Le Ngoc Son

| Ph.D. | strategic advisor| journalist |

[Newsweek @Newsweek]

UConn head coach Dan Hurley reacted to Geno Auriemma's heated exchange with Dawn Staley during the Final Four. https://t.co/nYVHgotQZr

[NEXTA @nexta_tv]

🤯Famous Indian Billionaire Dies After Accidentally Swallowing a Bee

Sanjay Kapoor was playing polo when a bee flew into his mouth and fatally stung his throat. The man died from anaphylactic shock and cardiac arrest.

Sanjay was the chairman of Sona Comstar, a global giant in the auto parts industry.

The businessman was friends with the British royal family and often played polo with members of the aristocracy.

[Kamil Galeev @kamilkazani]

Why Russia is losing this war?

First I'll discuss why Russia *is* losing. Then I'll give my version of how it could happen. The key to understanding lies in the Soviet/Russian military doctrine. It gives context for current events and helps to predict further Russian actions🧵

[Ian Johnson @iandenisjohnson]

Out tomorrow: this very super useful book by @tsmullaney and Chris Rea on how to design a project that works, including writing and stress-testing your research question. It was a real pleasure to read and useful for people of all levels . Via @UChicagoPress

[On Assignment with Richard Engel @OARichardEngel]

This 88-year-old woman was sitting by herself, disoriented & frightened. “I’m so afraid, my whole body is shaking,” Praskovya told @RichardEngel. She’s lived through WWII and said she doesn’t have the strength to go through another war.

[Mick Ryan, AM @WarintheFuture]

Five weeks have passed since the beginning of the Russian invasion of #Ukraine. Today I examine Ukrainian strategy, and explore the key elements of my article in @smh on this topic. https://t.co/eGeeRU2hGV 1/21

[Le Ngoc Son @Son_BCS]

@RALee85 He look like a child!

[Guardian US @GuardianUS]

What fantasies of a coup in Russia ignore | Rajan Menon https://t.co/GdfDystrIw

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

Must read from @fromTGA . I agree with every word. “How Ukraine can win” https://t.co/a0G73qm2QL via @spectator

[Lesia Vasylenko @lesiavasylenko]

Only #Russia is responsible and only #Russia must pay. Not the #EU with their good will, not the #US with international@agencies, but RUSSIA! And by the way, the bill will include all the losses incurred by #EU #UK #USA because of all the sanctions and aid provided to #Ukraine

[Alexander Stubb @alexstubb]

This ten point thread is about RUSSIA 🇷🇺. It should be read in conjunction with the four previous threads - GENERAL, WORLD, EUROPE and FINLAND - on the same subject. The next thread will be on the US or CHINA.

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[Kamil Galeev @kamilkazani]

How sanctions are killing Russia?

Russia's falling. Old sanctions of 2014 sabotaged development of new innovative weaponry. New sanctions of 2022 are undermining Russian military efforts, destroying its technological chains and communications lines, thus breaking country apart🧵

[NEXTA @nexta_tv]

#Russia will hold military exercises in the #Kuril Islands

The exercises are planned to involve up to 3,000 military personnel and hundreds military equipments.

[Jade McGlynn @DrJadeMcGlynn]

Several people have put it to me that surely, once lots of young Russian men start coming back in body bags, Russians will turn against the war. I am not so convinced. Let me explain why:

Thread 🧵

[Mr Bluetick disliker turned Bluesky enjoyer @BleiLennart]

@DrJadeMcGlynn https://t.co/wshIqoGQyH

[katerina sergatskova @KSergatskova]

Russian occupiers in #Melitopol asked journalist Svitlana Zalyzetska to stop working at her news website “Ria-Melitopol”. She refused. Then they took her 75-year-old father hostage. Josip Zalyzetsky spent 4 days in Russian captivity. 1/2

[Anders Åslund @anders_aslund]

In 2006, Yegor Gaidar published his excellent book "The Downfall of an Empire: Lessons for Contemporary Russia." He explicitly warned Russians against the "post-imperial syndrome, " which could lead it to repeat the course of Weimar and Nazi Germany. A few quotes:

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

Russia has never accepted Ukrainian independence. We explain the history of the forced brotherhood between the two countries

[Future of Life Institute @FLI_org]

After the USSR collapsed, the fear of nuclear war faded to something of a distant memory in the public consciousness.

The return of nukes to headlines may have come as something of a shock. Here are some things worth remembering, as we come back to terms with this threat. (1/11)

[360°Radar @wipljw]

The advanced Russian electronic warfare system Krasucha-4, captured on the battlefield in Ukraine, will be transported to the United States for investigation, the British Daily Telegraph reported.