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Chris Blattman

@cblatts

Economist & political scientist @UChicago @HarrisPolicy studying conflict & organized crime. My book is Why We Fight: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/636263

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.@WHCA President Eugene Daniels: "We journalists are a lot of things. We are competitive and pushy. We are impatient and sometimes we think we know everything...What we are not is the opposition. What we are not is the enemy of people. What we are not is the enemy of the state."

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"Bad medicine: Why different systems of organized crime demand different solutions" This is such a fascinating analysis by Chris Blattman, examining locally-specific drivers of violence. He does not credit the state or politicians with a major role in Colombia's decline in violence.

"Bad medicine: Why different systems of organized crime demand different solutions"

This is such a fascinating analysis by <a href="/cblatts/">Chris Blattman</a>, examining locally-specific drivers of violence.

He does not credit the state or politicians with a major role in Colombia's decline in violence.
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Dovile Sakaliene, Lithuania’s defence minister, was said to have told her counterparts: “Russia has 800,000 [troops]. Let me tell you this, if we can’t even raise 64,000 that doesn’t look weak — it is weak.”

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This is a picture of my kid flying a kite. Make a prediction to yourself: can o3 figure out what beach this was taken on, just from this picture with no metadata?

This is a picture of my kid flying a kite. Make a prediction to yourself: can o3 figure out what beach this was taken on, just from this picture with no metadata?
Crémieux (@cremieuxrecueil) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I'm happy to announce one of the biggest policy victories of this administration. It's been weeks in the making, but it's finally here: ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS CANNOT PAYWALL NIH-FUNDED RESEARCH ANY LONGER.

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PSA: To board domestic US flights starting May 7, 2025, you'll need a REAL ID-compliant driver's license or state ID, or a passport. This PSA has nothing to do with a family member who has 2 passports + a drivers license that are all either expired or invalid on eve of a trip.

Mike Studeman (@mikestudeman) 's Twitter Profile Photo

America's adversaries now have wide-open running room to lure disgruntled former federal workers poorly treated by DOGE. Haste is laying waste to security priorities. It's not the goal you pursue, but how you pursue it that matters greatly. 4 minutes of truth here:

Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Well, he voted in Republican primaries and is outspoken on social against Trump and Vance. Chicago background and time in Spanish-speaking countries means I’m doubling down on this being the greatest Saul Bellow character that never was.

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World War 2, Korean War, first Gulf War, Camp David Accords, Dayton Agreement, Northern Ireland Good Friday Agreement, Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty, campaign against al-Qaida, anti-piracy efforts in Red Sea and Indian Ocean...

Chris Blattman (@cblatts) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A common fallacy is to focus only on the failures. There are some obvious ones. But in addition to this list I would say ppl should consider Haiti 1994, Bosnia 1995, Kosovo 1999, Liberia 2003,

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This looks like a must-read! "Putting US Fiscal Policy on a Sustainable Path" by Karen Dynan and Douglas Elmendorf "Even allowing for substantial uncertainty regarding projections, current US fiscal policies are almost certainly unsustainable. Therefore, policymakers must

This looks like a must-read!

"Putting US Fiscal Policy on a Sustainable Path" by Karen Dynan and Douglas Elmendorf

"Even allowing for substantial uncertainty regarding projections, current US fiscal policies are almost certainly unsustainable. Therefore, policymakers must
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If Roman Abramovich shows up in Istanbul, this will be a sign that negotiations might lead to a serious cease-fire. Lavrov and Ushakov are Putin's envoys with no agency of their own. They'll just repeat Putin's boilerplate mantras. Abramovich's involvement is in no way a