Elly Rostoum
@ellyrostoum.bsky.social
All things #CFIUS #FDI #NatSec #China #MENA #Tech & Benzema | ⚽️🏀🎾 | 📚✍️ | Taking down bullies since 2000, "now & in the future." #ردّي_الزمر_لمّو 🔥
More on me here: www.EllyRostoum.com & www.BullDragon.org
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More on me here: www.EllyRostoum.com & www.BullDragon.org
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Elly Rostoum
@ellyrostoum.bsky.social
· Feb 2
📸 Which seemingly US businesses are really a front for Chinese influence? Find out with @ellyrostoum.bsky.social and the latest from our #labscon talks.👇
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LABScon24 Replay | Follow the Money: Uncovering the Incorporation and the CCP’s Ownership of Chinese Firms Investing in the USA
Chinese foreign direct investment should trigger American national security concerns, but much of it doesn’t. Elly Rostoum reveals why.
s1.ai
Chinese foreign direct investment helped enable the tech revolution in China & set it as a strategic competitor to the United States.
But who exactly owns the Chinese firms undertaking FDI? Take a listen to my #LABScon24 keynote uncovering the extent of China's economic statecraft & find out!👇👇
But who exactly owns the Chinese firms undertaking FDI? Take a listen to my #LABScon24 keynote uncovering the extent of China's economic statecraft & find out!👇👇
Reposted by Elly Rostoum
Lastly, not all threats are fully external - in order to understand risk, exposure, and the future of defense, “we must look within.”
SOS will feature updated research from Dr. Elly Rostum @ellyrostoum.bsky.social - founder and principal investigator of the BULL DRAGON PROJECT.
SOS will feature updated research from Dr. Elly Rostum @ellyrostoum.bsky.social - founder and principal investigator of the BULL DRAGON PROJECT.
October 19, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Lastly, not all threats are fully external - in order to understand risk, exposure, and the future of defense, “we must look within.”
SOS will feature updated research from Dr. Elly Rostum @ellyrostoum.bsky.social - founder and principal investigator of the BULL DRAGON PROJECT.
SOS will feature updated research from Dr. Elly Rostum @ellyrostoum.bsky.social - founder and principal investigator of the BULL DRAGON PROJECT.
Reposted by Elly Rostoum
Biotech Battle: US Legislators Go On the Offensive | "Congress is accelerating a proactive biotech agenda. The US and Europe must work together to beat China." @ellyrostoum.bsky.social
Biotech Battle: US Legislators Go On the Offensive
Congress is accelerating a proactive biotech agenda. The US and Europe must work together to beat China in the biotech race.
cepa.org
October 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Biotech Battle: US Legislators Go On the Offensive | "Congress is accelerating a proactive biotech agenda. The US and Europe must work together to beat China." @ellyrostoum.bsky.social
Excited to be speaking at the inaugural @what-is-sos.bsky.social.
My talk, « CHINESE NODES, LINES, & CHAINS: THE FALLACY OF #DECOUPLING & THE IMPROBABILITY OF #DERISKING, » will expose the hidden architecture of state–firm linkages that bind together the world’s biggest markets. #China
My talk, « CHINESE NODES, LINES, & CHAINS: THE FALLACY OF #DECOUPLING & THE IMPROBABILITY OF #DERISKING, » will expose the hidden architecture of state–firm linkages that bind together the world’s biggest markets. #China
Dr. Rostum will discuss China’s highly complex use of incorporation structures which have enabled China’s resilience in light of Western efforts at de-risking.
You can learn more about Dr. Rostum and her work here:
ellyrostoum.com
You can learn more about Dr. Rostum and her work here:
ellyrostoum.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Excited to be speaking at the inaugural @what-is-sos.bsky.social.
My talk, « CHINESE NODES, LINES, & CHAINS: THE FALLACY OF #DECOUPLING & THE IMPROBABILITY OF #DERISKING, » will expose the hidden architecture of state–firm linkages that bind together the world’s biggest markets. #China
My talk, « CHINESE NODES, LINES, & CHAINS: THE FALLACY OF #DECOUPLING & THE IMPROBABILITY OF #DERISKING, » will expose the hidden architecture of state–firm linkages that bind together the world’s biggest markets. #China
We came for the research… and the “legit croissants” 🥐 - @what-is-sos.bsky.social
There's only 15 tickets left to the SOS conference on October 28. Either we sell out or close the registration randomly this week so we can make it to printers in time.
For some, a different type of "boogeyman" or "boogeymen."
stateofstatecraft.com/agenda
🎟️🎟️🎟️
For some, a different type of "boogeyman" or "boogeymen."
stateofstatecraft.com/agenda
🎟️🎟️🎟️
October 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
We came for the research… and the “legit croissants” 🥐 - @what-is-sos.bsky.social
You are not alone 💕💕
October 11, 2025 at 4:05 AM
You are not alone 💕💕
Reposted by Elly Rostoum
Goodbye Export Controls, Hello Chinese Import Controls | "China has unveiled a new strategy to counter American sanctions — slapping restrictions on the sales of US imports." @ellyrostoum.bsky.social
Goodbye Export Controls, Hello Chinese Import Controls
China has unveiled a new strategy to counter American sanctions — slapping restrictions on the sales of US imports.
cepa.org
October 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Goodbye Export Controls, Hello Chinese Import Controls | "China has unveiled a new strategy to counter American sanctions — slapping restrictions on the sales of US imports." @ellyrostoum.bsky.social
It’s a new era in economic warfare.
Take a read at my latest analysis on #China's new strategy to counter American sanctions — slapping restrictions on the sales of US imports 👇 #TechPol @cepa.org
cepa.org/article/good...
Take a read at my latest analysis on #China's new strategy to counter American sanctions — slapping restrictions on the sales of US imports 👇 #TechPol @cepa.org
cepa.org/article/good...
Goodbye Export Controls, Hello Chinese Import Controls
China has unveiled a new strategy to counter American sanctions — slapping restrictions on the sales of US imports.
cepa.org
October 2, 2025 at 12:31 AM
It’s a new era in economic warfare.
Take a read at my latest analysis on #China's new strategy to counter American sanctions — slapping restrictions on the sales of US imports 👇 #TechPol @cepa.org
cepa.org/article/good...
Take a read at my latest analysis on #China's new strategy to counter American sanctions — slapping restrictions on the sales of US imports 👇 #TechPol @cepa.org
cepa.org/article/good...
I hate to say this, but my undergrad students have consistently outperformed my graduate students on their writing assignments...by far.
We are studying soft power in the China/US context, so I had my students watch Wish Dragon, and reflect on the subtleties of soft power through movies, TV, etc.
We are studying soft power in the China/US context, so I had my students watch Wish Dragon, and reflect on the subtleties of soft power through movies, TV, etc.
September 28, 2025 at 3:57 AM
I hate to say this, but my undergrad students have consistently outperformed my graduate students on their writing assignments...by far.
We are studying soft power in the China/US context, so I had my students watch Wish Dragon, and reflect on the subtleties of soft power through movies, TV, etc.
We are studying soft power in the China/US context, so I had my students watch Wish Dragon, and reflect on the subtleties of soft power through movies, TV, etc.
To the people who know me (well or just in each other's orbits), I am here for you if you ever want to talk or just sit in silence. No judgement.
Love is the answer ❤️ #WorldSuicidePreventionDay
Love is the answer ❤️ #WorldSuicidePreventionDay
September 11, 2025 at 2:58 AM
To the people who know me (well or just in each other's orbits), I am here for you if you ever want to talk or just sit in silence. No judgement.
Love is the answer ❤️ #WorldSuicidePreventionDay
Love is the answer ❤️ #WorldSuicidePreventionDay
September 5, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Reposted by Elly Rostoum
Chip Challenge: Goodbye Export Controls | "The Trump administration is allowing US suppliers to resume sales of artificial intelligence chips to China." Christopher Cytera, @ellyrostoum.bsky.social, @mattheweitel.bsky.social, William Echikson, and Jack Galloway #TechPol
Chip Challenge: Goodbye Export Controls
The Trump administration is allowing US suppliers to resume sales of artificial intelligence chips to China.
cepa.org
August 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Chip Challenge: Goodbye Export Controls | "The Trump administration is allowing US suppliers to resume sales of artificial intelligence chips to China." Christopher Cytera, @ellyrostoum.bsky.social, @mattheweitel.bsky.social, William Echikson, and Jack Galloway #TechPol
Reposted by Elly Rostoum
Aid convoys attempting to enter al Fashir have come under fire by the RSF since last year. "There is no aid entering al Fashir. All of this points towards a full-blown famine."
900,000 people live in Al Fashir - it is one of the largest towns in Sudan. And they are starving because of the siege.
news.sky.com/story/it-is-...
news.sky.com/story/it-is-...
Sudan: Thousands resort to eating animal feed to survive in besieged Al Fashir
Al Fashir, and its 900,000 inhabitants, have been held hostage by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces for 14 months. Food and fuel is blocked from entering, and its people are suffering as a result.
news.sky.com
August 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Aid convoys attempting to enter al Fashir have come under fire by the RSF since last year. "There is no aid entering al Fashir. All of this points towards a full-blown famine."
Reposted by Elly Rostoum
We don’t need deep-sea mining, or its environmental harms. Here’s why
theconversation.com/we-dont-need...
theconversation.com/we-dont-need...
We don’t need deep-sea mining, or its environmental harms. Here’s why
Commercial mining of the deep sea could begin soon. But these metals and minerals are not scarce. Mining will be harmful and the economic benefits are overstated.
theconversation.com
July 9, 2025 at 12:19 AM
We don’t need deep-sea mining, or its environmental harms. Here’s why
theconversation.com/we-dont-need...
theconversation.com/we-dont-need...
In the 13th century, Muslim architects & masons designed stone tessellations in mosques, whose shadows would cast different pictures throughout the day, following the movement of the 🌞
They painted with shadows & sunshine 🤯
Imagine the sheer artistry & mathematical precision. No AI or computers! 🤯
They painted with shadows & sunshine 🤯
Imagine the sheer artistry & mathematical precision. No AI or computers! 🤯
July 8, 2025 at 3:20 AM
In the 13th century, Muslim architects & masons designed stone tessellations in mosques, whose shadows would cast different pictures throughout the day, following the movement of the 🌞
They painted with shadows & sunshine 🤯
Imagine the sheer artistry & mathematical precision. No AI or computers! 🤯
They painted with shadows & sunshine 🤯
Imagine the sheer artistry & mathematical precision. No AI or computers! 🤯
People who can be described as "vanilla" fascinate me. It must be so simple to be them.
For some of us, our subconscious processed cheering for PSG, celebrating 4th of July & Algeria' war of independence, advocating for US hegemony, and celebrating (& not) Ashura - all in the same 48 hrs. #super💻
For some of us, our subconscious processed cheering for PSG, celebrating 4th of July & Algeria' war of independence, advocating for US hegemony, and celebrating (& not) Ashura - all in the same 48 hrs. #super💻
a black spinning top is sitting on top of a white surface .
ALT: a black spinning top is sitting on top of a white surface .
media.tenor.com
July 7, 2025 at 5:05 AM
People who can be described as "vanilla" fascinate me. It must be so simple to be them.
For some of us, our subconscious processed cheering for PSG, celebrating 4th of July & Algeria' war of independence, advocating for US hegemony, and celebrating (& not) Ashura - all in the same 48 hrs. #super💻
For some of us, our subconscious processed cheering for PSG, celebrating 4th of July & Algeria' war of independence, advocating for US hegemony, and celebrating (& not) Ashura - all in the same 48 hrs. #super💻
So proud of my student here!
Look how the student weaves Said, Fanon, Spivak, and Foucault, with the Battle of Algiers example, and hits key pillars in the exercise of hegemony: culture, violence, territory, identity, demographic control, biopolitics...👌 A+
This is why I adore teaching so much 🙏
Look how the student weaves Said, Fanon, Spivak, and Foucault, with the Battle of Algiers example, and hits key pillars in the exercise of hegemony: culture, violence, territory, identity, demographic control, biopolitics...👌 A+
This is why I adore teaching so much 🙏
July 2, 2025 at 5:16 AM
So proud of my student here!
Look how the student weaves Said, Fanon, Spivak, and Foucault, with the Battle of Algiers example, and hits key pillars in the exercise of hegemony: culture, violence, territory, identity, demographic control, biopolitics...👌 A+
This is why I adore teaching so much 🙏
Look how the student weaves Said, Fanon, Spivak, and Foucault, with the Battle of Algiers example, and hits key pillars in the exercise of hegemony: culture, violence, territory, identity, demographic control, biopolitics...👌 A+
This is why I adore teaching so much 🙏
ahhhhhh... when the students do the readings, watch the lectures, and...get the nuances! ❤️
Yes! Any good realist should also be a constructivist!
Yes! Any good realist should also be a constructivist!
July 2, 2025 at 3:43 AM
ahhhhhh... when the students do the readings, watch the lectures, and...get the nuances! ❤️
Yes! Any good realist should also be a constructivist!
Yes! Any good realist should also be a constructivist!
Canadian embassy today had these signs up 🍁🇨🇦 …
July 2, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Canadian embassy today had these signs up 🍁🇨🇦 …
Hey God, could Zohran, Tish, and all the queer people behind them rule us, please 🙏🏼
Amen.
Amen.
A joy to march in NYC Pride with the people's champ Tish James 🏳️🌈
June 30, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Hey God, could Zohran, Tish, and all the queer people behind them rule us, please 🙏🏼
Amen.
Amen.
This is an actual headline from @bloomberg.com 😂
khalas then...let's have a hot commie fall, hot commie winter, hot commie thanksgiving, hot commie Christmas, hot commie new year.. but especially, hot commie Inauguration Day! 😎 @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
khalas then...let's have a hot commie fall, hot commie winter, hot commie thanksgiving, hot commie Christmas, hot commie new year.. but especially, hot commie Inauguration Day! 😎 @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Mamdani’s Shock Win Has Wall Street Fretting Over ‘Hot Commie Summer’
Even Zohran Mamdani’s detractors recognize that the vibes are with the 33-year-old democratic socialist.
www.bloomberg.com
June 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
This is an actual headline from @bloomberg.com 😂
khalas then...let's have a hot commie fall, hot commie winter, hot commie thanksgiving, hot commie Christmas, hot commie new year.. but especially, hot commie Inauguration Day! 😎 @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
khalas then...let's have a hot commie fall, hot commie winter, hot commie thanksgiving, hot commie Christmas, hot commie new year.. but especially, hot commie Inauguration Day! 😎 @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Congratulations to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for running an authentic and perfectly executed campaign. He stayed true, and it paid off.
The irony is that nobody is more disappointed and terrified than the liberal establishment.
The irony is that nobody is more disappointed and terrified than the liberal establishment.
June 25, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Congratulations to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for running an authentic and perfectly executed campaign. He stayed true, and it paid off.
The irony is that nobody is more disappointed and terrified than the liberal establishment.
The irony is that nobody is more disappointed and terrified than the liberal establishment.
Reposted by Elly Rostoum
JUST IN: Khalil left the Louisiana detention center where he's been since March, when ICE agents arrested him over his pro-Palestinian activism. A federal judge ruled the government could no longer detain him.
Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil released on bail
Khalil left the Louisiana detention center where he's been since March, when ICE agents arrested him over his pro-Palestinian activism. A federal judge ruled the government could no longer detain him.
n.pr
June 21, 2025 at 12:51 AM
JUST IN: Khalil left the Louisiana detention center where he's been since March, when ICE agents arrested him over his pro-Palestinian activism. A federal judge ruled the government could no longer detain him.
Reposted by Elly Rostoum
The New York Police Department is investigating threats against Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, one of the leading candidates in the city’s Democratic mayoral primary.
Police Investigate Threats to Mamdani in Mayoral Race’s Final Days
Voice mail messages promising violence against Zohran Mamdani, a progressive Democrat, came as attacks on politicians, judges and other government officials have skyrocketed.
trib.al
June 20, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The New York Police Department is investigating threats against Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, one of the leading candidates in the city’s Democratic mayoral primary.
Perhaps it is cynical of me, or perhaps I have just lived in DC for far too long now... but I caught myself watching @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's interviews & every time he was asked a tough question, a question about a 'sensitive' topic...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT96...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT96...
'He's not going to resign. He's going to reign': This Socialist Wants to Oust NYC's Mayor Eric Adams
YouTube video by Zeteo
www.youtube.com
June 16, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Perhaps it is cynical of me, or perhaps I have just lived in DC for far too long now... but I caught myself watching @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's interviews & every time he was asked a tough question, a question about a 'sensitive' topic...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT96...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT96...
Mark my words, it will burst from the quietest place.
Students, what did Professor Rostoum say?
I should go back to my forecasting days...🛢️
The street has been too quiet. "The summer of discontent/the summer of fury" is upon us 👇
More soon...
apnews.com/article/stat...
I should go back to my forecasting days...🛢️
The street has been too quiet. "The summer of discontent/the summer of fury" is upon us 👇
More soon...
apnews.com/article/stat...
US reduces the presence of staffers not deemed essential in the Middle East as tensions rise
The United States is drawing down the presence of staffers who are not deemed essential to operations in the Middle East and their loved ones due to the potential for regional unrest.
apnews.com
June 12, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Mark my words, it will burst from the quietest place.