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Analyst focusing on #propaganda, #terrorism, social media and #AI. Speaker. My opinions only; RTs not endorsements.

Washington, D.C.
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Todd Helmus
2 years
I am thrilled, alongside Ryan Brown and @RRamchand, to release our new report examining the prevalence of extremist attitudes among veterans. We found that veterans do not appear to manifest greater rates of extremist attitudes than the American public.
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Radical groups find military members and veterans attractive potential recruits because of their skills and training. But the veteran community does not manifest higher support for extremist groups...
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RT @JPLindsley: 1/ Defense contractors spend billions of dollars and years building anti-drone systems. A Ukrainian startup went from foun….
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RT @Hamza_a96: “Gaza will become a place where no human can exist…” . “The emphasis is on maximum damage…” . “Erase Gaza…” . Remember the w….
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The one figure that really strikes me is that over 17,000 children have died in this Israeli campaign. It is mind-boggling.
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A professor of Holocaust and genocide studies comes to a painful conclusion about Israel’s actions in Gaza.
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RT @ColinPClarke: I joined @AJEnglish to discuss the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.
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RT @IndoPacPodcast: Interested in China's gray zone warfare? Listen to:. - China’s Gray Zone Campaign in the Pacific Islands @CleoPaskal.-….
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RT @Mylovanov: For the first time ever, a Ukraine maritime drone shot down a military fighter jet. Ukraine's Defence Intelligence destroye….
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RT @Mylovanov: Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna was tortured to death in Russian captivity, The Guardian. Her body was returned wit….
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RT @FareedZakaria: The Trump administration has effected a revolution in foreign policy. Every country will consider how to wean itself off….
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I am writing up talking points for a int’l symposium event on what the west must do to deter adversaries from using disinformation in conflict. Realizing tho that the notion of a unified “west” is an increasingly an antiquated and out of date notion. And it blows my mind.
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RT @ColinPClarke: Watching spineless politicians squirm while compromising their principles really makes one wonder. We have such a short….
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According to Adm Stavridis, we, at our own peril, are walking away from a $400 Billion dollar defense partner that is Europe.
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Retired U.S. Admiral James Stavridis:.We could be looking at the last days of NATO. We could see the end of NATO and the start of what might be called the European Treaty Organization (ETO). Isolationism will not succeed for the United States.
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RT @front_ukrainian: 🕯Today, people on the Maidan paid their last respects to Ethan Hertweck. A 🇺🇸United States citizen and a veteran of t….
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RT @StratcomCentre: We've been through a lot, America. And there’s more ahead. But no matter what—we still love ya! .
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RT @nicholadrummond: This is the best summary of the current geopolitical situation I have seen. Sir Alex Younger was head of MI6 between 2….
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RT @marcorubio: Foreign Aid is not charity. We must make sure it is well spent, but it is less than 1% of budget & critical to our national….
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RT @RoryStewartUK: For almost 80 years the concept of a stable predictable US global order led US allies to integrate the most fundamental….
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8 months
Fascinating story about the attacker’s spiral to isolation and puritanical Islam. But still no evidence he consumed extremist propaganda or connected with recruiters. So the big question still remains. Why ISIS?. Tracing the New Orleans Attacker’s Secret Radicalization by NYT.
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RT @NavalNews: How the United States Can Support Allied and Partner Efforts to Counter China in the Gray Zone: Affirmative Engagement | RAN….
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This report summarizes the tactics and approaches taken by several countries in Southeast and East Asia — Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam — in response to China's...
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