Nasif Rashad Khan

opinions/views are mine, Head of Strategic Partnerships (on study leave), @BRACworld, MPA'24, Mason Fellow, @Harvard @Kennedy_School

[Maya Sen @maya_sen]

what’s terrible is that the administration had many natural allies in academia - professors who wanted more diversity in thought, fewer regulations governing research funding, higher & consistent academic standards, and better protections of academic speech

But not like this!

[Peter Baker @peterbakernyt]

Having served as a Moscow correspondent in the early days of Putin's reign, this reminds me of how the Kremlin took over its own press pool and made sure that only compliant journalists were given access.

[Nasif Rashad Khan @NRashadKhan]

@BevansAdvocate it doesn’t have to be either or

[Peter Baker @peterbakernyt]

Total USAID annual spending to provide food, medicine, shelter and other services to impoverished countries around the world: $38 billion

Total increase in Elon Musk's personal net worth since the November election: $156 billion

[Atul Gawande @Atul_Gawande]

Musk's claim that just 10% of US aid reaches recipients is absurd. @cgdev lays out the facts:
- US gov costs are just 10%
- Rest reaches recipients mostly thru US corps/nonprofits + multilateral agencies
- ~10% goes thru foreign organizations
https://t.co/j0hFoX3r87

[Mark Ruffalo @MarkRuffalo]

Elon Musk wants his Empire on Mars. The reason he wants to shut down USAid is that he wants tax payer money to fund and build his empire there. I know that sounds insane, and it is. The one thing Elon pressed upon me when I first met him was that he was going to go to Mars and set up a civilization there. He stopped being a humanitarian and “good guy” when he realized there was no way to get there without cleaning out government coffers, and there was no way to do that without stopping humanitarian aid here in the USA and abroad. Keep your eye on the ball. When Elon slashes costs, it’s for his own pocket and no one else’s. It’s stealing, is what it is. He sees those trillions as his. Not ours. He thinks he is “saving humanity” by going to Mars. He is clearly ending humanity and humanitarian aid to get there. We are Elon’s stepping stone. Be aware. He is already rich off government contracts. Now he is gaming the system. Trump has become his lapdog. Watch all the things Trump gives Elon now. Elon has seized him.

[Mariana Mazzucato @MazzucatoM]

All those critiquing @elonmusk (rightly so) should begin by questioning those calling him a “genius” or even a “tech
bro”. He invented NONE of the TECH. Just bought stuff at the right time. More marketing than science. He’s benefitted by billions of government dollars that he questions when given to others. Clear regressive political agenda: underfund government (even more) hoping that deregulation and a weak state can make outer space his playground & sling mud like a child at all progressive politicians like @Keir_Starmer. I wrote about this more than a decade ago in my book The Entrepreneurial State.

[Nasif Rashad Khan @NRashadKhan]

@paulnovosad Is there an open-access version of this paper available?

[Nasif Rashad Khan @NRashadKhan]

He gets it

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them.

While the Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change.

And they’re right.

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

Hot fudge, strawberry or sprinkles? Gary Ruvkun isn't only a Nobel Prize laureate, he also helps out his local ice cream truck on occasion. Ruvkun visits the 'Frosty Truck' so often the owners consider him extended family.

The newly awarded medicine laureate celebrated his prize earlier this week by hopping on board and serving some sundaes to his lab members and colleagues.

Ice cream for everyone - isn't that a great way to celebrate a Nobel Prize?

[SwitzerlandUN @swiss_un]

As🇨🇭#Switzerland assumes the Presidency of the Security Council, we reiterate our full support to🇺🇳Secretary-General @antonioguterres. Multilateralism needs us & we need Multilateralism.

[SwitzerlandUN @swiss_un]

#UNSC members affirm their full support for UNSG @antonioguterres, his important role and that of the wider @UN, especially in the context of escalating tensions in the Middle East.

Press elements read by the President of the UNSC, on behalf of Security Council members 🎥⬇️

[Mark Ruffalo @MarkRuffalo]

Thank you Javier Bardem for your decency, your courage, and love for all human beings. You are a beacon of light, amigo.

[Stephen Walt @stephenWalt]

This is pretty simple. If you don't want someone to do something, you don't give them the means to do it. One must therefore conclude the US government does not object to what Israel has been doing for the past year.

[Nasif Rashad Khan @NRashadKhan]

@ashoswai @ashoswai what’s your source? Would expect factual information from a Professor

[Nasif Rashad Khan @NRashadKhan]

@narendramodi @POTUS @JoeBiden @narendramodi did you also discuss the safety and security situation of minorities in India?

[Nasif Rashad Khan @NRashadKhan]

@tbsnewsbd @tbsnewsbd where is the link?

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

Bangladeshis are celebrating the end of an autocrat’s reign. Now the caretaker leader, Muhammad Yunus, needs to try to rebuild democracy. Bangladesh matters; it must not be allowed to fail https://t.co/RuUmm7TLqu

[MUKTADIR rashid ROMEO @muktadirnewage]

Indian Propaganda Media Be Like- 'Ouch! Muslims, Hindus, Atheists, Liberals, Chakmas, Teachers, Students, Bankers - all will run the government together?'
Alas! Is this Bangladesh?

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[MUKTADIR rashid ROMEO @muktadirnewage]

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