Nadège Rolland @rollandnadege.bsky.social

1 day ago

Since 2015, a new concept has emerged in the PRC propaganda sphere: "peripheral communication" (周边传播). For @nbr.org, @angrant.bsky.social examines how this new propaganda theory purports to help China better penetrate the information space of its neighbors. strategicspace.nbr.org/expanding-ch...

Expanding China’s Geopolitical Influence through Peripheral Communication - Mapping China's Strategic Space

The discourse of China’s Belt and Road Initiative and trio of global initiatives implies that the country’s geopolitical interests are firmly global. Nonetheless, in recent years Chinese scholars and ...

@samuelwa.de

2 days ago

Stating the comparison feels unnecessary at this point.

The New York Times @nytimes.com

2 days ago

Breaking News: The Trump administration said it would conduct a review of Smithsonian exhibitions to assess their “alignment with American ideals” giving museums 120 days to replace “divisive or ideologically driven language with unifying, historically accurate and constructive descriptions.”

White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions

The Trump administration said it would give museums 120 days to replace “divisive or ideologically driven language with unifying, historically accurate and constructive descriptions.”

Noah Barkin @noahbarkin.bsky.social

3 days ago

The data shows that Europe’s long-promised defence revival, driven by an injection of public subsidies, is beginning to materialise not just in policy rhetoric or spending pledges but also in concrete and steel

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Europe builds for war as arms factories expand at triple speed

FT radar analysis reveals historic scale of rearmament, stretching over 7mn sq metres of new development

Yaqiu Wang 王亚秋 @yaqiu.bsky.social

7 days ago

That's what I always tell American leftists: non-white/non-western people have agency too. Not everything is America/the West's fault, you are not that important.

Nate Schenkkan @nateschenkkan.bsky.social

7 days ago

I’m listening to a podcast about UAE-Turkey conflict in Sudan and thinking (again) about how silly it was to think that lack of Western intervention in conflicts around the world would mean they wouldn’t happen, or even would be less bloody

Oren Samet @osamet.bsky.social

27 days ago

Rubio just ordered sanctions against Brazil’s Supreme Court for proceeding with the case against former Pres Bolsonaro.

Incredible example of the new “values-based” foreign policy in action: Using the tools of statecraft to punish perceived offenses against right wingers abroad