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After 16 wonderful years at Foreign Affairs, I'm thrilled to announce I'm starting a new position at Council on Foreign Relations as a senior fellow for history and foreign policy. I will miss editing dearly, but I can't wait to spend more time writing.

In little over an hour, join me for a Foreign Affairs discussion with Manjari Chatterjee Miller, Stephen Brooks, and Tanisha Fazal on what happens when international relations theory meets the real world. Register here: foreignaffairs.com/events/2024-10…

Brilliant and powerful article, especially for those of us who are parents of kids with special needs. "Mae is not her age, nor should she become some symbol of vulnerability used to teach empathy to those fortunate enough to drive cars and spend hours on TikTok."

An interesting argument about Trump: he’s effectively an activist, like Lindbergh or even Buckley, except he was actually in power foreignaffairs.com/podcasts/what-…

Had a great time talking about Patrice Lumumba and "what might have been" here:

"The sudden, unexpected surrender of the Syrian army is part of a long tradition of outwardly strong, inwardly brittle armies quickly collapsing in the face of rebel advances to nearly everyone’s surprise." My latest piece, in National Interest : nationalinterest.org/feature/why-ar…

Attention holiday shoppers: The Lumumba Plot is now available in both hardcover and paperback. Pick your weight!

Thank you!

A big thank you to Garrett M. Graff for putting The Lumumba Plot on his "best of the year" list. "It’s like a Graham Greene novel come to life." doomsdayscenario.co/p/gmgreads-my-…

"Trudeau was swept out of the prime minister’s office by the same global wave that Trump rode back into the White House." My latest in National Interest on Justin Trudeau, Pierre Trudeau, and the global backlash against incumbents. nationalinterest.org/feature/long-r…

Canada’s prime minister is the latest victim of the global anti-incumbent backlash—in more ways than one, writes Stuart A. Reid. ow.ly/35hc30sJaJR

As a former Park City employee, I wrote what it's like to work at a major ski resort, and how big business is making the sport worse. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Now 64 years ago today...

Smart piece by Eddie Fishman on Trump and the age of economic warfare: wsj.com/economy/trade/…

Listen to Today, Explained to hear michelawrong talk about the conflict in Congo today—and yours truly talk about the CIA meddling of yesterday. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cha…

Why have sanctions on Russia disappointed? It's a tragic story spanning four presidents—where defeat was repeatedly snatched from the jaws of victory. Excited to share the first adapted essay from "Chokepoints"—out tomorrow!—in The Atlantic theatlantic.com/international/…

A wild story from Joshua Yaffa in this week's New Yorker about Roman Chervinsky, the alleged architect of the Nord Stream pipelines sabotage operation: newyorker.com/magazine/2025/…

Congratulations to Eddie Fishman for his new book, CHOKEPOINTS. I meant what I said in my blurb!