The new regime change is just the old regime change... China is watching closely—and may be the power most inclined to preserve what America is dismantling. open.substack.com/pub/interrup...

In 1909, President Taft set his sights on toppling Nicaragua's leader, Zelaya, who had been obstructing US biz interests. Even then Taft sought Congressional approval.

The dictator is gone, but the dictatorship still stands. @fridaghitis.bsky.social helps put this weekend's US operation in Venezuela in perspective, including how hard it will be to profit off of oil open.substack.com/pub/interrup...

The Quran is from Ottoman Syria - from Arturo Shomburg’s collection held at the NYPL Mamdani Is First New York Mayor to Use the Quran at His Swearing-In www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/n...

It was @jkbjournalist.bsky.social broke the story on Jeffrey Epstein in @miamiherald.com. Different eyes bring us different perspectives, which is the basis of democracy. Let's not forget that—and remember that's why they want to silence them. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/a...

What great company -- honored that Climate Change on the Battlefield made @elmirab.bsky.social Interruptrr roundup with all these other amazing female authors: open.substack.com/pub/interrup...

My list of non-fiction books of 2025, by women, who still get eclipsed by men, esp when it comes to foreign policy, national security, and economics. My effort to rebalance the landscape, not for the sake of gender, but for better solutions to today's challenges. open.substack.com/pub/interrup...

Some great reading recommendations from @elmirab.bsky.social interruptrr.substack.com/p/the-2025-b...

Another year-end book list I always anticipate with eagerness: at the Interruptrr newsletter, @elmirab.bsky.social shares her picks and TBRs for the best 2025 foreign-policy books by women.

Why was CIA research pointing to 9/11 ignored? Host @shepleygreen.bsky.social and @elmirab.bsky.social from Interruptrr discuss how an all-female CIA team warned of a major threat, but were laughed at and dismissed. 🎥 Watch: youtu.be/86pqqXYDeGs 🎧 Listen: www.socialprogress.org/beyond-gdp-t...

Yes. Public policing of women’s behavior is a central element of authoritarianism. My work on gender edutainment unpacks autocrats’ vernacular strategies of modeling Us and othering Them. Cooking shows (and trad wives!) “teach” a whole lot more than dinner prep. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

"Gender is not a sideshow," writes @milleridriss.bsky.social in this @projectsyndicate.bsky.social piece about how and why authoritarians target women, both as supporters and as enemies.

On Dec 31, the ACA healthcare subsidies expire. The GOP is not likely to renew them. If they did, it would cost over ONE DECADE $350 billion. www.crfb.org/blogs/unders.... For FY 26 ALONE, the GOP has approved $900 billion for national security and defense. www.military.com/daily-news/2...

Op-Ed Gender Parity in 2056? Join @elmirab.bsky.social from Interruptrr in our new episode as she explains how progress is happening in media, but not fast enough, and what we can do about it! 🔴Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=86pq...

Get Brooklyn in Brussels - Can Europe rise to the challenge to push back on Putin? open.substack.com/pub/interrup...

"We are far from the Christian nation Lincoln thought he was addressing, and tried to shape," what Trump is doing to the military is a five alarm fire www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...

Thank you @jkobzova.bsky.social for saying what needs to be said: Europe, grow a pair. DC won't shift its position. Find a way to convert the Russian assets into a war chest for Kyiv and for the EU. No cash, no bullets, no say: A 10-point memo for Europe on Ukraine: ecfr.eu/article/no-c...

This is an excellent resource to understand the legality/illegality of the boat strikes, whether it constitutes a war crime (it doesn't - but read why), and whether military officers can refuse to carry out illegal orders (yes). Well done @justsecurity.org

The cost of living has risen 26% since 2020. And the cost of food, childcare and electricity has outpaced even that. Talking about the Affordability Crisis w/ @crampell.bsky.social on The Weekend Primetime @ms.now It could be a big political problem for the GOP #inflation #midterms #affordability

This is pure censorship—using DEI as cover. U. of Alabama Suspends Black and Female Student Magazines, Citing D.E.I. Guidance www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...

I posted my autumn newsletter last week, with a tribute to Jessica Clark, a call out to #FallofFreedom, and a roster of beautiful projects from a number of you that give me political hope. Enjoy reading and learning from these models of social transformation. buttondown.com/LinaSrivasta...

There’s a lot to be angry about www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...

Balkan Lessons open.substack.com/pub/interrup...

Move Over, Netflix: Ukraine’s Corruption Investigators Bring the Drama www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/w...

"... in lifting sanctions on Dodik, the Trump administration has strengthened the very forces that Russian President Vladimir Putin hopes will unravel the peace forged at Dayton and weaken Europe from within." Recommended read @elmirab.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/10/t...

My newest in Foreign Policy.

MBS goes to Washington! The Prince and the President open.substack.com/pub/interrup...

Trump, at the urging of Rod Blagojevich, lifted sanctions on former Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik. That, I argue in @foreignpolicy.com, is a win for Putin and instability at Europe’s expense. foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/10/t...

Trump, at the urging of Rod Blagojevich, lifted sanctions on former Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik. That, I argue in @foreignpolicy.com, is a win for Putin and instability at Europe’s expense. foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/10/t...

Dick Cheney, died on the eve of Zohran Mamdani's election. While Trump, like Obama and Biden, is making most of the expanded powers Cheney carved out for the White House, Mamdani's election does signal that the might be turning. The End of Terror? open.substack.com/pub/interrup...

Call for nominations: @chinabooksreview.com is now seeking submissions for the 2025 Baifang Schell Book Prize, which will be awarded to one work of nonfiction and one of literature. Nomination deadline is December 15.

The headline on this @nytimes.com podcast was Did Women Ruin the Workplace. Just moments ago it changed to Did Liberal Feminism Ruin the Workplace.

This is not just a piece about #Turkey, but what happens when capitals embrace an autocrat b/c 1) they don't believe the country he rules can ever be true democracy 2) the autocrat advances their agenda @gonultol.bsky.social on how #Erdogan rules at home from abroad www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...

A man who is not afraid of women. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

My election hot takes: #mamdani #nycvotes #nyc #election2025 #election open.substack.com/pub/interrup...

The sweet justice that Dick Cheney, the architect of the "war on terror," died on the eve of the election of the first Muslim mayor of the very city 9/11 happened. It's a new day and time to move beyond the politics of fear and Islamophobia.

Trump's "sense that he controls the truth...is leaving him blind to where the real world is refusing to be shaped to fit his vision." I had fun writing for @elmirab.bsky.social's Interruptrr newsletter this week: interruptrr.substack.com/p/trump-v-re...

Instead, they should go without health insurance. Josh Hawley: No American Should Go to Bed Hungry www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/o...

I will save me, not thee Bill Gates Says Climate Change ‘Will Not Lead to Humanity’s Demise’ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/c...

How is this headline and piece okay to run? There would be a Congressional investigation and hearing if it read “Why X frightens Whites like me.” Why Mamdani Frightens Jews Like Me www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/o...

Yes, there is a feminist backlash, but don't write our obituary yet. There is progress, says www.ffpcollaborative.org foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/21/w...

And the Winner Is... Still Trump? 🤔 Nice move, Nobel Committee. Give the Peace Prize to a woman who risked everything for democracy, not to the man who strong-armed Israel and Hamas into a deal for his own validation. open.substack.com/pub/interrup...

"Istanbul isn't simply a city—it's a tapestry of empires, religions and civilizations..." @elcinpoyrazlar.bsky.social on Ottoman cuisine. on.ft.com/48SeGew via @financialtimes

The men (and a few women) of the old order are recycling tired scripts to cling to power. Gen Z is in the streets saying: enough. It includes analysis on the Israel-Gaza peace proposal, a look at Japan’s leadership election, and the Gen Z protests…. open.substack.com/pub/interrup...

The “tradwife” trend is hot - and a fantasy, which @ranaforoohar.bsky.social unmasks in this excellent piece on.ft.com/4nWeorv

This week, I look at next week's "high level" talks at the UN, which is, at 80, bloated and broke. Also a roundup of analysis from this week's headlines, including the UN report on Israel, US striking another Venezuelan boat and Trump's trip to the UK open.substack.com/pub/interrup...

Violence only begets violence in the absence and narrowing of civil society... Let's put Charlie Kirk's murder into perspective: In the Towers' Shadow open.substack.com/pub/interrup...

So craven..... and such a reflection of how the elites control the system Trump Advisers Have Discussed a Job for Adams if He Quits Mayor’s Race www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/n...