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Cullen Hendrix
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Senior Fellow at Peterson Institute. Sustainability, security, and political economy. Heart masquerading as head since 1977.

You may not believe in climate change, but your insurance company does.

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Cullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · 17d
#Hunger is rising while advanced economies — especially the US — pull back on humanitarian and agricultural aid. A new #EU policy on gene-edited crops could help strengthen global food security, especially in developing countries.

My latest for @piie.com.
Europe's new biotech rules could buttress global food security
The European Union recently agreed to ease restrictions on new genomic techniques (NGTs) for food, in the most significant change to Europe’s stringent regulatory approach to crop biotechnology in two...
www.piie.com

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13h
Breaking MS NOW:

Aides to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche directed the U.S. Attorney's office and FBI agents in Minnesota to shut down the civil rights investigation into the fatal shooting of Renee Good and instead alter it to probe Good for possible criminal liability.
DOJ sought to probe Renee Good for criminal liability, even after her death: Sources
A judge refused an FBI warrant that proposed investigating dead Minnesota mom for suspected assault on an officer.
www.ms.now

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13h
Breaking NYT:

The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.
F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns
www.nytimes.com

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Cullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · 20h
Best thing I've read on higher ed in years. Years. Rarely do you see systems thinking and institutional analysis this sharp.
kylesaunders.bsky.social Kyle Saunders @kylesaunders.bsky.social · 21h
Higher ed is being unbundled: knowledge is cheap, credentials proliferate, networks are positional, and four years of “time to mature” is now a luxury good. Universities must explain what they uniquely sell-and if they don't-the value proposition collapses.
kylesaunders.substack.com/p/the-collap...

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Cullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · 20h
This is just insane.

Reposted by Valerie Mueller, Cullen S. Hendrix

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Kyle Saunders @kylesaunders.bsky.social · 21h
Higher ed is being unbundled: knowledge is cheap, credentials proliferate, networks are positional, and four years of “time to mature” is now a luxury good. Universities must explain what they uniquely sell-and if they don't-the value proposition collapses.
kylesaunders.substack.com/p/the-collap...

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Prof. Carl LeVan @democracyprofdc.bsky.social · 1d
Al-Qaeda groups in Mali. ISIS affiliates in Syria and Nigeria. Insurgencies in Pakistan. Have foreign aid cuts, the emphasis on domestic immigration, and other policy shifts neglected critical global security threats? Join us Friday, Jan. 30 at American Univ in DC
www.eventbrite.com/e/ignored-in...
Ignored Insurgencies
Join us for a discussion on the impact of U.S. foreign aid cuts and policy shifts on critical global security threats around the globe.
www.eventbrite.com

Reposted by Cullen S. Hendrix

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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 1d
BREAKING: Pension funds in Sweden, Denmark, and Finland say the risk premium on U.S. stocks, bonds, and the dollar has risen, prompting some to sell U.S. Treasuries, per Reuters

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Seva @seva.bsky.social · 2d
“The strong do what they can" is what Athens said right before destroying itself. New piece on the Carney Doctrine, Vaclav’s grocer, and American hubris.
hegemon.substack.com/p/the-strong...
The Strong Will Suffer What They Must
Vaclav's Grocer and American Hubris
hegemon.substack.com

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Peterson Institute for International Economics @piie.com · 3d
@cullenhendrix.bsky.social joined @mdebolle.com on Policy for the Planet to discuss why the Trump admin adjusted its stance on critical minerals, how the globe responded to the new & aggressive approach, & what it means for the green transition.
Listen here or wherever you get podcasts:
The geopolitics behind critical minerals (Episode 25)
The US drive for critical minerals is now fueled by national security concerns instead of climate mitigation. Policymakers speak of shoring up global supply chains for these minerals to protect US def...
www.piie.com

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Cullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · 3d
There is no point in dancing around this. @mdebolle.com and I recorded several months ago but the point is no less relevant today; new episode of @piie.com Policy for the Planet podcast on critical minerals and US critical mineral strategy. Available on your platform.

www.piie.com/newsroom/pol...
But I want to be very clear about this because although I am from the United States, I am not speaking for the United States. And I think that many advanced economies and many lower and middle income economies for that matter need to be just as concerned about the potential for geopolitical meddling and mineral coercion coming from the United States as they are coming from places like Russia or China. It's starting to look a little 19th century out there in the international system, and that is not a status quo ex ante we want to return to.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3d
THE WOMAN WHO WAS DRAGGED OUT OF HER CAR AND ARRESTED BY ICE SPEAKS OUT…

We’ve all seen the videos, but it matters to hear Aliya Rahman say it herself.

📌 She says her treatment in custody was dehumanizing, and that officers completely failed to take her disability seriously.

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Cullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · 6d
Let this sink in for a minute.
macwbishop.bsky.social Mac William Bishop @macwbishop.bsky.social · 6d
Now the actual military has to dress like it’s not the military cuz federal law enforcement agencies dress too much like the military

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Mac William Bishop @macwbishop.bsky.social · 6d
Now the actual military has to dress like it’s not the military cuz federal law enforcement agencies dress too much like the military

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 7d
1/ Something which I don't think gets articulated clearly often enough is that a system where countries generally respect international sovereignty and territorial integrity is not pure charity or morality by the United States, but in its direct interests.

Despite it being the strongest bear.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 7d
China quietly mobilized thousands of fishing boats twice in recent weeks to form massive floating barriers of at least 200 miles long, showing a new level of coordination that could give Beijing more ways to impose control in contested seas.
Thousands of Chinese Fishing Boats Quietly Form Vast Sea Barriers
China is practicing vast maneuvers that could be used to disrupt U.S. naval movement, a New York Times analysis of ship data reveals.
nyti.ms

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C.M. Lewis @thehousered.bsky.social · 7d
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO

this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s

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Cullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · 8d
Oh I'm aware.

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Cullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · 8d
Setting aside the unconstitutionality issue (which this would clearly be):

Only about half of American citizens have a passport - are the rest supposed to walk around with their Real ID and a birth certificate? Raise your hand if you even know exactly where your birth certificate is right now.
walterolson.bsky.social Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 8d
“Noem: U.S. Citizens Should Be Prepared To Show Proof.”

Did you vote for a “Show Me Your Papers” society?
Screenshot of Fox News from Jan. 15, 2026 with picture of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and chyron: "Breaking News: Noem: U.S. Citizens Should be Prepared To Show Proof."

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Cullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · 8d
Holy wow - some actual good news.

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Emily Benson @erbenson1.bsky.social · 8d
The Senate just passed a big environmental spending package that largely rejects the massive cuts Trump asked for. It passed the House last week and Trump is expected to sign it: www.hcn.org/articles/con... @highcountrynews.org
Congress passes environmental funding without Trump’s deep cuts - High Country News
But the bipartisan effort still trimmed climate research and fails to solve agencies’ chronic underfunding. The Senate passed an environmental spending package that rejects many of Trump's cuts but co...
www.hcn.org

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 8d
“Noem: U.S. Citizens Should Be Prepared To Show Proof.”

Did you vote for a “Show Me Your Papers” society?
Screenshot of Fox News from Jan. 15, 2026 with picture of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and chyron: "Breaking News: Noem: U.S. Citizens Should be Prepared To Show Proof."

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Cullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · 8d
Shrewd move, Nobel committee.
meidastouch.com MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 8d
A very embarrassing day for the world

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 8d
A very embarrassing day for the world

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Cullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · 10d
This is wonderful.

Takaichi also drives a Mk3 Supra and looked like a member of the Runaways in the 80s. Coolest head of state by miles.

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Jeff Mosenkis @mosenkis.bsky.social · 10d
Cymbolic moment in diplomacy @cullenhendrix.bsky.social

youtu.be/Qvu6Nh8bJq0

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Cullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · 10d
Tell me you don't understand that this would kill the golden goose that is central bank independence without telling me this would kill the golden goose that is central bank independence.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d
Sen. Kevin Cramer: "Maybe the point should be if you're the attorney for Jay Powell and you want to avoid an indictment, how about you go to Jeanine Pirro and say, 'I'll make a deal. I'll step down today if you drop the investigation today.' To me, that would be a win win for everybody."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d
Sen. Kevin Cramer: "Maybe the point should be if you're the attorney for Jay Powell and you want to avoid an indictment, how about you go to Jeanine Pirro and say, 'I'll make a deal. I'll step down today if you drop the investigation today.' To me, that would be a win win for everybody."

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Cullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · 10d
Oh 100%. I won't name names but I can think of at least two prominent journals who for a long time had policies that basically precluded any re-analysis of findings published in the journal (one formally, the other less but clearly a pattern of behavior). I don't need to spell out why this is bad.

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Cullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · 10d
Anyone who denies this is drinking much sweeter Kool Aid than I am. With this massive increase in scale, the power asymmetry between editors and authors will (I think) only increase.

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Cullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · 10d
Similar story with the democratization of recording technology - first thought was that it would level the playing field (and it did in some ways). But the trend was actually to increase inequality of outcomes because while tech barriers were reduced promotion budgets and network effects were not.