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"I want to create Slovak BBC” the head of public broadcaster told me. But critics accuse him of exerting political pressure & promoting conspiracy-mongers Will #Slovakia's public media act as gov mouthpiece, like in Hungary & Poland? Me for Foreign Policy bit.ly/2M5bFgY

Just as Robert Mugabe was once demonized and the entire Zimbabwe crisis was laid at his doorstep, we are now witnessing the demonization of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga & the narrow personalization of Zimbabwe’s post-election political difficulties. foreignpolicy.com/2018/08/08/emm…

Read Nesrine Malik on why Boris has suddenly discovered the burqa.

.Anna Momigliano profiles Silvio Berlusconi’s top propagandist—and how he has now become one of Matteo Salvini’s toughest critics, calling him a “xenophobe,” a “demagogue,” and a “cunning idiot." foreignpolicy.com/2018/08/03/in-…

Congo's government claims the country is having an election. Fighters in the East are preparing for battle. Sam Mednick reports from the eastern DRC in Foreign Policy: foreignpolicy.com/2018/08/03/wil…

Tehran will never give up all of its ballistic missiles, but a compromise is possible, argue @FitzpatrickIISS and Michael Elleman: foreignpolicy.com/2018/08/06/how…

Somalia once had a formidable army. Today, its soldiers fight in flip-flops. Amanda Sperber reports from Mogadishu in Foreign Policy : bit.ly/2vI6Tfi

Serious, historically-informed commentary on Zimbabwean politics is hard to find. Miles Tendi provides it. Read him in Foreign Policy on why the Zanu-PF government’s crackdown proves that the ruling party will hold on to power by any means necessary: bit.ly/2KDfl4K

1/ My review article of Sasha Polakow-Suransky fine book is now published by Foreign Affairs alongside a piece by Shadi Hamid . Sasha rightly points to immigration question & Left's drift from class to cultural egalitarianism as drivers of populism foreignaffairs.com/reviews/review… David Goodhart

“The future will be filled with the sort of pain and misery that was staved off in the past thanks to the steroid of international aid. But Washington’s moves are also clarifying.” My thoughts on Oslo at 25 for Foreign Policy foreignpolicy.com/2018/09/13/for…

Dividing Kosovo won't bring peace. It will reignite an ugly war. buff.ly/2xvsWGZ

Read this excellent article by Tarah M. Wheeler in the new issue of Foreign Policy on why, without digital Geneva conventions, the world is vulnerable to a motley mix of hackers, warriors, intelligence operatives, criminals, and angry teenagers: bit.ly/2Nzdd3O

In the new print issue of @foreignpolicy, Michael C. Horowitz argues that "Just as there was not an arms control regime for combustion engines or electricity, it’s hard to imagine an effective regime for containing the coming AI arms race." : bit.ly/2MOP4q5

The United States has the power to stop Cameroon's atrocities against its own citizens. buff.ly/2pocOmQ

Thanks to Eric Kaufmann for a critical--and thoughtful--review of my book in Foreign Affairs. Now that it's been out for a few weeks, maybe the powers that be will (briefly) tear down this paywall so everyone can read it here: foreignaffairs.com/reviews/review…. cc: Stuart A. Reid Justin Vogt

Read Daniel Levy from US/Middle East Project on the real lessons of the Oslo Accords.

An observation: Salvini, who tweets pretty much every time a migrant gets found with a pen knife, has had very little to say about far-right activists arrested with a frigging missile and an arsenal of weapons