Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon) 's Twitter Profile
Mark MacKinnon

@markmackinnon

Senior International Correspondent for The Globe and Mail. Now based in London, after stops in Moscow, the Middle East and Beijing.

ID: 20759034

linkhttps://bsky.app/profile/markmackinnon.bsky.social calendar_today13-02-2009 09:31:23

63,63K Tweet

96,96K Followers

16,16K Following

The Hill Times (@thehilltimes) 's Twitter Profile Photo

All eyes on Trump: meet the top 50 foreign policy influencers navigating Canada’s role in a rocky world #cdnpoli buff.ly/FFDHZM6

All eyes on Trump: meet the top 50 foreign policy influencers navigating Canada’s role in a rocky world #cdnpoli

buff.ly/FFDHZM6
Mehr News Agency (@mehrnewscom) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🔴Iran will no longer allow Rafael Grossi, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), or the installation of surveillance cameras at its nuclear facilities, a top Iranian lawmaker announced.

Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) 's Twitter Profile Photo

More than 17,000 children have been killed in Gaza since the war began. These are the faces and stories of 28 of them haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

John Hudson (@john_hudson) 's Twitter Profile Photo

SCOOP: The United States obtained intercepted communication between senior Iranian officials discussing this month’s military strikes on Iran’s nuclear program and remarking that the attack was less devastating than they had expected, per four soures

Nick Schifrin (@nickschifrin) 's Twitter Profile Photo

BREAKING: White House confirms it has halted weapons that Ukraine was scheduled to receive, including PAC3 Patriots, 155mm artillery rounds, GMLRS, Stinger, AIM-7, and Hellfire missiles. Anna Kelly tells me: “This decision was made to put America’s interests first following a

Novaya Gazeta Europe (@novayagazeta_en) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The United States has suspended the supply of Patriot missiles and other critical ammunition to Ukraine, Politico reported on Tuesday, citing sources, with White House Deputy Press Secretary Anna Kelly subsequently confirming the development to reporters. ⤵️

The United States has suspended the supply of Patriot missiles and other critical ammunition to Ukraine, Politico reported on Tuesday, citing sources, with White House Deputy Press Secretary Anna Kelly subsequently confirming the development to reporters. ⤵️
Rutger Bregman (@rcbregman) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This landmark study in The Lancet should be etched on Elon Musk's gravestone: Dismantling USAID is projected to cause 14 million deaths between 2025 and 2030 — that’s more than 2.4 million lives lost every year. That’s as many lives lost as in World War I.

This landmark study in The Lancet should be etched on <a href="/elonmusk/">Elon Musk</a>'s gravestone:

Dismantling USAID is projected to cause 14 million deaths between 2025 and 2030 — that’s more than 2.4 million lives lost every year. 

That’s as many lives lost as in World War I.
The Kyiv Independent (@kyivindependent) 's Twitter Profile Photo

⚡️Update: Russia strikes residential building in Kyiv as Moscow launches waves of drones on Ukraine. Multiple fires were reported in different neighborhoods of Kyiv amid a Russian drone attack on the capital late on July 3. kyivindependent.com/kyiv-under-att…

Tymofiy Mylovanov (@mylovanov) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Anne Applebaum in The Atlantic: Trump says he wants peace. But every key decision his administration makes helps Putin keep fighting. Weapons blocked. Sanctions stalled. Disinfo unchallenged. She explains how the U.S. is realigning - toward Moscow. 1/

Anne Applebaum in The Atlantic: Trump says he wants peace. But every key decision his administration makes helps Putin keep fighting.

Weapons blocked. Sanctions stalled. Disinfo unchallenged.

She explains how the U.S. is realigning - toward Moscow.

1/
Charles Lister (@charles_lister) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Quite the comments from the US #Syria Envoy: - "We don't owe the #SDF the right to establish an independent gov't within a state... #Syria can't have a federal system." "This is a difficult issue for the SDF... but if you can't reach a deal, we won't be your nanny forever."

Quite the comments from the US  #Syria Envoy:

- "We don't owe the #SDF the right to establish an independent gov't within a state... #Syria can't have a federal system."

"This is a difficult issue for the SDF... but if you can't reach a deal, we won't be your nanny forever."
Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Much like George W. Bush in 2003, Netanyahu and Trump believe their military victories will give birth to a "New Middle East." But just like in 2003, the other players in the region will have a lot to say about what happens next. My analysis theglobeandmail.com/world/article-…

Mark Kersten (@markkersten) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“Talk of a new Middle East remains hollow so long as Israel keeps up its assault on Gaza and floats the prospect of permanently displacing its population to a corner of the Strip.” - ⁦Mark MacKinnon⁩: theglobeandmail.com/world/article-…

“Talk of a new Middle East remains hollow so long as Israel keeps up its assault on Gaza and floats the prospect of permanently displacing its population to a corner of the Strip.” - ⁦<a href="/markmackinnon/">Mark MacKinnon</a>⁩: theglobeandmail.com/world/article-…
Yaroslav Trofimov (@yarotrof) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It’s no exaggeration that Ukrainian public opinion is in an absolute firestorm after the parliament today approved a law essentially dismantling independent anti-corruption agencies, just days after SBU raided key investigators. The law isn’t enacted until Zelensky signs it — and

Fabrice Deprez (@fabrice_deprez) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Needs to be emphasized just how dangerous the moment is: a president facing a major internal political crisis of his own making just as the Ukrainian military finds itself in its most precarious position since 2022.

Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“My number one concern for the team is sleep deprivation.” What it’s like to be Canada’s ambassador to Kyiv while the city is under almost nightly assault from the sky - and why Natalka Cmoc wants to extend her term. My report from Kyiv theglobeandmail.com/world/article-…