Paul M. Bisca @pmbisca
Fragility, conflict & security @ international organizations. #Cartoons at https://t.co/SOeGqINFaO. Co-host at @fworldpodcast. 🇷🇴🇺🇸 Views=my own Washington, DC Joined January 2015-
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A much-needed reality check 👇
Food insecurity is a persistent challenge in African countries with low farm productivity. Western govts and eNGOs must come to grips with the fact that African farmers needs more fertilizer. Read @vijramachandran + @alexjmssmith in Breakthrough Journal: thebreakthrough.org/journal/no-20-…
Who were the top 10 military spenders in 2023? 1. United States 🇺🇸 2. China 🇨🇳 3. Russia 🇷🇺 4. India 🇮🇳 5. Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 6. United Kingdom 🇬🇧 7. Germany 🇩🇪 8. Ukraine 🇺🇦 9. France 🇫🇷 10. Japan 🇯🇵 Together, they accounted for 74% of world military spending. New SIPRI data on…
In 2023 #MilitarySpending increased in all five geographical regions for the first time since 2009. New SIPRI data out now ➡️ bit.ly/3w5FW8p
🧵As I watch the Iranian attack on Israel, it is becoming clear that we are less and less able to deter our adversaries. Russia, Hamas, Houthis and now Iran. It’s time to ask ourselves why revisionist state and non-state actors believe they can attack and get away with it. 1/6
A different way to stay positive about results @BureauCrazy_DC #endpoverty #data #aid #development
A different way to stay positive about results @BureauCrazy_DC #endpoverty #data #aid #development
Mission Impossible.. 😅
Clark’s thoughts on civilization should inspire reflection about our own. Does the West believe in its foundational principles, laws, or philosophy? Is the West confident in itself? Or, is it fearful, timid, and exhausted?
Looks like it’s Monday
Deals between elites on #peace, stability, and economic order can make or break societies. In our latest @fworldpodcast, Stefan Dercon @gamblingondev explains how elite bargains come about & why they shape countries' path towards prosperity or #conflict👇
Deals between elites on #peace, stability, and economic order can make or break societies. In our latest @fworldpodcast, Stefan Dercon @gamblingondev explains how elite bargains come about & why they shape countries' path towards prosperity or #conflict👇
How do implicit deals shape the economic growth and stability of nations? Stefan Dercon @gamblingondev sheds light on how elites negotiate stability, growth, and resources in societies – the kind of #elitebargains that can lead to development. #developmentbargain…
Dog playing Connect Four..😅
A small clip from our longer, rich, and very fun to record @fworldpodcast conversation with Stefan Dercon @gamblingondev about his most recent book, “Gambling on Development”👇
A small clip from our longer, rich, and very fun to record @fworldpodcast conversation with Stefan Dercon @gamblingondev about his most recent book, “Gambling on Development”👇
Beyond institutions and social structures, people in power make a difference and shape a country’s destiny. Who are they? See Stefan Dercon’s @gamblingondev pithy answer below. 👇
Beyond institutions and social structures, people in power make a difference and shape a country’s destiny. Who are they? See Stefan Dercon’s @gamblingondev pithy answer below. 👇
Just released: our “Chart of the Week” illustrating global shipping disruptions, based on data from the IMF’s PortWatch platform. h/t @robinkoepke @PalichaJK
Just released: our “Chart of the Week” illustrating global shipping disruptions, based on data from the IMF’s PortWatch platform. h/t @robinkoepke @PalichaJK
Who holds the real power in society? Who really shapes the direction of a country? Stefan Dercon @gamblingondev dives into the complex world of societal power structures shaping a country’s future. From politicians to military influence and the multiple roles of civil society,…
How has global #development transformed in the last 30 years? Stefan Dercon @gamblingondev deciphers monumental trends and tells us why existing theories of development don’t tell the full story. Discover the dramatic reduction in #poverty, the rise of #Asia, the challenges of…
Who initiated the war in Ukraine? Who is threatening with nuclear weapons? Let's be clear about what is happening in Europe.
How big is your binder? 🙂#binderpower #development #endpoverty
How big is your binder? 🙂#binderpower #development #endpoverty
Red Sea transit disruptions continue to impact international trade flows. Since mid-December, about 1,700 ships carrying 145 million tons of goods have been diverted, and volumes are estimated to have fallen 56% y/y from February 1 to February 25. portwatch.imf.org
Adam Sandor @adam_sandor
8K Followers 2K Following Researching South-South security cooperation and armed groups in Africa. #Mali #Niger #Nigeria #Mozambique #CAR. Mes tweets n’engagent que moi.
Ousmane A. Diallo �.. @Usmaan_Aali
9K Followers 4K Following Intermittent blogger & thread master @almuube| Chercheur Senior Researcher, @AmnestyWARO| #Mali #Burkina #Niger #Senegal #Sahel| Usual caveats apply
DCAF HQ @DCAF_Geneva
6K Followers 1K Following Globally recognized 'think and do' tank with 20+ yrs experience in #SSG #SSR. WATCH: https://t.co/Rjy18wLf0H FOLLOW US: https://t.co/jgIrVDPdIL
Frederik Matthys @FredsInsights
726 Followers 613 Following Head Global Partnerships and Policies @OECD - @OECDdev. Formerly @UN, Government and private sector. Views are my own and may not represent those of the OECD
Florian Krampe @FlorianKrampe
11K Followers 4K Following Director Climate Change & Risk Programme @SIPRIorg | #ClimateSecurity, conflict, peacebuilding, & security | PhD @UU_Peace | 🇸🇪🇩🇪 | Geriatric Millennial.
Giuseppe Famà @FamaNelMondo
3K Followers 2K Following EU diplomat @eu_eeas, helping our Deputy SecGen shape #EU peace, security and defence agenda. Also @Unibo. Previously @CrisisGroup; 🇪🇺in 🇲🇱🇱🇾🇹🇳, 🇮🇹.
Nina Wilén @WilenNina
5K Followers 2K Following Research Director Africa, Egmont Institute; Assoc Prof Lund Uni; EIC @Intl_Peacekeeping, Global Fellow PRIO, #war #gender #military #Africa Tweets R personal
Niagale Bagayoko @NiagaleBagayoko
30K Followers 539 Following PhD, Présidente de l’African Security Secteur Network (ASSN), sécurité en Afrique de l’Ouest et en Afrique centrale. Retweeter ne signifie pas valider.
Anne Bennett @annemoirab
2K Followers 2K Following Sub-Saharan Africa @ DCAF, following security, media, health, human rights, women in conflict.
Africa Center @AfricaACSS
24K Followers 1K Following Advancing African security by expanding understanding, providing a trusted platform for dialogue, building partnerships, and catalyzing solutions
Judd Devermont @JDevermont
20K Followers 3K Following Operating Partner @KupandaCapital | Former #NSC, @CSIS, @NSC44, @ODNI_NIC | Personal Account
Léopold Ghins @LeopoldGhins
807 Followers 2K Following Analyst @OECDdev • anti-corruption, illicit financial flows, climate change governance, fragile contexts • also PhD-ing @kclgeography • Tweets personal
Fabrizio Coticchia @FCoticchia
5K Followers 4K Following Professor of Political Science. University of Genova. IR, Security Studies, Foreign Policy Analysis (and...Fiorentina)
Delina Goxho @delinagoxho
3K Followers 2K Following Remote Warfare | currently Sahel & W-Africa @scuolanormale @EgmontInstitute | prev. @eu_eeas @natopapress @Opensociety 🇪🇺🇦🇱🇮🇹 | co-host @war_pod
francesco strazzari @franxstrax
12K Followers 5K Following Professor of International Relations @SantAnnaPisa + @scuolanormale @SaisHopkins | armed conflicts, insecurity and social change
Caroline Vagneron @CVagneron
656 Followers 957 Following Sp. Assistant to HDVP @WorldBank | Development, fragility, conflict, violence | Human Development | Social inclusion | 🏳️🌈 LGBT+ activist | Views my own
DCAF Sub-Saharan Afri.. @AfricaDcaf
3K Followers 3K Following Supporting states and societies in Sub-Saharan Africa to improve security sector governance.
Jonathan Eyal @JEyal_RUSI
17K Followers 9K Following Associate Director, RUSI (@rusi_org). Views expressed here are entirely my own.
ATHENA EU Project @ATHENA__Project
76 Followers 212 Following Official X of ATHENA Project. Funded by the Horizon Europe GA:101132686
Gricelda Sprengeler @GSprengele35689
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Adaline Ramnarine @AdalineR307
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Kimiko Falsetta @kim_false
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Soraya Mcpartland @SoraMcpartlan
35 Followers 5K Following
Marica @Marica077594341
794 Followers 523 Following Crítică, solidară, obiectivă și cu un mare simț al justiției.
Willis Htwe @HtweWilli
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Yoshie Treanor @YoshTrean
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Lilia Vanish @LiliaVani
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LyndonFeagan @lyndon41956
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Anastasia Strede @AnastasiaS74500
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J. Alex Tarquinio @alextarquinio
14K Followers 11K Following Resident Correspondent @UN @ForeignPolicy | Business @nytimes | Priors @WSJ, @forbes | Past Prez @spj_tweets | https://t.co/9ywx5TQCal
Lien Altomare @AltomareLi
67 Followers 5K Following
Cynthia Rafael @RafaCynthi
50 Followers 5K Following
Annabelle Schneidtmil.. @schneidtmi80418
27 Followers 2K Following 🔑Annabelle 21 Biggest crypto casino presale👇🥕
Nora Dagg @DaggNor
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Melanie Strede @melani_stre
71 Followers 5K Following
Eva Daniel @EvaDaniel436412
7 Followers 133 Following
Not_that_PeterEvans @PeterEvans_Guv
2K Followers 715 Following On manoeuvres in development, governance, anti-corruption. Evidence into policy & practice. Ex Director U4 Anti-Corruption RC. Ex FCDO RTs not endorsing.
Karine Groenke @groen_kari
44 Followers 5K Following
Karly Muffoletto @KarlyMuffo29841
66 Followers 5K Following
Keeley Plageman @KeeleyPlag3842
86 Followers 5K Following
Kevin Carey @Kevin_Carey_WB
2K Followers 757 Following Economist. Global Macro & Climate. World Bank (opinions my own). Previously in academia. Previously in Ireland. bsky: KevinCareyWB (no underscore)
Gaia Uyematsu @GUyematsu52587
93 Followers 5K Following
Noor Balton @BaltonNoor24780
26 Followers 4K Following
Leyla Ingersol @LeylIngerso
47 Followers 5K Following
Imogen Aspegren @ImogAspeg
66 Followers 5K Following
Mukwano Titus @TitusUkwano
133 Followers 744 Following Project Coordinator NeFCoRD, ADRA-Uganda Focal Person Kasese district and Internal Auditor SDA Church Rwenzori Field
Aarvi Brink @AarviBr
71 Followers 5K Following
Danae Blanzy @blanz_da
11 Followers 3K Following
Rizz Reed @rizzreed
144K Followers 144K Following Errol Reed.Entreprenuer Of The Year🏆• Public Figure • Fmr Advisor for @Electrobbywells 🇺🇲 • Reed Management 🌎 . We create stars 💫
Aura.Woodward @AuraWoodward
223 Followers 377 Following Director #TheRomanianCulturalInstitute London / Former Executive Director HM King Charles III Charitable Fund (Romania) / ex@BBC broadcaster
Michelle Ndiaye - SRC.. @MichelleNdiaye1
7K Followers 6K Following Little Power,but TAKE a STAND! The journey twd Peaceful & Healthier Africa continues. Pwfl ideas 4n Africa looking resolutly forward! Des Mots contre des Maux!
Tolea Clara @Anabelle_Tpl
164 Followers 264 Following nu cunosc alt semn al superiorității decât bunatatea,, și nu, nu cred că a fi bun este egal cu a fi prost sau nerealist...
Waffa Margus Meigo @MargusMeigo
113 Followers 2K Following "Usu jah" mida Sa näed enne kui läbi uuritud: Miks-mida nähtavale on jäetud Mille valguses, mis nähtavale tuleb Varasema info tõlgendus jms NB! #KirjutaEestile
Dr. Cristina Rosca-Lo.. @CRoscaLorenz
35 Followers 28 Following
Adeel Malik @AdeelMalikOx
4K Followers 838 Following Associate Professor @UniofOxford; Globe Fellow in Economies of Muslim Societies. I research on political economy of development, with focus on Middle East & Pak
Samantha Power @PowerUSAID
312K Followers 1K Following Declan and Rían's mom, 🇮🇪 Immigrant, married to @CassSunstein, @USAID Administrator. Tackling hunger, climate change, unemployment, humanitarian crises & more
Wassim Nasr @SimNasr
149K Followers 1K Following Journaliste @FRANCE24 & Senior Research Fellow @TheSoufanCenter الناسُ صِنْفانِ: مَوتَى في حَياتِـهِمُ/ وآخَرونَ بِـــبَـطْـن الأرضِ أحْـيـاءُ
Un mec qui fait des t.. @UnMecEnAfrique
15K Followers 858 Following Membre fondateur de l’« Official Humanitarian Badass Club ». Attention : non politiquement correct, je griffe (voire mords) facilement - Fan de WHUFC ⚒️
Adam Sandor @adam_sandor
8K Followers 2K Following Researching South-South security cooperation and armed groups in Africa. #Mali #Niger #Nigeria #Mozambique #CAR. Mes tweets n’engagent que moi.
RFI Afrique @RFIAfrique
2.6M Followers 397 Following Compte dédié à l'information africaine publiée par @RFI La radio internationale française. L'actualité de l'Afrique en direct 24/24h !
Ousmane A. Diallo �.. @Usmaan_Aali
9K Followers 4K Following Intermittent blogger & thread master @almuube| Chercheur Senior Researcher, @AmnestyWARO| #Mali #Burkina #Niger #Senegal #Sahel| Usual caveats apply
DCAF HQ @DCAF_Geneva
6K Followers 1K Following Globally recognized 'think and do' tank with 20+ yrs experience in #SSG #SSR. WATCH: https://t.co/Rjy18wLf0H FOLLOW US: https://t.co/jgIrVDPdIL
Frederik Matthys @FredsInsights
726 Followers 613 Following Head Global Partnerships and Policies @OECD - @OECDdev. Formerly @UN, Government and private sector. Views are my own and may not represent those of the OECD
Sarah Lawan @SarahLawan
4K Followers 3K Following Regional policies for the #Sahel #Africa. Mes tweets n'engagent que ceux qui les lisent. Pic: African Hairstyle #Ojeikere. Head: Scramble for Africa #Shonibare.
Florian Krampe @FlorianKrampe
11K Followers 4K Following Director Climate Change & Risk Programme @SIPRIorg | #ClimateSecurity, conflict, peacebuilding, & security | PhD @UU_Peace | 🇸🇪🇩🇪 | Geriatric Millennial.
Jan Egeland @NRC_Egeland
99K Followers 1K Following Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council @NRC_Norway @Flyktninghjelp
Axel van Trotsenburg @AxelVT_WB
53K Followers 760 Following Senior Managing Director, Development Policy and Partnerships @WorldBank. #ThinkBeyondTomorrow to make #development work.
Vanessa Wyeth @vwyeth
3K Followers 5K Following Probably thinking about Sweeney Todd. (Peacebuilding, parenting, politics, theater, etc)
Alexandre Zouev @UN_OROLSI
5K Followers 555 Following UN Assistant Secretary-General for Rule of Law and Security Institutions @UNPeacekeeping | Working in the areas of Justice, Corrections, SSR, DDR, @UNPOL @UNMAS
Amina J Mohammed @AminaJMohammed
481K Followers 1K Following Deputy Secretary-General of the @UN Amina J Mohammed. Committed to the #SDGs and building a better world for all.
Michael Shurkin @MichaelShurkin
24K Followers 1K Following Follow French and Euro security, Africa. Director of Global Programs at 14N Strategies; RUSI Associate Fellow. Opinions my own.
Giuseppe Famà @FamaNelMondo
3K Followers 2K Following EU diplomat @eu_eeas, helping our Deputy SecGen shape #EU peace, security and defence agenda. Also @Unibo. Previously @CrisisGroup; 🇪🇺in 🇲🇱🇱🇾🇹🇳, 🇮🇹.
Nina Wilén @WilenNina
5K Followers 2K Following Research Director Africa, Egmont Institute; Assoc Prof Lund Uni; EIC @Intl_Peacekeeping, Global Fellow PRIO, #war #gender #military #Africa Tweets R personal
Tina Dolbaia @TinaDolbaia
308 Followers 226 Following Georgian and, therefore, European 🇬🇪 🇪🇺| research associate at @csiserep | #georgetownhoya | Russian & Eurasian politics & security | opinions my own
Matthew Savill @MTSavill
812 Followers 568 Following Director of Military Sciences at the Royal United Services Institute @RUSI_org; recovering former civil servant; all views expressed here are my own.
IMFPodcast @imf_podcast
11K Followers 1K Following Listen to the brightest minds in the field of economics and development discuss their latest research and deconstruct global economic trends.
The Royal Family @RoyalFamily
5.7M Followers 463 Following The latest news and updates on the work of The King, The Queen and The Royal Family.
Konstantin Eggert MBE @kvoneggert
34K Followers 2K Following «Foreign agent № 660» according to Putin's “justice ministry”. Telegram - @Oberleutnant_Eggert. Preferred pronoun - 'Szlachetny pan'.
Peter Mandaville @pmandaville
4K Followers 640 Following Former Sr Advisor for Religion & Inclusive Societies, USIP, Sr Research Fellow, Georgetown University & Professor, George Mason University. Views mine only.
The Medieval Scholar @MedievalScholar
24K Followers 136 Following Telling stories of Medieval Europe. One thread at a time.
The Eudaimonist @TheEudaimonist
3K Followers 160 Following Reflections on Western tradition | Philosophy, wisdom, art, & culture | Seeking the good life
Daniel Szeligowski @dszeligowski
17K Followers 408 Following Head of Eastern Europe Programme & Senior Research Fellow on Ukraine, Polish Institute of International Affairs @PISM_Poland
Empire Podcast @EmpirePodUK
47K Followers 65 Following Podcast on empire and history 📚 @DalrympleWill + @tweeter_anita. Current series - Great Empresses [email protected]
Ukraine Reporter @StateOfUkraine
53K Followers 21 Following Award-raking muckrakers and researchers from Ukraine and Russia with long-standing ties to the US and MENA. Protecting identities to preserve independence.
Alex גדעון בן .. @JewishWonk
29K Followers 2K Following Columnist @JDForward. U.S. Foreign Policy and Jewish communal concerns. Bylines in @TheAtlantic, @WashingtonPost, @TabletMag. All bad takes are mine alone.
Just Future Alliance @Just__Future
584 Followers 444 Following Just Future Alliance works towards access to equitable security & justice and inclusive peace. @SfCG_EU @Cordaid @TheWIPCentre @ASSN_Africa @WANEP_Regional
Außenministerin Anna.. @ABaerbock
726K Followers 115 Following Offizieller Twitter Account von Außenministerin Annalena Baerbock │ Official Twitter Account of Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock
Emir Han @RealEmirHan
197K Followers 4K Following Movie discussions at its best. A film addict. In love with cinema.
CSDS_Brussels @CSDS_Brussels
7K Followers 5K Following The Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS) is a research hub at the VUB analysing European, transatlantic and Indo-Pacific geopolitical dynamics.
Kyiv Security Forum @ksfopenukraine
1K Followers 679 Following Kyiv Security Forum #KSF was initiated by the Arseniy #Yatsenyuk Open Ukraine Foundation in 2007. The Forum is an annual platform for high-level discussion.
Farah Dakhlallah فر.. @FarahDakhlallah
29K Followers 10K Following Personal account. Please follow @NATOpress
Existential Comics (f.. @existentialcoms
418K Followers 171 Following A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also jokes. Follow me on bluesky: existentialcomics
Alexander J. Causwell @XanderCauswell
364 Followers 2K Following Jamaican. Analyst in Strategic Affairs. Writer. MA @GeorgetownCSS @georgetownsfs. BA @LawrenceUni.
Robert E Kelly @Robert_E_Kelly
113K Followers 908 Following Professor of Political Science, Pusan National University - 부산대학교 정치외교학과 교수; BBC Dad; Cleveland native
John Cochrane @JohnHCochrane
51K Followers 112 Following The Grumpy Economist. Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution. Opinions are mine alone and do not represent the position of the Hoover Institution or Stanford Univ.
Robin Koepke @robinkoepke
137 Followers 85 Following Economist in the IMF’s Strategy, Policy and Review Department, Co-founder of the IMF's PortWatch platform: https://t.co/Ia2nLIDJmI
Divya Siddarth @divyasiddarth
5K Followers 996 Following collective intelligence accelerationist @collect_intel, building better institutions @UniofOxford @UK AI Safety Institute, former political economist @Microsoft
lazar comanescu @ComanescuLazar
104 Followers 8 Following
Matthieu Pageau @PageauMatthieu
11K Followers 1K Following Author of The Language of Creation: Cosmic Symbolism in Genesis
Salah Jama @SalahJama
47K Followers 2 Following Deputy Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia
Tibor Nagy @TiborPNagyJr
129K Followers 46 Following Former US Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, US Ambassador to Guinea and Ethiopia, long-term US diplomat, Professor Emeritus - Texas Tech University
Ghost of Kyiv 🍲 @Samizdat24
3K Followers 948 Following Ukrainian-American focused on the War in Ukraine until this terrible conflict's conclusion. Fundraising for Amicus Ukraine NGO.
FMO - Dutch entrepren.. @FMO_development
11K Followers 711 Following We are FMO, the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank, and we have 50+ years of expertise in sustainable private sector investments in emerging markets.
British International.. @BritishIntInv
18K Followers 2K Following We are the UK's development finance institution and impact investor, backed by the UK Government.
Vivianne Infante @VivianneInfante
162 Followers 186 Following Country Representative CDC Group in Ethiopia and DRC
Sarah Poole @SarahMPoole
3K Followers 827 Following Deputy Director, Regional Bureau for Arab States, @UNDP. Passionate about #SDGs, #Environment and #WomensEmpowerment - in the region and around the world.
Patrick T. Brown @PatrickTBrown31
14K Followers 4K Following Ph.D. climate scientist. Co-director, Climate & Energy @TheBTI Adjunct faculty (lecturer) in Energy Policy & Climate @JohnsHopkins https://t.co/tM7hUrEe8i
Abdallah Al Dardari @AbdallahAldard1
1K Followers 107 Following UN Assistant Secretary General UNDP Assistant Administrator @UNDPArabStates Director
Kenyeh Barlay @Bkenyeh
65 Followers 53 Following
Culture Explorer @CultureExploreX
20K Followers 678 Following If you don’t know where you’ve come from, you don’t know where you’re going.
Bartosz Kempiński @B_Kempinski
489 Followers 574 Following 🇵🇱 Diplomat @PolandMFA ➡️ @PLinUN ➡️ @PLinOSCE ➡️ @PLinUN
Guy Ryder @GuyRyder
39K Followers 123 Following Personal account. UN Under-Secretary-General for Policy. Former Director-General of the International Labour Organization.
Yulia Navalnaya @yulia_navalnaya
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ThinkingWest @thinkingwest
39K Followers 270 Following Literature | History | Philosophy | Religion 🏛️ 📚 ⚔️ Shining a light on the great ideas and minds that built the West
Adeel Malik @AdeelMalikOx
4K Followers 838 Following Associate Professor @UniofOxford; Globe Fellow in Economies of Muslim Societies. I research on political economy of development, with focus on Middle East & Pak
FeiDeng_WB @FeiDengWB
749 Followers 1K Following World Bank Manager for Transport, South Asia region (Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives)
Välisluureamet / EFI.. @valisluure
399 Followers 26 Following Välisluureamet is Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service (EFIS). More info and public annual reports: https://t.co/aj4hQzfoev
Insured losses from extreme weather are increasing. This is often covered as though it's ipso facto evidence that climate change is the dominant driver of increasing economic losses. Few attempt to break down the actual drivers of change, but @RogerPielkeJr is a prominent…
Here is an old paper of mine which did the sort of analysis recommended by @PatrickTBrown31 - putting climate impact into context of other variables that create impact In this case tropical cyclones, climate change, and development/wealth doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2…
There is a crisis of meaning and purpose in our post-Christian world. I wonder if the four horsemen of New Atheism who I still so admire would have been quite as keen for tear down religion if they had seen where it would take us in advance? My take on the Atheism Delusion:
Yet another commentator ready to shrug off antisemitism and intimidation of Jewish students as "free speech."
"Until yesterday, Republicans were the harshest critics of lack of free speech on campus. Now they want to stamp it out. Hypocrisy is too mild a word to capture such a switch". Me on why adults, not students, are America's problem. ft.com/content/198902…
In my assessment, #EU’s unsustainable energy policy is the primary near-term driver of this trend.
What politicians and bureacrats in Europe don’t want you to know is that aging & shrinking population, deprived energy sector, lacking innovation amid 4IR, stringent overregulation and the worst security situation after WW2 result in the structural decline of the old continent.
This is the most important story today. The fight over Philippines waters is the conflict most likely to spark a crisis that will make all the others going on today seem very marginal. bbc.com/news/av/world-…
Martin Wolf: "Today’s IDA countries need huge increases in investment if they are to accelerate growth and exploit the new energy technologies. These funds will not come from private sources in the immediate future." #IDAworks ft.com/content/3a2104…
Columbia revolutionary students push limits of satire in demand for humanitarian fooddrops of sushi, acai,electrolyte water & glutefree croissants fr uni. ‘This is crazy to say because we’re on an Ivy League campus but this is, like, basic humanitarian aid we’re asking for’.
Reporter grills Columbia student after she demands the university help feed protestors occupying Hamilton Hall: "It seems like you're saying, 'we want to be revolutionaries, we want to take over this building, now would you please bring us some food'."
Chef Guevara?
Reporter grills Columbia student after she demands the university help feed protestors occupying Hamilton Hall: "It seems like you're saying, 'we want to be revolutionaries, we want to take over this building, now would you please bring us some food'."
So NYPD endangers the campus, and not the Hamas supporters....Got it.
Great point
EASY TARGETS There is one thing that eludes me about protests-2024. I am a free-speech absolutist and protesters have their right to make their points, sure. Still, why they target @Columbia? Other universities? Back in 1930s, unemployed veterans marched on Washington, DC,…
While I also admired our President’s message, it seems to me that the most successful movements find the red lines and then cross them cleverly. Protest is supposed to be transgressive, violating boundaries. It’s a proven strategy to get attention and support. If the protesters…
The University of Chicago, as usual, striking the right balance. Worth reading in full. It is exactly right. President Alivisatos’ Note on the Encampment (April 29, 2024) Dear Members of the University Community, Just a few hours ago, a group of students established an…
In my piece on biases in climate science... thebreakthrough.org/journal/no-20-… ...I point out that it is more prudent for researchers to ask “How does climate change negatively impact the phenomena I am studying?” rather than the more useful question of “What is the magnitude of the…
Delighted to celebrate my 75th birthday today. While getting older is no fun, the alternative is worse! If I make it another 10 years I’ll be getting close in age to some of Africa’s dinosaur Presidents. Who knows - they may still be in power then!
I think donors ought to give oodles to IDA as a really effective way to help the world’s lower income countries get richer, but ‘leverage’ is the wrong term here… the $2.50 is borrowing against future repayments, reflows, & transfers from IBRD.
Food insecurity is a persistent challenge in African countries with low farm productivity. Western govts and eNGOs must come to grips with the fact that African farmers needs more fertilizer. Read @vijramachandran + @alexjmssmith in Breakthrough Journal: thebreakthrough.org/journal/no-20-…
Adevăratul motiv pentru care revin în Ținutul Secuiesc 😬
The problem with the 2/2.5% graph (on its own) is that is fails to include the state of the economy. Occasionally, it would be useful to remind ourselves of a real-terms comparison (like this, from @commonslibrary).
Discussing the seizing of Russian reserves is entering troll city. What strikes me however is a fundamental difference of opinion. I think that we, the western economies, are, by proxy, at war with Russia. Most of the trolls do not or pretend we are not.
@andrewmichta Hope she is not reading collected works of Gramsci)))
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