John Haltiwanger
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NATO managed to give Trump a happy summit sendoff for the second straight year—though protecting his ego wasn't as high priority this year and Europe is ready for self-reliance. Now what? Final @foreignpolicy.com Ankara dispatch with @jchaltiwanger.bsky.social: foreignpolicy.com/2026/07/09/n...
NATO’s Waiting Game
Less Trump. More Europe. What’s next?
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America's friendship with Taiwan is bigger than any one President. Congress needs a steady vision to support Taiwan long-term, for both their security and our own. I'm in Taiwan working to ensure our friendship stays strong, no matter who's in the White House.
John Haltiwanger@jchaltiwanger.bsky.social · last mo.SCOOP: @duckworth.senate.gov is arriving in Taiwan on Monday to reaffirm the United States’ long-term commitment to the island’s security. Duckworth will be the first U.S. senator to visit Taiwan since President Trump’s May meeting with Xi Jinping in Beijing. foreignpolicy.com/2026/07/06/s...
A breakdown of what happened at this year's NATO summit in Ankara from me and @iyengarish.bsky.social The alliance wanted to look united. In walked Trump. foreignpolicy.com/2026/07/08/t...
Trump Hands NATO a Mixed Bag
The alliance wanted to look united. In walked Trump.
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Angsty in Ankara My @foreignpolicy.com preview of next week's NATO Summit, where @jchaltiwanger.bsky.social and I will be on the ground reporting! Let us know if you'd like to grab a coffee or a kebab. foreignpolicy.com/2026/07/02/n...
Angsty in Ankara
Can NATO move past a need to keep Trump happy?
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SCOOP: @duckworth.senate.gov is arriving in Taiwan on Monday to reaffirm the United States’ long-term commitment to the island’s security. Duckworth will be the first U.S. senator to visit Taiwan since President Trump’s May meeting with Xi Jinping in Beijing. foreignpolicy.com/2026/07/06/s...
The U.S. Can’t ‘Yield Even an Inch’ to Xi, Top Democrat Says
Sen. Tammy Duckworth tells FP why she is traveling to Taiwan.
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Ferran Torres is the Alvaro Morata of Gonzalo Higuains.
My second @munsecconf.bsky.social doing pop-up editions of our Situation Report newsletter with @jchaltiwanger.bsky.social, featuring a speech by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio that provided reassurance and reality check in equal measure: foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/14/r...
Rubio’s ‘Reassuring’ Relationship Repair
The chief U.S. diplomat put a friendlier spin on the Trump administration’s stern message to Europe.
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“We don’t have a solution,” an Israeli military official said. foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/30/i...
Israel Has a Hezbollah Drone Problem
“We don’t have a solution,” an Israeli military official said.
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Key issues, like Iran’s nuclear program, remain unresolved. foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/15/u...
What We Do and Don’t Know About the U.S.-Iran Peace Deal
Key issues, like Iran’s nuclear program, remain unresolved.
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I wrote about how FIFA's 2026 World Cup betrays soccer fans worldwide and the egalitarian roots of the game. I'm attending two matches. Getting tickets was not easy/cheap. As excited as I am, I'm also disheartened by how this tournament was orchestrated. foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/11/f...
FIFA’s Versailles Moment
Soccer is egalitarian. The 2026 FIFA World Cup is anything but.
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He wants to end the Iran war. But Iran, Israel, and Hezbollah have other ideas. foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/08/t...
Trump Started a War He Can’t Control
He wants to end the Iran war. But Iran, Israel, and Hezbollah have other ideas.
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FP’s @jchaltiwanger.bsky.social spoke to a mediation expert about how a cease-fire is defined, who decides when a violation is committed, and what constitutes a complete breakdown.
Is It Really a ‘Cease-Fire’ if Both Sides Are Still Shooting?
A mediation expert explains why the U.S.-Iran cease-fire is so vulnerable.
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Sens. Kaine and Paul say that the military’s targeting criteria don’t include the presence of drugs or arms. foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/02/k...
Two Senators Just Blew Up Trump’s Boat-Strike Justifications
Sens. Kaine and Paul say that the military’s targeting criteria don’t include the presence of drugs or arms.
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There have been repeated exchanges of fire during the Iran ceasefire. The situation raises questions as to how a ceasefire is defined, who decides when a violation is committed, and what constitutes a complete breakdown. I spoke to an expert on mediation about this. foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/13/c...
Is It Really a ‘Cease-Fire’ if Both Sides Are Still Shooting?
A mediation expert explains why the U.S.-Iran cease-fire is so vulnerable.
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NEW: Months into the fragile cease-fire, Trump’s Gaza peace plan has stalled amid an impasse over disarmament. Gaza now appears in danger of remaining in an indefinite limbo in which Hamas controls a portion of the territory while Israel occupies the rest. foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/05/t...
Trump’s Gaza Impasse
Experts say Hamas has few incentives to disarm.
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This week's SitRep with @jchaltiwanger.bsky.social: Belgian Defense Minister Theo Francken said his meeting with Pete Hegseth in Washington this week was "very positive" and "there was no hostility." Belgium's defense spending went up by 59% last year. foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/30/h...
The View From Europe
Belgian Defense Minister Theo Francken on Hegseth, Hormuz, and NATO.
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With the cease-fire hanging by a thread, FP’s @jchaltiwanger.bsky.social examines five of the most pressing questions if the truce ultimately collapses.
What Happens if the U.S.-Iran Cease-Fire Collapses?
The truce is hanging by a thread despite Trump’s extension.
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With the U.S.-Iran cease-fire hanging by a thread, I wrote about five of the most pressing questions if the truce ultimately collapses. foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/22/w...
What Happens if the U.S.-Iran Cease-Fire Collapses?
The truce is hanging by a thread despite Trump’s extension.
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Trump's Friday Truth Social posting has been highly erratic even by his usual chaotic standards—capping off a terrible week for the U.S. president in which he fought with the pope and lost some of his closest European allies. foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/16/t... with @jchaltiwanger.bsky.social
Trump’s Awful Week
The U.S. president is picking fights in every direction, alienating key supporters and allies.
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The U.S. president is picking fights in every direction, alienating key supporters and allies. foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/16/t...
Trump’s Awful Week
The U.S. president is picking fights in every direction, alienating key supporters and allies.
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This week's SitRep from me and @iyengarish.bsky.social explores how Israel’s offensive in Lebanon is threatening the tenuous Iran war ceasefire. foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/09/i...
Will Netanyahu Derail the Iran War Cease-Fire?
Israel’s offensive in Lebanon is threatening the tenuous truce.
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@jchaltiwanger.bsky.social and I also wrote about the (few) clues offered by Trump in his Wednesday night prime time speech about how and when the war with Iran might end, in this week's Situation Report newsletter: foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/02/t...
What’s Next for the Iran War?
A prime-time Trump speech offered few clues.
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We still don't know what the tens of thousands of U.S. troops in Iran might be used for, but @jchaltiwanger.bsky.social explored the most dangerous possibility—a mission to seize Iran's highly enriched uranium stockpiles: foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/01/u...
What a U.S. Operation to Get Iran’s Uranium Would Look Like
It’s even more complicated than capturing a Venezuelan president.
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Trump has vacillated over whether the U.S. needs to secure Iran's highly enriched uranium. That could be because an operation to do so would be extremely risky. I spoke with former U.S. officials who expressed grave concerns over the potential dangers. foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/01/u...
What a U.S. Operation to Get Iran’s Uranium Would Look Like
It’s even more complicated than capturing a Venezuelan president.
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Read the latest SitRep from me and @iyengarish.bsky.social for a breakdown on the thousands of additional U.S. troops that Trump is sending to the Middle East and the operations they could potentially be involved in. foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/26/t...
Will Trump Put Boots on the Ground in Iran?
Thousands more U.S. troops are heading to the Middle East.
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A report earlier this month on potential Iranian drone attacks in California raised a lot of alarm. It turned out to be based on unverified info. But I spoke with multiple drone/security experts who warned that the U.S. still needs to be prepared for such threats: foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/25/i...
Could Iran Actually Attack the U.S. Homeland With Drones?
No country is immune to the threat of drone warfare, experts warn.
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FP’s @jchaltiwanger.bsky.social and @iyengarish.bsky.social take a look at what the intelligence community’s annual threat assessment says about the primary U.S. adversaries, conflicts, and threats in 2026. foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/19/i...
Assessing (and Not Assessing) the Threats to the United States
The U.S. intelligence community’s latest global threat assessment focuses heavily on Iran.
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Yesterday, Israel’s top diplomat in NYC told me strikes like the one on Iran’s South Pars gas field were “part of the plan” and suggested the U.S. knew that Israel would attack Iran’s energy infrastructure. Hours later, Trump was singing a different tune. foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/19/i...
Israel Attacking Iran’s Energy ‘Wasn’t a Surprise’ to the Trump Administration
Israel’s top diplomat in New York City says strikes like the one on Iran’s South Pars gas field were “part of the plan.”
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