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CSIS Japan Chair @japan.csis.org · 29/09/2026

Why does Japan’s maritime power matter? Tune in 10/1 for a CSIS Japan Chair conversation with @kristigovella.bsky.social, @brianthart.bsky.social and Geoffrey Gresh on Japan’s maritime evolution, China’s growing influence at sea, and the future of U.S.-Japan cooperation. 🔗 bit.ly/4rnJJpU

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The Saudi’s also had a helluva campaign.

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Josef Mühlbauer @josefmuehlbauer.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

🇨🇳 Understanding China – Perspectives, Culture & Global Politics What does it really mean to understand China in a rapidly changing world? At our recent panel discussion we brought together distinguished experts from different backgrounds to explore China m.youtube.com/watch?v=IHKl...

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Understanding China - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly (Salon Artemira Panel Discussion)

YouTube video by Josef Mühlbauer - Peace Research

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Bob Woodward studied history. It all makes sense.

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

But we got a new ballroom and a new reflecting pool? Victory is ours…

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Despite threats of financial sanctions from the U.S and the Russia’s attempt to only give 2 months extension, 144 nations voted to give a 2nd 4-year term to UNCHR head Volker Turk. What a strange reality when U.S. aligns with Russia, DPRK, Israel, and Argentina… www.reuters.com/world/un-ass...

A voting map of the UNGA for approval of the UNCHR Head Volker Turk for a new 4 year term. 144 in favor; 10 against; 13 abstentions.

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Front crude futures jumped ~40% from the beginning of July. Compound that is the very active El Niño patterns, I’m concerned about global food security. Keep an eye on the FFPI. www.fao.org/worldfoodsit...

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World Food Situation | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

World Food Situation Home

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Nolan hits the right notes from the movies of yesteryear and this year.

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Ahhh. Reminds me of China back in the days. Always keeping an eye on the PM2.5 levels and learning to keep a mask handy. Also kept an eye out for the various foreign consulate websites because they had more “accurate” PM2.5 readings. How the tables have changed…

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Stephen Walt @stephenwalt.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

One of the many things that makes the war with Iran hard to end is that it is unclear who is in charge in Iran, and equally unclear what Trump’s latest demand/whim/lunacy/lie will be. Neither side can figure out what the other might actually want, or what it will accept AND abide by afterwards.

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Economists are warning that a “super” El Niño weather cycle this year could cause a severe shock to global food prices lasting into 2028. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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‘Super’ El Niño could cause global food price shock lasting into 2028, analysts say

Weather cycle threatens harvests worldwide, adding to inflation already fuelled by the Iran war

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

On another note: I wonder if anyone has done a historical survey of conflict outcomes involving the death and revenge or non-revenge(?) for one’s family members? I don’t mean Hamlet.

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Such as the murder of close family members. This is where a proverb comes to mind: 君子报仇，十年不晚 (jūn zǐ bào chóu, shí nián bù wǎn) - A Gentleman's revenge is not late in 10 years. I don’t see longterm enduring peaceful outcome for the new Ayatollah and Trump.

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

State policy is studied across varying levels of abstraction, ranging from socioeconomic structural forces and historical path dependency to institutional frameworks and group dynamics, and finally to individual agency and psychology. On certain matters, the individual agency may transcend them.

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

The bare necessities serves to cultivate and build character and focus on scholarship? The tuition was the only reason for a friend and mentor’s career. This alumnus of your fine institution got his undergrad there and worked his way into the office of the SG and worked with 3 UNSG’s.

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

The stuff that dreams are made out of…

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Rav BOO!dram 🎃👻 @rvbdrm.com · 15/06/2026

“Suspending a constitutional right” is soft-balling “the suspension of habeas rights for unauthorized immigrants”

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Frustrated by Courts, Trump Weighed Suspending a Constitutional Right

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

A superloser is a leader of a great power, or (onetime) superpower, whose disastrous choices lead to a crash. He possesses a combination of skills that allow for a rise to personal power and the collapse of state power. I spell out the phenomenon in this video: snyder.substack.com/p/the-era-of...

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The Era of the Superlosers

Trump, Putin, and the World

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Hilde De Weerdt @hildedw.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

The first article I published was on the poetry of mourning in early medieval times, a somewhat embarrassing piece when I read it now, but there was time to learn then, and for this I am especially grateful. In fond memory of Stephen Owen a 擬悼亡詩.

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The Chamberlain Network @chamberlainvets.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Friday marks 60 days since the President reported U.S. hostilities with Iran to Congress. That report started a clock under the War Powers Resolution. To understand why that number matters, start with the Constitution’s design. Read our full explainer: www.chamberlainnetwork.us/reclaiming-c...

A dark green graphic from The Chamberlain Network labeled “Civic Education · April 2026.” Large text reads: “Friday is the 60-day mark in the war with Iran.” Smaller text says: “To understand why that number matters, start here.” A faint map texture appears in the background, with “Swipe to read” at the bottom.

A dark green Chamberlain Network slide with large white text “1789.” The headline reads: “The Constitution split the war power. On purpose.” Body text explains that Article I gives Congress the power to declare war, Article II makes the President Commander in Chief, Congress decides whether the country goes to war, and the President directs the war once it has started. A citation at the bottom reads: “Article I, § 8, cl. 11.”

A dark green Chamberlain Network slide with a faded historical battlefield image in the background. Text reads: “Why Congress, not the President.” A quote attributed to James Madison, Helvidius No. 4, 1793, says: “Those who are to conduct a war cannot in the nature of things, be proper or safe judges, whether a war ought to be commenced.” Small text at the bottom explains that the framers gave Congress responsibility and authority to decide when to go to war because service members deserved a representative body deliberating on, agreeing to, and taking responsibility for entering war.

A dark green Chamberlain Network slide with large white text “1973.” The headline reads: “After Vietnam, Congress codified the framers’ design.” Body text explains that the War Powers Resolution passed over President Nixon’s veto, requiring a two-thirds vote of both chambers, and that every administration since has contested the statute while also operating under it. A citation at the bottom reads: “Pub. L. No. 93-148 · 50 U.S.C. §§ 1541–1548.”

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Laura Lopez @ohdearz.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Great article on the lack of consequences for the ultra-wealthy, with a gift link.

Screenshot of a paragraph from the article: "Decades of research in developmental psychology have shown that moral reasoning develops through consequences—not punishment, necessarily, but experiencing the effects of your actions on others, receiving honest feedback, having to accommodate reality as it actually is rather than as you wish it to be. It’s not that the wealthy become evil; it’s that their environment stops teaching them the things that nonwealthy people are forced to learn simply by living in a world that pushes back. When you can buy your way out of any mistake, when you can fire anyone who disagrees with you, when your social circle consists entirely of people who need something from you, the basic mechanism by which humans learn that other people are real goes dark."

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Not horror but do Patrick Rothfuss?

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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

If this isn't clear: I GOT TO INTERVIEW MY FAVORITE HORROR AUTHOR EVER Now I would like to do more interviews with author friends, so if anyone has a book they want to promote through answering a few questions for my little blog, let me know!

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 21/04/2026

Seems like NYT should have mentioned that UAE's spymaster bought 49% of Trump's World Liberty Financial and used $2B of its USD1 stablecoin, directing hundreds of millions to Trump. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/b...

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U.S. Considers Financial Support for Oil-Rich U.A.E.

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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Palantir's CEO published a manifesto arguing Western tech firms have a "moral debt" to US military dominance, that AI weapons are inevitable, and that "some cultures are dysfunctional." This isn't just a regularly evil tech or defence contractor, it’s a fascist political project.

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Meanwhile GCC states are exploring sales in petroyuan.

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

“In public, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has cultivated a reputation for care and caution. The papers reveal a different side of him. At a critical moment for the country and the court, the papers show, he acted as a bulldozer in pushing to stop Mr. Obama’s plan.”

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

I really appreciated the FP live interview, and the nuanced take on the transactional nature of the Trump admin being the sheer naked glee and blatant avarice policy decisions that are oftentimes self-defeating. The upending of norms will be very detrimental to U.S. national interests.

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 14/04/2026

Harvard University is offering a free online course on the U.S. Constitution, taught by my friend and mentor Thomas Patterson. Understanding our Constitution has rarely been more important. Here's how you can enroll. www.edx.org/learn/govern...

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HarvardX: American Government: Constitutional Foundations | edX

Learn how early American politics informed the U.S. Constitution and why its promise of liberty and equality has yet to be fully realized.

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

I find LLMs useful for brainstorming and critiquing rough drafts.

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 17/04/2026

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the strategic Strait of Hormuz, vital for the global oil trade, will remain "completely open" as long as a ceasefire in the Middle East lasts. 📸 AFP

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Selective textual interpretations and selective cultural wars? Same thing SCOTUS seems to be doing with the constitution.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Israel continues to use American bombs to do all they can to keep peace from breaking out. www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

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Nikkei Asia (Official) @asia.nikkei.com · 02/04/2026

WATCH & READ: Energy crisis plunges Myanmar into deeper economic turmoil The price of 95-octane gasoline in Yangon has risen 101% since the Iran war started. The Myanmar regime has imposed strict rationing to conserve energy. Click here to read to full report: s.nikkei.com/3QeTgAZ

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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

ISW is hiring! We seek a talented and self-motivated full-time China Program Researcher to support the Alternative Strategies for the Coalition Defense of Taiwan (CDOT) project, a joint effort of ISW with the American Enterprise Institute. (1/3) Apply today: understandingwar.bam...

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Consider that many of the towns have old (and narrow) streets with cobblestones. Dunno if many US trucks could even fit. Same concern in Japan and Korea (some very narrow streets). + expensive gas.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Just wanted to remind folks, especially the GOP and the FDD, that Barack Obama’s 2015 nuclear deal didn’t give Iran control of the Strait of Hormuz or allow it to keep 60% enriched uranium. It sent $1.7 billion to Iran versus the tens of billions Iran will now make from tolls. 🤷🏽‍♂️

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Lina Mounzer @warghetti.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Massacre upon massacre in Beirut in the last hour. AUBMC announced a “code disaster.” Over 100 airstrikes in 10 minutes across the country. One hit right behind my house. Sirens ambulances & the smell of sulphur. The city is in total chaos the people in complete panic

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Singapore: We call dibs on toll rights for the Strait of Malacca!

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Marketplace of ideas? How about a marketplace of products designed for local markets?

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

If the Ferrero Group does not use this as an ad for Nutella, they are out of their collective Italian minds. They should also put up funds for STEM scholarships or something... Nutella Space Camp anyone?

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Golden Dome: The WASP Awakens

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Every time the justices say “General Sauer” during the arguments, I realize he’s arguing a birthright case. He should open a takeout place called “General Sauer’s Chicken,” although I doubt he’d ever find enough chefs given the paperwork requirements. Coincidentally, “Sauer” is sour in German.

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Aye. It was contributed in part by his sizable income tax cuts (top marginal rate from 70% -> 50% -> 28%) and media deregulation leading to more partisanship and media consolidation.

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