Columnist @ForeignPolicy. Insomniac, naturalist, frequenter of diners. Ex-WaPo, ex-Newsweek. Own worst enemy.
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24 Feb 2022
I firmly believe that Putin has miscalculated, and that his war will only lead to the outcomes he didn't want. Here's why
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I ponder: Is Trump’s birthday extravaganza his last hurrah? spectator.com/article/trumps… @ccaryl @melindaharing @EdwardGLuce
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Jun 12
"You might have thought the world’s richest man had enough on his plate teeing up history’s biggest IPO. Yet Musk has been devoting many of his waking hours to stoking racial hatred in Britain on this site." My Swamp Notes with @robertshrimsley
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Note Putin’s persistent claim that Ukraine is being “supplied” with drones by the West & and that it has no serious air defenses of its own. He simply can’t admit to his domestic audience that Ukraine is actually outclassing Russia in many respects. youtube.com/shorts/OO46gZDlD…
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Jun 12
NEW: China arrested a US citizen after Trump met with Xi in Beijing and accused him of endangering national security — a rare charge against an American. The detainee, U Min Zin, is a grad student at @UCBerkeley who researches Myanmar. This adds a new strain to US-China ties.
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Couldn’t agree more
Jun 12
China may expel an American grad student & think tanker if it chooses, but arresting one on implausible espionage charges crosses a policy red line and demands an immediate US government response. #U_Min_Zin #China
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Jun 11
WOW, Trump administration has launched a probe into Iran war critic Trita Parsi and is considering to cancel his Green Card and deport him out of the country, The Free Press reports
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Jun 11
Trump appears to be completely passed out asleep in the Oval Office
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Jun 11
Elvira Nabiullina reportedly told Putin she'll serve out her term, but only if he doesn't close the borders or declare martial law. Anonymous sources say she "diplomatically called in sick" & is waiting for the president's answer. She hasn't appeared publicly in over a week. ↓
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I ask: Are hostilities in Iran really about to cease? spectator.com/article/hostil… @ccaryl @melindaharing
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Jun 10
For @ResistBureau, I spoke with John Prendergast and Khayran Noor to unpack how mega-events like the #WorldCup can be used for sportswashing, power projection, and covering up repression. The spectacle is real, but so is the impact on human rights. Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=AV6Qeaqk…
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Couldn’t agree more. washingtonmonthly.com/2026/0…
Jun 9
"It would be premature to succumb to the fatalistic conclusion that there is no hope for more principled and reliable U.S. leadership after Trump, whose policies are now reminding many Americans what they lose when such leadership is abandoned."
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What lessons can Iran's negotiators draw from the mistakes of the Qajar and Pahlavi shahs? The tobacco concession and the Anglo Iranian Oil Company are still resonant in Iran's "long historical memory". @ialmarashi and I discuss in @RStatecraft responsiblestatecraft.org/ir…
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Xi’s purge keeps accelerating, reaching further into the past and sweeping up people who long ago relinquished any meaningful power, all under the banner of anticorruption. “Permanent insecurity calls for permanent purges.” wsj.com/world/china/chinas-x…
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Damn. Shots fired!
Jun 9
"No two human beings, let alone US presidents, could be less alike than Trump and Carter. But they have Iran in common. Once the idea forms that a US president is prisoner to what others decide, the scent of impotence is hard to shake." My column as.ft.com/r/5f37dae0-9628-43…
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Jun 8
Given the prevailing confusion that some are eager to perpetuate, essential that Pres. @ZelenskyyUa has confirmed that there is no question of ceding the Ukrainian territories in the Donbas, currently partially occupied by russia.
The same applies to Crimea and other territories.
«We will bring back their war to the territory from where this war came to us», #Zelensky said on SkyNews. «We show that our drones will come to their cities...They live in St. Petersburg & Moscow». He confirmed that he has passed a message to Putin:#Ukraine won’t give up Donbas.
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"The world burns and Jared Kushner gets richer."
Jun 8
Extremely excited to share the first excerpt of UNITED STATES OF OLIGARCHY, over at @MotherJones!
Jared Kushner boasts the greatest conflicts-of-interest in American history—and has become the best friend autocrats could want.
Here's how it happened.
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New AI espionage powers trigger Putin camera scare via @FT
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Jun 8
Turkey's Erdogan is gradually moving away from Putin's Russia. trib.al/ryTIJRa
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My look at the latest TPUSA conference: MAGA is doubling down spectator.com/article/maga-i… @ccaryl @melindaharing
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“We see that the United States is fully focused on the issue of Iran, and it would be wrong to simply wait until the war in Europe returns to the center of its attention.
Ukraine proposes ending this war through direct engagement between us — and you.
I am proposing a meeting.”
Open Letter to the President of the Russian Federation: president.gov.ua/en/news/vid…
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