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@BasharatPeerDeputy Program Director, Future of Conflict, International Crisis Group. Author, A Question of Order, Curfewed Night, Former @foreignaffairs, @nytopinion
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The entire issue (theideasletter.org/issue/america-…) is very worth reading, including contributions from @stephenWalt on the US, Lee Siegel on culture, @BasharatPeer on India, @ursulind on the Middle East, @NataliaSaltalam on Mexico, @hanskundnani on Europe, @kirillrogov on Russia, Cheta…
American power played a great role in ensuring the famine in Gaza. Once upon a time an American scientist helped hungry strangers grow more food. Delighted to have an essay considering American power from India for The Ideas Letter @leonardbenardo1 theideasletter.org/issue/america-…
Today, we’re launching The Ideas Letter, an online magazine and newsletter that delivers political and cultural perspectives to readers who are open to the unconventional with commissioned pieces and curated articles from other sources: theideasletter.org “The mission of…
Our reporter in Gaza just filed a dispatch describing how his family has resorted to eating pet food, cooking with bug infested flour and paying exorbitant prices for rotten vegetables (when they are even available).
Karine Jean-Pierre, when asked about international aid agencies saying Israel has failed to improve the humanitarian crisis in Gaza despite the U.S. previously warning military aid would be at risk: “Israel has taken steps to address the measures laid out in that letter.”
What could be worse than an incompetent, narcissistic, megalomaniac billionaire taking control of the United States? A *competent* narcissistic, megalomaniac billionaire taking control of the United States. My @Slate piece on Elon owning America slate.com/technology/202…
"Trump didn’t win by making people love or even accept him. He won because the electorate rejected the Biden-Harris administration. It is important to clearly discern the sources of that rejection. The work of correction is hard but not complicated." nymag.com/intelligencer/…
My longread on ‘The Mountain’ - Palestinian journalist Wael Al Dahdouh, and the killings of Palestinian journalists and their families in Gaza. theguardian.com/world/2024/oct…
Important, absolutely necessary conversation about a year of war in Gaza between @atwoodr, @RobBlecher and @CrisisGroup Palestine analyst Tahani Mustafa. crisisgroup.org/global/hold-yo…
📚This week’s reading list starts with opportunity the U.S. must seize to de-escalate war in Gaza after the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. Washington must move to halt Israel’s campaign in the north of Gaza & ensure regular flow of aid. 1/11 crisisgroup.org/middle-east-no…
I spoke to Ben Rhodes about my book “Radio Free Afghanistan” on his Pod Save the World podcast..approx 1 hour 3 minutes in via @brhodes crooked.com/podcast/trump-…
I spent much of this year reporting on how the Biden administration has aggressively stepped up tech competition with China. At the center of that strategy is Jake Sullivan. My profile of the national security advisor is up now at my old home, @WIRED wired.com/story/jake-sul…
No food has entered northern Gaza since the start of October, putting 1 million people at risk of going hungry, the World Food Programme told CNN. cnn.com/2024/10/11/mid…
"With the war intensifying and people being carried out dead every day, how can we have a celebration? Please don't celebrate while witnessing these tragic events. The Swedish Academy didn’t give me this award for us to enjoy, but to stay more clear-headed."
Han Kang declines press conference, refuses to celebrate award while people die in wars koreatimes.co.kr/www/culture/20…
Is recovery in Gaza possible? Cam and I thinking through the anniversary of October 7th @OnesandToozePod featured at Chartbook top links. Explore more thought-provoking topics and updates in the Chartbook Top Links here: tinyurl.com/2sypzt2h
He’s channeling Said here in such a specific way. From 54” in this clip, talking about the Shoah. youtu.be/7g1ooTNkMQ4?si…
Here's the entire Trevor Noah/Ta-Nehisi Coates clip, much of which was conveniently left out.
Today, we release our Palestine issue, "From the River to the Sea." All proceeds go to The Gaza Community Mental Health Programme @GCMHPMedia “We release this special issue as one collective voice within the call for abolition, transformation, and exit.” parapraxismagazine.com/articles/for-l…
Millions of people's livelihoods are being endangered from escalating harm to the Mekong River basin's ecosystems and the excessive exploitation of natural resources. Watch the full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=w4XomJ…
South Korean novelist Han Kang Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature nytimes.com/2024/10/10/art…
Israel has shot/killed more journalists in the space of a year than the world's worst dictatorships this century
Israeli army shot our colleague, @AJArabic cameraman Fadi Al Wahidi while working in northern Gaza. He’s currently in critical condition. The moment I saw these images, I remembered my colleague and dear friend Shireen Abu Akleh laying same way on the ground after she was shot…
A profile I wrote @guardian about the historian, Rashid Khalidi, America’s foremost scholar of Palestine. He is retiring though he continues to write, including a book about connections between history of #Ireland & #Palestine. theguardian.com/world/ng-inter…
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