Linda Robinson
@lrobinson.bsky.social
Author and Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Writing about international affairs, women’s leadership, and the defense of democracy. See my writing and roundtable series at https://www.cfr.org/project/womens-political-leadership?tab=project
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-...
November 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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-...
Very interesting article about how Europe can develop its model of trustworthy AI. ecfr.eu/article/trum...
Trump’s AI thaw: How Europe and the Gulf can protect against American and Chinese tech pressure
Recent changes in US policy have brought the US and Gulf states together again on AI—creating new openings for European decision-makers…
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November 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Very interesting article about how Europe can develop its model of trustworthy AI. ecfr.eu/article/trum...
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.
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.
Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy?
Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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.
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.
Resharing as it did not get wide play when we first put it out via Politico NatSec Daily last spring…
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...
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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October 14, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Resharing as it did not get wide play when we first put it out via Politico NatSec Daily last spring…
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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...
October 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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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"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-...
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-...
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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September 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
"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-...
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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Looking forward to getting my own copy of @kschake.bsky.social’s book, and this excerpt certainly whet’s the appetite.
breakingdefense.com/2025/09/can-...
breakingdefense.com/2025/09/can-...
September 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Looking forward to getting my own copy of @kschake.bsky.social’s book, and this excerpt certainly whet’s the appetite.
breakingdefense.com/2025/09/can-...
breakingdefense.com/2025/09/can-...
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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
The Kremlin’s plot to kill NATO’s credibility
The alliance needs an emphatic response to Russian air incursions
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September 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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
@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.
September 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
@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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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-...
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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August 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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-...
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
Exciting news: GOD, GUNS, and SEDITION is out today in paperback!
My @cfr.org and @columbiaup.bsky.social book, co-authored with @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social, tells the story of far-right terrorism in America and beyond—a topic that sadly remains as relevant as ever. bookshop.org/p/books/god-...
My @cfr.org and @columbiaup.bsky.social book, co-authored with @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social, tells the story of far-right terrorism in America and beyond—a topic that sadly remains as relevant as ever. bookshop.org/p/books/god-...
God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America
Far-Right Terrorism in America
bookshop.org
August 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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
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.
www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...
In Politico on 4/25.
May 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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.
www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...
In Politico on 4/25.
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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May 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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...
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...
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...
docs.google.com
April 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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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I thought these were the people who are fighting antisemitism on college campuses 🤔
Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library?
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I thought these were the people who are fighting antisemitism on college campuses 🤔
Thank you for this and the AI Bill of Rights, @alondra.bsky.social
AI industry giants owe their existence to taxpayer-funded, open research, but many have abandoned this collaborative model. I spoke to The Atlantic about how US science and tech leadership was built on shared knowledge. When companies hoard research, innovation suffers and accountability declines.
Donald Trump is dismantling the foundations of American science—and in turn jeopardizing the AI boom he purports to champion, writes Matteo Wong:
April 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Thank you for this and the AI Bill of Rights, @alondra.bsky.social
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-...
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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April 11, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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-...
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...
March 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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...
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...
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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March 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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 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.
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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March 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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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"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.
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.
December 6, 2024 at 3:43 AM
"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.
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.
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...
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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December 6, 2024 at 3:51 PM
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...
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
Nieman Fellow ‘01 /3
As an old school journalist, I believe the distinction between news stories and opinion pieces should be maintained. But ideally both include judgments based on analysis and evidence, and the business side of papers should recognize the limits of its own expertise./2
December 6, 2024 at 3:40 PM
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
Nieman Fellow ‘01 /3
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
LA Times owner plans to add AI-powered ‘bias meter’ on news stories, sparking newsroom backlash. www.cnn.com/2024/12/05/m... "The reader can press a button and get both sides of that exact same story," says the owner.
If you think "critical of" equals "biased about" then you may enjoy this machine.
If you think "critical of" equals "biased about" then you may enjoy this machine.
LA Times owner plans to add AI-powered ‘bias meter’ on news stories, sparking newsroom backlash | CNN Business
Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, who blocked the newspaper’s endorsement of Kamala Harris and plans to overhaul its editorial board, says he will implement an artificial intelligence-power...
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December 6, 2024 at 3:27 PM
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
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...
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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December 6, 2024 at 3:08 PM
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...