Richard Nephew
@richardmnephew.bsky.social
Senior Research Scholar at Columbia U. Former Anti-Corruption Coordinator at Dept of State (among other things), White House and Dept of Energy. Personal acct.
This was well done, by the way:
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October 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This was well done, by the way:
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Much like with US sanctions, the truth is probably closer to: over time, with expanded restrictions, China will find this weapon far less potent; in the meantime, it'll still have power. I know, that's less attention-grabby. That's why I don't write headlines for a living. 2/2
October 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Much like with US sanctions, the truth is probably closer to: over time, with expanded restrictions, China will find this weapon far less potent; in the meantime, it'll still have power. I know, that's less attention-grabby. That's why I don't write headlines for a living. 2/2
It would be nice if Treasury were to explain why rather than just sneak it into a designation announcement on the Sinaloa cartel. Yeah, we see what you're doing there.
October 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
It would be nice if Treasury were to explain why rather than just sneak it into a designation announcement on the Sinaloa cartel. Yeah, we see what you're doing there.
I don't know, the distraction opportunities are tremendous.
September 29, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I don't know, the distraction opportunities are tremendous.
The other thing, of course, is that they're also deep-sixing the credibility and integrity of the UNSC with this. That may suit the Russians right now but it does betray a lack of foresight. One day, they may want the UNSC's decisions to be seen as weighty. This argument won't help.
September 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The other thing, of course, is that they're also deep-sixing the credibility and integrity of the UNSC with this. That may suit the Russians right now but it does betray a lack of foresight. One day, they may want the UNSC's decisions to be seen as weighty. This argument won't help.