

We got an email that "OUSD is no longer offering the Minerva University Research competition (NFO #HQ003425NFOEASD01)." That would suggest that existing Minerva NFOs might be safe, but hard to know at this point.

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Harry Oppenheimer @harryoppy.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Well, my Minerva was based in part on your comments on my project from last spring…..please don’t blame yourself (haha)

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Harry Oppenheimer @harryoppy.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Got the same Minerva email. Curious why you think it was Rubio that canceled it?

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Harry Oppenheimer @harryoppy.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Yeah I just got that email. Had my white paper short listed.

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Harry Oppenheimer @harryoppy.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

I'm excited to report that "Digital Interdependence and Power Politics" has been conditionally accepted at BJPS. I learned how to be a political scientist by iterating versions of this paper. The next thing this paper will teach me is how to use natbib.

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Harry Oppenheimer @harryoppy.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

I'm on the committee this year - please send your nominations in by March 3!

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intlcollaboration.bsky.social @intlcollaboration.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Please nominate for awards for the Int'l Collaboration section of APSA! Best article, dissertation, book, and mentor awards! Deadline is March 3, 2025. Submissions should be sent by email to daniela.donno@ou.edu. You can find the award criteria and info here: apsanet.org/membership/o...

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Section48 - American Political Science Association (APSA)

International Collaboration (Section 48) The International Collaboration (IC) Section of the American Political Science Association works to promote and

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WestStandTone @weststandtone.com · 25/01/2025

We are at Wolves today, facing one of our toughest opponents; Michael Oliver.

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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Here's my Clashing Information Orders syllabus in case there is anything worth cannibalizing from it www.programmablemutter.com/p/a-syllabus...

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A syllabus for the new global politics

Clashing information orders and what they mean

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Harry Oppenheimer @harryoppy.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Please consider applying to our TT position in cybersecurity policy (broadly defined) - 1/30 deadline. Georgia Tech SPP is interdisciplinary with lots of enthusiasm for technology+society. I'm on the search committee and happy to answer questions. careers.hprod.onehcm.usg.edu/psc/careers/...

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Harry Oppenheimer @harryoppy.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Which top 100 course do you think you know the least about? Or which goes most under the radar?

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 18/11/2024

@harryoppy.bsky.social, Anna Ablove, and Roya Ensafi explore the threat to digital equality posed by websites geoblocking users in response to political risks from sanctions, and provide recommendations for combatting this widespread practice.

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How Geoblocking Limits Digital Access in Sanctioned States

Websites, faced with the complexity of applying sanctions to digital services, voluntarily restrict risky countries from their platforms. 

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Harry Oppenheimer @harryoppy.bsky.social · 01/10/2024

We want to start a discussion about risk in the digital economy and the hidden costs of weaponizing online services. Media platforms (Spotify), communications channels (Zoom, Webex, Mailchimp), and basic digital utilities (winzip and unity) all block Cubans even though OFAC granted general licenses

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Harry Oppenheimer @harryoppy.bsky.social · 01/10/2024

I'm very proud of “Digital Discrimination of Users in Sanctioned States: The Case of the Cuba Embargo” with Roya Ensafi and her team. Usually w/. internet inaccessibility we think bad infrastructure or censorship. Turns out there's a third thing - platforms blocking users from certain countries.

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Harry Oppenheimer @harryoppy.bsky.social · 14/02/2024

Will a New Generation Learn to Love the Bomb? Millennials and Gen-Zers just aren't as motivated by great power rivalry or nuclear competition as their counterparts. It's time to reframe the debate around issues they do care about - maintaining alliances and countering proliferation.

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Will a New Generation Learn to Love the Bomb? - IGCC

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Spenser A. Warren @spenserawarren.bsky.social · 02/02/2024

New @ucigcc.bsky.social blog post by @harryoppy.bsky.social explores generational differences in public perceptions of nuclear weapons. ucigcc.org/blog/will-a-...

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Will a New Generation Learn to Love the Bomb? - IGCC

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Harry Oppenheimer @harryoppy.bsky.social · 22/10/2023

I've witnessed one of Ambassador Hall Hall's British politics rants live in person - they're a wonder to behold 10/10 would recommend.

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Harry Oppenheimer @harryoppy.bsky.social · 15/10/2023

I’m reliably informed this is the place to be now.

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