Carlos Roa

Associate Fellow, @Diplomacy_Peace. Contri. Editor, @TheNatlInterest.
Wandering court scholar. Views & retweets = my own.

[nxthompson @nxthompson]

This is an amazing quote from Lindsey Graham about when he realized how politics works. https://t.co/sh04ahQOFq

[Lionel Hutz, Tesla Attorney General @Gimply32]

What part of “you are their exit liquidity” did you morons not understand?

[Kyle 🚄 @KyleTrainEmoji]

PICARD: Data, shields up

DATA: Brilliant! Shields can reduce damage we sustain. Not immunity. Not hubris. Just prudence. It's not precaution—it's strategy.

[camera shakes]

WORF: HULL BREACHES ON NINE DECKS

DATA: Here's what happened: you told me to raise shields, and I didn't

[Billy Gribbin @BillyGribbin]

President Trump should put this in the Oval with no explanation

[Hungarian Institute of International Affairs @hiia_budapest]

“Changes in geopolitics are driving changes in economics, and the energy transition is having to face new challenges.”

Carlos Roa, Director of the Keystone Initiative, Danube Institute also emphasized that in line with the current geopolitical climate, we are entering what could be described as an era of “energy maximization.” The United States are prioritizing security and resilience, which translates into reindustrialization, increased defense production, and the rebuilding of domestic manufacturing capacities.

This shift requires the establishment of new factories, the reconstruction of strategic supply chains, and the scaling up of industrial output. All of these processes are highly energy-intensive, not only during construction, but also in long-term operation and maintenance.

[Mohammed Soliman @ThisIsSoliman]

Happy book release day! Order your copy today.

@MiddleEastInst

https://t.co/oMLvcRlSy0

[Carlos Roa @CarlosRoa92]

Couldn't have called it better.

(https://t.co/wjln6EENSn)

[Department of State @StateDept]

This is OUR Hemisphere, and President Trump will not allow our security to be threatened.

[(((Alan Tonelson))) @AlanTonelson]

Totally fascinating analysis below of Trump foreign policy by @CarlosRoa92. Especially interesting & compelling IMO - its explanation of why "Trump-ism's" critique of the moral underpinnings of "liberal global order" is so important.

[Carlos Roa @CarlosRoa92]

@RizomaSchool @ChrisDMott @DoomerOptimism @jhensonpogue Open to it in the latter half of the month. Somewhat crammed between now and the 17th.

[Carlos Roa @CarlosRoa92]

I beg people to please read these two books in light of recent events.

[Carlos Roa @CarlosRoa92]

It's not hard to see where things are going.
https://t.co/wjln6EEg2P

[Defense Analyses and Research Corporation @DefenseAnalyses]

The EU brandishes “principles of international law” as if it were 1992, but at this point these rhetorical flourishes only serve to reveal their impotency

The fact is that there are a new set of principles: the neoliberal international order is giving way to a neoclassical one

[Carlos Roa @CarlosRoa92]

THREE DAYS.

THAT'S ALL IT TOOK. THREE DAYS AFTER I PUBLISHED THIS!

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

"The United States of America has successfully carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas Maduro, who has been, along with his wife, captured and flown out of the Country. This operation was done in conjunction with U.S. Law Enforcement. Details to follow. There will be a News Conference today at 11 A.M., at Mar-a-Lago. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP"

[BenFranklinFellowship @BFranklinFellow]

In this essay, Carlos Roa explains why the U.S. is pivoting toward economic statecraft, hemispheric primacy, and unapologetic national interest—signaling the dawn of a new imperial phase.

https://t.co/QHEHER9NaY #ForeignPolicy #NationalSecurity #AmericaFirst

[Carlos Roa @CarlosRoa92]

@InstituteDanube @Diplomacy_Peace @TheNatlInterest @JanusForum1 @BFranklinFellow

[Carlos Roa @CarlosRoa92]

Happy New Year.

My latest (very long) essay on the 2025 National Security Strategy is out.

In short, it’s the document that finally buries the liberal international order and lays out America’s new imperial posture.

1/4

[Carlos Roa @CarlosRoa92]

Amusingly, I sketched this *EXACT* framework in essays back in March and July 2025. Feeling bemused by that.

4/4

Read the full thing here: https://t.co/wjln6EENSn