Kristin Lord

@kristin_lord

Strategist/analyst/institution builder across development, diplomacy, security, Optimistic skeptic (evidence please); Investor in people/ideas; CEO

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Joined December 2011
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  1. Retweeted
    6 hours ago

    Start your week off right by applying for an absolute dream job leading our global programs team across 10 countries. It's an exciting period of growth in our work, including our new strategic partnership with

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  2. Mar 20

    Sensible, evergreen recommendations from “Compete! … Increase the flow of persuasive information and start to compete, seeking to generate effects that support U.S. and NATO objectives”

    Our experts call Russia's model for propaganda the "firehose of falsehood" because of two distinctive features: 1) high numbers of channels and messages 2) a shameless willingness to disseminate partial truths or outright fictions
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  3. Mar 20

    Love this call from for a national “opportunities assessment” Strategic thinking is dominated by threat analysis. What if we spent even a quarter of our time thinking about how to create and seize opportunities (including over the medium/long term)?

    We are all caught in a vicious cycle of bad news and angry debates about what to do about a broken world. Why does this cycle repeats over and over again? All of us play a role. How we think about things and debate issues holds us back.
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  4. Mar 20

    Military effectiveness is much more than numbers of troops & weapons says ⁦⁩ This war reminds how much, when I studied political science, we deemphasized topics like morale, cohesion, leadership (has changed some, to the field’s credit)

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  5. Retweeted
    Mar 19

    95% of people in Afghanistan are not getting enough to eat. It's almost impossible to fathom. Many people are running out of time and millions of lives are at stake. As support pours in for Ukraine we cannot forget Afghans.

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  6. Mar 19

    Wars are magnets for traffickers and others who prey on the vulnerable — among many other ways that wars compound human suffering. A proactive approach is needed to minimize, and hopefully prevent, the harm

    1.5 million. That’s the number of children who have fled as refugees since 24 February, and countless others have been displaced by violence inside the country. calls for strengthened measures to protect them.
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  7. Mar 19

    If only we would take these instruments of statecraft more seriously (a quick budget comparison tells the story vividly)

    During this week’s hearing on combatting authoritarianism, : “It [public diplomacy, democracy & governance] can be as powerful as a some of what we do and more preventive - not ending up sending America’s sons and daughters abroad”
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  8. Mar 19

    So many terrible consequences of war in Ukraine In addition to impact on poverty shown in ⁦⁩ report, note high dependence on Ukrainian & Russian wheat in Lebanon, Egypt, Tunisia — not a list of countries ready for another shock

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  9. Mar 19

    Important point by

    Social media is creating a powerful survivorship bias in our understanding of the war. Where we see lots of content attesting to Ukrainian victories, we spread it. But where we see nothing, we spread nothing, and so the worst parts of the conflict remain out of public view.
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  10. Mar 19

    Useful analysis by (and the many political scientists he cites/quotes) One thing missing from this, and other analyses like it, is the question of what timeframe analysts are talking about for any possible change It matters a lot, especially if you are Ukrainian

    There has been a lot of speculation on whether the Ukraine war could end with Putin's downfall. Here's what the best evidence we have says about how that could happen — and whether it's likely
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  11. Mar 17

    It is critical to get accurate information to people who live behind walls of censorship cc (I will refrain from pointing out yet again the key open leadership roles in the US government related to this issue)

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    Mar 15

    In , every day of delayed peace will accelerate a freefall into poverty. According to our early projections, almost 1/3 of Ukrainians could fall into poverty within a year and an additional 62% are at high risk of falling into poverty:

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    Mar 15

    The war in Ukraine is also an information war. Learn how media literacy education by has reduced the spread of misinformation and hate. Join us tomorrow (Wed. March 16) @ 10am EST with Katya Vogt & Sheila Scott:

    , , and 3 others
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  14. Retweeted
    Mar 14

    Good, reputable organization through which you can aid Ukrainian civil society in everything from humanitarian needs to documenting war crimes has been on the ground there for years. Below is what their work supports BIG HT

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  15. Mar 13

    Also: expect bad actors to take advantage of global focus on Ukraine

    Friday started in Ukraine, then quickly went to new intel on North Korea; Saturday night was about missile strikes in northern Iraq, from Iran. Today it's back in Ukraine, with a hint of China. The Gods must be crazy
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  16. Mar 13

    Superb piece by Outside actors can support democracy movements with flexible funding/timely training; diplomatic/economic pressure on authoritarians & enablers; supporting artists, independent journalists, those fighting corruption

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  17. Mar 13

    This:

    Please spare a thought today for the courageous journalists, Ukrainian and foreign, risking their lives to tell the world the story of this hell war.
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  18. Mar 13

    In yet another Cold War callback, shortwave radio returns as a way to get news to Russians

    Shortwaves for Freedom press release, with transmission schedule.
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  19. Mar 13

    As governments get more serious about seizing funds from kleptocrats, please remember there are existing, proven mechanisms to reclaim stolen funds & return them to the citizens they were stolen from Can be faster/more efficient but they are powerful

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  20. Mar 12

    Powerful: our board chair talks about what brave journalists in Ukraine — suddenly war reporters overnight — are doing to provide accurate news and lifesaving information to Ukrainians and the world

    IREX Board Chair spoke with on the Rapid Reaction Fund that is raising funds to support Ukrainian journalists and citizens. Learn more about our efforts:
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