It's a painful truth that today, when the world remembers the Armenian genocide of 1915, the 120,0000 Armenians of Nagorno Karabakh have fled their homes in fear of a similar nightmare. Read Noubar Afeyan's powerful statement below and his call to free press service, co-founder…

“Since April 2 we had not heard his voice… Tragically, we found out he had been on a hunger strike since April 5”. After Azerbaijan took over Nagorno-Karabakh, fmr. leader Ruben Vardanyan was arrested on terrorism charges and his son David alleges “a complete lack of…

The unspoken story of why Israel didn’t clobber Iran washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

“And who knows but that you have come to your position for such a time as this?” Esther 4:14

A quandary in Israel: How to retaliate — but not escalate? washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

Looking forward to this discussion with David Ignatius

Readers curious about space warfare may want to read (and advance order!) my new novel, “Phantom Orbit” Though fiction, the plot has eerie similarities with the Russian space weapons chatter triggered by Rep. Mike Turner. wwnorton.com/books/phantom-… [wwnorton.com]

Super reporting by Adam Entous, ⁦Michael Schwirtz⁩ and @NYTimes on the CIA’s decade-long secret war in Ukraine. nytimes.com/2024/02/25/wor…

TONIGHT: @AnneApplebaum, David Ignatius, and Lara Seligman join Jeffrey Goldberg as Russia’s war against Ukraine enters its third year—and as a funding bill to provide critical aid to Ukraine stagnates in the House. Watch Washington Week with The Atlantic | PBS at 8/7 on PBS.

What a scoop by The Washington Post colleagues into the machinations of Chinese intelligence. Leaked files from Chinese firm show vast international hacking effort wapo.st/4bOF9sw

Powerful reporting from Ukraine by Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸 .
Speaker Johnson should see what I just saw in Ukraine wapo.st/3uwuu52

A good chance to talk Monday with one of the mediators about possible resumption of hostage-release negotiations.

If you want to reserve a bargain copy of my new spy thriller 'Phantom Orbit,' Barnes and Noble is having a 25 percent off pre-order sale. Such a deal!

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Excited to share the cover of 'Phantom Orbit,' my new thriller coming in May-- about the collision of space weapons and espionage--set in the shadow of the Ukraine war.

Worth reading every word of this essay. A brave and visionary explanation by former Lebanese PM Fouad Siniora about what Israel can gain from truly making peace with non-Hamas Palestinians. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

Homage to Charlie Peters, my mentor and friend, who had a way of going to the heart of the matter, always--this 2017 appreciation of his book. Rain Dance in Peace, Charlie.
How Democrats lost their way — and how they can find it again wapo.st/3QNzTMa

Nice to have some good news in a not so cheery world, posted Heather Long

Looking forward to talking with David McCloskey David McCloskey about his terrific new novel “Moscow X” Wednesday night at Politics and Prose. politics-prose.com/david-mccloskey

In fight over satellite array, tiny Liechtenstein roars back at China washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…