The Republican congressman taking on Trump Thomas Massie has launched a one-man rebellion from Kentucky

Intriguing profile of Thomas Massie: “The Republican congressman taking on Trump”
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Ukraine is using its achievements on the battlefield to boost its international status. My latest for @foreignpolicy.com

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WaPo Editorial: US cut aid to Africa. The continent proved resilient.

The @washingtonpost.com describes the deaths of an estimated 750,000 people to date as "messy"

Trump vows to hit more Iranian infrastructure President Donald Trump has said the US has yet to begin "destroying what's left in Iran." He vowed to strike more infrastructure after US forces blew up a major bridge in Iran, killing eight and wound...

Trump's War: Trump, who has no problem inflicting suffering & casualties on his own people, engages in exactly the type of warfare that is generally widely condemned throughout the international community. And yet: strikes on civilian infrastructure & killing civilians.

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This stunning chart from @theeconomistnews.bsky.social really drives home the extent of Trump’s collapsing popularity

Exiled Russians and others demonstrate against Putin and the war in Ukraine in Georgia.

Could it be that Russia’s aggression against Ukraine will spawn different forms of partnership among the countries of Eurasia?

It's a question that journalist @ccaryl.bsky.social considers in BORDER LINE WAR, a Long Lead feature produced with Magnum Photos, featuring photos shot by Thomas Dworzak.

As an American, there are always disappointments to register and arguments to engage; amid the chaos of our battered, monied attempt at self-governance, dissent is constant.
But this feeling of being utterly ashamed of America and embarrassed to the core by its president is new, raw and unnerving.

Zelensky’s Kickass Two Weeks And his broader achievement (so far).

What Zelensky is doing is deftly managing Trump, and Trump doesn't even know it

Xi Ousts Politburo Member in Deepening Purge of China’s Top Ranks The former party chief of the Xinjiang region became the third member of the elite body to be removed in recent months.

Xi Jinping purges yet another member of the Politburo. China feels more Stalinist by the day. www.wsj.com/world/china/...

Pakistan is waging its own war in Afghanistan Pakistan is waging its own war in Afghanistan. Christopher Clary and Asfandyar Mir discuss how these former allies are now in open conflict – and why this might escalate further.

Glad someone is following this!

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A Complacent America Shrugs Off New War Technologies From the president on down, many Americans still do not grasp the implications of drones and other threats.

Direct threats to American national security? Big yawn. The media, the Pentagon, and the general public don't seem especially bothered by hostile drone incursions or systematic Chinese cyber attacks. My latest for @foreignpolicy.com

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Pro-West graffiti is seen in Georgia.

BORDER LINE WAR reunites Dworzak with @ccaryl.bsky.social, a fellow journalist he originally met in Moscow in the early 2000s. The feature is a historical record that shows how countries from the Arctic, through the Baltics, and down into the Caucasus have pushed back against the menace next door.

Is Russia pushing its neighbors into the next World War?

Years of reporting by @magnumphotos.bsky.social Thomas Dworzak and sharp analysis by @ccaryl.bsky.social show the winds of war blowing through a new Iron Curtain.

The latest—an urgent read—from @longlead.com:

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‘Armageddon scenario’ for gas markets as Qatar hit by missiles ft.trib.al/TBOSW4U

Middle East war: why attacks on gasfields like South Pars are a major escalation Strike was first time a fossil fuel energy production facility has been hit. But why is it significant and who does it affect? Strikes by both sides on so-called upstream gas production facilities in recent days are a significant escalation in the war in the Middle East, with potentially long-term consequences. The strikes were the first time facilities associated with the production of fossil fuel energy had been hit in the conflict, rather than sites associated more generally with the oil and gas industry. Continue reading...

Middle East war: why attacks on gasfields like South Pars are a major escalation

Trump just threw Israel under the bus—claiming the U.S. “knew nothing” about the strike on Iran’s South Pars gas field—despite earlier Axios reporting it was coordinated with and approved by his own administration.

A New Iron Curtain: Inside the Cold War to Curb Putin's Imperial Reach From Norway to Kazakhstan, U.S. allies hold a tenuous line with Russia, the ghost of an empire that insists it has no boundaries.

With expert analysis from foreign affairs columnist @ccaryl.bsky.social, BORDER LINE WAR shows how countries from the Arctic, through the Baltics, and down into heart of Asia have held the line with Russia — and what it’s like when the cold wind of war blows through this new Iron Curtain.

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So glad I had the chance to work on this cool project with my old friend Thomas Dworzak. Check out his amazing photos

In Putin’s Russia, Resistance Is Lonely This year’s Oscar winner for best documentary offers an intimate view of Russia’s descent into fascism.

Here’s my @foreignpolicy.com review of the film that won best documentary at last night’s Oscars. Enjoy

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In Putin’s Russia, Resistance Is Lonely An Oscar-nominated documentary offers an intimate view of Russia’s descent into fascism.

“[Talankin’s film] offers a snapshot of Russia’s descent into fascism—from the school’s grenade-throwing competition to a history teacher who professes his admiration for Lavrentiy Beria, Stalin’s serial-raping secret police chief.”

~ from @ccaryl.bsky.social

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Peter Thiel's lecture series on the Antichrist comes to Rome, and Catholic institutions back away One of the hottest tickets in Rome these days is for a four-lecture series on the Antichrist being given by Silicon Valley tech billionaire Peter Thiel. The invitation-only conference, from Sunday to ...

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For a limited time, get free access to all of FP’s Iran coverage. Explore our in-depth analysis, challenge your assumptions, and see the world through the eyes of our experts. foreignpolicy.com/projects/ira...

Worth a read! Note: outside the paywall until COB today

A Complacent Pentagon Needs to Learn From Ukraine The Europeans are deeply engaged with Kyiv on defense technology, but Washington is lagging behind.

A few months ago, I warned that the Pentagon was failing to absorb lessons from the war in Ukraine. Now, DOD and Gulf countries are rushing to enlist Ukraine’s help. (Note: paywall lifted until COB today.) foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/07/u...

Iranians rethink the price of regime change Destructive US and Israeli war and Islamic republic’s resilience have alarmed even those who supported foreign intervention

“One sociologist in Tehran, who is critical of the regime and the war, said there was anecdotal evidence of a growing ‘sense of nationalism emerging from the war’ as happened during Israel’s 12-day conflict against Iran last year, when people rallied around the flag.”
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Iran’s Control of Hormuz Means It’s Exporting More Oil Today Than Before the War Tehran is letting ships carrying its crude pass through the strait, while it scares off others that would dare.

Interesting. So Iran keeps selling its oil (to China) while keeping the Strait closed to everyone else. I’m sure Trump planned for this, right?

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Iran’s Leadership Signals It Is Still in Control and Able to Fight The regime is battered but holding up, a challenge to the U.S. and Israeli goal of bringing it down.

So what happens if the Iranians decide they aren’t beaten? www.wsj.com/world/middle...

I continue to be gobsmacked at 1) how common this formulation is 2) how antisemitic and generally bigoted it is 3) and how for all the talk of anti-semitism this is never cited as an example even though it’s quite literally the original incarnation.

“Unconditional surrender” was the Allies’ demand in WWII. They backed it up by occupying Germany, Italy and Japan.

Is Trump prepared to send hundreds of thousands of troops to occupy Iran, a nation of 93 million people, and to risk the resulting casualties? If not, this is simply bluster.

Radar bases housing key US missile interceptor hit in Jordan and UAE, satellite images show | CNN New satellite images from several key military bases in the Arabian Peninsula suggest that Iran is seeking to degrade air defenses by destroying US-made radars that detect incoming missiles and drones...

This is hugely important: the Iranians have managed to degrade U.S. theater missile defense . But for some reason the Pentagon doesn't seem to be very keen to talk about it.

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