As reported yesterday, Iran appears to have emerged from Trump and Netanyahu’s attack in a stronger strategic position. / Institute for the Study of War A round-up of media coverage of the agreement. Tom Nichols says Trump doesn’t understand the war he lost. / Reliable Sources, The Atlantic [$] The
President Trump looks to stay awake through meetings with world leaders by celebrating his new Iran agreement. / NPR The “memorandum of understanding” appears to be pretty heavily tilted toward Iran, perhaps because “losing a war has consequences.” / Foreign Exchanges See also: Grading the war on Trump’s own terms. / Wake
A brief summary of why the United States finds itself “on the outside looking in” as China and Gulf states pursue African partners. / Council on Foreign Relations Case in point: More than 75% of African countries currently lack a US ambassador. / The Africa Brief With SpaceX’s public offering, Elon
In Europe, violent anti-immigrant riots continue in Northern Ireland, with people like Elon Musk encouraging them. / The Guardian, USA Today In the Middle East, Iran hits Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jordan in retaliation for recent attacks by the United States. / Al Jazeera In Ukraine, it’s been confirmed that fully
On a single day in April, all 50 of the world’s hottest cities were in India, where unprecedented heatwaves are becoming common. / Carnegie Endowment for International Peace President Trump spends $700 million to keep retiring coal plants open and even build an Oakland coal terminal canceled several times over.
Israel has reportedly killed nearly a thousand people in Gaza since the so-called ceasefire in October. / Proximities Netanyahu typically reserves his overt defiance for American leaders that “he wishes to humiliate and marginalize.” / Forever Wars Israel captures Beaufort, a Crusader-built castle and UNESCO World Heritage site in southern
Despite President Trump posting “stop ‘shooting’” on his family’s social media platform, Iran and Israel resume warring openly. / CNN Noah Smith summarizes three recent Trump disasters: the war on tech employees, the war on Iran, and the war on America. / Noahpinion Unrelated: Historian Heather Cox Richardson launches “250 to
We’ll be off next week for summer vacation, and will be back on Monday, June 8. See you then! A Russian drone, presumably bound for Ukraine, crashes into an apartment building in Romania, a NATO and EU member. / CBC Norway says it’s joining France’s nuclear deterrence club.
Iran continues its negotiations with the White House while also trying to resurrect its economy. / The Wall Street Journal [$] Did Netanyahu and Trump really intend to install Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a puppet leader in Iran? “The idea… would be a historical development for the fucking ages.” / Forever Wars Danny Hillis:
We’re off on Monday for Memorial Day in the US. We’ll see you again on Tuesday! Iran is in talks with Oman about charging fees for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. / The New York Times [$] Sources say Iran resumed producing drones during the six-week ceasefire
