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Deborah Avant
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Professor @josefkorble @UofDenver | global politics | climate | technology | security | human rights | democracy | pragmatism. I know, it's a lot. Also ISA, hiking, baking, travel, and #roseistoocute she/her deborahavant.com .. more

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Deborah Denise Avant is an American political scientist and faculty member at the University of Denver's Josef Korbel School of International Studies. Avant was also the inaugural Director of the university's Sie Cheou-Kang Center for International Security and Diplomacy and is a Distinguished University Professor. In 2015 Professor Avant launched the Journal of Global Security Studies for which she served as Editor-in-Chief until 2020. She was the 2022-2023 president of the International Studies Association. .. more

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Deborah Avant @deborahavant.bsky.social · 11d
Indeed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
Opinion | The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV
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Deborah Avant @deborahavant.bsky.social · 14d
!!!!!
seva.bsky.social Seva @seva.bsky.social · 26d
one reason "great power competition" is a bad description of the emerging order is that an interlinked global kleptocracy does not care about national interests or rivalries
bgrueskin.bsky.social Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 27d
Extraordinary WSJ reporting today that unveils the extent to which Trump, Witkoff, Kushner and US business executives are salivating over business deals with Russia while Putin’s forces kidnap Ukranian children and bomb civilians in their apartments.

🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...

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Deborah Avant @deborahavant.bsky.social · 14d
Spot on in my view.
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It’s time to restore the civic function of US universities
Focusing on research at the expense of teaching has left institutions vulnerable to Trumpian attack
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Deborah Avant @deborahavant.bsky.social · 15d
A bit of hope, from Arkansas no less!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/c...
This Arkansas City Shows How to Slash Emissions and Save Money, Too
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Reposted by David H. Kaye

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Deborah Avant @deborahavant.bsky.social · 15d
Can't wait for the tourism industry's response to this. Chilling and stupid.

US proposes social media disclosure requirement for visitors from visa-free countries - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
US proposes social media disclosure requirement for visitors from visa-free countries
Change would affect citizens of states including UK, France and Australia
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Deborah Avant @deborahavant.bsky.social · 18d
A sobering read on a Sunday morning. Come for the techno futurist plans, stay for "it's already happening". And the closer...
Tech elites are starting their own for-profit cities - www.ft.com/content/b127... via @FT
Tech elites are starting their own for-profit cities
They want to escape from regulation and ‘failing’ democracy — but are they more opportunistic than libertarian?
www.ft.com

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Jonathan Lemire @jonlemire.bsky.social · 20d
NEW: www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

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Deborah Avant @deborahavant.bsky.social · 20d
World of the Right: Radical Conservatism and Global Order share.google/iBk3kUduo80z...
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Deborah Avant @deborahavant.bsky.social · 20d
@himself.bsky.social calls it like it is. The World of the Right (that my friends at University of Ottawa have written so eloquently about) appears to have taken over US strategy.
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America has identified its greatest enemy: Western Europe
Trump's new National Security Strategy: what if groypers cosplayed George Kennan?
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Deborah Avant @deborahavant.bsky.social · 21d
Amazing start to our workshop on Navigating the Complexities of the Clean Energy Era. @carnegiecorp.bsky.social is a terrific host. @siecenter.bsky.social @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social

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Seva @seva.bsky.social · 26d
one reason "great power competition" is a bad description of the emerging order is that an interlinked global kleptocracy does not care about national interests or rivalries
bgrueskin.bsky.social Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 27d
Extraordinary WSJ reporting today that unveils the extent to which Trump, Witkoff, Kushner and US business executives are salivating over business deals with Russia while Putin’s forces kidnap Ukranian children and bomb civilians in their apartments.

🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
WSJ Gentry Beach, a college friend of Donald Trump Jr. and campaign donor to his father, has been in talks to acquire a stake in a Russian Arctic gas project if it is released from sanctions. Another Trump donor, Stephen P. Lynch, paid $600,000 this year to a lobbyist close to Trump Jr. who is helping him seek a Treasury Department license to buy the Nord Stream 2 pipeline from a Russian state-owned company. One sign that he may be serious is that some of his most-trusted friends, sanctioned billionaires from his St. Petersburg hometown-Gennady Timchenko, Yuri Kovalchuk and the Rotenberg brothers, Boris and Arkady-have sent representatives to quietly meet American companies to explore rare-earth mining and energy deals, according to people familiar with the meetings and European security officials. That includes reviving the giant Nord Stream pipeline, sabotaged by Ukrainian tactical divers, and under European Union sanctions. Earlier this year, Exxon Mobil met with Russia's biggest state energy company, Rosneft, to discuss returning to the massive Sakhalin gas project if Moscow and Washington gave the green light.

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Deborah Avant @deborahavant.bsky.social · 29d
Yes, for sure. After school care is cheaper.

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Deborah Avant @deborahavant.bsky.social · Nov 26
Wow. Puts the affordability demand in a whole new light.
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Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com

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Deborah Avant @deborahavant.bsky.social · Nov 25
On a whim, with little to no review, using tax payer money (while cutting programs to the bone)... what could go wrong?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
$10 Billion and Counting: Trump Administration Snaps Up Stakes in Private Firms
www.nytimes.com

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Deborah Avant @deborahavant.bsky.social · Nov 24
For anyone who needs a cozy moment.

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Deborah Avant @deborahavant.bsky.social · Nov 21
Whoa.

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Deborah Avant @deborahavant.bsky.social · Nov 11
Consequences.
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Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
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Deborah Avant @deborahavant.bsky.social · Nov 10
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The Madman Theory's Perfect Target
Yes, it's moderate Democrats.
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Reposted by Susan Strasser, Deborah Avant

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Nov 10
There’s still time to call senators. Let me explain. Sorry not sorry about the cat. He’s also really upset about this deal.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · Oct 21
🚨BREAKING: The State of Arizona filed a lawsuit accusing House Speaker Mike Johnson of violating the Constitution by refusing to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva. The plaintiffs argue that Johnson’s delay has deprived hundreds of thousands of Arizonans of representation.
News Alerts
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · Oct 21
What's next after a hugely successful "No Kings" day?

More joyful, patriotic, and peaceful organizing to defend our democracy.

Join @indivisible.org and more this evening to be a part of it.
www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Mass Call: What's Next After No Kings? · No Kings
No Kings will be massive, powerful, and meaningful - but it won’t be the end of our work. Join movement leaders and fellow local activists after the big day to come together, celebrate what we accompl...
www.mobilize.us

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Deborah Avant @deborahavant.bsky.social · Oct 20
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Mamdani’s Ideas Have Been Tried Before — and Worked
Politicians on both the right and the left have used urban subsidies to rise to power in countries around the world.
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Deborah Avant @deborahavant.bsky.social · Oct 20
Have to respect not only their intelligence, but their willingness to keep talking even in the face of efforts to intimidate. An important example for all of us in the academy.
elihuroberts.bsky.social elihuroberts.bsky.social @elihuroberts.bsky.social · Oct 16
“Join Erica Chenoweth and Steven Levitsky for the inaugural session of The Breakdown, a new webinar series on the ongoing struggle for American democracy.”

This sounds good. Register 👇

#Resist, #FreeSpeech, #DueProcess, #NoKings, #FightFascism, #WorkersOverBillionaires, #Frogtifa, #Democracy
chenoweth.bsky.social Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · Oct 16
Join @stevelevitsky.bsky.social & me for the first episode of our new series The Breakdown. Register here to join us live on Monday, 10/20 at 4pm ET: ash.harvard.edu/events/the-b...

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Laia Balcells @laiabalcells.bsky.social · Oct 20
Listening to this. SO important.
elihuroberts.bsky.social elihuroberts.bsky.social @elihuroberts.bsky.social · Oct 16
“Join Erica Chenoweth and Steven Levitsky for the inaugural session of The Breakdown, a new webinar series on the ongoing struggle for American democracy.”

This sounds good. Register 👇

#Resist, #FreeSpeech, #DueProcess, #NoKings, #FightFascism, #WorkersOverBillionaires, #Frogtifa, #Democracy
chenoweth.bsky.social Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · Oct 16
Join @stevelevitsky.bsky.social & me for the first episode of our new series The Breakdown. Register here to join us live on Monday, 10/20 at 4pm ET: ash.harvard.edu/events/the-b...

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Deborah Avant @deborahavant.bsky.social · Oct 19
Sobering (and nauseating).
Inside the Trump Administration’s Assault on Higher Education | The New Yorker share.google/4jvsuwSzDjIO...
Inside the Trump Administration’s Assault on Higher Education
How conservatives learned to stop worrying and love federal power.
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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · Oct 19
This story is extraordinary even by 2025 standards. Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with Bukele and agreed to renege on informant agreements in a years-long DOJ investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements.

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal
To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.
www.washingtonpost.com

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Deborah Avant @deborahavant.bsky.social · Oct 19
The drone did a better job than I did. *This* is Denver proud.

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Deborah Avant @deborahavant.bsky.social · Oct 18
Denver strong... and even without the thousands marching on the other side!

Reposted by Laia Balcells, Deborah Avant

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elihuroberts.bsky.social @elihuroberts.bsky.social · Oct 16
“Join Erica Chenoweth and Steven Levitsky for the inaugural session of The Breakdown, a new webinar series on the ongoing struggle for American democracy.”

This sounds good. Register 👇

#Resist, #FreeSpeech, #DueProcess, #NoKings, #FightFascism, #WorkersOverBillionaires, #Frogtifa, #Democracy

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Deborah Avant @deborahavant.bsky.social · Oct 16
Reading through the tears.