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Grant W. Turner
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Aspiring interdisciplinary international affairs scholar-practitioner
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Analyst Jamestown Foundation

Bylines include RUSI, The Diplomat, Eurasia Daily Monitor

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Grant W. Turner @grantwturner.bsky.social · Mar 22
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 16h
Policymakers must recognize the open source AI ecosystem is where influence is being negotiated: not just which models exist, but which are used; not just who can train a trillion-parameter network, but who can make it deployable, modifiable, and relevant, say Lucie-Aimée Kaffee and Shayne Longpre.
Policymakers Overlook How Open Source AI Is Reshaping Global Power | TechPolicy.Press
To understand and shape the distribution of power in AI, look to the open source ecosystem, say Lucie-Aimée Kaffee and Shayne Longpre.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 16h
If Trump had just left the oil tanker alone, he could have continued to claim at least with a fig leaf of credibility that we had no choice but to blow up the boats he isn't seizing
The Caribbean Killings Were Unnecessary. Trump Just Proved It.
If we can seize an oil tanker, why did eighty people have to die?
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 16h
A private arbitration tribunal ruled Ecuador must compensate Chevron, not the Indigenous communities affected by its contamination.
In Shocking Role Reversal, Ecuador Ordered to Pay Chevron $220 Million - Truthdig
Indigenous communities that have lived with toxic pollution from oil operations for decades are now being forced to pay the company's owners.
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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 1d
Biologists poured cold water on Colossal Biosciences’ claim to have brought the dire wolf back from extinction, and some worry the overblown headlines will undermine conservation work
De-extinction was big news in 2025 – but didn't live up to the hype
Biologists poured cold water on Colossal Biosciences’ claim to have brought the dire wolf back from extinction, and some worry the overblown headlines will undermine conservation work
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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · 1d
The global threat of vaccine-preventable neurological diseases

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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 1d
Republicans in Congress want to give states more authority to remove ineligible voters — including noncitizens and people who have moved or died — from voter rolls, seeking to reinforce the Trump administration’s own push to scrub the lists ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/12/r...
Republicans in Congress eye more power for states to remove voters • Ohio Capital Journal
Republicans in Congress want to give states more authority to remove ineligible voters — including noncitizens and people who have moved or died — from voter rolls, seeking to reinforce the Trump…
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Grant W. Turner @grantwturner.bsky.social · 1d
Hadn't heard this angle before, but it definitely tracks as a reason for Trump's fixation on "Venezuela
America isn’t attacking Venezuela because of drugs — it’s because of minerals" @krystalkauffman.bthehill.com for @thehill.com

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 1d
"They show something more serious: a government that publicly vows not to police ideology and not to use “deradicalization” or “protecting democracy” as pretexts, while privately building a domestic terrorism program that does exactly that under the Antifa banner," writes Thomas E. Brzozowski.
The Bondi Memo’s Quiet Rewriting of Domestic Terrorism Rules
A leaked directive recasts counterterrorism around “Antifa,” hollowing out post-Church Committee safeguards while the administration claims restraint.
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 2d
Today, the Office of Management and Budget issued a memo providing guidance to federal agencies on how to implement President Trump’s July 2025 EO on “Preventing Woke AI in the Federal Government.” Read the memo, which focuses on how agencies procure large language models, from Jakub Kraus.
OMB Releases Guidance on Trump’s ‘Woke AI’ Executive Order
The memo outlines transparency requirements aimed at ensuring AI models procured by federal agencies comply with “unbiased AI principles.”
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 2d
Earlier this week, President Trump accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of "using the war" to avoid holding an election. @lapatina.bsky.social explains why holding elections during an active phase of war is an insurmountable task for Ukraine without assistance from its allies.
Why Zelensky Can’t Hold Elections Yet
As Trump pushes Ukrainians to go to the polls, consider the risks.
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 2d
The Trump administration recently announced plans to limit the amount of time that foreign students may spend in the United States.

@michael-feinberg.bsky.social explains how this policy would hobble the U.S.'s ability to harvest intelligence on the Chinese government.
Students, Spies, and Self-Inflicted Wounds
The short-sightedness of limiting foreign students in the name of national security.
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Grant W. Turner @grantwturner.bsky.social · 2d
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 2d
Indigenous communities have lived with toxic pollution from Texaco’s operations for decades. Now, the victims are being forced to pay Chevron, which acquired Texaco in 2001.
In Shocking Role Reversal, Ecuador Ordered to Pay Chevron $220 Million - Truthdig
Indigenous communities that have lived with toxic pollution from oil operations for decades are now being forced to pay the company's owners.
www.truthdig.com

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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 2d
“In the span of just 30 years, cashmere has turned into an ecological disaster for Mongolia.”

As brands market “sustainable” fiber, herders face dying pastures and a collapsing steppe, write Aïda Delpuech, Sara Manisera and Daniela Sala for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
‘Sustainable’ Cashmere Won’t Save Mongolia’s Steppe
Certification currently ignores the only path to restoring the country’s grasslands and preserving herders’ livelihoods: fewer goats
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 2d
📽️ VIDEO: Harvard professor Steven Levitsky, who also co-authored the critically acclaimed novel How Democracies Die, joined Marc Elias to assess where the United States stands in 2025, and whether we’ve crossed the line into authoritarianism. Watch below👇
Harvard Professor Explains Death of American Democracy
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 2d
"We know they are certainly using automated systems” to comb visa-holders’ social media histories, EFF’s Jacob Hoffman-Andrews told @contextnewsroom.bsky.social. "Government use of AI for surveillance is an evergreen topic and is going to be even bigger in a year." www.context.news/surveillanc...
The major U.S. trends in AI in 2025 - and what's next in 2026 | Context by TRF
Here's what to know about AI in U.S. workplaces, surveillance, private lives and the courts heading into the new year
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Grant W. Turner @grantwturner.bsky.social · 3d
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Global Project Against Hate and Extremism @globalextremism.bsky.social · 3d
Piers Morgan’s interview with neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes became another boost for the Groyper movement. As Fuentes turns each appearance into a win, the media’s failure to confront his white nationalist rhetoric is normalizing extremist ideas and accelerating the radicalization of young audiences.
Mainstream Media Aids Neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes’ Growing Popularity
Piers Morgan’s interview with neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes became another boost for the Groyper movement, offering a committed Holocaust denier uncritical mainstream exposure. As Fuentes turns these appearan...
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Grant W. Turner @grantwturner.bsky.social · 4d
Entertaining explainer: Pricing no longer reflects costs. The last several years' increases reflect price gouging and fixing, resulting 5-7% profit gains.

Sen. Warren (D) introduced a bill enhancing Biden era protections, but Trump has been encouraging these practices.

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How do stores set prices? Studies have shown it’s not about cost, but what they can get away with.
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FT Visual & Data Journalism @data.ft.com · 4d
Trump’s immigration data dragnet on.ft.com/4iNTrO9
Trump’s immigration data dragnet
The US is pulling in vast amounts of personal information in its drive to deport 1mn people this year
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Grant W. Turner @grantwturner.bsky.social · 4d
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We asked critics from authoritarian regimes what they wish they’d known sooner. Here’s what they said
Critics from Hungary, El Salvador and Turkey offer advice to the US about what they’ve learned about authoritarians
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RAND @rand.org · 4d
If both the U.S. and China believe that the benefits of being the first to achieve artificial general intelligence outweigh the risks, they are effectively locked in a prisoner’s dilemma.

New report explores the strategic dynamics of the race to AGI:
Competition and Cooperation in the Race to AGI
Technology companies worldwide are racing to develop artificial general intelligence but there are risks that extend well beyond market or geopolitical competition. A new model allows policymakers to ...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 4d
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 4d
Canada has launched a billion dollar program to recruit leading global researchers, part of the effort to poach intellectual talent looking to leave the United States because of President Donald Trump's policies.
Canada launches billion dollar plan to recruit top researchers
The move is part of an effort to poach intellectual talent looking to leave the United States because of President Donald Trump's policies.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4d
Congress, once again, is the branch on the losing end of this.
Supreme Court Poised to Vastly Expand Presidential Power, Again
The 90-year-old precedent protecting independent agencies is likely on its way out.
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The Diplomat @thediplomat.com · 4d
A high-ranking Thai military official has announced that the army plans to “render Cambodia militarily ineffective for a long time.”
Malaysia’s PM Calls for Calm After Conflict Reignites Between Thailand and Cambodia
A high-ranking Thai military official has announced that the army plans to “render Cambodia militarily ineffective for a long time.”
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EUwatch 🇪🇺 @euwatch.live · 4d
When informal norms fail – how EU leaders lost their patience with Viktor Orbán
When informal norms fail – how EU leaders lost their patience with Viktor Orbán - EUROPP
Will Viktor Orbán derail future EU talks? New research shows the European Council stops obstruction only when the domestic political costs become too high.
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 4d
Humanity faces one of the biggest choices in history.

#GEO7 shows that investing in planetary health improves economies, livelihoods, and saves lives.

UNEP ED @ingerandersen.bsky.social urges countries to drive their economies toward a thriving, sustainable future: www.unep.org/interactives...

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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 4d
An existing order blocking acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Russell Vought from dismantling the agency can’t be used to force him to seek more money to keep it alive, the Trump administration said.
CFPB Says Judge Can’t Force It to Seek More Federal Reserve Cash
An existing order blocking acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Russell Vought from dismantling the agency can’t be used to force him to seek more money to keep it alive, the Trump administration said.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4d
The Ukrainians are not giving up. but for Washington, it’s apparently easier just to assume Russia will win the war and foreclose Ukraine’s options at the negotiating table. lnk.thebulwark.com/4oBX1Mp
Ukraine Stands Firm
Attacks on its infrastructure and a major corruption scandal have rocked the country. But President Trump is wrong that Ukraine is destined for defeat.
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