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Columbia University Press @columbiaup.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

In this episode of WBUR, Linda Robinson discusses WOMEN IN POWER and how a new generation of women leading smaller, younger democracies, such as Estonia, Moldova and Taiwan, is standing up to the world’s most powerful autocrats in Russia and China. buff.ly/WbHLRtx #ListenUP @lrobinson.bsky.social

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How women leaders are standing up to powerful autocrats

A new generation of women leading smaller, younger democracies, such as Estonia, Moldova and Taiwan, is standing up to the world’s most powerful autocrats in Russia and China.

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Linda Robinson @lrobinson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Belatedly- but happily- sharing this conversation with the Laurie Essig at Middlebury! sites.middlebury.edu/feminismfasc...

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We Read a Book! Women in Power – Feminism, Fascism, and the Future

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Linda Robinson @lrobinson.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Please join us for conversation about my book and the state of global democracy this Friday evening at Politics and Prose! politics-prose.com/linda-robins...

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Linda Robinson @lrobinson.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/w...

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Palestinian Man Recounts Brutal Sexual Assault by Israeli Settlers

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Kudos to the NYT editor who took “Appears to” out of the lead headline (finally)

NYT lead headline: Videos Contradict Federal Accounts of Fatal Shooting

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Linda Robinson @lrobinson.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Should be all states as well as all of the Congress. This is emerging as a moment for elected leaders to be . White House Terror Tactics Are Pushing Blue State Leaders to Active Resistance talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/white...

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White House Terror Tactics Are Pushing Blue State Leaders to Active Resistance

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Linda Robinson @lrobinson.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

To follow on my previous post, this is a good start, but it does not seem out of order to expect major corporations to stand up for the first and fourth amendment protections among other constitutional guarantees be protected. The Only People And Companies Who Are Standing Up To Trump - HuffPost

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Linda Robinson @lrobinson.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

The Only People And Companies Who Are Standing Up To Trump - HuffPost Danish PM Mette Frederiksen, Danes and Greenlanders should be on this list. Too few have stepped up but perhaps more to come following these examples - e.g. U.S. state governors filing more suits as Americans are killed by feds.

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Linda Robinson @lrobinson.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Good discussion of the AI safety legislation needed: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/o...

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Opinion | There’s One Easy Solution to the A.I. Porn Problem

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Linda Robinson @lrobinson.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o... I missed this when it came out - a trenchant summation of the argument that the U.S. is committing superpower suicide by mislabelling threats & attacking its allies.

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Opinion | Trump’s New Strategy Document Is Misguided and Dangerous

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Linda Robinson @lrobinson.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

US law requires tapping women’s talents in national security and peacemaking. Listen to my conversation about the 2017 Women, Peace and Security Act with the WPS Co-Chairs Rep. Lois Frankel and Rep. Jan Kiggans on the urgency and the benefits. www.cfr.org/event/women-...

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Linda Robinson @lrobinson.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Are We Losing Our Democracy? www.nytimes.com/interactive/... A partial list of the degree to which constitutional rights are being infringed. This has been part of my research on the decline of democracy worldwide, and the US slide will make a huge difference if not stopped.

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Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy?

Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.

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Linda Robinson @lrobinson.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Resharing as it did not get wide play when we first put it out via Politico NatSec Daily last spring…

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

"The extremist momentum that has been built since 9/11 is shocking." Love this new @cfr.org series on foreign policy careers. Here, the great @farahpandith.bsky.social tells Ivana Saric about her pioneering work in countering violent extremism. www.cfr.org/article/how-...

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How I Got My Career in Foreign Policy: Farah Pandith

Farah Pandith has spearheaded efforts to counter violent extremism in both Republican and Democratic administrations. CFR sat down with her to understand where such efforts stand today and what it’s …

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The Economist @economist.com · 11/09/2025

NATO’s response to the drones over Poland must be accompanied by spine from Donald Trump. Despite having promised to end the war in Ukraine in a day, he has let Vladimir Putin lead him by the nose

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The Kremlin’s plot to kill NATO’s credibility

The alliance needs an emphatic response to Russian air incursions

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Linda Robinson @lrobinson.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

@kschake congratulations! I look forward to reading this very timely history. Just followed you and trying to build up my blue sky alternative as Twitter is just too terrible.

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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

My @cfr.org colleague Paul Stares on what an agreement to end the war in Ukraine would actually require. It’s way more than a ceasefire although Putin hasn’t agreed to even that. www.cfr.org/article/how-...

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How a Ceasefire Agreement Can Bolster Ukraine’s Security—and NATO’s, Too

While hopes for a ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war remain slim, U.S. and European leaders need to lay the groundwork for lasting peace. Designing provisions that impose high costs on Russia for an…

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Linda Robinson @lrobinson.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

If you did not read it in hardcover, I highly recommend you peruse the paperback version of this seminal work on the history of far-right extremism by my colleagues @jacobware.bsky.social and @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social

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Linda Robinson @lrobinson.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Former senior officials are calling on Congress to investigate a troubling pattern of firings of senior women from top military and diplomatic jobs under the Trump administration. If you share this concern, please call your members of Congress. www.politico.com/f/?id=000001... In Politico on 4/25.

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Linda Robinson @lrobinson.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

The National Endowment for Democracy has been an effective, low-cost tool to support democracy— with bipartisan support for four decades. See here for the toll of cuts in testimony by @tcwittes.bsky.social and Dan Twining, heads of the Democratic & Republican institutes: thehill.com/opinion/whit...

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Linda Robinson @lrobinson.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

This letter to Congress resurfaces the pressing issue of firings of highly qualified women in national security. 140 former senior officials seek action as recruitment and retention will likely suffer if these unwarranted dismissals do not stop. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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April 20 letter and signers

EMBARGOED House Armed Services Committee Senate Armed Services Committee House Foreign Affairs Committee Senate Foreign Relations Committee House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Senate Sel...

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

I thought these were the people who are fighting antisemitism on college campuses 🤔

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Linda Robinson @lrobinson.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Thank you for this and the AI Bill of Rights, @alondra.bsky.social

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Linda Robinson @lrobinson.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

My latest piece about the latest firing of a senior woman leader—VADM Chatfield. This is her third assignment with NATO at a critical moment in the Ukraine war and US role in NATO. Her firing is the opposite of meritocracy. www.cfr.org/blog/trumps-...

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Trump’s DEI Purge in the Military Puts U.S. National Security at Risk

The administration’s “anti-DEI” campaign targets vital expertise and experience in government agencies.

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Linda Robinson @lrobinson.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

See Richard Haass's take on all the troubling acts of capitulation to executive branch overreach and malfeasance. Some universities, law firms, and agency heads are heading to the courts to defend the rule of law, but not enough. OpSec (March 28, 2025) open.substack.com/pub/richardh...

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Linda Robinson @lrobinson.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Why are women being deleted from DoD and other U.S. websites? Find out here and express your concern to your congressional representatives. Women are a vital part of our national security establishment, and too many women are being dismissed without cause. www.cfr.org/blog/long-pr...

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The Long, Proud History of Women in the Military

Women in the military have been removed from the Department of Defense and Arlington Memorial Cemetery's websites: why this is happening and how it can be reversed.

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Council on Foreign Relations @cfr.org · 03/03/2025

The Trump administration has significantly reduced U.S. foreign assistance for democracy promotion, weakening critical support structures in regions like Southeast Asia, expert Joshua Kurlantzick writes.

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Trump’s Cuts to Democracy Promotion Like the NED Already Hit Asian Organizations Hard

The Trump administration has significantly reduced U.S. foreign assistance for democracy promotion, weakening critical support structures in regions like Southeast Asia.

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

"When I asked you how you wanted me to cover..." Here's a journalist who is tight with his readers, and unafraid to ask them for guidance. www.platformer.news/ai-skeptics-... His name is Casey Newton. @caseynewton.bsky.social His site is Platformer. He's an independent. Works for himself.

Independent journalist Casey Newton. "Last year, when I asked you how you wanted me to cover AI, you told me to avoid making predictions about what would happen, and focus more on the day-to-day developments that signal what’s actually happening. (You also told me to be specific with my terms. With that in mind, when I say “AI” in this piece, I’m talking about generative AI and the LLMs that power them — the technology that underpins ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and all the rest.)

"I took this as an invitation to investigate whether generative AI is real — that is, a genuine innovation that will likely sustain a large and profitable industry."

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Linda Robinson @lrobinson.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

These stats on the opaque world of private equity show how far into the robber baron era we truly are. And now coming, even less transparency and regs. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/o...

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Opinion | How Private Funds Could Hurt Americans Under Trump (Gift Article)

The fund managers who backed Donald Trump’s candidacy have welcomed his victory with calls for new directions in policy.

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Linda Robinson @lrobinson.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

It’s alarming to see what is happening in many newspapers of record, after many decades of agreement on the core principles of sound journalism. An informed citizenry is the bedrock of democracy, and we need to look out for this more than ever. Nieman Fellow ‘01 /3

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Linda Robinson @lrobinson.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

A few observations: This tool should itself be independently audited for bias before any deployment. Much of AI is trained on biased data sets, and bias is often introduced via design assumptions that are not tested./1

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Linda Robinson @lrobinson.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Reliable data, easy to access! What’s not to like? Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/b...

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Everybody Loves FRED: How America Fell for a Data Tool (Gift Article)

From Facebook political debates to college classrooms, the St. Louis Fed’s data tool has gained a major following.

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