Jonathan Z Ludwig
@jonathanzludwig.bsky.social
Researches/writes about spies, Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia, Taiwan, and foreign language education/national security policy. Owner/author of www.viewsfromtheheartland.com.
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“Be prudent, be wise, be careful that your use of AI does not limit your true human growth,” [the Pope] told the students. “Use it in such a way that if it disappeared tomorrow, you would still know how to think, how to create, how to act on your own, how to form authentic friendships.” 💯
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
“Be prudent, be wise, be careful that your use of AI does not limit your true human growth,” [the Pope] told the students. “Use it in such a way that if it disappeared tomorrow, you would still know how to think, how to create, how to act on your own, how to form authentic friendships.” 💯
Come learn about Russian spies! @okstate.edu @okstatepres.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Come learn about Russian spies! @okstate.edu @okstatepres.bsky.social
First day of school. Teaching year 36.
August 18, 2025 at 10:22 AM
First day of school. Teaching year 36.
Books from London trip. Yes, most are spy related. Interested in borrowing anything, @johnsipher.bsky.social?
July 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Books from London trip. Yes, most are spy related. Interested in borrowing anything, @johnsipher.bsky.social?
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“It’s not that traditional liberal arts is out of step with student demand. Instead, it’s out of step with the priorities values desires of a powerful board of trustees with no apparent commitment to liberal education, an administrative class.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/o...
Opinion | Students Want the Liberal Arts. Administrators, Not So Much.
www.nytimes.com
July 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM
“It’s not that traditional liberal arts is out of step with student demand. Instead, it’s out of step with the priorities values desires of a powerful board of trustees with no apparent commitment to liberal education, an administrative class.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/o...
Two Valdai-boys and a bunch of people I've never heard of -- and I've been in this field 30+ years -- scribbled out the letter against Dr. Hill's analysis. I would gladly sign on to the one referenced below, which is actually accurate.
On 13 June, @theguardian.com published a collective letter concerning Russia’s war & attacking Dr #FionaHill, the chancellor of Durham University & one of the principal authors of the UK’s strategic defence review. As UK-based or British-educated experts in matters pertaining to Russia, we disagree.
There is only one warmonger on the European stage: Vladimir Putin | Letter
Letter: Experts on Russia, Ukraine and international security respond to a letter that criticised Fiona Hill for her assessment of the Russian threat to Britain
www.theguardian.com
June 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Two Valdai-boys and a bunch of people I've never heard of -- and I've been in this field 30+ years -- scribbled out the letter against Dr. Hill's analysis. I would gladly sign on to the one referenced below, which is actually accurate.
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Olson didn’t just study counterintelligence—he lived it. Breaking KGB tails, tapping cables in Moscow, and running ops across continents? That’s real spycraft, not Hollywood. When he talks, it pays to listen. #CIA #Spycraft #NationalSecurity #counterintelligence www.dvidshub.net/news/411575/...
Learning the Art of Counterintelligence from CIA’s best
Air Force Global Strike Command’s Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Directorate recently visited with James M. Olson, former Chief of CIA Counterintelligence and Professor of Practice at T...
www.dvidshub.net
May 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Olson didn’t just study counterintelligence—he lived it. Breaking KGB tails, tapping cables in Moscow, and running ops across continents? That’s real spycraft, not Hollywood. When he talks, it pays to listen. #CIA #Spycraft #NationalSecurity #counterintelligence www.dvidshub.net/news/411575/...
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French intelligence has released data on Russia's large-scale espionage and sabotage activities against France. A 16-page report titled "Russian Threats and Actions Against France" refers to cyberattacks, espionage, sabotage and attempts to influence political processes⤵️
May 14, 2025 at 9:38 AM
French intelligence has released data on Russia's large-scale espionage and sabotage activities against France. A 16-page report titled "Russian Threats and Actions Against France" refers to cyberattacks, espionage, sabotage and attempts to influence political processes⤵️
Comment from Russian Spy Class paper: "I leave this semester with a newfound paranoia and distrust of people but better informed on what to expect if my neighbor truly does turn out to be the next big Russian spy case." Job well done.
May 2, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Comment from Russian Spy Class paper: "I leave this semester with a newfound paranoia and distrust of people but better informed on what to expect if my neighbor truly does turn out to be the next big Russian spy case." Job well done.
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Does Vance have any idea of what happened re. Europe and the US before the invasion of Iraq? Was he not paying attention? Was he even old enough to read back then? Because the French and Germans were opposed enough that Rumsfeld referred to them as "Old Europe" before ignoring their objections.
VP lecturing "the Europeans" again:
"...if the Europeans had been a little more independent, and a little more willing to stand up, then maybe we could have saved the entire world from the strategic disaster that was the American-led invasion of Iraq."
Yes, pity Paris and Berlin were so pro-war...
"...if the Europeans had been a little more independent, and a little more willing to stand up, then maybe we could have saved the entire world from the strategic disaster that was the American-led invasion of Iraq."
Yes, pity Paris and Berlin were so pro-war...
JD Vance: My message to Europe
unherd.com
April 16, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Does Vance have any idea of what happened re. Europe and the US before the invasion of Iraq? Was he not paying attention? Was he even old enough to read back then? Because the French and Germans were opposed enough that Rumsfeld referred to them as "Old Europe" before ignoring their objections.
I teach this distinction on the very first day of Spy Class!
Also, big tip of the hat to the spy museum for this. Drives me up the wall when people confuse the two!
April 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I teach this distinction on the very first day of Spy Class!
Studio Ghibli Jonathan at Gen. MacArthur's desk, Brisbane, Australia.
March 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Studio Ghibli Jonathan at Gen. MacArthur's desk, Brisbane, Australia.
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‘Okay which one of you accidentally added Robert Cecil to the chat?’
March 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
‘Okay which one of you accidentally added Robert Cecil to the chat?’
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The way to achieve peace is not for Ukraine to surrender land. The path to peace is to support a common EU defence plan with Ukraine, threaten the Kremlin with coordinated air strikes and ground forces, and back up European words with actions. NATO can do this. Americans can’t.
March 13, 2025 at 10:45 AM
The way to achieve peace is not for Ukraine to surrender land. The path to peace is to support a common EU defence plan with Ukraine, threaten the Kremlin with coordinated air strikes and ground forces, and back up European words with actions. NATO can do this. Americans can’t.
When I'm agreeing with the French, you know it's bad out there ...
French Senator Claude Malhuret:
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
March 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
When I'm agreeing with the French, you know it's bad out there ...
Offering this again, starting next week. Still room, if you're interested.
March 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Offering this again, starting next week. Still room, if you're interested.
When is someone going to tell Trump that Vance's childish temper tantrum cost him the Nobel Peace Prize?
March 2, 2025 at 1:20 PM
When is someone going to tell Trump that Vance's childish temper tantrum cost him the Nobel Peace Prize?
Romney was right about Russia, BTW, and I've been arguing the same since the 90s.
March 1, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Romney was right about Russia, BTW, and I've been arguing the same since the 90s.
When you can't or won't answer an easy question, you're not a serious legislator.
The Atlantic asked every GOP member of Congress two straightforward questions: Did Russia invade Ukraine? And is Putin a dictator? A few said yes; one responded with an interaction with a chatbot; most didn’t respond at all. theatln.tc/C9Sz9dk4
Did Russia Invade Ukraine? Is Putin a Dictator? We Asked Every Republican Member of Congress
Two simple questions, few straight answers
theatln.tc
February 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
When you can't or won't answer an easy question, you're not a serious legislator.
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Trump and Vance act as if the problem is that Ukraine is resisting an ongoing Russian invasion. The problem is the ongoing Russian invasion. If they want to use American power to stop the war, apply it to the aggressor. Abusing the victim is not going to end a war of aggression.
February 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Trump and Vance act as if the problem is that Ukraine is resisting an ongoing Russian invasion. The problem is the ongoing Russian invasion. If they want to use American power to stop the war, apply it to the aggressor. Abusing the victim is not going to end a war of aggression.
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This is truly devastating news, not only for scholars and scientists, but also for the United States as a great power with global influence. Senseless, heartless, cowardly, and stupid.
Since the 1950s, Summer Language Workshops at Indiana University have provided training in Russian, East European, and Central Asian languages. Generations have come to Bloomington to study Romanian, Polish, Kazakh, etc.
Rubio just cancelled all of them
languageworkshop.indiana.edu/summer-langu...
Rubio just cancelled all of them
languageworkshop.indiana.edu/summer-langu...
Title VIII: Funding: Summer Language Workshop: Language Workshop: Indiana University Bloomington
Title VIII Fellowships
languageworkshop.indiana.edu
February 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
This is truly devastating news, not only for scholars and scientists, but also for the United States as a great power with global influence. Senseless, heartless, cowardly, and stupid.
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I remember when we had serious people as President.
Complete batshit lunacy on the president's Truth Social account. Yes, he really posted this.
February 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I remember when we had serious people as President.
Year 4, which is really Year 11. Слава Україні! Russia delenda est.
February 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Year 4, which is really Year 11. Слава Україні! Russia delenda est.