Claire Schnatterbeck
clairesbeck.bsky.social
Claire Schnatterbeck
@clairesbeck.bsky.social
Editorial Fellow @foreignpolicy.com | Formerly: podcasts @ Columbia Daily Specator, @voanews.bsky.social, @djnf.bsky.social, @wyofile.com
Very impressed by the new episode of The Ear from the Columbia Daily Spectator's podcast team. It takes you inside the recent protests condemning student expulsions at Barnard and the arrests that followed.
www.columbiaspectator.com/podcasts/202...
Arrests at Barnard: An account of the Milstein sit-in and the nine arrests that followed
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April 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Deporting vulnerable people back to a war zone is not just cruel; it is counterproductive, Tetiana Kotelnykova writes.
Deporting Ukrainian Refugees Weakens America
Canceling legal status would be a moral and strategic mistake that weakens America’s global standing.
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March 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Soon after Trump took office for a second term, his administration decided to suspend U.S. foreign aid—a call that could prove critical for Lebanon’s demining activities, Anagha Subhash Nair reports.
Lebanon’s Demining Mission Faces Aid Uncertainty
Cuts to foreign assistance and a fragile cease-fire have made the urgent work more dangerous.
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March 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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The MAGA hat has transformed from an instrument of provocation to one of intimidation.
The Shape-Shifting MAGA Hat
From an expression of intransigence to a symbol of triumph.
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March 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Shuttering VOA and other media outlets under the umbrella of the United States Agency for Global Media is a win for Putin and dictators around the world, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen argues.
We Need the Voice of America Now More Than Ever
Cutting off independent media abroad leaves the United States vulnerable at home.
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March 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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The war in Gaza has killed more journalists than the U.S. Civil War, World Wars I and II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the wars in Yugoslavia, and the post-9/11 war in Afghanistan combined, according to a new report.
War in Gaza the ‘Worst Ever Conflict for Reporters’
A new report accuses Israel of waging an “unrelenting war on the press.”
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April 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Most reviews of Oscar nominee "September 5" have focused on its depictions of crisis reporting or Israel-Palestine. But I argue that the film offers an equally keen look at German identity formation after World War II, particularly with regard to defense and military readiness.
‘September 5’ and the Pitfalls of German Idealism
The Munich Olympics massacre still echoes in the country’s security debates.
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February 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
We found a @foreignpolicy.com angle for Valentine's Day! Check out our reality dating roundup, including my mini review of the South African-Nigerian show Bae Beyond Borders!
Reality dating shows—popular for their pot-stirring entanglements—provide a rare geopolitical lens into family, gender, and (of course) love.

FP’s roundup on the global state of romance is a must read on Valentine’s Day.

foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/14/r...
Around the World, Love Gets a Reality Check
Foreign Policy’s guide to the global state of (televised) romance.
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February 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Trump is back in the White House and so are his plans to crack down on the tech and media company “censorship cartel."
In 2023 I wrote about Trump’s nemesis Section 230 and how internet censorship accountability is a bipartisan issue. It's still relevant.
www.cpreview.org/articles/202...
The 26 Words that Ended the Internet: The Bipartisan Dilemma Over Section 230 — Columbia Political Review
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 reads , “No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by ano...
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November 25, 2024 at 11:02 PM
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Here's a characteristically small but mighty (and growing) starter pack of @foreignpolicy.com's journalists on Bluesky. Follow us as we connect the dots between global events, leaders, and policies: go.bsky.app/LRyD6z1
November 25, 2024 at 5:25 AM
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From the perpetual campaign cycle to election turnout, FP examined how the Nov. 5 vote compared with those in other countries this year:
6 Charts That Explain the 2024 U.S. Election
From the perpetual campaign cycle to turnout, we examined how the Nov. 5 vote compared with those in other countries this year.
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November 10, 2024 at 2:30 PM