How Gaza’s hunger crisis reached its “worst-case scenario”
Who is to blame for the failure to feed Gazans?
Really useful explainer from @joshuakeating.bsky.social on how—even after nearly two years of horrors—we got to this particularly horrific moment in Gaza. www.vox.com/world-politi...
31.07.2025 00:01 — 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Good thing this region will never come up again.
24.07.2025 16:48 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Syria fighting reveals US-Israel tensions
Fighting in Syria exposes a US-Israel rift.
For @vox.com's Today Explained newsletter, I looked into what the fighting in Syria reveals about the US-Israel relationship.
Trump's desire for big beautiful peace deals and Netanyahu's "mowing the grass" on steroids strategy are inevitably going to clash.
www.vox.com/today-explai...
22.07.2025 14:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The tariff era is going to be a real boom time for what @atossaaraxia.bsky.social calls the "hidden globe"
www.reuters.com/business/ins...
21.07.2025 12:49 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
I wrote for @vox.com last week, prior to Israel's latest strikes in Syria, that the "new Middle East" taking shape since the 12-day war seems to be one in which the IDF is indefinitely 'mowing the grass' in multiple countries
17.07.2025 15:44 — 👍 97 🔁 20 💬 6 📌 4
Israel is taking its old Gaza model abroad
“Mowing the grass” didn’t stop October 7. Now it’s going global.
They put @joshuakeating.bsky.social and me back on the same team and the world ain’t ready for (such sensible and valuable geopolitical analysis). www.vox.com/politics/419...
11.07.2025 15:05 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Giorgia, that is
10.07.2025 19:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The mainstreaming of Georgia Meloni's immigration views has been a pretty striking development over the last couple years www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
10.07.2025 19:55 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
I wrote on the dynamics driving the renewed talk of "Euronukes" last year
10.07.2025 19:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
U.K. and France Agree to First-Ever Nuclear Weapons Pact to Fend Off Threat to Europe
U.K. and France Agree to First-Ever Nuclear Weapons Pact to Fend Off Threat to Europe
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/w...
10.07.2025 19:28 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1
A piece I wrote late last year on the three factions vying for influence over Trump's foreign policy is newly relevant given the Bridge Colby stuff. Colby's not a "restrainer," he's a "prioritizer":
www.vox.com/world-politi...
09.07.2025 17:19 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Will we know if the next plague is human-made?
AI could make bioweapons more dangerous. It could also be the key to stopping them.
Will we know if the next plague is human made?
My latest for @vox.com looks at how AI could make bioweapons more dangerous, but could be a key tool to help stop them
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
09.07.2025 14:15 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Will we know if the next plague is human-made?
AI could make bioweapons more dangerous. It could also be the key to stopping them.
Will we know if the next plague is human made?
My latest for @vox.com looks at how AI could make bioweapons more dangerous, but could be a key tool to help stop them
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
09.07.2025 14:15 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Why the US just can’t quit Middle East wars
Every president wants to extricate America from the region’s conflicts. None of them do.
Spoke with @joshuakeating.bsky.social for this piece on why U.S. can’t extricate itself from MidEast conflicts. US remains hard-wired into regional security and at the same time has either failed to resolve core conflicts or instigated them. Not a platform for pivoting.
www.vox.com/world-politi...
26.06.2025 18:07 — 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Global trade has been pretty resilient to this stuff: shippers are still largely avoiding the Red Sea, without a huge amount of noticeable impact for consumers. The oil markets are taking the new Iran war in stride. But it's a space worth watching!
23.06.2025 21:32 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Armed conflict is stressing the bones of the global economy
From shipping lanes to airspace to undersea cables, globalization is under physical attack.
About a year ago, I wrote about how increasing armed conflict around the world was putting stress on the "bones" of globalization: namely, undersea cables, container shipping, and airline travel. www.vox.com/world-politi...
The current conflict has brought a couple of new developments: 🧵
23.06.2025 21:28 — 👍 47 🔁 19 💬 2 📌 0
Fake News Might Have Just Stopped a War
The Iranian missile strike had the feel of a stage-managed event, allowing both sides to craft their own narratives.
Reminded of a piece I wrote for @slate.com after the Soleimani retaliation about how it can actually be useful to deescalation if the governments involved are comfortable just lying about what's happening slate.com/news-and-pol...
23.06.2025 19:47 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
Why the US is attacking Iran now
And six other big questions about the bombing, explained.
Why is the US attacking Iran now?
My colleagues @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social, @awprokop.bsky.social and I tackle some pressing questions about America's newest war
www.vox.com/world-politi...
23.06.2025 16:25 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
This time, it’s Trump’s war
Trump brings America into Israel’s war on Iran.
Still a lot we don't know, but one thing is clear:
This time, it's Trump's war www.vox.com/world-politi...
22.06.2025 03:52 — 👍 103 🔁 35 💬 7 📌 1
On a very busy news day, I'm extremely grateful to my union to be working today and for our Big Beautiful New Contract.
13.06.2025 16:54 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
we’re ready to strike if we don’t get a good contract
11.06.2025 21:54 — 👍 110 🔁 30 💬 5 📌 5
Elon and Trump need space
Today, Explained · Episode
I am on today's Today Explained talking about Trump, Elon, and the final frontier. open.spotify.com/episode/3vxQ...
11.06.2025 21:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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