Dov H. Levin
@dovlevin.bsky.social
Asso. Professor of IR, HKU. Foreign election interference (& interventions)|Strategic Public Diplomacy| FP preferences| US Foreign Policy| War & Peace. Book on foreign election interference "Meddling in the Ballot Box" at OUP. Opinions are mine only
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Dov H. Levin
@dovlevin.bsky.social
· Nov 25
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Welcome new followers! Introductory🧵- I am a IR scholar who focuses these days on two key topics. 1. The causes & effects of partisan electoral int/foreign election interference. Recent award winning book on topic "Meddling in the Ballot Box" at OUP examines 🧵 www.amazon.com/Meddling-Bal...
One of my BA majors was in ancient history- so I'm now sure that archeologists in 5th millennium will be able to identify & date in the archeological record, the second Trump Administration's great global & domestic disruption (of the Atomic age I).
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So long, penny. The Treasury has officially stopped producing one-cent coins.
The U.S. Mint struck its final run of one-cent coins Wednesday, ending almost 230 years of near-continuous penny production.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
One of my BA majors was in ancient history- so I'm now sure that archeologists in 5th millennium will be able to identify & date in the archeological record, the second Trump Administration's great global & domestic disruption (of the Atomic age I).
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In other news, during Afghan war CIA secretly airdropped modified poppy seeds with low opium/morphine production in order to combat the Taliban use of heroin drug trade to subsidize its insurgency. Effects seem limited at best.
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Inside the CIA’s secret mission to sabotage Afghanistan’s opium
In a decade-long operation, the CIA modified poppy seeds and dropped them by the billions from aircraft over Afghanistan in an attempt to weaken the potency of the country’s opium crop.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
In other news, during Afghan war CIA secretly airdropped modified poppy seeds with low opium/morphine production in order to combat the Taliban use of heroin drug trade to subsidize its insurgency. Effects seem limited at best.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
In other news, during Afghan war CIA secretly airdropped modified poppy seeds with low opium/morphine production in order to combat the Taliban use of heroin drug trade to subsidize its insurgency. Effects seem limited at best.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Inside the CIA’s secret mission to sabotage Afghanistan’s opium
In a decade-long operation, the CIA modified poppy seeds and dropped them by the billions from aircraft over Afghanistan in an attempt to weaken the potency of the country’s opium crop.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
In other news, during Afghan war CIA secretly airdropped modified poppy seeds with low opium/morphine production in order to combat the Taliban use of heroin drug trade to subsidize its insurgency. Effects seem limited at best.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
In other news it looks like the US is intervening in Iraqi elections in order to stop Iranian (& Iranian back militias) affiliated parties
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/w...
As Iraqis Vote for a Parliament, U.S. Presses to Rid Country of Iran’s Influence
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November 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
In other news it looks like the US is intervening in Iraqi elections in order to stop Iranian (& Iranian back militias) affiliated parties
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/w...
Norm of diplomats having immunity from punishment for doing job goes back centuries- so Trump Admin personally threatening EU diplomats of suffering personal punishments if they promote treaty Trump dislikes is a new low even for Trump's norm breaking tendencies. www.politico.eu/article/us-a...
US accused of threatening EU diplomats during bid to kill green shipping rules
Negotiators at shipping talks in London were told both they and their countries could be punished unless they voted with the U.S.
www.politico.eu
November 4, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Norm of diplomats having immunity from punishment for doing job goes back centuries- so Trump Admin personally threatening EU diplomats of suffering personal punishments if they promote treaty Trump dislikes is a new low even for Trump's norm breaking tendencies. www.politico.eu/article/us-a...
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I was quoted in this new article in
@nytimes.com about Trump's interference in the recent Argentine midterm election. To summarize what Trump did in this case wasn't new -but identity of aided side was unusual. Also it probably helped Milei's party.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/w...
@nytimes.com about Trump's interference in the recent Argentine midterm election. To summarize what Trump did in this case wasn't new -but identity of aided side was unusual. Also it probably helped Milei's party.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/w...
Trump’s Hand in Argentina
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I was quoted in this new article in
@nytimes.com about Trump's interference in the recent Argentine midterm election. To summarize what Trump did in this case wasn't new -but identity of aided side was unusual. Also it probably helped Milei's party.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/w...
@nytimes.com about Trump's interference in the recent Argentine midterm election. To summarize what Trump did in this case wasn't new -but identity of aided side was unusual. Also it probably helped Milei's party.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/w...
I was quoted in this new article in
@nytimes.com about Trump's interference in the recent Argentine midterm election. To summarize what Trump did in this case wasn't new -but identity of aided side was unusual. Also it probably helped Milei's party.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/w...
@nytimes.com about Trump's interference in the recent Argentine midterm election. To summarize what Trump did in this case wasn't new -but identity of aided side was unusual. Also it probably helped Milei's party.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/w...
Trump’s Hand in Argentina
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I was quoted in this new article in
@nytimes.com about Trump's interference in the recent Argentine midterm election. To summarize what Trump did in this case wasn't new -but identity of aided side was unusual. Also it probably helped Milei's party.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/w...
@nytimes.com about Trump's interference in the recent Argentine midterm election. To summarize what Trump did in this case wasn't new -but identity of aided side was unusual. Also it probably helped Milei's party.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/w...
In other news, US successfully intervenes in Argentine midterm elections saving Milei's party from a serious defeat.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Argentina elections: Javier Milei and his 'chainsaw' austerity win big
Milei's radical spending cuts have won favour with Donald Trump, but also attracted widespread criticism.
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October 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
In other news, US successfully intervenes in Argentine midterm elections saving Milei's party from a serious defeat.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
In other news Sarkozy is going to jail for accepting covert campaign funding from Kaddafi in the 2009 French Prez. election- French court rejected appeal. Yet another illustration of potential costs for assisted side from agreeing to an electoral intervention.
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/crime-n...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/crime-n...
France's Sarkozy sentenced to jail in Gaddafi case
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to jail on a charge in his trial for alleged illegal campaign financing by Libya.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
September 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
In other news Sarkozy is going to jail for accepting covert campaign funding from Kaddafi in the 2009 French Prez. election- French court rejected appeal. Yet another illustration of potential costs for assisted side from agreeing to an electoral intervention.
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/crime-n...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/crime-n...
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In other news, in order to aid the Argentine president Milei in the forthcoming Argentine midterm elections the US is bailing out the Argentine economy w/a swap line. "America First" is quite meddlesome abroad as well
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
US ready to support Argentina as needed, Bessent says
The United States stands ready to do what is needed to support Argentina and is currently in negotiations for a $20 billion swap line with the country's central bank, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday in a post on X.
www.reuters.com
September 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
In other news, in order to aid the Argentine president Milei in the forthcoming Argentine midterm elections the US is bailing out the Argentine economy w/a swap line. "America First" is quite meddlesome abroad as well
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
In other news, in order to aid the Argentine president Milei in the forthcoming Argentine midterm elections the US is bailing out the Argentine economy w/a swap line. "America First" is quite meddlesome abroad as well
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
US ready to support Argentina as needed, Bessent says
The United States stands ready to do what is needed to support Argentina and is currently in negotiations for a $20 billion swap line with the country's central bank, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday in a post on X.
www.reuters.com
September 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
In other news, in order to aid the Argentine president Milei in the forthcoming Argentine midterm elections the US is bailing out the Argentine economy w/a swap line. "America First" is quite meddlesome abroad as well
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
In other news GOP finds a new excuse to try to harm US universities- sigh.
www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
Dozens of US-China education programmes ‘must end’, says House Republican report
NYU - East China Normal University physics institute among partnerships targeted in broadside against tie-ups seen helping country modernise.
www.scmp.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
In other news GOP finds a new excuse to try to harm US universities- sigh.
www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
The panel with my piece on symbolic public gift diplomacy is today at 12 noon!
Attending APSA 2025? Looking for interesting panels to attend on Friday and Saturday afternoon? Interested in public diplomacy? I will be presenting two papers on this topic at APSA (1 on whataboutism vs. shaming & 1 on symbolic public gift diplomacy) that may interest you!
September 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The panel with my piece on symbolic public gift diplomacy is today at 12 noon!
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Attending APSA 2025? Looking for interesting panels to attend on Friday and Saturday afternoon? Interested in public diplomacy? I will be presenting two papers on this topic at APSA (1 on whataboutism vs. shaming & 1 on symbolic public gift diplomacy) that may interest you!
September 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Attending APSA 2025? Looking for interesting panels to attend on Friday and Saturday afternoon? Interested in public diplomacy? I will be presenting two papers on this topic at APSA (1 on whataboutism vs. shaming & 1 on symbolic public gift diplomacy) that may interest you!
Attending APSA 2025? Looking for interesting panels to attend on Friday and Saturday afternoon? Interested in public diplomacy? I will be presenting two papers on this topic at APSA (1 on whataboutism vs. shaming & 1 on symbolic public gift diplomacy) that may interest you!
September 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Attending APSA 2025? Looking for interesting panels to attend on Friday and Saturday afternoon? Interested in public diplomacy? I will be presenting two papers on this topic at APSA (1 on whataboutism vs. shaming & 1 on symbolic public gift diplomacy) that may interest you!
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Finally, in this issue’s data feature, @dovlevin.bsky.social introduces PEIG 2.0, an expanded dataset on #ElectionIntervention. This adds 25.5% more years and 37.4% more cases, mapping interventions from 1946–2014.
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September 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Finally, in this issue’s data feature, @dovlevin.bsky.social introduces PEIG 2.0, an expanded dataset on #ElectionIntervention. This adds 25.5% more years and 37.4% more cases, mapping interventions from 1946–2014.
Stage 1:restrict housing to boost own houses value
Stage 2:discover that you are paying higher property taxes b/c of inflated higher value of house
Stage 3: Try to avoid paying costs of own short sighted policies
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Stage 2:discover that you are paying higher property taxes b/c of inflated higher value of house
Stage 3: Try to avoid paying costs of own short sighted policies
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A property tax revolt is spreading – with help from key conservatives | CNN Politics
With real estate prices climbing and household budgets under strain, a once-fringe push to eliminate property taxes is drawing new energy — and the backing of high-profile conservative figures.
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September 8, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Stage 1:restrict housing to boost own houses value
Stage 2:discover that you are paying higher property taxes b/c of inflated higher value of house
Stage 3: Try to avoid paying costs of own short sighted policies
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Stage 2:discover that you are paying higher property taxes b/c of inflated higher value of house
Stage 3: Try to avoid paying costs of own short sighted policies
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Also a bit of effort by AI companies to make it harder to use AI for cheating on HS & undergraduate course assignments would be nice
Well it seems that Meta & other AI companies trained their AI's (also) on my 2020 book on election interference & seven of my academic articles on that & other topics. I don't want any money- just an acknowledgement from STEM guys that yes the social sciences are indeed useful in real life ways...
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
September 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Also a bit of effort by AI companies to make it harder to use AI for cheating on HS & undergraduate course assignments would be nice
Well it seems that Meta & other AI companies trained their AI's (also) on my 2020 book on election interference & seven of my academic articles on that & other topics. I don't want any money- just an acknowledgement from STEM guys that yes the social sciences are indeed useful in real life ways...
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
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September 6, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Well it seems that Meta & other AI companies trained their AI's (also) on my 2020 book on election interference & seven of my academic articles on that & other topics. I don't want any money- just an acknowledgement from STEM guys that yes the social sciences are indeed useful in real life ways...
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Are you looking for a tenure track position In IR? Interested in working in Asia? My department at HKU (PPA) is hiring 2(!) tenure-track International Relations professors. Warmly recommended from personal experience. Deadline: October 1 shorturl.at/IoFMO
Homepage - Department of Politics and Public Administration, The University of Hong Kong
Department of Politics and Public Administration The University of Hong Kong Standing at the crossroads between East and West, the HKU Department of Politics and Public Administration develops global ...
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September 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Are you looking for a tenure track position In IR? Interested in working in Asia? My department at HKU (PPA) is hiring 2(!) tenure-track International Relations professors. Warmly recommended from personal experience. Deadline: October 1 shorturl.at/IoFMO
Are you looking for a tenure track position In IR? Interested in working in Asia? My department at HKU (PPA) is hiring 2(!) tenure-track International Relations professors. Warmly recommended from personal experience. Deadline: October 1 shorturl.at/IoFMO
Homepage - Department of Politics and Public Administration, The University of Hong Kong
Department of Politics and Public Administration The University of Hong Kong Standing at the crossroads between East and West, the HKU Department of Politics and Public Administration develops global ...
ppa.hku.hk
September 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Are you looking for a tenure track position In IR? Interested in working in Asia? My department at HKU (PPA) is hiring 2(!) tenure-track International Relations professors. Warmly recommended from personal experience. Deadline: October 1 shorturl.at/IoFMO
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In other news Trump hasn't given up his Greenland annexation dreams & is now using covert operations for this purpose. Don't be surprised if suddenly say some very well funded Greenlandish parties change mine & start calling for US annexation...
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Denmark summons US envoy over report on covert American ‘influence operations’ in Greenland | CNN
The US envoy to Denmark was summoned by the Danish foreign ministry on Wednesday, after the country’s public broadcaster reported that a number of American men have attempted to conduct “influence ope...
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August 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM
In other news Trump hasn't given up his Greenland annexation dreams & is now using covert operations for this purpose. Don't be surprised if suddenly say some very well funded Greenlandish parties change mine & start calling for US annexation...
edition.cnn.com/2025/08/27/e...
edition.cnn.com/2025/08/27/e...
In other news Trump hasn't given up his Greenland annexation dreams & is now using covert operations for this purpose. Don't be surprised if suddenly say some very well funded Greenlandish parties change mine & start calling for US annexation...
edition.cnn.com/2025/08/27/e...
edition.cnn.com/2025/08/27/e...
Denmark summons US envoy over report on covert American ‘influence operations’ in Greenland | CNN
The US envoy to Denmark was summoned by the Danish foreign ministry on Wednesday, after the country’s public broadcaster reported that a number of American men have attempted to conduct “influence ope...
edition.cnn.com
August 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM
In other news Trump hasn't given up his Greenland annexation dreams & is now using covert operations for this purpose. Don't be surprised if suddenly say some very well funded Greenlandish parties change mine & start calling for US annexation...
edition.cnn.com/2025/08/27/e...
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And the winner of the most stupid decision made by the US government in 2025 (so far) is...
August 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
And the winner of the most stupid decision made by the US government in 2025 (so far) is...
And the winner of the most stupid decision made by the US government in 2025 (so far) is...
August 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
And the winner of the most stupid decision made by the US government in 2025 (so far) is...