Dan Perry
@dan-perry.bsky.social
Former AP chief editor in Europe/Africa/Middle East/Caribbean; opinion writer at Newsweek, The Forward, The Hill and more; communications expert and world affairs analyst; avid reader, Philly sports fan, and father of daughters.
On today’s Critical Conditions, @claireberlinski.bsky.social and I discuss the latest thing that is too weird to be believed: Trump, last heard from preferring Russia to Ukraine, now seems to prefer North Korea to the democratic US ally in the peninsula's south danperry.substack.com/p/trump-choo...
Trump Chooses North Korea Over South Korea
And sure! Why Not? After all he likes the dictator Kim. We discuss this and other weirdness on the CRITICAL CONDITIONS podcast, Ep. 79
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DISPATCH FROM A PIVOTAL GREEK ISLAND: How the massacre of Italians by Nazis led to the World War II Holocaust of Greece’s Jews danperry.substack.com/p/the-killin...
The Killings of Kefalonia
DISPATCH FROM A PIVOTAL GREEK ISLAND: How the massacre of Italians by Nazis led to the World War II Holocaust of Greece’s Jews
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A conversation on the Ukraine war with Tom Kent, AP's former International Editor and author of the new book "The Propaganda Manual of the Ukraine War" danperry.substack.com/p/talking-ru...
Talking Russia, Ukraine and Propaganda with Tom Kent
Uber-journalist and Russia expert Tom Kent appears on the CRITICAL CONDITIONS podcast, Ep. 78
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@cliffschecter.bsky.social and I examine what might have happened if the partisan-conservative SCOTUS had not recklessly selected Bush on Dec. 12, 2000. It was a day that broke American democracy. danperry.substack.com/p/december-1...
December 12, 2000: The Day American Democracy Broke
THE COUNTERFACTUAL SERIES, PART II: How a single Supreme Court decision reshaped US politics, transformed the judiciary, and altered the course of the twenty-first century
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Trump has turned his personal social media account into one of America’s principal instruments of war — and so far, the results have been absurd danperry.substack.com/p/the-first-...
The First Tweet War
Trump has turned his personal social media account into one of America’s principal instruments of war — and so far, the results have been absurd
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Hamas disarming? Iran war resuming? Check out our survey of a scorching month at Ask Questions Later. danperry.substack.com/p/hotter-tha...
Hotter Than July (2026 Version)
A scorching month at Ask Questions Later ends with a possible deal to disarm Hamas in Gaza. We offer a quick analysis of that - and a handy survey of the month.
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Everyone is on edge for escalation. The Iraqi PM goes to Tehran, hat in hand. Netanyahu goes for the gutter in his distressed election campaign. Remember the name Gadi Eisenkot. danperry.substack.com/p/middle-eas...
Middle East Update
Everyone is on edge for escalation. The Iraqi PM goes to Tehran, hat in hand. Netanyahu goes for the gutter in his distressed election campaign. Remember the name Gadi Eisenkot.
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Mountainhead, a movie about tech tycoons gone jargon-spewingly berserk, is a sign of the times. The AQL review explains why it matters to you. danperry.substack.com/p/the-tech-t...
The Tech Titans Are Villains Now. Is It Unfair?
SUNDAY READ: Mountainhead, a movie about tech tycoons gone jargon-spewingly berserk, is a sign of the times
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Instead of accepting US capitulation, Tehran escalated — attacking Gulf shipping, striking US partners and ordering Hezbollah to prepare for wider war. Appeasement bought nothing and the US should begin building support for a comprehensive land/air/sea blockade danperry.substack.com/p/the-least-...
The Least Bad Option
A Total Blockade of Iran - for PAID SUBSCRIBERS
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Netanyahu's efforts to remake Israel in the image of Turkey are on overdrive as he races against the clock. The rundown here: danperry.substack.com/p/netanyahu-...
Lindsay Graham, whom I met some years ago in Italy, was not MAGA but globalist. He believed in the post-WWII order that is currently in danger. Obviously, he walked a tightrope. My analysis on @newsnation.bsky.social
A peculiar contradiction: cavalier with the clock, absurdly pedantic with the position of a toe. #worldcup2026 danperry.substack.com/p/soccer-is-...
Soccer Is Too Uptight About Offside
SUNDAY READ: In Part II of our World Cup offering, we say the sport seems determined to protect fans from excitement
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Against fierce competition, Netanyahu has been competing hard for the Gold Medal in Elected Autocracy. This week the winning blow was struck in a decision that the Supreme Court can be ignored. danperry.substack.com/p/bibi-does-...
Bibi Does Putin One Better
Israel's government has established the principle that court rulings can be ignored
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On this Fourth of July, as America marks the 250th anniversary of its founding, we’ve assembled a selection of AQL’s coverage of the United States — its extraordinary strengths, its profound flaws, and the questions that will shape its future. danperry.substack.com/p/25-stories...
25 Stories about 250
A tour d'horizon of the United States — and a 25% discount to honor its semiquincentennial birthday!
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The world’s indispensable experiment is a spellbinding paradox danperry.substack.com/p/america-at...
America at 250
The world’s indispensable experiment is a spellbinding paradox
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The US Supreme Court Proves to Be Not TOTAL Quislings. So is it "mostly" or merely "partly"? The CRITICAL CONDITIONS podcast, Ep. 70. danperry.substack.com/p/the-us-sup...
The US Supreme Court Proves to Be Not TOTAL Quislings
So is it "mostly" or merely "partly"? The CRITICAL CONDITIONS podcast, Ep. 70
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“If Netanyahu tries to sabotage the elections, we will have no choice but to drive him out with sticks and stones,” ex-PM Ehud Barak said. The astonishing thing is that no one was astonished or called him a hysteric. danperry.substack.com/p/israelis-e...
Israelis Expect Netanyahu to Sabotage the Coming Election
This astonishing new reality holds grim suggestions for the future of Israel’s democracy. A massive test approaches. Also in the United States.
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Here are the main stories of June from Ask Questions Later, attached to an indisputably hilarious cartoon about finding parsimony in all the wrong places. Check it out! danperry.substack.com/p/the-longes...
The Longest Light
THE AQL JUNE ROUNDUP: Are we being parsimonious with the right things?
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The Israel-Lebanon accord is actually a big deal, and a very brave move by the leaders of Lebanon, who must now be protected from assassination by Hezbollah and Iran. danperry.substack.com/p/lebanon-di...
On the dangerous chasm between world of the informed and everyone else. Many will mock the elites and disdain mainstream media, even rejoicing in its troubles. They'll be the ones running into walls because they don't believe they're there. danperry.substack.com/p/the-war-of...
The War of the Worlds
WEEKEND READ: The dangerous chasm between world of the informed and everyone else
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Russia now defends atomic weapons as guarantors of peace, but also offers the prime example of how they allow conventional outrage under the blackmail of nuclear escalation. That explains much about Iran. See the full story: danperry.substack.com/p/every-crim...
@benjudah.bsky.social comes on CRITICAL CONDITIONS to explain what happened with Keir Starmer and what's next. A must-listen! danperry.substack.com/p/keir-starm...
Keir Starmer Resigned! Insider Ben Judah Explains Why and What's Next.
It could lead to electoral reform and un-Brexit, he says, on the CRITICAL CONDITIONS podcast, Ep. 69
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SUNDAY READ: Tech mania is making us forget how to speak like human beings. "Compute" as a noun is the latest reminder, and one of the vilest. Ban it! danperry.substack.com/p/compute-is...
“Compute” Is a Jargonistic Scourge. Ban It!
SUNDAY READ: Tech mania is making us forget how to speak like human beings
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Analyzing Trump's capitulation deal with Iran on @newsnation.bsky.social with @connellmcshane.bsky.social - And here's the story in @thehill: thehill.com/opinion/5926...
Iran’s criminal regime - a menace to its people and many others - deserved to be crushed. But going to war without a serious plan for the Strait of Hormuz may rank among the great strategic blunders of modern history. danperry.substack.com/p/the-march-...
The March of Folly Comes to Hormuz
Iran’s regime deserved to be crushed. But going to war without a serious plan for the Strait of Hormuz may rank among the great strategic blunders of modern history.
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There has been a flurry of diplomatic activity on Iran over the weekend as the situation appears to be approaching a possible tipping point with no good options available to the US. Here's my analysis on @newsnation.bsky.social, and the story is in the first comment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ7t...
NewsNation 23 May 2026
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As Tehran tests whether the West can withstand economic pain in the Strait of Hormuz, Beijing may be drawing conclusions about how far democracies would really go to defend Taiwan danperry.substack.com/p/hormuz-is-...
Hormuz Is Not Just About Iran - China Is Watching
As Tehran tests whether the West can withstand economic pain in the Strait of Hormuz, Beijing may be drawing conclusions about how far democracies would really go to defend Taiwan
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The CRITICAL CONDITIONS podcast, Ep. 61. Prepare to learn of Wes Streeting. danperry.substack.com/p/a-very-bri...
A Very British Political Crisis
The CRITICAL CONDITIONS podcast, Ep. 61. Prepare to learn of Wes Streeting.
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