Thread of last phone calls made by 9/11 victims to their loved ones 🧵 1. Jim Gartenberg, 86th floor

A sad look at the impact of post-truth campaigning. wsj.com/us-news/spring…

Greenpoint 🇵🇱🇺🇸 The Polish American vote mirage politi.co/3TD9Ut1 via POLITICO

At #UNGA this morning, UN Secretary General António Guterres called out a growing age of impunity. This is the right framing. We face a clear choice: the rule of law, or a runaway world. eurasiagroup.net/live-post/atla…

Karthik is inimitable

Another sleepless night in Beirut. Counting the blasts shaking the city. No warning sirens. Not knowing what’s next. Only that uncertainty lies ahead. Anxiety and fear are omnipresent.

A.D. 2024. La marca da bollo è ancora tra noi.

The Embassy engaged with Eurasia Group experts, including Jon Lieber 🇺🇸, Jeremy Chan, and Mr. Sieburg, to cover global issues from the Indo-Pacific to the Middle East and Europe, and topics like foreign affairs and trade. Looking forward to continued engagement with Eurasia Group.

The personal accounts of the year since Oct 7--of Hamas' victims, the hostages, and their families; of the countless suffering in Gaza--are heart-wrenching. ig.ft.com/gaza-one-year/

The most amusing piece on tariffs I've seen yet. ft.com/content/f9e4cc…

It's that time again! Eurasia Group's #TopRisks2025 are live today

Impunity is the exercise of power without accountability. While the chief perpetrators are often a country’s most powerful actors, its victims are generally ordinary people. Launched at Munich Security Conference, the third edition of the Atlas of Impunity takes a citizen-centric approach.

Grateful to Minister Liminksi and his team for a thoughtful exchange! An enlightening and eventful time to discuss geopolitics.

whether or not you’re a fan of president zelensky, the united states trying to force an election in a foreign democracy during wartime–when it can’t be held safely and securely–against most ukrainians’ wishes (including much of zelensky’s opposition) and in violation of the

poland pm donald tusk: “the eu wasn’t formed to screw anyone. quite the opposite. it was formed to maintain peace, to build respect among our nations, to create free and fair trade, and to strengthen our transatlantic friendship. as simple as that.”

share of the global population that lives in a full democracy as of 2024: 6.6% (new low for ~20 yrs of tracking...until next year) 2 in 5 people living under authoritarian rule -eiu democracy index

you’ve never seen a public beating by the american president of a wartime ally like this before. as stunning as the vance munich speech, but this time directly by the us president.

Aid’s grim counter-revolution will prove self-defeating via Financial Times on.ft.com/3Eb7KMC

Negative partisanship is a helluva drug: Up until a few months ago, liberal and conservative Americans held pretty much the same views on free trade. Now, not so much…