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Kori Schake
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Leads AEI’s foreign and defense team, author of The State and the Soldier, contributing writer at The Atlantic. 2025-2026 Kissinger Chair at the Library of Congress. Californian. https://www.aei.org/profile/kori-schake/

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Kori N. Schake is an American international relations scholar currently serving as Director of Foreign and Defense Policy at the American Enterprise Institute. She has held several high-level positions in the U.S. Defense and State Departments and on the National Security Council. She was a foreign policy adviser to the McCain-Palin 2008 presidential campaign. Schake is a contributing writer at The Atlantic. She serves on the board of advisors of Foreign Policy Research Institute and the Alexander Hamilton Society. Schake is a member of the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee. .. more

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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · Aug 27
I just received my first copy of the book!

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Seva @seva.bsky.social · 1d
Trump's constant degradation of female reporters is unsurprising but the press corps' collective decision to treat it as background noise is actually kind of sickening

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 1d
There is not a chance in hell that the EU, Brazil, India or anyone else is going to work together to roll back Chinese influence if the first thing supposed China hawks in Washington do is collapse in a heap when Trump decides Xi is a great guy actually

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 1d
The CIA World Factbook, a reliable source of information about the countries of the world, has been publicly available since 1997. It is now going away.

Please consider supporting @wikipedia.org and @ourworldindata.org. The world desperately needs trustworthy data.

www.cia.gov/stories/stor...
Screenshot of a statement posted on CIA.gov reading as follows: *** One of CIA’s oldest and most recognizable intelligence publications, The World Factbook, has sunset. The World Factbook served the Intelligence Community and the general public as a longstanding, one-stop basic reference about countries and communities around the globe. Let’s take a quick look into the history of The World Factbook. Over many decades, The World Factbook evolved from a classified to unclassified, hardcopy to electronic product that added new categories, and even new global entities. The original classified publication, titled The National Basic Intelligence Factbook, launched in 1962. The first unclassified companion version was issued in 1971. A decade later it was renamed The World Factbook. In 1997, The World Factbook went digital and debuted to a worldwide audience on CIA.gov, where it garnered millions of views each year. The World Factbook appealed to researchers, news organizations, teachers, students, and international travelers. Some readers even inquired whether their preferred geographic designation or world entity could be included on the high-profile site. Finally, only CIA insiders would know that officers donated some of their personal travel photos to The World Factbook, which hosted more than 5,000 photographs that were copyright-free for anyone to access and use. Though the World Factbook is gone, in the spirit of its global reach and legacy, we hope you will stay curious about the world and find ways to explore it… in person or virtually.

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 1d
One of the most annoying aspects of much geopolitical debate is how far it obsesses over supposedly superninja style US special forces or hyperflashy precision weaponry rather than the real foundations of American power that were once in logistics, naval strength, maintenance and mass production

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B. A. Friedman @bafriedman.bsky.social · 1d
What? AI just reinforces human cognitive biases and can't do abductive reasoning? Who could have guessed?
www.militarystrategymagazine.com/article/ai-c...
AI Command and Staff—Operational Evidence and Insights from Wargaming - Military Strategy Magazine
The uncritical integration of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) into command-and-control poses a fundamental strategic risk: disrupting the application of violence from command. The danger of...
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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 1d
@philklay.bsky.social saw this coming in his amazing novel Missionaries — which also has the scariest scene not written by Cormac McCarthy.

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The Economist @economist.com · 1d
The ways a booming mercenary market pulls veteran soldiers abroad
Why so many Colombians fight in foreign wars
The ways a booming mercenary market pulls veteran soldiers abroad
econ.st

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Ian Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 1d
The Clara Marina O'Donnell fellowship provides a great opportunity to an early-career researcher to work at @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social. Past fellows have gone on to do great things. Please spread the word to anyone who might like to apply for the 2026-2027 fellowship. www.cer.eu/clara-marina...
The Clara Marina O'Donnell fellowship
Applications are now open for the 13th Clara Marina O’Donnell fellowship. Start date: October 2026 for six months. Pay: currently £14.80 per hour plus 8 per cent pension contribution. Applications in ...
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Critical Threats Project @criticalthreats.bsky.social · 1d
NEW | Iran conducted two probing operations against the US Navy in the Persian Gulf likely designed to test US Navy defensive reactions and demonstrate Iran’s ability to threaten US forces and assets.

Read more from CTP and @thestudyofwar.bsky.social: www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/ira... (1/7)

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MTMcGurk @mtmcgurk.bsky.social · 2d
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Adaptability and moral authority
S6E10: Britain's Preparation for War: Professor Sir Hew Strachan
Podcast Episode · Talking Strategy · 01/27/2026 · 36m
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 2d
The most predictable outcome of the Trump's hostility to immigrants is mass outsourcing of those jobs from the United States.

This is another example of damage being done to the economy which will be hard to reverse in a few years when people finally figure out how badly Trump screwed things up.
Alphabet Plots Big Expansion in India as US Restricts Visas
Alphabet Inc. is plotting to dramatically expand its presence in India, with the possibility of taking millions of square feet in new office space in Bangalore, India’s tech hub.
www.bloomberg.com

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Adam J Schmidt @adamjschmidt.bsky.social · 2d
This is insane. The military should not arbitrarily cut all support for Scouting. Beyond the support for military families, the program is clear recruiting pipeline www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Pentagon warns Scouts to restore ‘core values’ or lose military support
The relationship dates back decades, but Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has criticized the organization for allowing girls to join and changing its name from Boy Scouts.
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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 2d
"The key lesson is not “sell your Treasuries to punish Washington”, but “change your marginal demand and your reserve composition quietly”.

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Michael Pettis @michaelpettis.bsky.social · 2d
Xinhua: "China's shipbuilding output reached 53.69 million deadweight tonnes in 2025, up 11.4% year on year and accounting for 56.1% of the global total. New orders reached 107.82 million DWT last year, representing a 69% share of the global market."
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China's shipbuilding sector maintains global lead in 2025
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Jorge Liboreiro @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 2d
Russia fired around 450 drones and 70 missiles at Ukraine overnight, just days after Donald Trump said Vladimir Putin had promised him a one-week truce due to sub-zero winter temperatures.
Russia launches massive strike on Ukraine day before US-brokered talks
Russia launches one of its biggest airstrikes on Ukraine, hitting power plants and homes as Zelenskyy urges more air defence before Abu Dhabi talks.
www.euronews.com

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FT Alphaville @alphaville.ft.com · 2d
Gradually, not suddenly.

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The real European financial threat to America
[FREE TO READ] An uncoordinated, decentralised and gradual buyers’ strike is the actual danger
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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 2d
Allow me to rush to say that economics columnist Adam Tooze knows nothing about Chinese military modernization. Being smart about one thing does not make you smart about everything.
foreignpolicy.com Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 3d
Economics columnist Adam Tooze explores Xi Jinping’s military modernization campaign and Beijing’s yearslong purge of the top ranks of the People’s Liberation Army. foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/30/c...
China Is Building a Better, More Modern Military
Xi’s purges are part of a generational reshuffling of generals.
foreignpolicy.com

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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 3d
Economics columnist Adam Tooze explores Xi Jinping’s military modernization campaign and Beijing’s yearslong purge of the top ranks of the People’s Liberation Army. foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/30/c...
China Is Building a Better, More Modern Military
Xi’s purges are part of a generational reshuffling of generals.
foreignpolicy.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d
Q: Do you plan on tearing the Kennedy Center down and how much will all of the renovations cost?

TRUMP: Probably around $200 million. I'm not ripping it down. I'll be using the steel. So we're using the structure. We're using some of the marble.

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Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social · 3d
'For their part, authoritative leaders of India and Pakistan made no credible nuclear threats of nuclear use in the Kargil War of 1999 and the five subsequent violent crises of 2002, 2008, 2016, 2019, and 2025' carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
How to Assess Nuclear ‘Threats’ in the Twenty-First Century
The less precise our nuclear discourse, the more fear nuclear manipulators can elicit.
carnegieendowment.org

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Christopher Miller @christopherjm.ft.com · 3d
Russia has shifted its attacks from energy infrastructure to Ukraine’s transportation arteries, striking highways and railways critical to both civilian travel and military logistics, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Monday.
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Russia shifts focus to Ukraine’s transport routes
Deadly ‘double-tap’ strike on bus carrying Ukrainian miners highlights Moscow’s new tactic
www.ft.com

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Dr. Ian Garner @irgarner.bsky.social · 3d
More than 100,000 civilians have been killed in wars over the past 18 months. Brutal, genocidal war is returning to the world. Turns out the liberal world order wasn't so terrible.
International law meant to limit effects of war at breaking point, study finds
Report covering 23 conflicts over last 18 months concludes more than 100,000 civilians have been killed as war crimes rage out of control
www.theguardian.com

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Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social · 3d
Richard Moore: "I’m no longer sitting reading the intelligence, but my sense talking to people is that there is still absolutely zero sign that Putin is serious about negotiating. He obviously will play us along. He will try and spin things out." samf.substack.com/p/putin-is-n...
"Putin is not getting an accurate picture"
This is the second part of our interview with Richard Moore, who from 2020 until last September was Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) also known as “C”.
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 3d
Trump suing the U.S. government for $10 billion and then bragging about how he plans to settle with himself makes me realizes Nigerian kleptocrats were babies when it comes to corruption.

This is generational genius in grifting.
Trump Lawsuit Against IRS Puts Him on Both Sides of the Same Case
President Trump’s lawsuit against the government that he runs presents a mind-bending minefield of conflicts that could end with his appointees approving a federal payout to him.
www.wsj.com

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 4d
That moment when you’re reading Thucydides and hit this passage just before the start of the war: “Abstinence from all injustice to other first-rate powers is a greater tower of strength than anything that can be gained by the sacrifice of permanent tranquility for an apparent temporary advantage.”

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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 4d
"Both elected branches seem to have grown uninterested in making political...arguments to the American people, & rely on both active-duty & retired officers to do it for them. Ms. Schake rightly warns that this practice undermines their long-term interest in political supremacy over the military."
‘The State and the Soldier’ Review: Washington’s Worthy Example
The Founders worried that the U.S. could be undermined by a powerful standing army. Civilians needed to be in control.
www.wsj.com

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Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor.bsky.social · 4d
Such is the outrage in Denmark over both Trump’s desire for Greenland and disparaging remarks about NATO that one of the country’s leading newspapers devoted their Saturday front and plenty of room inside to the bios of all 44 Danes slain during NATO missions in support of the US

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Jas Easterly @jaseasterly.bsky.social · 5d
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A great Virginian and American. RIP, Dr. West, with the thanks of a grateful nation. 
Mathematician Gladys West dies at 95. She was a hidden figure behind GPS.
Without the mathematical model that she helped refine, “the extraordinary positioning, navigation, and timing accuracy of GPS would be impossible to achieve.”
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Abe Newman @abenewman.bsky.social · 5d
11/ The other Thucydides Trap in action. US hubris pushes our allies into the arms of the rising power. In other words, Athens beat itself and the US risks doing the same.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/w...
U.S. Allies Are Drawing Closer to China, but on Beijing’s Terms
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Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social · 5d
The State Department announced a new, $6.7B weapons sale for Israel at 530 PM.

Due to family stuff, I hit publish on our story at 7:25.... having missed that at 7:14, the State Department announced a $9B deal to Saudi for Patriot missiles.

Please clap.

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US clears $6.7B in new weapon sales to Israel, $9B in Patriot missiles for Saudi Arabia - Breaking Defense
The Trump administration has approved a potential sale of 30 AH-64E Apache helicopters and over 3,000 JLTV ground vehicles to Israel.
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