My article with Daryl Press, "Access Denied? The Sino-American Contest for Military Primacy in Asia," was published yesterday in @IntSecHarvard: https://t.co/U2SRcISAeF [1/4].

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Congrats, @JosephTorigian! https://t.co/2AzD1gYHgv

Do you think giving folks a basic income would reduce crime? Think again. "We estimate precise zero effects [of basic income] on criminal perpetration."

Along with wonderful colleagues @jeanjiyeonhong, @SlaterPolitics, @YuhuaWang5, and Ann C. Lin, we would like to call your attention to the Asian Political History Workshop to be held on May 4– 5, 2026 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Apply here by Jan. 20, 2026. https://t.co/9lu696ylCE

I just read the Trump administration's National Security Strategy. Five initial thoughts: 1) Where's the geographic focus? A little all over the place... - Western Hem is discussed first - Europe gets the most mentions - Asia gets the most pages, but nearly all about China

Politicians who later become congressional leaders trade stocks like everyone else ... until they ascend to power. After ascension, their portfolios beat peers by 47 (!!!) percentage points a year through trades timed around bills and firms that later get government contracts.

Looks like it's real

Interesting: If you have spare change, soon you'll no longer be able to use it to pay for parking at D.C. meters. @DDOTDC is looking for a contractor to do last sweeps of coin-operated meters and cover up the coin slots in up to 5,100 meters around the city.

I can't wait to read this new book on drones and modern statecraft by @eriklg--congrats, Erik! https://t.co/Cz3iaaThkr

I co-authored an op-ed @Parlimag , advocating friendshoring in shipbuilding.

Hear me out on this The 2010s

Happy to have just published this short piece, after participating in a discussion at @upenn @perryworldhouse about the implications of AI for international security. @SrinjoyBose83

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"An MIT Student Awed Top Economists With His AI Study—Then It All Fell Apart." https://t.co/VI53ovBFD5

Important new paper in @IntOrgJournal by @ProfRachelMetz, @carsonaust, and @ProfPaulPoast: "Allies and Access: Implications of an American Turn Away from Alliances" https://t.co/iqlMAWahog

When federal agents shoot people in D.C., there are few details — and little accountability. @maustermuhle reports, with support from @spotlight4dc:

obviously both of them are copying me

Runaway by @kanyewest and @PUSHA_T

AI presents a fundamental threat to our ability to use polls to assess public opinion. Bad actors who are able to infiltrate panels can flip close election polls for less than the cost of a Starbucks coffee. Models will also infer and confirm hypotheses in experiments. Current

It was great to talk to @asahi Shimbun about my research with Daryl Press on U.S. airpower in Asia. Link below (Japanese): https://t.co/ODpZwUGmcg