The #MSM (mainstream media) still doesn't understand how much it's destroyed its credibility over the years by blending reporters and paid politicos on the screen. Jack Shafer brings some important perspective: politico.com/news/magazine/…

In an important new book, Age of Revolutions, Fareed Zakaria explores how today's societal convulsions measure up to the past. At risk, he says, is the entire global system: foreignpolicy.com/2024/03/25/far…

The long saga of how #Biden finally gave up on #Netanyahu . At stake: just about everything.

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'Just another war': Only Rod Nordland, the legendary war correspondent and my former Newsweek colleague, could find a way to put a positive face on a terminal illness. Be sure to listen to this #CNN interview: cnn.com/videos/tv/2024…

Why this could be the rare #SOTU that makes a difference: foreignpolicy.com/2024/03/08/bid…

Despite the horrors of the #Gaza war, a diplomatic solution for #Israel may come from a strange place: the antipathy of the Arab states for the #Palestinians . So says one of America's most-experienced diplomats in the #Mideast : politico.com/news/magazine/…

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A recipe for disaster in the #Mideast : America's overexposure, combined with #proxies Iran no longer fully controls: politico.com/news/magazine/…

The #drone strikes that killed 3 U.S. troops at a base in #Jordan that almost no one knew was even there are a tragic illustration of what happens when the #US leaves forces scattered around the globe with no obvious mission: foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/03/us-…

#Davos has always been a silly, appallingly self-important forum. At a moment when globalization may be dying, it's also more necessary than ever: foreignpolicy.com/2024/01/21/dav…

I don't hold out much hope for #Davos2024 but this is why it's necessary: foreignpolicy.com/2022/05/26/dav…

Wondering how #America got to a place where #Trump is about to trounce the #IowaCaucuses ? Check this out: politico.com/news/magazine/…

This one will really twist your brain around: politico.com/news/magazine/…

Great line from Michael Kruse's must-read on #Trump 's 50-year war against the legal system: Roy Cohn taught him 'how to take the United States v. Trump and make it Trump versus the United States.'

A year ago today, Blake Hounshell passed. I'm thinking of him and how many people he mentored and inspired, me included.

“The most profound enemy of the #Palestinians isn’t the #Israelis ; it’s the other #Arabs ,” Amb. Ryan Crocker tells me:
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#Biden gets 'real' on #Ukraine : politico.com/news/magazine/…

What #Biden and #Xi can't--and won't--talk about at #apec2023 : politico.com/news/magazine/…

With #Biden risking getting pulled into wars on three major fronts, the debate on #Capitolhill , such as it is, is reverting to #America 's default mode:
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I really don't understand why people think the #BidenSpeech was good. The man needs a new speechwriter: foreignpolicy.com/2023/10/20/isr…