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Mark Leon Goldberg

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Veteran international affairs journalist. Editor, UN Dispatch. Host and founder, Global Dispatches. https://www.globaldispatches.org/

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Like in 2003, this claim is directly contradicted by the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

04.03.2026 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The very same Middle Eastern countries temporarily allied in their campaign against the common enemy of Iran are simultaneously competing against each other in a tangled mess of interlocking conflicts.

04.03.2026 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How the War in Iran Spreads Beyond the Middle East Iran is poised to join a series of interlocking conflicts across two continents and 800 million people

The very same Middle Eastern countries temporarily allied in their campaign against the common enemy of Iran are simultaneously competing against each other in a tangled mess of interlocking conflicts in this entire region.

www.globaldispatches.org/p/how-the-wa...

04.03.2026 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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How the War in Iran Spreads Beyond the Middle East Iran is poised to join a series of interlocking conflicts across two continents and 800 million people

News that the US is backing Kurdish fighters opens The Nightmare Scenario from a humanitarian perspective:

Iran becomes one node in an series of interlocking proxy wars that stretches all the way to South Sudan, impacting some 800 million people.

www.globaldispatches.org/p/how-the-wa...

04.03.2026 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Off-Ramps or Escalation -- How Does The Iran War End? Expert analysis from Dalia Dassa Kaye

Here's my full conversation with @dassakaye.bsky.social about where things may be headed:
www.globaldispatches.org/p/off-ramps-...

02.03.2026 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Death toll from school bombing in southern Iran reportedly rises to 165 Strike on girls’ elementary school in south of Iran has killed 148 people and injured 95 others, according to Iran state media

Melania Trump is scheduled to chair a meeting of the UN Security Council this afternoon on "Children, Technology and Education in Conflict"

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

02.03.2026 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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LIVE SOON: Off-Ramps or Escalation -- How Does Iran War End? Starting Mar 1 at 1:00 PM EST

I’ll be speaking with @dassakaye.bsky.social, author of the definitive book about US-Iran policy. What do you want to learn? open.substack.com/live-stream/...

01.03.2026 17:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As we saw with the Washington Post, the first to go will be the international correspondents. (And note, at Ted Turner’s insistence, they are not known as β€œforeign correspondents” at CNN)

27.02.2026 01:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Anthropic vs. the Pentagon: The High-Stakes Fight Over Military AIβ€”and Autonomous Weapons Will the leading AI company let the Pentagon use its model to develop "killer robots?"

This is a really helpful explanation of what is at stake in this dispute between Anthropic and the Pentagon -->

www.globaldispatches.org/p/anthropic-...

26.02.2026 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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LIVE SOON: A Military-AI Expert Explains the High-Stakes Dispute Between Anthropic and the Pentagon Starting Feb 26 at 11:30 AM EST

I'm about to go live at half past the hour (1130 ET) with Military-AI expert Anna Hehir, to discuss this high stakes dispute between the Pentagon and Anthropic
open.substack.com/live-stream/...

26.02.2026 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ethiopia Is Sliding Fast Toward Major War You need to be paying attention to Ethiopia right now.

Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia and Eritrea are morphing into one giant interlocking conflict impacting about 200 million people.

www.globaldispatches.org/p/ethiopia-i...

25.02.2026 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ethiopia Is Sliding Fast Toward Major War You need to be paying attention to Ethiopia right now.

People really need to be paying attention to what’s happening in Ethiopia right now. It’s getting virtually no attention in the western media, but the entire region is on the brink of a cataclysmic major war.

www.globaldispatches.org/p/ethiopia-i...

25.02.2026 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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LIVE SOON: Ethiopia Is Sliding Fast Toward Major Warβ€”Again Starting Feb 24 at 2:30 PM EST

It’s gotten virtually no coverage in western media outlets, but Ethiopia and Eritrea are headed fast towards a new war that could engulf the whole Horn of Africa. Livestream coming at 2:30 ET

open.substack.com/live-stream/...

24.02.2026 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why Has the United States Deployed Gunboats to Haiti? As a new UN-backed force prepares to deploy to Haiti, a political, security and humanitarian crisis deepens

All eyes are on Iran...but the US has also positioned gun boats off the coast of Haiti!

www.globaldispatches.org/p/why-has-th...

20.02.2026 19:40 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It is kind of telling that this Board of Peace is like an uber-manel. Not a single woman was called on to speak this morning.

19.02.2026 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump's Board of Peace is No Challenge to the UN Let's stop the hand wringing, please

Trump's Board of Peace is a nothingburger

www.globaldispatches.org/p/trumps-boa...

19.02.2026 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"We have peace in the middle east right now" says Trump, at his Board of Peace Meeting as he positions massive numbers of bombers to the region. Referring to Iran: "We may need to take it further, you'll find out in about 10 days, maybe"

19.02.2026 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Global Dispatches | Mark Leon Goldberg | Substack Smart, deeply reported analysis on international affairs, global crises, and the UN β€” trusted by diplomats, journalists, and policy experts. Click to read Global Dispatches, a Substack publication wit...

Haiti's political, security and humanitarian crisis is getting worse. I'm interviewing @crisisgroup.org expert Diego Da Rin live on Substack at 2pm ET who will help unpack this crisis and explain a way out of this enduring crisis. What do you want to learn? Join us! --> www.globaldispatches.org

16.02.2026 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I learned so much from this conversation!

10.02.2026 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Norway's Mona Juul, a once legendary diplomat and former UN Amb, has resigned over allegations revealed in the Epstein doc dump. @anjalikdayal.bsky.social and I discuss the fallout around the UN of of diplomats being implicated in the Epstein files -->

www.globaldispatches.org/p/the-secret...

09.02.2026 23:41 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

come for the discussion of Michelle Bachelet’s singular candidacy (former head of state, former victim of state torture) for UN Secretary General, stay for me debuting my most puritanical opinion

08.02.2026 20:38 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Secretary General Race Heats Up β€” And the Epstein Files Hit the UN Plus, The UN's Kafkaesque Funding Quagmire

New "To Save Us From Hell" episode dropped! @anjalikdayal.bsky.social discuss the newest entrant in the race for Secretary General AND the what the latest Epstein doc dump has revealed about some high profile diplomats around the UN.

www.globaldispatches.org/p/the-secret...

06.02.2026 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Ron Wyden Only Talks Like This When The Spies Do Something *Real* Bad No, I don't know what they did. But I have a lot of experience with the senator

"I have never known Wyden to point to smoke that doesn't emerge from a five-alarm fire." Another useful post from
@attackerman.bsky.social -->

www.forever-wars.com/ron-wyden-on...

05.02.2026 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Global Dispatches | Mark Leon Goldberg | Substack Smart, deeply reported analysis on international affairs, global crises, and the UN β€” trusted by diplomats, journalists, and policy experts. Click to read Global Dispatches, a Substack publication wit...

I mean, you can all support the cause by getting a paid subscription to Global Dispatches! Full price: www.globaldispatches.org

Discount link: www.globaldispatches.org/40PercentOff

04.02.2026 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Global Dispatches | Mark Leon Goldberg | Substack Smart, deeply reported analysis on international affairs, global crises, and the UN β€” trusted by diplomats, journalists, and policy experts. Click to read Global Dispatches, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

www.globaldispatches.org

04.02.2026 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If I had the funding, I would hire some of the recently fired Washington Post reporters to write for Global Dispatches.

04.02.2026 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Civil War Has Returned to South Sudan Why a fragile peace collapsedβ€”and what comes next

It's barely penetrated the western media bubble, but a devastating civil war in South Sudan no longer "looms" -- it's fully erupted.

I speak w/ Daniel Akech of @crisisgroup.org who explains the stakes -->

www.globaldispatches.org/p/civil-war-...

30.01.2026 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ebola probably ?

27.01.2026 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mark Carney's Jaw-Dropping Davos Speech Canada is walking away from Washington. Who’s next?

Carney may not have wanted this divorce, but Trump forced it. The question now is whether anyone else is prepared to follow Canadaβ€”and what happens if they do.

www.globaldispatches.org/p/mark-carne...

21.01.2026 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just published a whole episode making this very point! open.spotify.com/episode/58Lr...

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