Broderick McDonald
@broderickmcdonald.bsky.social
Research Fellow at Kings College London XCEPT | Visiting Scholar at The Alan Turing Institute | Fmr Advisor, Government Of Canada | Prev: UN, Oxford
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Spoke with BBC News about the fall of the #Assad regime and the future challenges that lie ahead for Syria
Had an incredible time at the Oxford Generative AI Summit last week. Thanks to my fellow panellists Sara Wahedi, Daisy McGregor, Amy Harland, and Robert Trager for a great discussion
More: www.oxgensummit.org/speakers2025...
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Recent work: cetas.turing.ac.uk/about/our-te...
October 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Had an incredible time at the Oxford Generative AI Summit last week. Thanks to my fellow panellists Sara Wahedi, Daisy McGregor, Amy Harland, and Robert Trager for a great discussion
More: www.oxgensummit.org/speakers2025...
Recent work: cetas.turing.ac.uk/about/our-te...
More: www.oxgensummit.org/speakers2025...
Recent work: cetas.turing.ac.uk/about/our-te...
Look forward to speaking about the Geopolitics of AI at the Oxford Generative AI Summit later this week. Come say hi if you're in Oxford on Oct 16-17!
Agenda: oxgensummit.org
About: oxgensummit.org/speakers2025...
Agenda: oxgensummit.org
About: oxgensummit.org/speakers2025...
October 15, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Look forward to speaking about the Geopolitics of AI at the Oxford Generative AI Summit later this week. Come say hi if you're in Oxford on Oct 16-17!
Agenda: oxgensummit.org
About: oxgensummit.org/speakers2025...
Agenda: oxgensummit.org
About: oxgensummit.org/speakers2025...
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We were actually getting somewhere, too. 😞
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October 15, 2025 at 11:47 AM
We were actually getting somewhere, too. 😞
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MIT rejects "compact" proposed by the Trump administration.
MIT prez wrote: it "would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution" and "is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
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MIT prez wrote: it "would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution" and "is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
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Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart
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October 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
MIT rejects "compact" proposed by the Trump administration.
MIT prez wrote: it "would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution" and "is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
MIT prez wrote: it "would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution" and "is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
I recently spoke to The International Risk Podcast about Syria and the opportunities & challenges ahead. Listen below:
Full episode:
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Guest profile: Broderick McDonald — The International Risk Podcast
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Full episode:
theinternationalriskpodcast.com/episode-270-...
Guest profile: Broderick McDonald — The International Risk Podcast
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October 10, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I recently spoke to The International Risk Podcast about Syria and the opportunities & challenges ahead. Listen below:
Full episode:
theinternationalriskpodcast.com/episode-270-...
Guest profile: Broderick McDonald — The International Risk Podcast
theinternationalriskpodcast.com/broderick-mc...
Full episode:
theinternationalriskpodcast.com/episode-270-...
Guest profile: Broderick McDonald — The International Risk Podcast
theinternationalriskpodcast.com/broderick-mc...
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The #Syrian government announced an agreement with #Jordan and the US this week that seeks to restore calm in Suweida following sectarian violence which killed over 2,000 people. The agreement comes with a UN investigation into the nature of the clashes.
Syria announces plan with Jordan, US to restore calm in Druze-majority Suweida
The Syrian government has announced a joint plan with Jordan and the United States aimed at restoring calm in the southern province of Suweida.
www.newarab.com
September 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Syrian officials sent 47 French nationals suspected of being Islamic State members to Iraq for prosecution two months ago, Iraqi officials reported Thursday. The individuals had been held in Kurdish-run state prisons in Northeast Syria since their arrest.
Accused French Islamic State members held in Syria sent to Iraq for trial, officials say
Forty-seven French citizens suspected of being Islamic State members have been handed over to Iraq for prosecution
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September 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Syrian officials sent 47 French nationals suspected of being Islamic State members to Iraq for prosecution two months ago, Iraqi officials reported Thursday. The individuals had been held in Kurdish-run state prisons in Northeast Syria since their arrest.
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**Call for contributors to the Elgar Concise Encyclopaedia of Terrorism Law**
@jessieblackbourn.bsky.social, @drkatyvaughan.bsky.social and I are compiling a new Concise Encyclopaedia of Terrorism Law, to be published by Edward Elgar. So far we have commissioned over 100 entries with a fantastic
@jessieblackbourn.bsky.social, @drkatyvaughan.bsky.social and I are compiling a new Concise Encyclopaedia of Terrorism Law, to be published by Edward Elgar. So far we have commissioned over 100 entries with a fantastic
July 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
**Call for contributors to the Elgar Concise Encyclopaedia of Terrorism Law**
@jessieblackbourn.bsky.social, @drkatyvaughan.bsky.social and I are compiling a new Concise Encyclopaedia of Terrorism Law, to be published by Edward Elgar. So far we have commissioned over 100 entries with a fantastic
@jessieblackbourn.bsky.social, @drkatyvaughan.bsky.social and I are compiling a new Concise Encyclopaedia of Terrorism Law, to be published by Edward Elgar. So far we have commissioned over 100 entries with a fantastic
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After breaking into the US Institute of Peace (USIP) Monday, DOGE members immediately got to work taking down signs to erase the independent agency.
Photos taken yesterday shared directly with me:
Photos taken yesterday shared directly with me:
March 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
After breaking into the US Institute of Peace (USIP) Monday, DOGE members immediately got to work taking down signs to erase the independent agency.
Photos taken yesterday shared directly with me:
Photos taken yesterday shared directly with me:
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Tunisia has forcefully descended into a new dictatorship, staging mass trials of political prisoners that echo Ben Ali's kangaroo courts of the 1990s.
Kais Saied's rule by fiat makes a mockery of Tunisia's democratic decade (2011-21). And a great many people are being crushed under its wheels.
Kais Saied's rule by fiat makes a mockery of Tunisia's democratic decade (2011-21). And a great many people are being crushed under its wheels.
A long-awaited trial for so-called conspiracy against the state began in Tunis on Tuesday. Authorities should put an end to this sham by immediately releasing all those arbitrarily detained in this case and dropping abusive charges against all defendants. www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
Abusive Conspiracy Trial Opens in Tunis
A long-awaited trial for so-called conspiracy against the state began in Tunis on Tuesday. It should not be taking place.
www.hrw.org
March 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Tunisia has forcefully descended into a new dictatorship, staging mass trials of political prisoners that echo Ben Ali's kangaroo courts of the 1990s.
Kais Saied's rule by fiat makes a mockery of Tunisia's democratic decade (2011-21). And a great many people are being crushed under its wheels.
Kais Saied's rule by fiat makes a mockery of Tunisia's democratic decade (2011-21). And a great many people are being crushed under its wheels.
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Hello @vox-pol.bsky.social ! Great to see you here. Anyone interested in cutting edge online extremism research, do give them a follow! 💻
voxpol.eu
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VOX - Pol | Network of Excellence
The VOX-Pol Network of Excellence (NoE) is an academic research network focused on researching Violent Online Political Extremism.
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March 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Hello @vox-pol.bsky.social ! Great to see you here. Anyone interested in cutting edge online extremism research, do give them a follow! 💻
voxpol.eu
voxpol.eu
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(WSJ) - The world economy could face a crash similar to the Great Depression of the 1930s unless the U.S. rows back on its plans to impose steep tariffs on imports, a senior official at the International Chamber of Commerce warned.
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March 4, 2025 at 6:19 PM
(WSJ) - The world economy could face a crash similar to the Great Depression of the 1930s unless the U.S. rows back on its plans to impose steep tariffs on imports, a senior official at the International Chamber of Commerce warned.
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That was their goal.
March 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
That was their goal.
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People are going to die because of this.
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid
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February 2, 2025 at 12:53 AM
People are going to die because of this.
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
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Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid
Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid
Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid
Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
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Ukraine reels from ‘worst-case scenario’ suspension of US foreign aid
Ukraine reels from ‘worst-case scenario’ suspension of US foreign aid
USAid pause affects projects such as veteran rehabilitation, independent media and humanitarian assistance
Ukraine is reeling from the shock decision by the Trump administration to pause all US foreign aid programmes immediately, as a variety of projects…
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Ukraine reels from ‘worst-case scenario’ suspension of US foreign aid
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Trump is dismantling USAID—its website has been disrupted, funding frozen for most foreign aid programs, and vital aid efforts are being scaled back. It’s an attempt to silence humanitarian efforts and consolidate power. Lives are at risk.
February 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Trump is dismantling USAID—its website has been disrupted, funding frozen for most foreign aid programs, and vital aid efforts are being scaled back. It’s an attempt to silence humanitarian efforts and consolidate power. Lives are at risk.
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This. The president is violating the constitution, firing the civil servants who keep us safe on airplanes, defunding research into cancer and Alzheimer’s, and even cutting foreign aid that will result in child deaths.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
February 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This. The president is violating the constitution, firing the civil servants who keep us safe on airplanes, defunding research into cancer and Alzheimer’s, and even cutting foreign aid that will result in child deaths.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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FEWS NET, which detects famine outbreaks, has shut down per Trump’s freeze on all foreign aid.
January 31, 2025 at 1:48 AM
FEWS NET, which detects famine outbreaks, has shut down per Trump’s freeze on all foreign aid.
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USAID website goes offline amid Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid
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USAID website goes offline amid Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid | CNN Politics
The website of the US Agency for International Development went offline without explanation Saturday as thousands of furloughs, layoffs and program shutdowns continued amid President Donald Trump’s fr...
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February 2, 2025 at 2:14 AM
USAID website goes offline amid Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid
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Trump just cut your family’s purchasing power by $3500.
“Assuming that Americans do not substitute higher-priced items and that consumers bear the cost entirely, Mr. Knightley said, the tariffs would translate to a $835 hit per person in the United States, or $3,342 for a family of four.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
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Live Updates: Trump Signs Orders Imposing Steep Tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China
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February 1, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Trump just cut your family’s purchasing power by $3500.