Alex Noyes
@alexhnoyes.bsky.social
Fellow, Brookings Institution. Advisor, Irregular Warfare. Views mine. Books! https://www.amazon.com/War-Arms-Length-Effective-Assistance/dp/0300278292, https://www.amazon.com/Compromised-Coalitions-Paradox-Postconflict-Sharing/dp/1512829609
Yes, I’m a broken record on resilience. But it’s critical to mitigating America’s vulnerabilities to hybrid threats. My latest, w/ Kevin Stringer, in Small Wars Journal on what the US can learn from Lithuania @brookings.edu
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What Lithuania Can Teach America About Resilience | Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University
Facing 21st-century threats, America can draw critical lessons from Lithuania’s whole-of-society defense approach built on resilience and civic duty.
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November 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Yes, I’m a broken record on resilience. But it’s critical to mitigating America’s vulnerabilities to hybrid threats. My latest, w/ Kevin Stringer, in Small Wars Journal on what the US can learn from Lithuania @brookings.edu
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Wildly impressive | Ukraine to set up arms export offices in Berlin, Copenhagen, Zelenskiy says
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Ukraine to set up arms export offices in Berlin, Copenhagen, Zelenskiy says
Ukraine will set up offices for arms exports and joint weapons production in Berlin and Copenhagen this year, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Wildly impressive | Ukraine to set up arms export offices in Berlin, Copenhagen, Zelenskiy says
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Thanks for reading and sharing! Agree it’s a tall order. Hopefully we can harness bipartisan American patriotism to build momentum for this project.
Can't argue with the premises, the conclusions, or the vision. Honestly, it's an inspiring read until I start looking around at where we currently stand in the US. The cultural and legal shifts to really make this work would be huge. Could we? Sure. Will we? 🤷♂️
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Why the US needs a total defense strategy based on resilience | Brookings
The U.S. needs a whole-of-society strategy of resilience that leverages all the tools at its disposal: total defense for an age of total war.
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October 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Thanks for reading and sharing! Agree it’s a tall order. Hopefully we can harness bipartisan American patriotism to build momentum for this project.
My latest for @brookings.edu, w/ the prolific Jesse Humpal, making the case for a defense strategy based on resilience. America’s adversaries are already waging war across the spectrum of conflict. We need total defense for an age of total war
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Why the US needs a total defense strategy based on resilience | Brookings
The U.S. needs a whole-of-society strategy of resilience that leverages all the tools at its disposal: total defense for an age of total war.
www.brookings.edu
October 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
My latest for @brookings.edu, w/ the prolific Jesse Humpal, making the case for a defense strategy based on resilience. America’s adversaries are already waging war across the spectrum of conflict. We need total defense for an age of total war
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A giant, no matter what you thought of him | Raila Odinga, Champion of Kenyan Democracy and Former Prime Minister, Dies at 80 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/w...
Raila Odinga, Champion of Kenyan Democracy and Former Prime Minister, Dies at 80
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October 15, 2025 at 11:27 PM
A giant, no matter what you thought of him | Raila Odinga, Champion of Kenyan Democracy and Former Prime Minister, Dies at 80 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/w...
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"Tibet is fast approaching a decisive moment, one that demands U.S. attention and action," @alexhnoyes.bsky.social and Nolan Peterson writes. https://wapo.st/48tiLWA
Opinion | Choosing the next Dalai Lama is surprisingly dangerous
Renewed political instability in Tibet could well spiral into the next U.S.-China flash point.
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October 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
"Tibet is fast approaching a decisive moment, one that demands U.S. attention and action," @alexhnoyes.bsky.social and Nolan Peterson writes. https://wapo.st/48tiLWA
A pleasure to write with Nolan Peterson in @washingtonpost.com about a potential U.S.-China flashpoint that hasn’t been getting enough attention:
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Opinion | The next Dalai Lama could change more than Tibet
Renewed political instability in Tibet could well spiral into the next U.S.-China flash point.
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October 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
A pleasure to write with Nolan Peterson in @washingtonpost.com about a potential U.S.-China flashpoint that hasn’t been getting enough attention:
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Baltic states plan for mass evacuations in case of a Russian attack
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October 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Baltic states plan for mass evacuations in case of a Russian attack
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Michelle Gavin in "The Age of Change" illuminates some of the frustrated, defiant, and often humorous pan-African political conversations underway among young, politically engaged populations.
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The Age of Change
An approachable guide to the political, social, and demographic changes happening in Africa and why they matter for the rest of the world.
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October 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Michelle Gavin in "The Age of Change" illuminates some of the frustrated, defiant, and often humorous pan-African political conversations underway among young, politically engaged populations.
Get your copy today ⬇️
Get your copy today ⬇️
Excited to share my latest @newsweek.com piece, this time with the great Jesse Humpal. We outline the threat to America’s telecoms and suggest ways to harden our infrastructure | The War for America’s Networks
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The War for America’s Networks | Opinion
The next war may not begin with tanks on American shores. It has already begun with silent servers, jammed hotlines, and frozen logistics.
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October 9, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Excited to share my latest @newsweek.com piece, this time with the great Jesse Humpal. We outline the threat to America’s telecoms and suggest ways to harden our infrastructure | The War for America’s Networks
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Moldova's pro-EU party wins pivotal election in setback for Russia
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Moldova's pro-EU government edges towards majority in pivotal vote
Moldova's ruling pro-EU party pulled comfortably ahead of its Russian-leaning rival in a crucial parliamentary election as final results trickled in on Monday, a relief for the government as it seeks to keep the country out of Moscow's orbit.
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September 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Moldova's pro-EU party wins pivotal election in setback for Russia
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Russia training Chinese air unit for possible Taiwan attack, analysts warn www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Russia is helping prepare China to attack Taiwan, documents suggest
Russia is using its battlefield experience to give Chinese airborne units the training and technical knowhow to carry out lightning-fast operations.
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September 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Russia training Chinese air unit for possible Taiwan attack, analysts warn www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Moldova warns Russia unleashing huge interference campaign to sway crucial election
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Moldova warns Russia unleashing huge interference campaign to sway crucial election | CNN
As Moldova prepares for a crucial parliamentary election on Sunday, Russia is ramping up its efforts to interfere in the vote, officials say, in what they describe as a brazen attempt to halt the west...
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September 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Moldova warns Russia unleashing huge interference campaign to sway crucial election
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Doesn’t get enough attention but terrorism threat persists in #Mozambique: Insurgents Attack Balama Twice in Less Than a Week
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Insurgents Attack Balama Twice in Less Than a Week
- The district hosts one of the world’s largest graphite reserves, operated by Twigg Exploration and Mining, a subsidiary of
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September 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Doesn’t get enough attention but terrorism threat persists in #Mozambique: Insurgents Attack Balama Twice in Less Than a Week
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The package would consist almost solely of “asymmetric” equipment, such as drones, missiles and sensors to monitor the island’s coastline, the people said.
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Trump nixed $400 million in Taiwan military aid, pushing future arms sales
President Trump declined to approve more than $400M in military aid to Taiwan this summer, favoring future arms sales to the self-governing island China claims.
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September 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The package would consist almost solely of “asymmetric” equipment, such as drones, missiles and sensors to monitor the island’s coastline, the people said.
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Coups beget coups | Mali Arrests Dozens Of Soldiers Over Alleged Bid To Topple Junta www.barrons.com/news/mali-ar...
Mali Arrests Dozens Of Soldiers Over Alleged Bid To Topple Junta
Mali has arrested dozens of soldiers suspected of plotting to overthrow the junta, which itself took power in the west African country in a coup, sources told AFP on Sunday.
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August 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Coups beget coups | Mali Arrests Dozens Of Soldiers Over Alleged Bid To Topple Junta www.barrons.com/news/mali-ar...
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El Salvador’s National Assembly approved sweeping changes to the nation’s Constitution, paving the way for President Nayib Bukele, who is in his second term in office, to run for re-election indefinitely.
El Salvador Changes Constitution, Ending Term Limits for Nayib Bukele
The president, a Trump ally, will now be able to seek re-election indefinitely. The National Assembly also extended the presidential term to six years.
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August 1, 2025 at 5:30 AM
El Salvador’s National Assembly approved sweeping changes to the nation’s Constitution, paving the way for President Nayib Bukele, who is in his second term in office, to run for re-election indefinitely.
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The Ukrainian parliament today approved a bill submitted by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last week that returned independence to key state anti-corruption agencies.
Ukrainian lawmakers back Zelenskyy’s new bill restoring power to anti-corruption bodies
Parliament completes major U-turn on controversial law.
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July 31, 2025 at 10:25 AM
The Ukrainian parliament today approved a bill submitted by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last week that returned independence to key state anti-corruption agencies.
Disappointing, bad for democracy in the region and beyond. I wrote about this in @jodemocracy.bsky.social last year: journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclusi… | Ivory Coast’s pres will seek fourth term https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/29/ivory-coasts-president-says-will-seek-fourth-term-in-office
Ivory Coast’s president says will seek fourth term in office
Alassane Ouattara, 83, announced the plan after changing the constitution to remove presidential term limits.
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August 1, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Disappointing, bad for democracy in the region and beyond. I wrote about this in @jodemocracy.bsky.social last year: journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclusi… | Ivory Coast’s pres will seek fourth term https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/29/ivory-coasts-president-says-will-seek-fourth-term-in-office
Europe’s roads and rail unfit for war with Russia, EU transport chief warns www.ft.com/content/d77d...
Europe’s roads and rail unfit for war with Russia, EU transport chief warns
Brussels aims to spend €17bn on upgrading transport networks to be prepared for conflict
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August 1, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Europe’s roads and rail unfit for war with Russia, EU transport chief warns www.ft.com/content/d77d...
Al Qaeda affiliate has killed dozens of civilians in Togo this year, minister says www.reuters.com/world/africa...
Al Qaeda affiliate has killed dozens of civilians in Togo this year, minister says
A group affiliated with Al Qaeda has killed dozens of civilians and eight soldiers so far this year in Togo, the country's foreign minister told Reuters last week, in a rare official acknowledgement of the toll of rising attacks.
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July 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Al Qaeda affiliate has killed dozens of civilians in Togo this year, minister says www.reuters.com/world/africa...
China Sees Gaps in U.S. Defenses, Ousted National Security Official Says
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China Sees Gaps in U.S. Defenses, Ousted National Security Official Says
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July 30, 2025 at 11:39 AM
China Sees Gaps in U.S. Defenses, Ousted National Security Official Says
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Zelenskyy U-turns on anti-corruption agencies power grab after public outcry
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Zelenskyy U-turns on anti-corruption agencies power grab after public outcry
Ukraine’s president introduced a bill reversing controversial changes to the agencies’ independence, two days after he signed them into law.
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July 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Zelenskyy U-turns on anti-corruption agencies power grab after public outcry
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