A purpose of the war on Iran might well be to provoke a terrorist attack inside the United States, thereby justifying the need to “federalize” elections. We must anticipate it, with sadness and resolution, and not be surprised, if it happens.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-desire...
No Kings includes Draft Kings
There are some days when I miss being a journalist dearly but days like today are not among them. The cuts at WaPo are obscene and heart breaking. Definitely not an ill omen of the dangers to come.
Mafia goon: Nice house you got here...it'd be a shame if something happened to it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
If I were a PM who believed we were at a global rupture moment, upending decades of international order, and requiring totally new relations with the world, I probably wouldn’t cut my foreign affairs staffing and budget by 15%
The Nobel Peace Prize becoming so prestigious that wars are fought over a head of state coveting it is some real monkey paw stuff for Alfred Nobel.
this is the most successful a CIA officer has been at toppling a government in years.
Restarting live nuclear testing has been a reactionary goal ever since HW Bush voluntarily ended live tests after September 1992. It's foolish, but also technically hard to imagine: at best living memory is 33 years out of date, early career people then are retiring now slate.com/technology/2...
"Any book worth banning is a book worth reading."
Isaac Asimov
Congrats! Good topics too
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
This "invisible, mundane multilateralism" is something I really try to underscore Intro to IR. We talk a lot about the Universal Postal Union and the sheer amount of work that goes into the minor miracle of buying a postage stamp and being able to have a letter delivered anywhere in the world 🧵
Congratulations!
"They took hospitals and health care away from you so they could build concentration camps for immigrants."
Maybe I’m just old fashioned, but I really don’t think the NATO secretary general should be calling the President of the United States “Daddy.”
This is REALLY bad--and an utterly predictable consequence of military action.
Inspectors can't now verify Iran's several bombs worth of highly enriched uranium.
This is a MUCH bigger risk than whether the damage done to Fordow meets expectations.
Iran said there were “no signs of contamination” at the three nuclear sites that US airstrikes targeted.
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
Again: very impressive.
“"Operation Spider's Web" took one year-and-a-half to organise and has been overseen by Ukraine's President Zelensky, according to his country's security service”
www.bbc.com/news/live/cg...
Honestly the most impressive part isn’t the actual strike, but 18 months of planing, sourcing FPVs and explosives, building the container launch pads and network all inside of Russia without anyone noticing or some official leaking it to the press.
India and Pakistan confirm a cease-fire.
Two days ago, it is very probable that leaders in both India and Pakistan didn't want things to get to this point, even as they wanted to pursue their political goals against the other. The thing about escalation is that it has a logic independent of what the players involved often want.
Vance: "Which regime in the world has civil nuclear power and enrichment without having a nuclear weapon? The answer is - no one."
Germany, Netherlands, Brazil and Japan all have civil nuclear power and the ability to enrich uranium. None have nuclear weapons.
Canadians will vote tomorrow in the most emotional election since 1988. I have my own preference. But I note: no one doubts that the vote will be free and fair - or that the loser will peacefully accept the voters' decision. That may not sound much. It's more than others have.
World military expenditure rose by 9.4 per cent in real terms to $2718 billion in 2024, the highest global total ever recorded by SIPRI and the 10th year of consecutive increases.
Press release ➡️ bit.ly/3GH5GNe
#GDAMS2025 #MilitaryExpenditure #DefenseBudget #MilitaryBudget #SIPRI
Is Cory Booker doing a John Lewis remembrance as he approaches breaking Strom Thurmond's record the senatorial version of Kendrick dropping a diss track on Drake?
I think it is.
Easy to lose it in the chaos, but democratic movements continue to swell in Georgia, Hungary, and Serbia. apnews.com/article/serb...
The Canadian Red Cross is shocked and saddened to learn about the killing of eight Palestine Red Crescent Society medics in Gaza. We send our deepest condolences to their loved ones. Humanitarians are not a target.
I've been refreshing my inbox every fifteen minutes which means every NYT app alert -and there are many- makes my heart skip a beat, followed by swift disappointment.
the authoritarianism is bad, but the loser energy is absolutely intolerable
