This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. Please do read this story. by kim barker and maria varennikova www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/w...
What Life Is Like in Kyiv as Russia Tries to Make It Unlivable (Gift Article)
A day in the Ukrainian capital, a new kind of battlefield far from the front, where daily life means assessing — and accepting — deadly risks.
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. by Isabel Kershner www.nytimes.com/2026/10/13/w...
The Oct. 7 Attack Changed Israel, but Not Its Politics (Gift Article)
As Israelis prepare to vote for the first time since the Hamas-led assault, they remain divided over whether to hold Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responsible for negligence or fault the “treason”...
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. by Valerie Hopkins www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/w...
What Russians Who Lost Sons in Ukraine Think About the War Now (Gift Article)
The Russian region of North Ossetia has suffered a heavy toll, yet many accept the Kremlin’s line that the fighting must continue until victory is secured.
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Berlin! Join us tomorrow (Monday) evening for a Kennan Conversation on Russia with myself, Alexander Gabuev of @carnegierussia.bsky.social and Michael Kimmage of @kennaninstitute.bsky.social, moderated by @stevenerlanger.bsky.social. 6-7:30 PM, Rudolf Virchow Lecture Hall (Charite). Details:
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. by Andrew Higgins www.nytimes.com/2026/10/11/w...
A Reporter Returns to China to Find it Richer, but Also Highly Paranoid. (Gift Article)
Returning to China after decades away, a correspondent finds bullet trains, dazzling skylines — and a surveillance state more paranoid and pervasive than ever.
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. by Shira Efron www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/o...
Opinion | Here Is How to Bring Israel Out of Isolation (Gift Article)
Many Israelis are hopeful that a new government would ease the growing distance between their country and the rest of the world.
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. How can Europe best respond to Russia's riskier efforts at sabotage? My take. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/w...
As Putin Wages Shadow War, Europe Looks for a Way to Hit Back (Gift Article)
Moscow has used tactics of fear and ambiguity to try to divide NATO and limit support for Ukraine. But how should Europe retaliate? And how hard?
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On World Review this week: Trump claims victory while the world knows he’s losing. Europe frets about Russia but doesn’t know what to do. What do German far-right victories mean for Europe. With Karen DeYoung, @stevenerlanger.bsky.social, Jamie Dettmer newsletter.ivodaalder.com/p/world-revi...
World Review: Trump's Busy Week, Russia Threatens, The Far Right Wins in Europe
A synopsis of this week's edition of World Review
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. at one point during the day Mr. Trump “made a joke about how the Chinese had the friendliest press corps.” by Peter Baker www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
In Trump’s White House, China’s Dictator Is Welcome. American Media, Less So. (Gift Article)
The showdown over President Trump’s partial media ban played out as he welcomed President Xi Jinping, whose government is ranked among the most repressive in the world.
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Opinion | Germans Are in Shock. But We Can Get Out of This Mess. (Gift Article)
We should not give in to gloom.
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Via @stevenerlanger.bsky.social The populist emphasis on national identity and threats to it, real and imagined, finds a deep response in voters adrift in a world they no longer understand. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/w...
The Fuel That Feeds Europe’s Far Right: Nostalgia and Lost Pride
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. by M. Gessen. About her grandmother the censor and the great Harrison Salisbury. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/o...
Opinion | He Was The Times’s Moscow Chief. My Grandmother Was His Censor. (Gift Article)
Somehow the story got through.
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“The AfD has thrived on a key element that ties most populist parties together, especially those of the far right: nostalgia for a society and nation lost to time, even if they exist only in gilded memory or fantasy.” #analysis by @stevenerlanger.bsky.social 👏 🎁 🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/w...
Challenges to Identity, Real and Imagined, Drive Europe’s Far Right (Gift Article)
The populist emphasis on national identity and pride, rather than the sins of the past, finds a deep response in voters adrift in a world they no longer understand.
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. The yearning for an imagined, more glorious past. My take. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/w...
Challenges to Identity, Real and Imagined, Drive Europe’s Far Right (Gift Article)
The populist emphasis on national identity and pride, rather than the sins of the past, finds a deep response in voters adrift in a world they no longer understand.
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/w...
Plucked From Obscurity, a French Outpost Navigates the Spotlight (Gift Article)
St. Pierre and Miquelon, the French territory off the coast of Canada’s Newfoundland, is experiencing a surge in visitors after three unrelated events raised its profile.
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. Excruciating. by Choe Sang-Hun www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/w...
The Hidden Human Cost of Kim Jong-un’s New Power (Gift Article)
The North Korean leader’s financial and diplomatic leverage rests on the brutal exploitation of his own people, from coal miners to diplomats, at home and abroad.
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“I fear we are careening toward a future with fewer and fewer journalists to do the expensive, difficult work of original reporting.” — A.G. Sulzberger, publisher of The New York Times. We thank the reporters who have been a part of our 175 years of fact-based journalism.
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What Is the E1 Project, Israel’s Disputed Settlement Plan in the West Bank? (Gift Article)
Israel’s right-wing government is opening bidding for thousands of housing units in a patch of the West Bank, a move that would thwart efforts at Palestinian statehood.
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How Iran’s Hard-liners Blew Up the Peace Deal with Trump (Gift Article)
Opponents derailed the agreement with a clandestine effort to attack ships in the Strait of Hormuz, regime insiders say. Iran’s president was furious when he found out.
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Opinion | For Gaza to Recover, Hamas Must Be Expelled (Gift Article)
If Western supporters of the Palestinians want to help Gaza, denounce Hamas.
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-- Update -- Days since USS Abraham Lincoln deployed: 284 Iran war began: 185 USS George HW Bush deployed: 154 SecDef briefed reporters on the war: 119 USS George Washington deployed: 101 2nd naval blockade: 50 *Service secretary resigned: 0 *Last known US strike on Iran: 0
an earlier such visit.... hang on. www.nytimes.com/1991/03/25/w...
AFTER THE WAR; Thai Bar Girls Greet Sailors Like Heroes (Published 1991)
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The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2mo agoThe U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln is expected to dock near Pattaya, Thailand, on Wednesday. After a strenuous nine months deployed at sea in the Middle East, the 5,000 or so sailors and Marines aboard the beleaguered aircraft carrier will have a few days off.
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Opinion | A New World Order Is Coming. We Aren’t Ready. (Gift Article)
We must be honest about the seriousness of the situation we’re in.
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. Lots of applause, but lot of risk. by Matina Stevis-Gridneff www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/w...
Carney Has Canadians’ Support on Trump. Now Comes the Hard Part. (Gift Article)
The U.S.-Canada trade war has galvanized Canadians behind their prime minister’s decision to walk away from negotiations. What happens when the time comes for talks to restart?
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Roy Cohn, Robert Mapplethorpe and a Trump-Era Dilemma Over Free Speech (Gift Article)
When a respected biographer tried to use a Mapplethorpe photograph of Roy Cohn for a book cover, worries about the wrath of Mr. Cohn’s protégé, President Trump, intervened.
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Berlin colleagues & friends! Come join me and the wonderful @stevenerlanger.bsky.social and Joshua Yaffa for the Berlin launch of my recently released book WE SHALL OUTLAST THEM. Sept 17 -- 7:30PM -- Urania Berlin Details here: www.urania.de/event/putins...
Putin's Global Campaign to Defeat the West
Hanna Notte, Russia foreign policy analyst, discusses with New York Times Chief Diplomatic Correspondent Steven Erlanger and Joshua Yaffa from The New Yorker.
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. After six months of war with Iran, strategic failure and an impoverished population. My take. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/w...
Six Months In, Iran Appears Stronger and U.S. Goals Unclear (Gift Article)
Trump’s replacement of a military war with a heightened economic one is not expected to alter Iran’s strategy, while further impoverishing its people.
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