Connor Fiddler

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Connor Fiddler

@Connor_Fiddler

PhD Student, @UTAustin; Non-Resident Fellow, @FPRI | Former @aeifdp, @reaganinstitute, @YPFP | US grand strategy, Asian security, alliance politics

Austin, TX Inscrit le Şubat 2021

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Connor Fiddler@Connor_Fiddler·5 Kas

Read my new piece with @thedispatch! I argue that degrees of loyalty and voice within an alliance is the best way to understand the strength and cohesion of that alliance. If loyalty breaks, and an ally feels like they have no voice with their partner, the ally may exit.

The Dispatch@thedispatch

"Leveraging Hirschman’s framework, we can weave today’s contradictory headlines into a coherent picture of Trump’s alliance management. Yet the portrait that emerges is troubling." | @Connor_Fiddler thedispatch.com/article/trump-…

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Connor Fiddler@Connor_Fiddler·8h

Wrong political dynasty to pick. The Bush Family is much more prominent than the Kennedys. I need a life action portrayal of Senator Prescott Bush

DiscussingFilm@DiscussingFilm

First look at Michael Fassbender as Joe Kennedy Sr in an upcoming biopic series about the Kennedys. Described as the U.S. version of ‘The Crown’. Coming soon to Netflix.

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Foreign Policy Research Institute@FPRI·4d

FPRI and the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology (@NunnSchoolGT) are pleased to introduce orbisjournal.org, the new home of the Orbis Journal of World Affairs. Read the announcement on our website. buff.ly/KYvjMOX

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Jackie Chea ⚖️@Fair_and_Biased·18 Mar

I can’t stop laughing.

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Roger Zakheim@RogerZakheim·16 Mar

Excited to announce my new book: Peace Through Strength: How Reagan’s Military Buildup Won the Cold War. It tells the story of how America’s largest peacetime military buildup helped defeat the Soviet Union and bring the Cold War to an end. Coming November 3, 2026 from @skyhorsepub / Regnery History. Pre-order now on @amazon. a.co/d/02xw8Mjk 1/4

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Connor Fiddler@Connor_Fiddler·15 Mar

Or do the corn and tobacco columns as the founders intended

The Washington Post@washingtonpost

The White House’s main entrance with its Ionic columns has been a signature image of the seat of American power. Now the Trump-appointed head of a federal arts commission is proposing to replace them with a more ornate style favored by President Trump. wapo.st/3P7EWtL

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Connor Fiddler@Connor_Fiddler·12 Mar

@kenmoriyasu Congrats!

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Ken Moriyasu@kenmoriyasu·12 Mar

Farewell, Nikkei! Starting from the headline desk in Osaka, I was blessed to report across Japan, the U.S., China and the Middle East. Starting April, I’ll continue that journey at the Hudson Institute as Senior Fellow for Greater Asia — the strategic arc from Japan to Turkey along the ancient Silk Road. Thank you all.

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Connor Fiddler@Connor_Fiddler·12 Mar

“The power to hurt is bargaining power. To exploit it is diplomacy—vicious diplomacy, but diplomacy.” - Thomas Schelling Trump’s actions in Iran should be seen as continuous with the negotiations. Just negotiations by other means.

Rebeccah Heinrichs@RLHeinrichs

The attacks will continue until morale collapses.

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Connor Fiddler@Connor_Fiddler·11 Mar

@JosephALedford @UTAustin @UTCivics @ClementsCenter This is amazing news! Welcome back!

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Joseph Ledford@JosephALedford·11 Mar

In the fall, I'm returning to @UTAustin to help build the premier strategy and statecraft program. I'll join as an Asst Prof of Security Studies in @UTCivics and at the @ClementsCenter, where I'll serve as the Director of Research. Stay tuned for new positions and initiatives!

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George F. Will@GeorgeWill·9 Mar

War-making is the president’s business, not Congress’s washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/…

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Connor Fiddler@Connor_Fiddler·6 Mar

“I think Reagan is fundamentally an overrated conservative figure, an overrated president, and potentially in many ways damaging one.” A faction on the right claim the conservative label while remaining deeply hostile to the conservative movement itself. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/int…

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POLARIS National Security@PolarisNatSec·2 Mar

🚨 @ReaganInstitute Director @RogerZakheim praises Trump's historic Iran decision: "This is strategic in every aspect. This regime has, for 47 years, attacked our interests. The U.S. is safer now." With Operation Epic Fury, @POTUS is carrying Reagan’s foreign policy legacy.

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The Dispatch@thedispatch·28 Şub

"Conflict with Iran is an ugly option. But it is far better than risking a conflict with a nuclear-armed Iran." | @mikenelson586 thedispatch.com/article/iran-s…

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Connor Fiddler@Connor_Fiddler·28 Şub

Implementation will always be important and determinative but it is undeniable that “the survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands.” (George W Bush)

John Hudson@John_Hudson

In a brief phone call with The @washingtonpost just after 4 a.m. President Trump said his main concern is “freedom” for the Iranian people, and that the U.S. is working to make Iran a place that’s “safe.” “All I want is freedom for the people" Trump told @natalie_allison

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Connor Fiddler@Connor_Fiddler·17 Şub

In a move that will strengthen deterrence

Bloomberg@business

The US will deploy more missile systems to the Philippines, a move that will potentially anger China, as the two allies boost their defense ties bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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World Politics Review@WPReview·12 Şub

The government offices tasked with implementing U.S. policy toward the Indo-Pacific—a region of critical importance—remain strikingly uncoordinated in their design. As @Chris_Estep & @Connor_Fiddler write, the moment to realign strategy and structure is now. worldpoliticsreview.com/us-bureaucracy…

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Chris Estep@Chris_Estep·11 Şub

Just coauthored a piece with @Connor_Fiddler about a problem that's been on my mind for years: maps! Specifically, the conflicting organizational maps that DoD, State, the military, and the White House have drawn to manage U.S. alliances and partnerships in the Indo-Pacific. 🌏

World Politics Review@WPReview

Despite the importance of the Indo-Pacific as a strategic framework, Washington’s bureaucracy still struggles to organize itself accordingly, with multiple, dissonant approaches to the region across government agencies, @Chris_Estep & @Connor_Fiddler write. worldpoliticsreview.com/us-bureaucracy…

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Rebeccah Heinrichs@RLHeinrichs·9 Şub

This and the U.S. partnership with India. Also collaboration w/ Europeans on the Russia and Iran file (two countries that the CCP uses for its purposes.).

Ezra A. Cohen@EzraACohen

This may well be the relationship that allows the world to avoid a world war.

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Kylie Cheung@kylietcheung

10 years ago today, no one clapped. And we are all living with the consequences

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Connor Fiddler@Connor_Fiddler·3 Şub

@EduCastelletN @PolarisNatSec Thank you sir!

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Eduardo Castellet Nogués@EduCastelletN·3 Şub

@Connor_Fiddler @PolarisNatSec Great news Connor!

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Connor Fiddler@Connor_Fiddler·3 Şub

Excited to share that I’ll be spending this spring working as a graduate research fellow with @PolarisNatSec. I’m grateful to work with an exceptional team advancing a conservative foreign policy grounded in American strength.

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