Secretaries of State travel the world, to our biggest allies and to address the most pressing issues. But Marco Rubio does neither. His solo travels take him where assistant secretaries go. Rarely the boss. open.substack.com/pub/ivodaald...

Oil may be flowing through the strait, but at the unsustainable cost of keeping the US Navy stuck in the Arabian Sea. Trump has proven the failure of America First and that success requires the help of allies he has spent a lifetime denouncing. newsletter.ivodaalder.com/p/the-diplom...

This week: How Anthropic turned to religious leaders to create a “moral” agent; a former head of US intel worries about China misreading the US and a former UK head of intel worries about Putin; and a look at how Russia is preparing for Doomsday. newsletter.ivodaalder.com/p/what-caugh...

Latest Diplomatic Cable: UK PM Burnham opens the door to Britain rejoining the EU. Economics is the true driving force, but Trump’s Washington is making the choice clearer by the day. newsletter.ivodaalder.com/p/the-diplom...

Europe wants more meetings to address the Russian hybrid threat. Instead, it should task NATO’s commander to develop a menu of options that is announced publicly. No need to tell Russia how and when it will respond; only that it will respond. newsletter.ivodaalder.com/p/the-diplom...

This week: China’s oil average, what Congress needs to know about AI. concerns about Ukraine, and what lies behind the German far-right’s ascendence. newsletter.ivodaalder.com/p/what-caugh...

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...

European warnings about the Russian threat point to two real worries: an accident that kills scores or a miscalculation that triggers a war. Both can be avoided by sending Putin a clear message: “We see what you are doing. Don’t. We will respond.” open.substack.com/pub/ivodaald...

New Diplomatic Cable: A look at how Xi has Trump’s number and what Trump can do about it before it is too late. First step: don’t go to Andrews to meet Xi’s plane. It’s no sign of respect; it’s a sign of deference that Xi will see as weakness. newsletter.ivodaalder.com/p/the-diplom...

Seven months to get a Greenland deal we could have had in days. Greenland stays part of Denmark. No American flag. US security comes from alliances and treaties, not owned territory. On the @bbcnewsunofficial.bsky.social : newsletter.ivodaalder.com/p/seven-mont...

Seven months to get a Greenland deal we could have had in days. Greenland stays part of Denmark. No American flag. US security comes from alliances and treaties, not owned territory. On the BBC: newsletter.ivodaalder.com/p/seven-mont...

On World Review: Will the Fed rate rise steady the economy? Is Carney’s swoon in Europe for real? Has the Middle East become a tinderbox? Find out by listening to my conversation with Martin Wolf, @spiegelpeter.bsky.social , and @missy-ryan.bsky.social . newsletter.ivodaalder.com/p/world-revi...

My latest Diplomatic Cable: Congress has just given Trump another blank check to cash in the way he wants rather than they attend. Punishing Russia is the necessary, but this is the wrong way to do it. newsletter.ivodaalder.com/p/the-diplom...

Russia’s escalation is getting more brazen. NATO needs to respond. Here is how. newsletter.ivodaalder.com/p/enough-sho...

Before 9/11 CIA Director Tenet warned his “hair is on fire.” AI executives are now doing the same in warning about their technology. But like in 2001, the White House, led by Trump, isn’t listening. We may all pay a much bigger price. newsletter.ivodaalder.com/p/the-diplom...

This week -- a look at what we learned -- and didn't learn -- after 9/11. newsletter.ivodaalder.com/p/what-caugh...

I’m in the same place I was exactly 25 years ago: on a plane from Europe back to the United States. Looking back on that day, the days that followed, is to realize the mistakes we made, the opportunities we lost, and the lessons we failed to learn. newsletter.ivodaalder.com/p/25-years-a...

This week, a special World Review looks back 25 years, to the terrorist attacks on New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania, and their aftermath, with 3 Belfer colleagues. open.substack.com/pub/ivodaald...

There is something profoundly wrong with a society in which the producers of a technology they say can kill all humanity nevertheless accelerate the production of that technology and governments are standing by doing nothing.
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