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Basharat Peer

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Writes/ Edits. Author, Curfewed Night, A Question of Order, Haider. Former @foreignaffairs, @nytopinion, @crisisgroup

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Jeremy Cliffe (@jeremycliffe) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Sorry to see this. Ageing Italy especially needs to get better at integrating its migrant population, and a faster path to citizenship would have helped that. ft.com/content/434ead…

Barry Malone (@malonebarry) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Al Jazeera has published the names of every journalist killed since Oct 7th. 231 Palestinian journalists have been slaughtered in Gaza. A whole generation of reporters wiped out while many of their colleagues in the West simply shrugged.

Al Jazeera has published the names of every journalist killed since Oct 7th. 

231 Palestinian journalists have been slaughtered in Gaza. A whole generation of reporters wiped out while many of their colleagues in the West simply shrugged.
Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی (@arash_tehran) 's Twitter Profile Photo

From these Polymarket numbers, it might appear that Cuomo’s lead is comfortable but look at the GRAPH and you’ll get the story. Zohran has come from a 5 percent chance in February to 25 percent now! This is JUST after he got a push from AOC and it will only go higher before the

From these Polymarket numbers, it might appear that Cuomo’s lead is comfortable but look at the GRAPH and you’ll get the story. Zohran has come from a 5 percent chance in February to 25 percent now! This is JUST after he got a push from AOC and it will only go higher before the
Anubhav Sinha (@anubhavsinha) 's Twitter Profile Photo

हमने माना के तगाफ़ुल न करोगे लेकिन। ख़ाक हो जायेंगे हम तुमको ख़बर होने तक।।

Farnaz Fassihi (@farnazfassihi) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The biggest takeaway: Israel took out Iran's top chain of military command in just a few hours. The significance of this blow can not be overstated. Our story: w/ Ronen Bergman Aaron Boxerman nytimes.com/live/2025/06/1…

Ali Vaez (@alivaez) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“Two Israeli officials claimed to Axios that Trump and his aides were only pretending to oppose an Israeli attack in public — and didn't express opposition in private. "We had a clear U.S. green light," one claimed.” axios.com/2025/06/13/how…

Emile Hokayem (@emile-hokayem.bsky.social) (@emile_hokayem) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The 2003 US-UK invasion of Iraq was an absolute tragedy. It also gave us a test to evaluate analysis and advocacy. So if you are an official who sold that war, a public intellectual who advocated it, a senior commander who assured us that victory is around the corner, please

Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی (@arash_tehran) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Yes, nothing shouts 'freedom' like Netanyahu's fascistic far-right government that is trying to kill democracy in Israel itself, whose ministers proudly shout 'Death to Arabs', whose PM is wanted at the ICC and who have committed untold war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza

Mohammad Ali Shabani (@mashabani) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Amid fog of war, clear-headed analysis of what's unfolding on strategic level is essential. In superb piece, Ali Hashem علي هاشم asks key q: is this a coercive military campaign to alter Iran’s behavior, or calibrated war to dismantle the regime from within? amwaj.media/en/article/str…

Sam Haselby (@samhaselby) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The gerontocrats are having a meltdown over Zohran Mamdani, who is 33 years old. Thomas Jefferson was 33 years old when the American Revolution began, James Madison was 25, Alexander Hamilton was 21.

Christopher Shay (@chrisburkeshay) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Do you need a palate cleanser after reading that NYT editorial? Then read this: thenation.com/article/politi… It's our first piece on Zohran Mamdani from 2022, and it reveals is a practical politician—one focused on a type of constituent services that builds power for the long run.

Sohrab Ahmari (@sohrabahmari) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It's not true of every single member of the cohort. But having known them and professionally grown up among them, I really have begun to wonder: Why are some right-wing Boomers are so bloodthirsty---so ever eager for war, and so dismissive of how it could go wrong?

Trita Parsi (@tparsi) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Told Isa Soares that there was no need for pressure to get the Iranians to negotiate. The Iranians were at the negotiating table. Talks were scheduled for Saturday. The problem is that the Israelis blew up the negotiating table.