Shawn Powers

Director of Strategy, Programs & Comms @StateCDP; Prof @MaxwellSU. Former: ExecDir Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy. Tweets are my own

[Paul Beckett @paul4thepress]

Evan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva, Paul Whelan. Free. Amazing. #IStandWithEvan

[Eric Geller @ericgeller]

NEW from me: As tech and cyber issues increasingly dominate geopolitics, @StateDept is quietly preparing US diplomats to navigate these issues and score wins abroad.

For @WIRED, I got an exclusive look inside @StateCDP's training program at @FSIatState: https://t.co/TNQlfLG0qO

[Shawn Powers @shawnpowers]

Friends, come join us at @AtlanticCouncil on Monday, May 13 to discuss the recently released International Cyberspace and Digital Policy Strategy. #cyber #tech

[Matthias Lüfkens 🇪🇺 #DigitalDiplomacy @luefkens]

Kick-off of the @EDDEplomacy training @IEDC_Bled in Bled🇸🇮 #DigitalDiplomacy

[Margaret Brennan @margbrennan]

Fresh off their trip to Kyiv, @CISAJen & Cyberspace & Digital Policy Ambassador Nathaniel Fick will join me & the @gmfus on the 15th for a conversation about Ukraine's Cyber defense against Russian attacks. Details here 👇

[Billy Bowling  𝕏 @babowling12]

A brilliant green meteor streaking through the Northern Lights in southern Appalachia last night.

As seen from Beartown Mountain, in Belfast, VA. 36.9°N

#aurora

[The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute]

We would like to extend our congratulations to @sbudnitsky for a successful Billington Lecture, as well as a big thank you to our moderator, @jillrussia, our discussant @shawnpowers, and everyone who attended in-person and online!

📺 Watch the recording: https://t.co/gN2CuAEjte

[Shawn Powers @shawnpowers]

Fantastic news. So much important work needs to be done in this space. #Techplomacy

[Georgetown University @Georgetown]

Georgetown, @Knightfdn Commit $30M to New Institute on Tech Policy for the Common Good https://t.co/jK1RmsDiY5

[Institute for Security and Technology @IST_org]

Just now at #RansomwareTaskForce: Gaining Ground:
"I think we can do better than a half million."
@craignewmark of Craig Newmark Philanthropies upped his donation to IST from $500,000 to $1 million! Thank you Craig for supporting #CyberCivilDefense!

[Tyson Barker @tysonbarker]

I just heard the best quote about 80s New Wave music: “The Americans wanted to be British. The British wanted to be Germans. And the Germans wanted to be robots.”

So true…. 🇺🇸<🇬🇧<🇩🇪<🤖

[Shawn Powers @shawnpowers]

Brilliantly done.

[Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson]

In today’s second @washingtonpost TikTok, the International Journalism Festival as a Wes Anderson film.

Featuring @sophiasgaler and expertly shot with @erika_marzano’s steady hand. https://t.co/ZtgmuvVNQ6

[Maria Repnikova @MariaRepnikova]

Major PR disaster unfolding, and mistrust toward #China on public display. Is #Chinese ambassador to #France another #WolfWarrior? Even for this genre of “diplomacy,” his remarks are unusually provocative and extreme.

[Doreen Bogdan-Martin @ITUSecGen]

Up on the @ITU roof to check on our amateur station antennas.
What a way to mark #WorldAmateurRadioDay! So proud to be a licensed operator and part of the dedicated #AmateurRadio community

[Dan Munz @dan_munz]

That’s https://t.co/fIeGsKH1xj for all my fellow nerds. Just find your zone, then Google “growing X in zone Y” or “what can I grow in zone Y” and you’re set! I love my country.

[Nicole Perlroth @nicoleperlroth]

Good advice…unless you work in cybersecurity.

[Martijn Rasser @MartijnRasser]

🚨 Awesome job alert! @CNASdc seeks a new Director for its Tech and National Security program. This is one of the best jobs in DC. I know firsthand, because I've had the privilege of serving in that position for the past two years.

https://t.co/2IqRI2jYle

[Shawn Powers @shawnpowers]

@tysonbarker @StateEUR Welcome, Tyson! Great to have you back.

[Shawn Powers @shawnpowers]

Spot on.

[David Ulevitch 🇺🇸 @davidu]

We saw the first memetic, social-media fueled bank run in history Thursday and Friday. As my partners and I spend the weekend working to help our portfolio companies, you can be sure our foreign adversaries are ramping up social media disinfo campaigns to fuel further bank runs.

[Shawn Powers @shawnpowers]

Heading to SXSW. Friends/colleagues/interesting people, let’s connect.

[Shawn Powers @shawnpowers]

#genius

[Dawn Huckelbridge @dhuckelbridge]

Todd decided to take it up a notch at the annual Rock Creek winter picnic by putting the cassoulet and cheese directly on a hot dog.