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Sheena Chestnut Greitens
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Sheena Chestnut Greitens
@SheenaGreitens
National security, China/Asia, dictatorship & democracy. @UTAustin @TheLBJSchool @ClementsCenter @StraussCenter. Nonres fellow @CarnegieEndow. RT≠Endorse.
Texas, USA
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    Sheena Chestnut Greitens
    @SheenaGreitens
    Aug 14, 2025
    New video explainer of our @CarnegieEndow paper (with @IBKardon & @CameronWaltz_ ) on China's internal security outreach under the Global Security Initiative:
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    Sheena Chestnut Greitens
    @SheenaGreitens
    Jan 8, 2021
    Welcome to the free market, Senator.
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    Josh Hawley
    @HawleyMO
    Jan 7, 2021
    My statement on the woke mob at @simonschuster
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    Sheena Chestnut Greitens
    @SheenaGreitens
    Oct 13, 2020
    Shot / Chaser. 2020, y’all.
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    Sheena Chestnut Greitens
    @SheenaGreitens
    Aug 1, 2022
    The circled statement here is untrue. Not a *single one* of these people has ever said the allegations I made in 2018 were false. ⁦@EricGreitens⁩ is lying in public about court records that are private to protect our minor children. cc: ⁦@MattFlenerKMBC⁩
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    Sheena Chestnut Greitens
    @SheenaGreitens
    Nov 11, 2021
    I teach the end of WWII in Asia in an undergrad course called “America’s Wars in Asia.” This is just historically inaccurate.
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    Sheena Chestnut Greitens
    @SheenaGreitens
    Mar 22, 2022
    Statement on my affidavit to the Boone County court:
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    Sheena Chestnut Greitens
    @SheenaGreitens
    Jul 19, 2021
    A LOT of non-democracies have elections. This is why my Democracy & Dictatorship syllabus has a whole section on "why authoritarian regimes have features that look like democracies (courts, legislatures, elections, etc)":
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    Boots Riley
    @BootsRiley
    Jul 18, 2021
    I'm going to simply destroy the lie that there are no elections in Cuba. This first picture is from the 2008 Cuban elections. As you see there are multiple candidates for each particular office. (At least 3 or 4 are Afro-Cuban)
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    Sheena Chestnut Greitens
    @SheenaGreitens
    Nov 18, 2021
    Quite the statement from the WTA Chair:
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    wta
    @WTA
    Nov 17, 2021
    Statement by Steve Simon, WTA Chairman & CEO: The statement released today by Chinese state media concerning Peng Shuai only raises my concerns as to her safety and whereabouts. Peng Shuai must be allowed to speak freely, without coercion or intimidation from any source.
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    Sheena Chestnut Greitens
    @SheenaGreitens
    Feb 25, 2022
    Hey guys, any follow-up?
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    Ben & Jerry's
    @benandjerrys
    Feb 4, 2022
    You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war. 

We call on President Biden to de-escalate tensions and work for peace rather than prepare for war. 

Sending thousands more US troops to Europe in response to Russia’s threats against Ukraine only fans the flame of war.
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    Sheena Chestnut Greitens
    @SheenaGreitens
    Oct 12, 2021
    Harvard moves Chinese language programme to Taiwan:
    Harvard moves Chinese language programme to Taiwan
    From timeshighereducation.com
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    Sheena Chestnut Greitens
    @SheenaGreitens
    Feb 2, 2021
    Sec. Blinken in favor of admitting refugees from HK to US. Good.
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    Sheena Chestnut Greitens
    @SheenaGreitens
    Apr 16, 2020
    It feels a little odd to announce good news with all that's going on, but - I'm delighted to share that in August, I'll join @UTAustin's @TheLBJSchool. Excited to continue working on Asia, authoritarian politics, & U.S. national security. /1
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    Sheena Chestnut Greitens
    @SheenaGreitens
    Dec 8, 2021
    Reminder: the most basic definition of democracy is "a system in which parties lose elections." (You have to actually alternate parties in power to be sure that one party won't balk & try to hold onto power at the point of a gun.) 1/2
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    Sheena Chestnut Greitens
    @SheenaGreitens
    Jan 6, 2021
    I have spent my life studying democracy & dictatorship. I am finding it hard to articulate the grief and anger I feel at seeing democracy & the peaceful transition of power so destabilized in my own country.
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    Money Power Politics with Stephanie Ruhle
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    Jan 6, 2021
    Day 1 vs. Day 1,448

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