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Ryan P. Kellogg
@ryanpkellogg.bsky.social
Energy professional and Adjunct Professor at University of Maryland Global Campus. Research in energy security and US-China migration policy. Co-host of Kellogg's Global Politics podcast.
📰 New Podcast Episode!
@arkellogg.bsky.social and I cover a lot of ground:

🛸UFO Update (US Congressional UAP Hearing on September 9th)
🕊️Gaza Peace Plan: Trump Done Good?
💰Argentina First, America Last?
⚠️Illiberalism on the March in Western Europe

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October 16, 2025 at 1:19 AM
📰 New Podcast Episode!
Interview by @arkellogg.bsky.social with @csis.org 's William A. Reinsch discussing Trump trade policy & tariffs.

We also cover:
• Russia-Ukraine War Peace Efforts
• US Strikes on Latin American Drug Cartels?
• Iran after the 12-day War: Still a Threat?
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Talking Trade with William A. Reinsch - Kellogg's Global Politics
Trade has been a major issue for the Trump administration, and Anita recently spoke with William A Reinsch, a senior advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, on all aspects of th...
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September 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
1/Trump's all over the place on the China student visa issue and got major MAGA blowback for his 600,000 number. Interesting take in @thehill.com from @niskanencenter.bsky.social's Gil Guerra regarding recruitment of Chinese students for US intelligence purposes. A few thoughts. bit.ly/4p59eL7
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September 3, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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A lack of sustained federal funding, deteriorating research infrastructure and networks, restrictive immigration policies, and waning international collaboration are creating a full-scale American Brain Drain.

We went to the Hill last month to talk about it.
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Stemming the American Brain Drain
A lack of sustained federal funding, deteriorating research infrastructure and networks, restrictive immigration policies, and waning international collaboration are driving this erosion into a full-s...
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August 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
1/@robinsonmeyer.bsky.social 's NYT oped on China's growing lead on renewable technology is a must read. Is the US making a major strategic blunder--losing not only economically, but also global hard and soft power? A few thoughts. shorturl.at/3SYe8
Opinion | Trump Is Turning Us Into a Doddering Industrial Giant
Smothering electric vehicles might have been a regrettable mistake for a Republican to make 10 years ago. Today, it is economic idiocy.
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August 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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MY LATEST:

🧃 "It's basically like if you have a multi-fruit juice.."

🚗#rareearths are essential to so much tech we rely on

🇫🇷 My visit to @SolvayGroup in France explains how they're produced & how #Europe is trying to become less reliant on #China

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How Europe is vying for rare earth independence from China
The EU is aiming to increase its own production of rare earth metals, led by a facility in France.
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August 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Nice overview by @evanhalper.bsky.social on nuclear microreactors. It seems like great potential for niche uses where fuel sources like natural gas and diesel are unavailable or limited (i.e. isolated communities, space), but project economics will be a killer elsewhere. bit.ly/4mbVYCA
These nuclear reactors fit on a flatbed truck. How safe are they?
Firms are close to bringing the first “micro reactors” to market, with hundreds being shipped within the decade and dotting the landscape. Is America ready?
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August 8, 2025 at 11:27 AM
📰 New Podcast Episode!
Liberation Day Redux — @arkellogg.bsky.social & I discuss
• Trump’s tariff fallout: Who’s winning (if anyone is)?
• The deadly flare-up on the Thailand–Cambodia border
• The latest on the Russia–Ukraine war and shifting U.S. policy.
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Liberation Day Redux--Trump Tariff Fallout; Thai-Cambodian Conflict; Ukraine War Update - Kellogg's Global Politics
We look at the current state of U.S. trade deals. Who has a deal? How many will get signed by August 1st? Will there be another extension? And what is their economic impact on the U.S.?We then discuss...
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August 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
1/Not sold on Trump’s threat of secondary sanctions on Russian oil buyers — markets would panic if triple-digit China tariffs return. Still, good point by @jonathanjosephs.bsky.social : OPEC+ may boost supply to stabilize prices, helping shield US consumers in the short term. bit.ly/4msDBJ8
How Trump's 'secondary tariffs' on Russia could hit global economy
The sweeping secondary tariffs could cut the flow of Russian oil and gas to global markets.
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August 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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In which Pyotr Kurzin and I have a pleasant chat on a gloomy subject -- sanctions, economic warfare, and Russia's war on Ukraine www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfjX...

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Why Russia’s Slow Collapse Is More Dangerous Than You Realise
YouTube video by Pyotr Kurzin | Geopolitics
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July 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Fellow podcast host of Kellogg's Global Politics, @arkellogg.bsky.social quoted recently by TND about US-China trade deal progress and the August 12th deadline. We discuss more in next week's episode. bit.ly/3TYqIuk
July 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Nice piece on China's AI push in @nytimes.com. I wonder if the Chinese model can compete with US public-private innovation hubs like Silicon Valley, Austin, RTP etc--I think Hangzhou's Dream Town is the only equivalent. Beijing's $8.5B for AI start-ups seems like chump change though. bit.ly/40xUY2U
China Is Spending Billions to Become an A.I. Superpower
Beijing is taking an industrial policy approach to help its A.I. companies close the gap with those in the United States.
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July 24, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Nice article by @joshuaqyang.bsky.social on the degree creep in China for new grads. A tough labor market and lower pay back home has been one of the main reasons why Chinese PhDs in the US have high stay rates (>80%). All the more reason not push them out with hostile visa policies. bit.ly/3Uaav5d
In China, the master’s degree is the new bachelor’s degree
College graduates are earning master’s degrees just to have a chance in a job market marred by China’s shaky post-pandemic recovery.
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July 15, 2025 at 1:23 AM
@arkellogg.bsky.social talks with Lt. Col. Alex C. Montgomery & Lt. Col. Shannon Waller about drones, robotics, and the future of warfare on the latest episode of Kellogg's Global Politics. Interesting insights into how the US & South Korea approach innovation in the defense industry. bit.ly/4eYCGOt
Talking Drones, Robotics, and the Future of Warfare | The 12-Day War (Israel-Iran Conflict) - Kellogg's Global Politics
In this episode, Anita speaks with Lt. Col. Alex Montgomery and Lt. Col. Shannon Waller about the Autonomous Systems and Robotics Industry and how these technologies are changing how wars are fought. ...
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July 9, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Thought provoking piece by @bradplumer.bsky.social @sominisengupta.bsky.social & the rest of the NY Times team. The stark differences in strategic energy choices driven by the US and China will have wide geopolitical consequences. A few questions popped up as I read through🧵1/ bit.ly/4nDODNq
There’s a Race to Power the Future. China Is Pulling Away.
Beijing is selling clean energy to the world, Washington is pushing oil and gas. Both are driven by national security.
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July 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Great reporting by @chunhanwong.bsky.social in the WSJ. CCP membership is a poor screening tool for shaping U.S. student visa policy — often more about securing gov't jobs in a stagnating economy than ideological fervor.
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China’s Communist Party Now Has 100 Million Members. Many Are in It for the Paycheck.
In a sluggish economy, membership is seen as a path to a stable state-sector income.
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July 2, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Great @nytimes.com op-ed: Cutting off academic ties with China won’t make us safer- it risks isolating future reformers & blinding us to what’s happening inside the country.

We need smarter policies that preserve academic freedom & shield Chinese students in the U.S. from the CCP.

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Opinion | China Revoked My Visa and Came to Regret It
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June 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Great article looking at the Chinese student visa issue from the UK perspective in @thetimes.com. Yu's idea on targeting students that receive Chinese state-funding (around 7% of the 277k in the US) for extra scrutiny is a surgical approach to mitigate national security risks. bit.ly/3FKbAxg
Chinese students can be an intellectual asset
While mitigating risk, we should be encouraging the best and brightest to put down UK roots
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June 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Great conversation on Kellogg's Global Politics between @arkellogg.bsky.social & Daniel Markey (from USIP and @stimsoncenter.bsky.social) on the India and Pakistan conflict. Also check out Anita's latest game obsession: @sandfallgames.bsky.social's Clair Obscur: Expedition 33!
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Talking India-Pakistan Conflict with Daniel Markey | Trump’s Middle East Trip - Kellogg's Global Politics
In this episode, Anita speaks with Daniel Markey, who is an expert on South Asia. They cover a host of issues, ranging from the India-Pakistan conflict, Pakistan’s relations with the U.S. and China, I...
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June 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Chinese Students Reconsider the U.S. as Republicans Threaten Their Visas www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/u...
Chinese Students Reconsider the U.S. as Republicans Threaten Their Visas
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June 8, 2025 at 2:06 AM
@economist.com featured a recent study from Harvard's Belfer Center on global leadership in critical technologies. The U.S. still leads, but China is closing fast--especially in Biotech, semiconductors, and quantum.

Now is not the time to choke off international talent.

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June 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Kicking off here on Bluesky.

My op-ed in U.S. News & World Report argues that the Trump admin's visa crackdown on Chinese students risks harming U.S. science more than it helps national security.
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Thanks to @scholars.org for the support!

#ChinaPolicy #AI #USVisas
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June 5, 2025 at 1:04 AM