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...

Turkmenbashi energy

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...

“I’m very excited to spend the year exploring the connections between these two transformational technologies, telling unexpected and surprising stories, and separating the genuine threats from the hype.” www.vox.com/press-room/4...

Taiwan referendum on reopening last nuclear plant fails www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a... As I wrote last year for @vox.com, this is a strategic issue. China relies on maritime imports for 97 percent of its energy needs--that's a problem in a blockade scenario www.vox.com/world-politi...

Famine declarations can be useful in bringing global attention and unlocking resources to an ongoing crisis. In Gaza, those aren't the problem. Latest for @vox.com www.vox.com/world-politi...

Professor Monica Duffy Toft quoted in a piece on the prospect of land swaps between Russia and Ukraine. @vox.com @joshuakeating.bsky.social www.vox.com/world-politi...

Beyond excited to spend this year as an @outrider.org fellow covering the nexus of nuclear weapons and AI If that's a topic you work on, study or just have a story to tell about it, drop me a line here or at joshua [dot] [email protected] outrider.org/fellows/josh...

Why won't Ukraine just redraw its borders to end the war? I took a look at the risks of giving up the Donbas for Ukraine's military position, political future, and global security www.vox.com/world-politi...

Friday afternoon personal news dump — I'm switching from being an editor to a writer, so I'll be writing a lot more often, and you can apply to replace me as editor (and also be my editor!) at our amazing little vertical ☺️ job-boards.greenhouse.io/voxmedia/job...

Today was the 80th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. @joshuakeating.bsky.social wrote about how the nuclear powers have unlearned their lesson — and are now preparing to use new versions of these ultimate weapons so they can "win" with them. www.vox.com/defense-and-...

Really useful explainer from @joshuakeating.bsky.social on how—even after nearly two years of horrors—we got to this particularly horrific moment in Gaza. www.vox.com/world-politi...

Good thing this region will never come up again.

For @vox.com's Today Explained newsletter, I looked into what the fighting in Syria reveals about the US-Israel relationship. Trump's desire for big beautiful peace deals and Netanyahu's "mowing the grass" on steroids strategy are inevitably going to clash. www.vox.com/today-explai...

The tariff era is going to be a real boom time for what @atossaaraxia.bsky.social calls the "hidden globe" www.reuters.com/business/ins...

I wrote for @vox.com last week, prior to Israel's latest strikes in Syria, that the "new Middle East" taking shape since the 12-day war seems to be one in which the IDF is indefinitely 'mowing the grass' in multiple countries

Trump's deportation of immigrants to places like Eswatini feels like the funhouse mirror version of the Obama-era efforts to find countries like Palau that would take in released Guantanamo detainees apnews.com/article/depo...

They put @joshuakeating.bsky.social and me back on the same team and the world ain’t ready for (such sensible and valuable geopolitical analysis). www.vox.com/politics/419...

The mainstreaming of Georgia Meloni's immigration views has been a pretty striking development over the last couple years www.economist.com/leaders/2025...

U.K. and France Agree to First-Ever Nuclear Weapons Pact to Fend Off Threat to Europe www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/w...

A piece I wrote late last year on the three factions vying for influence over Trump's foreign policy is newly relevant given the Bridge Colby stuff. Colby's not a "restrainer," he's a "prioritizer": www.vox.com/world-politi...

Will we know if the next plague is human made? My latest for @vox.com looks at how AI could make bioweapons more dangerous, but could be a key tool to help stop them www.vox.com/future-perfe...

Will we know if the next plague is human made? My latest for @vox.com looks at how AI could make bioweapons more dangerous, but could be a key tool to help stop them www.vox.com/future-perfe...

Spoke with @joshuakeating.bsky.social for this piece on why U.S. can’t extricate itself from MidEast conflicts. US remains hard-wired into regional security and at the same time has either failed to resolve core conflicts or instigated them. Not a platform for pivoting. www.vox.com/world-politi...

About a year ago, I wrote about how increasing armed conflict around the world was putting stress on the "bones" of globalization: namely, undersea cables, container shipping, and airline travel. www.vox.com/world-politi... The current conflict has brought a couple of new developments: 🧵

Reminded of a piece I wrote for @slate.com after the Soleimani retaliation about how it can actually be useful to deescalation if the governments involved are comfortable just lying about what's happening slate.com/news-and-pol...

I'm on today's Today Explained talking about why Trump bombed Iran and what might come next megaphone.link/VMP3800860845

Why is the US attacking Iran now? My colleagues @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social, @awprokop.bsky.social and I tackle some pressing questions about America's newest war www.vox.com/world-politi...

Still a lot we don't know, but one thing is clear: This time, it's Trump's war www.vox.com/world-politi...

Is the US slipping into a new regime change war? My latest for @vox.com www.vox.com/world-politi...

Will the US get drawn into the Israel-Iran war? My latest for @vox.com www.vox.com/world-politi...

On a very busy news day, I'm extremely grateful to my union to be working today and for our Big Beautiful New Contract.

we’re ready to strike if we don’t get a good contract

I am on today's Today Explained talking about Trump, Elon, and the final frontier. open.spotify.com/episode/3vxQ...

Great conversation at @carnegieendowment.org on covering foreign policy for modern audiences. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxin...

It’s been a long day of bargaining with Vox Media, fighting hard to get a fair contract with better salaries, AI protections, the inclusion of the Dodo in our union, and much more. Come tomorrow, there’s only two days left in our contract — Vox Media, stop dragging your feet.

Fwiw--it sometimes seems like an article of faith on this site that Musk is a total incompetent charlatan who has never actually built anything. Things would be a lot simpler if that were true.