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Dov H. Levin @dovlevin.bsky.social · 13d

In other news Sarkozy is going to jail for accepting covert campaign funding from Kaddafi in the 2009 French Prez. election- French court rejected appeal. Yet another illustration of potential costs for assisted side from agreeing to an electoral intervention.
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/crime-n...

France's Sarkozy sentenced to jail in Gaddafi case

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to jail on a charge in his trial for alleged illegal campaign financing by Libya.

www.thenewdaily.com.au

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Dov H. Levin @dovlevin.bsky.social · 14d

In other news, in order to aid the Argentine president Milei in the forthcoming Argentine midterm elections the US is bailing out the Argentine economy w/a swap line. "America First" is quite meddlesome abroad as well
www.reuters.com/world/americ...

US ready to support Argentina as needed, Bessent says

The United States stands ready to do what is needed to support Argentina and is currently in negotiations for a $20 billion swap line with the country's central bank, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday in a post on X.

www.reuters.com

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Dov H. Levin @dovlevin.bsky.social · 14d

power *grab

Dov H. Levin @dovlevin.bsky.social · 14d

for 232 need first an investigation of a few months for each product category etc. W/out IEEPA Trump will find it much harder to arbitrarily impose tariffs on everything by humanity at his whim. /2

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Dov H. Levin @dovlevin.bsky.social · 14d

I agree such a decision would help greatly regarding Prez power but it would also help in global trade war- reason why went for IEEPA power grad is b/c 232 section etc. tariffs cannot be as quickly & flexibly implemented as his (mis)use of IEEPA- for example /1

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Dov H. Levin @dovlevin.bsky.social · 14d

This is an optimistic sign actually- Trump is clearly afraid that SCOTUS will declare unconstitutional his big beautiful "liberation day" tariffs and is trying to prepare cover for their potential replacement where he has more solid legal ground- but are thankfully harder for him to play with

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Dov H. Levin @dovlevin.bsky.social · 14d

In other news, in order to aid the Argentine president Milei in the forthcoming Argentine midterm elections the US is bailing out the Argentine economy w/a swap line. "America First" is quite meddlesome abroad as well
www.reuters.com/world/americ...

US ready to support Argentina as needed, Bessent says

The United States stands ready to do what is needed to support Argentina and is currently in negotiations for a $20 billion swap line with the country's central bank, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday in a post on X.

www.reuters.com

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Dov H. Levin @dovlevin.bsky.social · 15d

Given the current dire financial situation of the UN that is unfortunately a very good analogy...

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Dov H. Levin @dovlevin.bsky.social · 23d

In other news GOP finds a new excuse to try to harm US universities- sigh.
www.scmp.com/news/china/d...

Dozens of US-China education programmes ‘must end’, says House Republican report

NYU - East China Normal University physics institute among partnerships targeted in broadside against tie-ups seen helping country modernise.

www.scmp.com

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Dov H. Levin @dovlevin.bsky.social · 26d

The panel with my piece on symbolic public gift diplomacy is today at 12 noon!

Dov H. Levin @dovlevin.bsky.social · 28d

Attending APSA 2025? Looking for interesting panels to attend on Friday and Saturday afternoon? Interested in public diplomacy? I will be presenting two papers on this topic at APSA (1 on whataboutism vs. shaming & 1 on symbolic public gift diplomacy) that may interest you!

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Dov H. Levin @dovlevin.bsky.social · 28d

Attending APSA 2025? Looking for interesting panels to attend on Friday and Saturday afternoon? Interested in public diplomacy? I will be presenting two papers on this topic at APSA (1 on whataboutism vs. shaming & 1 on symbolic public gift diplomacy) that may interest you!

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Dov H. Levin @dovlevin.bsky.social · 28d

Attending APSA 2025? Looking for interesting panels to attend on Friday and Saturday afternoon? Interested in public diplomacy? I will be presenting two papers on this topic at APSA (1 on whataboutism vs. shaming & 1 on symbolic public gift diplomacy) that may interest you!

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Conflict Management and Peace Science @conflictmanagement.bsky.social · Sep 8

Finally, in this issue’s data feature, @dovlevin.bsky.social introduces PEIG 2.0, an expanded dataset on #ElectionIntervention. This adds 25.5% more years and 37.4% more cases, mapping interventions from 1946–2014.

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Dov H. Levin @dovlevin.bsky.social · Sep 8

Stage 1:restrict housing to boost own houses value
Stage 2:discover that you are paying higher property taxes b/c of inflated higher value of house
Stage 3: Try to avoid paying costs of own short sighted policies
edition.cnn.com/2025/09/07/p...

A property tax revolt is spreading – with help from key conservatives | CNN Politics

With real estate prices climbing and household budgets under strain, a once-fringe push to eliminate property taxes is drawing new energy — and the backing of high-profile conservative figures.

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Dov H. Levin @dovlevin.bsky.social · Sep 6

Nice to know- although I recommend someone who liked my research to show that in a somewhat different way...

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Dov H. Levin @dovlevin.bsky.social · Sep 6

I can think of a few ways to do so without affecting other usages (blocking feeding obvious course paper instructions, require users to confirm not used for cheating etc.)

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Dov H. Levin @dovlevin.bsky.social · Sep 6

Also a bit of effort by AI companies to make it harder to use AI for cheating on HS & undergraduate course assignments would be nice

Dov H. Levin @dovlevin.bsky.social · Sep 6

Well it seems that Meta & other AI companies trained their AI's (also) on my 2020 book on election interference & seven of my academic articles on that & other topics. I don't want any money- just an acknowledgement from STEM guys that yes the social sciences are indeed useful in real life ways...

Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · Sep 6

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.

OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

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Dov H. Levin @dovlevin.bsky.social · Sep 6

Well it seems that Meta & other AI companies trained their AI's (also) on my 2020 book on election interference & seven of my academic articles on that & other topics. I don't want any money- just an acknowledgement from STEM guys that yes the social sciences are indeed useful in real life ways...

Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · Sep 6

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.

OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

www.theatlantic.com

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Dov H. Levin @dovlevin.bsky.social · Sep 4

Are you looking for a tenure track position In IR? Interested in working in Asia? My department at HKU (PPA) is hiring 2(!) tenure-track International Relations professors. Warmly recommended from personal experience. Deadline: October 1 shorturl.at/IoFMO

Homepage - Department of Politics and Public Administration, The University of Hong Kong

Department of Politics and Public Administration The University of Hong Kong Standing at the crossroads between East and West, the HKU Department of Politics and Public Administration develops global ...

ppa.hku.hk

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Dov H. Levin @dovlevin.bsky.social · Sep 4

Are you looking for a tenure track position In IR? Interested in working in Asia? My department at HKU (PPA) is hiring 2(!) tenure-track International Relations professors. Warmly recommended from personal experience. Deadline: October 1 shorturl.at/IoFMO

Homepage - Department of Politics and Public Administration, The University of Hong Kong

Department of Politics and Public Administration The University of Hong Kong Standing at the crossroads between East and West, the HKU Department of Politics and Public Administration develops global ...

ppa.hku.hk

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Dov H. Levin @dovlevin.bsky.social · Aug 27

In other news Trump hasn't given up his Greenland annexation dreams & is now using covert operations for this purpose. Don't be surprised if suddenly say some very well funded Greenlandish parties change mine & start calling for US annexation...
edition.cnn.com/2025/08/27/e...

Denmark summons US envoy over report on covert American ‘influence operations’ in Greenland | CNN

The US envoy to Denmark was summoned by the Danish foreign ministry on Wednesday, after the country’s public broadcaster reported that a number of American men have attempted to conduct “influence ope...

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Dov H. Levin @dovlevin.bsky.social · Aug 27

I sure hope so.

Dov H. Levin @dovlevin.bsky.social · Aug 27

Yes NGOs is another possibility- something like that or say a brand new "Greenlanders for a bright future" civil society organization

Dov H. Levin @dovlevin.bsky.social · Aug 27

In other news Trump hasn't given up his Greenland annexation dreams & is now using covert operations for this purpose. Don't be surprised if suddenly say some very well funded Greenlandish parties change mine & start calling for US annexation...
edition.cnn.com/2025/08/27/e...

Denmark summons US envoy over report on covert American ‘influence operations’ in Greenland | CNN

The US envoy to Denmark was summoned by the Danish foreign ministry on Wednesday, after the country’s public broadcaster reported that a number of American men have attempted to conduct “influence ope...

edition.cnn.com

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Dov H. Levin @dovlevin.bsky.social · Aug 20

And the winner of the most stupid decision made by the US government in 2025 (so far) is...

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