Robin Brown

Researching the historical sociology of statecraft; mainly about public diplomacies, cultural relations/diplomacy.

[Robin Brown @rcmb]

NAO report on FCDO responses to humanitarian crises in a context of declining resources and increasing demand https://t.co/CT9tPUmZG7

[Guy Laron @guy_laron]

1. The debate over the Strait of Hormuz chokepoint is stuck in economic metrics. Analysts are obsessed with volume, counting lost barrels. But as a historian, I argue they are missing the real geopolitical currency of a crisis: Strategic Duration. 🧵

[Philosophy Matters @PhilosophyMttrs]

The Frankfurt School Myth: The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy, or, Why the Right Blames the Frankfurt School for the Decline of the West … https://t.co/uNhKFh6Dax

[Robin Brown @rcmb]

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Connecting another two links of the Russian external information network https://t.co/u1QZ5flEBq

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New framework for US research grants probably isn't that different from the Soviet Union in the 1930s https://t.co/scgq5kF0nu

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Entirely consistent with the history of UK public diplomacy in the US ...https://t.co/tLuK0a1sbc

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Narendra Modi was in Oslo yesterday...

[The Wire @thewire_in]

Norwegian Press | By: Rude Awakening Productions

[Robin Brown @rcmb]

China's investment in media control shapes the data that Chinese AI is trained on influencing outputs

[Sol Messing @SolomonMg]

New in Nature: LLMs give "the party line" in the languages of authoritarian regimes. This works when they control the media, which feeds pretraining data. We show more state control over media means less critical LLMs. 6 studies w 38 languages & 13 models. Details ↓

[Chris Greenway @ChrisGreenwayUK]

My look at a Cold War radio story barely known outside Italy: "Oggi in Italia", the 1950s&60s station with an audience of millions. It's been written about in Italian, but there's almost nothing in English. https://t.co/wrXrIThC0L @claudioc @aborgnino @italradio @MediaHistoryNow

[Robin Brown @rcmb]

Lots of other stuff going on but the UN is selecting a new Secretary General https://t.co/X5Uw5rqo2c

[Borzou Daragahi 🖊🗒 @borzou]

Unprecedented rains have filled up aquifers, river beds, and lakes across the Middle East over the last few weeks, alleviating a years-long drought that was largely attributed to climate change.

A theory is catching fire that Iran managed to destroy radars and other US infrastructure that was manipulating the weather and blocking rains as part of and Israeli plot to weaken the Arab world and Iran and Turkey.

I’m not a climate scientist, but I looked into this a little bit and it doesn’t seem scientifically sound at all.

However, the theory is doing incredible damage to the US reputation across the region.

If the US had a functioning, State Dept or international communications operation, it could push back.

Unfortunately, the country is run by a demented game show host and his criminal and pedophile hangers-on, so the idea that the US and Israel collaborated to destroy the lives of hundreds of millions of people across the region will solidify.

[John Schindler @20committee]

"Everybody spies, but part of this secret dance is an understanding that a country won’t spy on an ally too aggressively ... Only Israel considers itself exempt."

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[Robin Brown @rcmb]

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[Vali Nasr @vali_nasr]

A revealing account of the last round of nuclear talks between US and Iran in Geneva before the war. How close the two sides were to a deal, and the until now unknown role GB played https://t.co/BwzBW3NO3n

[Angelica 🌐⚛️🇹🇼🇨🇳🇺🇸 @AngelicaOung]

Did YOU want to watch CCTV's AI Martial Arts cartoon about the Straits of Hormuz crisis? Complete with fighting Persian Cats? Well I subtitled it for you so you can enjoy it in all its trope-laden glory! Remember kids, the mountains will stay standing while the green water flows, and the true art of war is not figuring out how to fight, but how to stop!🥷😼🦅

[Robin Brown @rcmb]

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Parliamentary report here https://t.co/S3DYJrULoE

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