Is there any way out of Sudan’s nightmare? Latest for @voxdotcom.bsky.social www.vox.com/politics/467...

very true

How tariffs ate American foreign policy My latest for @vox.com on what the Supreme Court case could mean for Trump’s international weapon of first resort. www.vox.com/politics/467...

I'm thrilled to announce the pilot episode for a new sports history podcast called Replay Booth. The pilot, "Wilbur Huckle for President," is live now. If you liked Slow Burn and/or One Year and/or Hang Up and Listen, you'll love this www.replaybooth.show/p/replay-boo...

Humanitarian intervention, MAGA-style www.vox.com/politics/467...

What happens when you mix AI and nukes? Dropped in on @vox.com's Today Explained to talk about some of my recent reporting. Also got into House of Dynamite and why nuclear discourse always seems to come back to the movies open.spotify.com/episode/59gZ...

It's been a day and a half and still no one knows what Trump meant by resume nuclear testing

Iran's president talking about building a new capital because Tehran's groundwater is depleted: www.ft.com/content/7485... Indonesia already building a new capital because Jakarta is sinking www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...

A trade truce, a nuclear threat: What to make of the Trump-Xi meeting www.vox.com/politics/466...

Thanks to @kuow.org in Seattle for having me on to discuss the boat strikes, the US military build-up, and prospect of regime change in Venezuela omny.fm/shows/sounds...

If you're wondering WTF Trump is talking about when he says he's ended 8 wars this year, well, he didn’t. Here’s @joshuakeating.bsky.social's rundown of each conflict, what Trump did and didn’t do, where he deserves some credit, and where he doesn’t. www.vox.com/politics/466...

Has Trump actually ended any wars? www.vox.com/politics/466...

In very very likely a first for @vox.com, this story is also available in Malagasy, Madagascar's national language. Ny krizy ara-politika sy ara-tontolo iainana ao Madagasikara. Mety hanampy ny famerenana amin’ny laoniny ny haran-dranomasina ve? www.vox.com/climate/4654...

"Australia seems to consume more cocaine per person than any other country." www.economist.com/briefing/202...

Read @joshuakeating.bsky.social on how Trump got to this point in Venezuela and what’s likely to determine whether he escalates, from bombing civilian boats to actually trying to overthrow Maduro. www.vox.com/politics/465...

So, Putin had Trump right where he wanted him but just couldn't help himself from going into a lecture about Bohdan Khmelnytsky and Rurik? www.ft.com/content/7af3...

How soy explains the world. Great piece piece from @mbolotnikova.bsky.social that takes from the trade war, to the rainforests, to the supermarket aisle (not the aisle you're thinking of) www.vox.com/future-perfe...

Feel like Thomas Pynchon would think a far-right Peruvian politician named Porky Aliaga building a Charlie Kirk-based personality cult was a little much thepointmag.com/forms-of-lif...

China has copied America's grab for power over semiconductor supply chains. www.programmablemutter.com/p/china-has-...

Today is UK pub day for my new book BOG QUEEN, a literary murder mystery in which the victim is a two-thousand-year-old bog body! UK readers can buy here or wherever books are sold: www.weidenfeldandnicolson.co.uk/titles/anna-...

A big new get for the yellow website

We’ve got great news. 🎉 Astead W. Herndon is joining Vox. He’ll be launching a new video podcast and will be covering the 2026 midterms and lead-up to the 2028 presidential election on all of Vox’s platforms — text, audio, and video. www.vox.com/press-room/4...

Talking about Trump, Bibi and the Gaza deal on today's Today Explained open.spotify.com/episode/2AJu...

The Gaza peace deal’s greatest strength is also its greatest weakness www.vox.com/politics/464...

Netanyahu prolonged the war to save himself. It may have worked. www.vox.com/politics/463...

Netanyahu prolonged the war to save himself. It may have worked. Latest for @vox.com www.vox.com/politics/463...

Israel and Hamas will begin indirect talks in Egypt on Monday after Hamas said it would accept parts of President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, including releasing all remaining Israeli hostages. @joshuakeating.bsky.social explains what we know about the deal and its chances of succeeding.

Trump and Hegseth's Quantico gathering was an all-time "meeting that could have been an email." But also seemed to be something of a loyalty test for America's top military commanders www.vox.com/today-explai...

What Trump's relationships with Netanyahu and Putin have in common www.vox.com/politics/463...

Trump called yesterday "one of the great days ever in civilization." Uh, easy tiger. Useful reality check from @joshuakeating.bsky.social: www.vox.com/politics/463...

A real honor to appear on @onthemedia.bsky.social 22 years (yikes) after I was a summer intern there.

📻👂On this week’s show: scientist @tuthill.bsky.social on what is being lost at the NIH, @joshuakeating.bsky.social on Trump’s ever expanding use of the word “terrorist.” And the always essential @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social on the martyrdom of Charlie Kirk. 👂📻 www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

A real honor to appear on @onthemedia.bsky.social 22 years (yikes) after I was a summer intern there.

On @onthemedia.bsky.social I spoke with @joshuakeating.bsky.social about the US bombing boats in the Caribbean and why combining the war on drugs with the war on terror is a very bad development: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

I'm on today's Today Explained explaining the Palestinian statehood push at this year's UN General Assembly open.spotify.com/episode/50Fl...

Is the big Palestinian statehood push at the UN this year anything more than "fantasy diplomacy"? www.vox.com/politics/462...

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I will be moderating an EXTREMELY timely panel on media freedom at the Concordia Summit in NYC on Tuesday. Tune in for the live stream

The WGA stands with Jimmy Kimmel and his writers. www.wgaeast.org/wga-statemen...

We're excited to introduce @joshuakeating.bsky.social — the newest Outrider fellow covering AI & nuclear weapons at @vox.com. He's illuminating the potential risks posed by emerging technologies, how world powers respond, and what this means for the future of global stability. buff.ly/RIdKm3M

One of the ironies of the Department of War thing is that under Trump and Hegseth, they're emphasizing stuff that one would not traditionally consider...well...war

Spoke with @joshuakeating.bsky.social about the Trump administration’s repurposing of the “war on terror” in connection with the lethal strike in the Caribbean. www.vox.com/world-politi...

The US is running its war on terror playbook on drug gangs www.vox.com/world-politi...

I'm on the second half of today's Today Explained talking about this week's festivities in China and the new new world order open.spotify.com/episode/5Twx...

Why the Ukraine war is so hard to end. My latest for @vox.com www.vox.com/world-politi...

Thoughts and prayers for @winterjessica.bsky.social and myself www.bbc.com/news/article...

Good fodder for this excellent piece by @joshuakeating.bsky.social:

Are America's four main adversaries really in cahoots? Re-upping my February piece on the Axis of Authoritarians/Upheaval/CRINKS in honor of the Beijing summit www.vox.com/world-politi...

Gift link: www.vox.com/world-politi...

America isn't retreating from the world under Trump. It's doing something much weirder My latest for @vox.com www.vox.com/world-politi...