All signs are pointing to a very, very long term closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
But -- and this is key -- there is a potential diplomatic path forward that's being floated around the United Nations
www.globaldispatches.org/p/the-united...
Even if Donald Trump declares victory and moves on, the instability this conflict has unleashed will not be easily contained
www.globaldispatches.org/p/ten-days-o...
Like in 2003, this claim is directly contradicted by the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
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.
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...
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...
Here's my full conversation with @dassakaye.bsky.social about where things may be headed:
www.globaldispatches.org/p/off-ramps-...
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...
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/...
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 “foreign correspondents” at CNN)
This is a really helpful explanation of what is at stake in this dispute between Anthropic and the Pentagon -->
www.globaldispatches.org/p/anthropic-...
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
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Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia and Eritrea are morphing into one giant interlocking conflict impacting about 200 million people.
www.globaldispatches.org/p/ethiopia-i...
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...
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
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All eyes are on Iran...but the US has also positioned gun boats off the coast of Haiti!
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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.
"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"
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
I learned so much from this conversation!
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...
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
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...
"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 -->
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