Contributing Writer at The Atlantic. Opinions here are my own.
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May 25
Did an interview on Muhammad bin Zayed with Le Grand Continent, the French magazine of geopolitics and ideas: legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2026/…
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May 25
I wrote a profile of Kirill Dmitriev, Putin's "Trump Whisperer": theatlantic.com/internationa…
The Magician of the Kremlin
Kirill Dmitriev will do anything to stay close to power.
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May 20
With the UAE in the headlines, I thought I'd repost this story from 2020 on MbZ, the elusive leader of that country: nytimes.com/2020/01/09/magaz…
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John Bolton: Our biggest mistake in the 1990s and during the Bush administration was leaving Ukraine, Moldova, and Belarus in a gray zone - not pushing harder for their eventual NATO membership.
Eastern and Central Europeans were begging for protection from Russia. We expanded NATO but left a dangerous gap that Russia quickly exploited.
In 2008, Bush tried to fast-track Ukraine and Georgia into NATO, but France and Germany blocked it.
Ukraine is an incredibly rich and powerful country that is striving to become truly European and Western - while rejecting Vladimir Putin’s aggressive nationalism.
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Every day, while we are distracted by Internet memes, innocent Ukrainians are being massacred
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My story on the fall of the Assad regime: theatlantic.com/internationa…
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So dismayed to see what's happening at the Washpost, where some of the best journalists in the businesses have been fired abruptly
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Feb 4
Jeff Bezos wealth in 2024: $194 billion
Jeff Bezos wealth in 2025: $215 billion
Jeff Bezos wealth today: $249.4 billion
Net increase in Bezos wealth since 2024: $55.4 billion
Cost of Bezos’s 417-foot superyacht: $500 million
Amazon investment in "Melania": $75 million
Original Bezos purchase price of the Washington Post in 2013: $250 million
Bezos net worth in 2013: $25.2 billion
Net increase in Bezos wealth since buying the Post: $224.2 billion
Last reported annual losses of Post: $100 million
Number of years Bezos could absorb those losses with what he makes in a single week: 5
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Feb 4
A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
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