Kenneth Weinstein
@KenWeinstein
Japan Chair @HudsonInstitute. Lots of opinions on some extremely non-Japanese topics as well.
Deeply moved to meet Rushan Abbas, human rights hero & former Uighur service reporter @RadioFreeAsia. Her aunt & sister deported to "re-education" camps by Chinese government after she appeared @HudsonInstitute. Unconscionable. @freedomhouse @rushan614

"Macron is having a rough go at home with a 19% approval rating. That may explain at least in part his attempt at making headlines with a vanity project abroad." Le @WSJ fustige à raison la faute d'un Macron en perdition sur la scène politique française. wsj.com/opinion/emmanu…
“The coordinated…strikes on Iran’s military & scientific elite were a stunning display of intelligence collection & targeting…Israeli and U.S. sources describe that assault as, at once, an air war, a spy war and an algorithm war.” washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/…
While USIP President @DarrenJBeattie will remain Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy, where Beattie has led sweeping free speech reforms, including shutting down GEC & the recent push on Brazil. He will also stay head of State’s Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs
The New York Times: “No proof of Hamas steal aid.” A Gazan Woman: “There is no aid, Hamas took it all and brought it into their tunnels.”
Watch live: General David Petraeus sits down with @augama and @KenWeinstein to examine what the war in Ukraine has revealed about the future of warfare—and what these lessons mean for Taiwanese security. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Honored to introduce “Lessons of the Ukraine War for Taiwan” @HudsonInstitute @cspan featuring legendary Gen. David Petraeus in conversation with @augama

"I'm going to make a new deadline of about 10 or 12 days from today. There is no reason of waiting. We just don't see any progress being made." Donald Trump a annoncé aujourd'hui réduire le deadline laissé à la Russie avant la mise en place de nouvelles sanctions.
Can hardly wait until “Watashi ga Trump Sri ken no teigen shita 3tsu no koto” by @OfficerNagao is translated into English!

The war in Ukraine has offered an invaluable lesson in innovation on the battlefield. Today at 4:30, General David H. Petraeus will join @augama and @KenWeinstein to discuss how Taiwan can incorporate lessons from Kyiv into its security strategy. hudson.org/events/david-p…
Met @PahlaviReza @PahlaviComms for an interview today. We spoke for an hour about the regime in Iran, why he still believes in a revolution, and how he responds to the criticism that the son of an autocratic ruler can hardly be the face of the future. Coming out tomorrow on all…
Les documents révélés cette nuit et attestant de contacts secrets directs entre les dirigeants du Hamas et les services de renseignement français sont d’une extrême gravité… On ne protègera pas en jurant à la provocation. La vérité doit faire son chemin.
Il est en effet probable que la décision fautive de Macron soit avant tout motivée par un minable calcul politicien en vue de législatives à l'automne: permettre la réactivation contre le RN du honteux "front" Renaissance/LFI déjà revendiqué par Attal en 2024. 2/2
Analyse intéressante sur la télévision allemande des motivations de politique intérieure du choix fautif de Macron de reconnaitre un Etat palestinien: donner des gages à l'extrême gauche LFI mais aussi se positionner en opposant au RN devenu soutien d'Israël. 1/2
“In just five weeks, GHF has delivered nearly 100 million meals directly to civilians, feeding one to two million Gazans per day. The key is bypassing Hamas and removing food from its system of control and coercion.”
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📣War Briefing 1️⃣ As @TheEconomist recognised, predictions of famine in 2024 by aid groups and the @UN proved wrong. So why should they be more trustworthy today? 2️⃣ As @SpencerGuard has shown, the @IDF has provided more aid to #Gaza than any military in history has provided to…
.@DarrenJBeattie will be inheriting the reins of the influential but deeply wayward USIP, which has been beset by allegations of corruption and unauthorized covert foreign policy. Beattie’s vision is to rebuild USIP “from the ground up,” ditching the baggage of its troubled past
🚨 Huge News In DC Today 🚨 After sign-off this morning from Secretary Rubio & Secretary Hegseth, DARREN BEATTIE (@DarrenJBeattie) has just become the new President of the US Institute of Peace!
It is not the decision of France, but that of a single isolated man, even if he is the President of the Republic. Only Hamas and the pro-Islamist far left have welcomed this decision. The overwhelming majority of political decision-makers have rejected it. We must work together…
Strategic clarity in action.
France’s decision to recognize a Palestinian state is a gift to Hamas and a blow to peace. I’ve just arrived, and I’m deeply disappointed. @EmmanuelMacron – I hope to change your mind before September. Free the hostages. Focus on a ceasefire. This is the path to lasting peace.
Macron félicité par les terroristes du Hamas... La présidence Macron restera comme une tâche dans notre histoire et la trahison de notre vocation à être aux côtés des démocraties.