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 --> www.forever-wars.com/ron-wyden-on...

If I had the funding, I would hire some of the recently fired Washington Post reporters to write for Global Dispatches.

It's barely penetrated the western media bubble, but a devastating civil war in South Sudan no longer "looms" -- it's fully erupted. I speak w/ Daniel Akech of @crisisgroup.org who explains the stakes --> www.globaldispatches.org/p/civil-war-...

Carney may not have wanted this divorce, but Trump forced it. The question now is whether anyone else is prepared to follow Canada—and what happens if they do. www.globaldispatches.org/p/mark-carne...

Just published a whole episode making this very point! open.spotify.com/episode/58Lr...

I’ll be speaking with @dassakaye.bsky.social at the top of the hour about events in Iran and the American response. Watch live! www.globaldispatches.org

I think it is important to understand Trump’s actions in Venezuela as a singularly consequential historical inflection point—one that future historians may point to as marking the transition from one era to another. www.globaldispatches.org/p/what-trump...

Everything's dating fast but this from @markleongoldberg.bsky.social & Elizabeth Dickinson is the best analysis I've hear of the Venezuela crisis and the challenges of governing the country now: www.globaldispatches.org/p/the-us-jus...

I speak with @dickinsonbeth.bsky.social about the *many* perils that may follow Trump's actions in Venezuela today. You will learn a ton from this 25 minute conversation --> www.globaldispatches.org/p/the-us-jus...

I'll be speaking @dickinsonbeth.bsky.social of the Crisis Group about what is unfolding in Venezuela right now. Livestream starts at the top of the hour and free for all Global Dispatches subscribers. www.globaldispatches.org

I almost always run my writing through chat gpt to check for typos, spelling and grammar only... But just now it randomly inserted Chinese characters into my draft|?!

Deep in the Defense Authorization bill is the repeal of the "Caesar Sanctions" -- biting sanctions on Syria imposed in response to the Assad regime's brutality. But there is a new regime in Damascus that needs int'l support during its democratic transition. Repealing these sanctions is a good move

At minute 33 you can watch To Save Us From Hell podcast co-host (and IR professor extraordinaire) @anjalikdayal.bsky.social address the Security Council --> webtv.un.org/en/asset/k10...

I love "solutions journalism." This is a style of journalism that focuses on what worked to solve a problem. I often combine it with a global focus, leading to what @martinscott2010.bsky.social dubbed "humanitarian journalism."

This is what a successful international response to a deadly disease outbreak should look like! Credit first goes to Congolese health authorities, but also to the multilateral health system that the Trump admin is trying to tear down! www.globaldispatches.org/p/an-ebola-o...

Syria has been liberated from the brutal Assad regime and his dungeons emptied. But in Lebanon, Assad's former ally Hezbollah is holding hundreds of Syrian political prisoners. One of them spoke to me from a smuggled phone inside a Hezbollah jail. www.globaldispatches.org/p/the-last-o...

Like eight years ago, I asked a similar question on Twitter--and Chris responded by recommending Killers of the Flower Moon!

@anjalikdayal.bsky.social and I will discuss! open.substack.com/live-stream/...

Lots of caveats here, but the Gaza resolution written by the Trump admin backs the idea of Palestinian self-determination and statehood. That's certainly a positive development, at least considering where the starting point was. And it puts them at odds w/ the Israeli gov

The US Mission to the UN just posted an odd statement decrying those who "sow discord" over a Security Council resolution to authorize an International Stabilization Force for Gaza. I guess I'm guilty of this?! www.globaldispatches.org/p/why-an-int...

At the UN, Trump administration officials are scrambling to pass a Security Council resolution to authorize an "International Stabilization Force" for Gaza. I explain why it's unlikely that such a force would deploy anytime soon--if ever. www.globaldispatches.org/p/why-an-int...

What political science teaches us about fraudulent elections and mass protests in Tanzania Full ep --> www.globaldispatches.org/p/what-polit...

Dick Cheney’s lasting geopolitical legacy was showing the world that the United States was not as powerful as it assumed itself to be, hastening the pace of American relative decline.

As always, the way to stop the genocidal Rapid Support Forces in Sudan is to press their main backers, the UAE. But that hasn't happened, so these massacres are accelerating www.globaldispatches.org/p/a-genocida...

Please take a moment to understand the gravity of what is unfolding in Darfur right now. www.globaldispatches.org/p/a-genocida...

Please take a moment to absorb the enormity of what is unfolding in Darfur right now. open.substack.com/pub/globaldi...

I'm one of those millions of Americans who buy health care through the exchange and whose premiums are about to skyrocket. I'll find out just how much on Monday...oof.

A genocidal militia is rampaging through El Fasher, a city in Darfur. The nightmare scenario so many people have predicted is suddenly unfolding. Please join me for this urgent conversation. My intv guest is a human rights scholar from El Fasher. open.substack.com/live-stream/...

Since the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty was opened for signature in 1996, there have been ten nuclear tests conducted worldwide. These include two tests by India and two by Pakistan in 1998, and six tests by North Korea between 2006 and 2017.​

I've removed the paywall from this interview about the battle for El Fasher, in Darfur. Please share. All the bad things we discuss are now unfolding www.globaldispatches.org/p/sudans-civ...

I published this on October 3 and have removed the paywall. www.globaldispatches.org/p/sudans-civ...

I’ll be speaking with a Cameroonian writer about the post-election chaos. What do you want to learn? open.substack.com/live-stream/...

I'll be speaking with The Economist's Patrick Foulis at half past the the hour! open.substack.com/live-stream/...

far be it for me to tell the vice president he doesn't know what he's talking about, but I'm here to tell you that if we consider how other, similar international forces have worked, the vice president doesn't know what he's talking about

"Vance Says International Security Force Will Lead on Disarming Hamas" @anjalikdayal.bsky.social and I have our doubts! www.globaldispatches.org/p/can-a-un-b...

@hebaaly.bsky.social discusses an intriguing proposal to reform the UN with @anjalikdayal.bsky.social and @markleongoldberg.bsky.social. Certainly worth considering

Join my conversation w/ @mattduss.bsky.social at 2 et—> open.substack.com/live-stream/...

There's a whole lot of chatter about Trump and the Nobel Peace Prize that is devoid of any discussion of how the process actually works. Well, I spoke to one of the five people on the planet who actually decides who wins the Nobel Peace Prize 👇👇👇 www.globaldispatches.org/p/inside-the...

Back in 2024, I predicted/recommended/endorsed Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms for the Nobel Peace Prize. One year later, the case for these brave volunteers is even stronger. www.globaldispatches.org/p/sudans-eme...

Sudan's Emergency Response Rooms deserve the Nobel Peace Prize www.globaldispatches.org/p/sudans-eme...

Please join this very timely conversation about the massive unfolding crisis in Sudan. open.substack.com/live-stream/...

I have the best subscribers! www.globaldispatches.org

Escalator-Gate is shaping up to be a real problem, and emblematic of how fragile US-UN relations are right now. 👇🏼 www.globaldispatches.org/p/how-seriou...

Escalator-Gate is shaping up to be a real problem, and emblematic of how fragile US-UN relations are right now. 👇🏼 www.globaldispatches.org/p/how-seriou...

Going live to talk UNGA and Trump at half pas the hour.... @anjaneundorf.bsky.social and @mayaungar.bsky.social open.substack.com/live-stream/...

Here are the 9 UNGA speeches I'm most anticipating www.globaldispatches.org/p/the-9-spee...