Team 4

Introducing disruptive tech into humanitarian emergency response. Delivering impact on the ground.

[ingo gunther @ingogun]

@anup_malani Or as @FukuyamaFrancis wrote over 20 years ago in Trust: the institutionalized transfer of trust beyond bloodlines.

[Track Two: An Institute for Citizen Diplomacy @T2_Diplomacy]

Hilarious analysis of the diplomatic performances at the G7 in Evian

[NEXTA @nexta_tv]

‼️The US has reportedly evacuated diplomats from Kyiv after Russian warnings

According to Kaja Kallas, all European embassies continue operating in the Ukrainian capital.

“All Europeans stayed. The US left,” the EU foreign policy chief said.

[ingo gunther @ingogun]

Krastev always among the most astute

[Track Two: An Institute for Citizen Diplomacy @T2_Diplomacy]

Cognitive warfare inside Russia:

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

While emperor Putin reigns in his bunker, the throne of Russian emperors was captured in St Petersburg, in the Hermitage museum.

The man had to be dethroned by Russian guards.

And so it begins?...

[ingo gunther @ingogun]

No Trojan horses on AF1

[China Digital Times @CDT]

CDT Quote of the Week:
https://t.co/1qf5IIbvUV

[China Digital Times @CDT]

Foreign Press Corps in China Continues to Erode Amid Tension and Suspicion https://t.co/NFgEjNQJxx

[ingo gunther @ingogun]

April 29 is a key date in the historic “citizen diplomacy” legacy of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s connection to the state of Iowa. in 1985, 31-year-old Xi Jinping arrived in Des Moines as a member of an agricultural delegation from Hebei Province…

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

Four years ago, President Vladimir Putin offered Moscow and its business elite a de facto deal: 'support my war in Ukraine, and in exchange you won’t have to think about it.' In the past week, that deal was broken.
https://t.co/Cdo4EOIDVu

[China Digital Times @CDT]

CDT Quote of the Week:
https://t.co/dgUlzwZNrF

[China Digital Times @CDT]

Feminist Blogger Announces WeChat Account Closure

"Why is it 'inciting antagonism' when a woman says 'We're treated unfairly,' but a 'legitimate grievance' when a man says the same?" https://t.co/Q3M1edcNQX

[Track Two: An Institute for Citizen Diplomacy @T2_Diplomacy]

Fighting a green war …not exactly possible. Not that anyone is trying.
But diplomacy is inherently better for the environment.

[ingo gunther @ingogun]

Nate Swanson's article @ForeignAffairs 2/24/26 that predicted much of what we see now: (Gift article) https://t.co/A9Cv5t6sip

[ingo gunther @ingogun]

These prediction markets cut both ways and along with pizza orders to pentagon among many others, it's now one more OSINT vector to watch.

[ingo gunther @ingogun]

This endorsement of the ‘Liberty Ship’ production methodology for the mass production of drones could not come at a better time for the US car industry. They should be able to retool some of Detroit’s capacity in short order to meet the demand—also for anti-drone systems.

[China Digital Times @CDT]

Translation: On Khamenei's Death and Authoritarian Myth Machines https://t.co/UOJQrF4kZ8

[China Digital Times @CDT]

Translation: On Jimmy Lai’s 20-Year Sentence for Running "That Newspaper" in "That City"

"To evade censorship, legal blogger Li Yuchen almost entirely omits proper nouns in his account of Lai’s sentencing." https://t.co/Ml5bQRDdxV