Richard Fontaine ✓

@RHFontaine · Washington, D.C. · joined 23 Jan 2009

CEO of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). Anthropic Trustee. Former NSC, State Dept, Advisor to Sen. John McCain. Tweets reflect personal views.

25 100Followers

902Following

4 495Posts total

154.6KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

8 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views1 578this account1 195median for 10K–100K

Reach, %6.29%this account3.80%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.31%this account2.00%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 578	1 195	1.32×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	6.29%	3.80%	1.65×
Engagement rate	0.31%	2.00%	0.15×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

57K11 Jun

253

258

946 Sep

83.3K30 Aug

42531 Aug

1.8K

8531 Sep

2.4K

5.9K2 Sep

1.3K3 Sep

Last 12 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.26%11 Jun

0.40%

0.39%

2.13%6 Sep

0.32%30 Aug

0.24%31 Aug

0.20%

1.09%

0.94%1 Sep

0.29%

0.29%2 Sep

0.68%3 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 2.00%.

What the audience does

Likes50.0%331 in total

Reposts14.8%98 in total

Replies4.4%29 in total

Quotes3.5%23 in total

Bookmarks27.3%181 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

Latest posts

CNAS is soliciting applications for the Shawn Brimley Next Generation National Security Leaders Program. We named the program for Shawn Brimley, a @CNASdc founding member who believed the next generation deserves not just encouragement but investment. Over the years I've had the 1.3K views · 7 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 In this AI Town Hall, @tylercowen and I had a fascinating discussion on the economic implications of AI, US-China competition, what college kids should study if no career is “AI-proof,” and more. https://t.co/QnXM3jfFi9 5.9K views · 11 likes · 4 reposts · 1 replies 02 Sep 2026 Two new rounds of fighting in three days. This is a “warm war,” alternating between hot conflict and cold standoffs. A long-term affair in which neither side believes it can win in a decisive blow. A war of economic attrition, waged largely but not exclusively through military 2.4K views · 5 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 01 Sep 2026 Both sides are now settling in for a long U.S.-Iran war. The best bet now is on a protracted economic contest, enforced largely but not exclusively through military means. https://t.co/yWYbOQAoVd 853 views · 5 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies 01 Sep 2026 @RHFontaine Even the phrase "severe economic difficulties in Iran" is doing a lot of work here -- inflation is astronomical, the Iranian rial is rapidly approaching worthlessness, the gas lines are getting even longer (and bet that normal Iranians hate them as much as we would (a 1.8K views · 18 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies 31 Aug 2026 @RHFontaine @joshrogin Wrt 4: it’s not endurance, it’s that there’s no way out. 1K views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 31 Aug 2026 @RHFontaine @JackRyanlives We need like a s’mores war. Like some browning of the marshmallow and occasional squishing 425 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 31 Aug 2026 Both sides are now settling in for a long U.S.-Iran war: 1. Gone is U.S. talk of seizing Kharg Island or forcing open the Strait of Hormuz by putting troops ashore. No more bantering about destroying Iran’s bridges and power plants - or ending its civilization - to win the war 83.3K views · 182 likes · 55 reposts · 15 replies 30 Aug 2026 @RHFontaine Hi Richard, I listened and watched your intervention at @IFRI_ on Thursday 6th September. Your analysis and Bob Blackwill’s on #China is certainly one among the sharpest I had heard. 94 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 06 Sep 2024 @RHFontaine Richard Fontaine is among the few rising stars of U.S. foreign policy . 258 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 11 Jun 2024 @RHFontaine Congratulations! 253 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 11 Jun 2024 New book out today 👇 Lost Decade: The US Pivot to Asia and the Rise of Chinese Power Bob Blackwill and I examine the decade-plus effort to put Asia first in U.S. foreign policy, investigate China’s rise, and make the case for a new pivot to Asia. https://t.co/wVE66EGkn7 57K views · 97 likes · 36 reposts · 8 replies 11 Jun 2024