couldn't fit in the graph, but debt/GDP ratio is a good quick proxy for the vulnerability to the macro channel.

"From Gaza to Iran, the pattern is the same: precision weapons, chosen blindness, and dead children. The cost of failing to regulate AI warfare is already too high." trib.al/BWJfBgd

After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today. I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this

Yes, a "fascinating country" where millions are besieged and starved while diplomats and UN officials watch. Where mass rape and sexual violence are carried out under a regime the international community still treats as legitimate. And people like you have no problem with it.

Top #US counterterrorism official resigns over #Iran war, urging Trump to 'reverse course' The Trump administration's top official on counterterrorism has resigned from his position, citing opposition to the war in Iran, and urged the president to "reverse course". In a letter

If you think only communists are pushing for an end to the US blockade of Cuba, then 165 countries around the world are communist.

#Opinion: #Ethiopia’s Election Gamble: Conflict, repression, and risk of flawed ballot addisstandard.com/?p=55931 Despite official preparations for a June 2026 election, Eyob Tilahun Abera underscores that Ethiopia continues to face widespread violence—particularly in the #Amhara

Thank you Tsedale Lemma and the great team at Addis Standard for having me on to talk about #Tigray. 🙏

#Tigray’s recovery remains dangerously fragile. Millions still struggle with displacement, hunger,& collapsing services. With tensions increasing, many fear another war before healing from the #TigrayGenocide. Human Rights Campaign Rapid Response Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman UK Parliament European Parliament Human Rights Watch African Union

Women in #Tigray struggling to feed their children & displaced families face hunger, illness, and despair. Years after the ceasefire, civilians are still paying the price of a war they did not choose. Their suffering must not be ignored. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman UK Parliament European Parliament

#Tigray: Members of the education community held protests across Tigray, demonstrating against budget restrictions they say are crippling the education sector in Tigray. “Teachers shall not teach us while starving” protesters wrote on banners. Read more: open.substack.com/pub/wegahtafac…

Tigray’s Children Are Denied School Again- Call for Action What is happening in Tigray today is intolerable and it must be called out with absolute moral clarity. After three years of war (2020-22) that already interrupted every child’s education, the Ethiopian government is

#Ethiopia: More than 1,300 IDPs died of hunger in #Tigray camps, official says More than 1,300 internally displaced persons (#IDPs) have died from hunger and lack of medical care in camps across Ethiopia’s Tigray region over the past three years, according to a regional official

News: #Ethiopia migration surges 18% in 2025 as economic hardship, smuggling shifts drive flows; Eastern Route turns deadliest on record Outgoing #migration from Ethiopia along the #Eastern Route rose sharply in 2025, with total tracked movements increasing by 18% to more than

👀 Reuters/Ipsos poll: Trump’s approval rating on the economy has sunk to 29%. Lower than Biden’s lowest rating. Far lower than Trump’s first-term lowest.

theguardian.com/global-develop… Another facet of "real Ethiopia". Alas.

MIT's Nobel Prize-winning economist just published a model with one of the most alarming conclusions in the AI literature so far. If AI becomes accurate enough, it can destroy human civilization's ability to generate new knowledge entirely. Not gradually degrade it. Collapse

This is just sickeningly insensitive. Not an ounce of decency, compassion or respect for the 72 lives lost and wider community. But this isn’t a slip-up or a stumble. This is Reform showing us exactly who they are.

PEACE AND INSTABILITY: TIGRAY SINCE THE PRETORIA AGREEMENT This analysis examines post-2022 Tigray, where unresolved territorial disputes, political exclusion and stalled processes point to a fragile peace and risk of renewed conflict. Read: tinyurl.com/4f625c7n

Ethiopia doesn’t control its fuel. It doesn’t control global oil prices. And now, it doesn’t control the shock coming. To many nations, Strait of Hormuz is a shipping lane. To Ethiopia, it’s something harsher: an external committee on inflation, forex & political patience. 🧵