Michael O'Hanlon
@MichaelEOHanlon
Phil Knight Chair in Defense and Strategy in the Talbott Center, Director of Research for the Foreign Policy Program, Brookings Institution
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. nytimes.com/2025/07/27/opi…
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. nytimes.com/2025/07/24/opi…
It's insane that people who make tens of millions a year (even billions!) pay the same amount into Social Security as someone who makes $176,000. Our country could easily keep its promises and fund Social Security for generations if we unrigged the system and fixed this.
“Starving people to death is a diabolical way of waging war. It must end.” — Pope Leo to Netanyahu substack.com/home/post/p-16…
Since I was a kid, I've dreamt about creating a game. Now I've created WONDER × WORDS. If you've ever played--or been curious about--tabletop roleplaying games, check it out. W×W enables collaborative or solo play in any world imaginable. Plus, it's FREE! wonderxworlds.itch.io/wonder-worlds
<THREAD> In 2019, I was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma. Faced with my own mortality, I decided to create a game to play w/my family. 6 yrs later, I'm cancer free & proud to publish the open beta playtest version of WONDER × WORLDS—available for FREE! 1/ wonderxworlds.itch.io/wonder-worlds
Happy Birthday Joseph! I'm thinking of you on this special day.... 🙏👍❤️
“Today is my 89th birthday. My name is Joseph, and I am sitting here, in a retirement home, with a plate of dumplings in front of me. I don't know who made these for me, nor who will wish me a happy birthday today. I have three kids but haven't seen them in a long time. They…
Interesting snapshot of a dramatic demographic shift happening in front of our eyes. Chinese kindergartens enrollments plunge 25% in 4 years, some shift to nursing homes, via @FT on.ft.com/3IKZm8L
These career American diplomats served our country well, were non-partisan and did not deserve to be fired at the height of their careers. We’ll be weaker without them. Historic mistake.
HAPPENING NOW!! Moving scene - tears, hugs, and cheers - inside the State Dept HQ tonight, as diplomats gathered in the lobby to clap out their laid off colleague, some of which have served for decades 👇🏻
.@MichaelEOHanlon describes @MWSBrookingsFP's new book as "a welcome corrective to the new American narrative on China: that it is an evil foe to be confronted at every turn." "Melanie does well to remind us to be careful about such thinking," he writes: brook.gs/45Mzhzy
I disagree: Tennis fans deserve better than John McEnroe wapo.st/4kByB3L
3/ As @patricia_m_kim warns, PRC’s unwillingness to entangle itself in its so-called partners wars isn’t a cause of relief or sign of weakness—it indicates strategic focus. Beijing is concentrating on regional balance of power where it matters most. (3/3) brookings.edu/articles/the-g…
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. nytimes.com/2025/07/07/wor…
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. nytimes.com/2025/07/05/bus…
What Drones Can—and Cannot—Do on the Battlefield foreignaffairs.com/united-states/… via @ForeignAffairs
Happy Independence Day! realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/…
It is still dangerous but there is lots in this argument about China that I find compelling: nationalinterest.org/feature/china-…
I’ve known Ambassador Bridget Brink for decades+support her candidacy for Congress in Michigan #MI07. She is smart+courageous and served our country with great distinction and bravery under Russian missiles in Ukraine. She’ll make a difference in the House. @AmbBridgetBrink
I’ve dedicated my life to protecting democracy & fighting for freedom. It’s why we stood up to Putin and why I spoke out against Trump. My next mission: fighting for what’s right here at home. I’m running for #MI07 because it's time to put Michigan families first and fight back.
