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Communication/Strategy/Technology/International Affairs. Former @USIP, @IFC_org, @WorldBank. Studied stuff @AU_SIS. Virginian.

Nexus of Comms & International Relations
Joined April 2009
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My Latest: Putin's Novorossiya Dream Isn't About History. It's About Black Sea Dominance. substack.com/@ianlarsendc/no…
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The Novorossiya Putin Actually Wants Isn't a Border. It's the Black Sea Itself. The Russian president waxes imperial, but hard power realities lie just below the surface. open.substack.com/pub/ianlar…
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When is a leak not a leak? When it was OSINT all along Trump says a journalist jeopardized April 3-4 recovery effort for second airman downed in Iran. He’s wrong, and the time stamps prove it. open.substack.com/pub/ianlar…
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FT Exclusive: Traders made bets worth half a billion dollars in the oil market about 15 minutes before Donald Trump’s post touting 'productive' talks with Iran sent the price of crude tumbling ft.trib.al/5jnFcCt
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Trump's Iran war, reimagined as one of Hergé's Tintin books
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look for US to attack Iran 2/26
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The decision of the Trump administration to target Imran Ahmed of the Center for Countering Digital Hate is deeply sinister. Ahmed’s crime was to expose the merger of MAGA with Silicon Valley. If they can come for him, they can come for anyone comment.press/2512im
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The IMF edged up its 2025 global growth forecast as tariff shocks and financial conditions have proven more benign than expected, but warned that a renewed US-China trade war threatened by President Donald Trump could slow output significantly reut.rs/42ECG12
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After a resilient start to the year, the global economy is showing signs of a moderate slowdown. Our latest World Economic Outlook projects global growth to slow from 3.3 percent in 2024 to 3.2 percent in 2025 and 3.1 percent in 2026.

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Tariffs, inflation and other threats such as eroding central-bank independence are all clouding the world economic outlook, the IMF said in its latest round of projections on.wsj.com/42HKkrw
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all the TV networks and Fox have now joined most every other media outlets refusing to sign Hegseth Pentagon approved propaganda-only plan
Here's an updated list of who has signed and who is refusing to sign the Pentagon's press policy. washingtonpost.com/business/…
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Thoughtful analysis like @johnkarl's is much needed right now
.@ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent @jonkarl, who spoke with President Trump after the shooting, breaks down the political fallout following Charlie Kirk’s killing.
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The EU’s new AI code of practice has its critics but will be valuable for global governance lnkd.in/esWhAg2E
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Second-order impacts of civil artificial intelligence regulation on defense: Why the national security community must engage lnkd.in/eJtxbE-z
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