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At Aspen Ideas Festival 2025, an extraordinary lineup of moderators will take the stage to steer thought-provoking conversations, challenge perspectives, and bring out the best in every speaker. With their sharp insights and masterful storytelling, these seasoned journalists,

At Aspen Ideas Festival 2025, an extraordinary lineup of moderators will take the stage to steer thought-provoking conversations, challenge perspectives, and bring out the best in every speaker. With their sharp insights and masterful storytelling, these seasoned journalists,

When Donald Trump declines to say whether he would risk war with China to save Taiwan, he is following the precedent set by most modern presidents. What is new is the alarm engendered in Taiwan by the American president’s treatment of Ukraine econ.st/3Hzjz0L

Quick 🧵 on where we are right now. Calls for de-escalation (a reflex for diplomats) are going to fall on deaf ears. Israel chose a war; Israel and Iran are on an escalatory path. If anything can push them off that path it will probably be military constraints, not diplomacy.

Why Donald Trump is serious when he calls for Iran to return to talks and cut a deal. Former Trump aides describe his deep aversion to regime change, a horror of power vacuums and an ultra-realist “club of leaders” worldview. My column, The Telegram. economist.com/international/…

“He has a fundamental ‘club-of-leaders’ worldview.” On “The Intelligence” David Rennie lays out the tensions in Donald Trump’s choice about striking Iran econ.st/4lh3uLI 🎧

A real honour and pleasure to give some talks on China at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and to speak to their East Asia Now podcast with David Fields on.soundcloud.com/T8qha2w4eiAcFT…

1/10 The US bombing of Iran's nuclear facilities is an unprecedented event that may prove to be transformational for Iran, the Middle East, US foreign policy, global non-proliferation, and potentially even the global order. Its impact will be measured for decades to come. 🧵

"Do you think that Donald Trump is going to get a hero's welcome at NATO?" The Economist's David Rennie disagrees, arguing that we might see "the core of NATO wobbling in front of our eyes" if its members can't agree on Russia. #Newsnight

Pleased to join BBC Newsnight with David Rennie & David Frum to unpack Iran’s calculated strikes on Al Udeid—and how rising Iranian nationalism could shape what comes next. Aired just before the ceasefire news broke.

If Europe and the West can’t have America as a global policeman they’ll settle for Donald Trump as the Lone Ranger. That’s the remarkable message sent by France, Germany, the UK et al as their leaders welcome US strikes on Iran. My column, The Telegram economist.com/international/…

Europe’s response to the Israel-Iran war has been rational, but revealing. Here’s why econ.st/4esXEob

Me on David Rennie ‘s spot on column The Economist about the #US and #Iran

Paid six-month internship at The Economist, working with on the Britain desk

Might useful, growth-promoting reforms be advanced by bad-faith claims about “white genocide” in South Africa? Moderate political and business leaders hope so. My column, The Telegram. How South Africa could harness Donald Trump’s wrath economist.com/international/…

Foxconn has asked hundreds of Chinese engineers and technicians to return home from its iPhone factories in India, dealing a blow to Apple’s manufacturing push in the South Asian country bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

An honour to moderate a crunchy, slogan-free and rigorous China panel at #Aspenideas Aspen Ideas with Elizabeth Economy Michael B.G. Froman and Jim Baker, formerly dir. Office of Net Assessment at the Pentagon. aspenideas.org/sessions/the-c…

A fun and lively panel—enabled by your terrific moderation!

A public engagement with Jim Baker. Nice!

Great bipartisan discussion on the geopolitics of energy at Aspen Ideas #aspenideas between John Bolton and Jason Bordoff - an honour to moderate aspenideas.org/sessions/from-…