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Includes analysis of why the Pakistan peace plan currently under discussion is unlikely to work.

New post out A plan from @LawDavF to end the war in Iran. With a look at the various options on the table (none of them good). And why Trump's ideas are all dead ends. open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/a-p…

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New post out A plan from @LawDavF to end the war in Iran. With a look at the various options on the table (none of them good). And why Trump's ideas are all dead ends. open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/a-p…

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We've got more coming up next week including further analysis of what's going on in the Middle East and the first part of an epic elections preview...

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And I wrote about the rise of anti-semitism and what it tells us about the broader mechanics of radicalisation. samf.substack.com/p/cordon-sanit…

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This week on the substack we've had @LawDavF on why the US are losing in Iran. samf.substack.com/p/trump-runs-o…

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New post just out: "Cordon Sanitaires and Purity Spirals" Antisemitism is becoming mainstreamed on both left and right at an alarming rate. What can it teach us about the way radicalisation takes root? And can it be stopped? (£/free trial) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/cor…

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I've avoided writing this for a long time because of....well look at the replies I'm getting already. But something snapped watching the discourse around the Hatzola ambulance attacks last week. It's really getting out of hand.

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William Dalrymple@DalrympleWill·29 Mar

"It is hard to convey the gloom that has overtaken Washington. All the structures that are vital to crisis management have either been attenuated or disbanded."

This point from @LawDavF (who's been in Washington this week) is key. Out of malice and stupidity the Trump administration has destroyed its own decision-making capabilities.

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Sam Freedman@Samfr·29 Mar

This point from @LawDavF (who's been in Washington this week) is key. Out of malice and stupidity the Trump administration has destroyed its own decision-making capabilities.

New post out from @LawDavF Iran has turned into a fiasco for the Americans with no good options left. Will they be able to negotiate something with Iran? What military operations might they try? Will they just walk away? (£/free trial) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/tru…

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Laura Rozen@lrozen·29 Mar

These stark observations from @LawDavF on the Trump administration’s hollowed out, broken national security process and Trump lurching around incoherently on Iran really resonate samf.substack.com/p/trump-runs-o…

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Gideon Rachman@gideonrachman·29 Mar

Brilliant post, as per usual

New post out from @LawDavF Iran has turned into a fiasco for the Americans with no good options left. Will they be able to negotiate something with Iran? What military operations might they try? Will they just walk away? (£/free trial) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/tru…

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Sam Freedman@Samfr·29 Mar

@JulianSayarer You're supposed to say "zionist" not "Jewish" so that you can pretend not to be antisemitic.

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Julian Sayarer@JulianSayarer·29 Mar

Bear in mind Jeremy Corbyn was adamant as UK opposition leader that the country needed to unhitch from the US wrecking ball. Sam, his father and the wider jewish community were integral to the campaign of "anti-semitism" that demanded Britain remain hitched to zionism and the US.

This point from @LawDavF (who's been in Washington this week) is key. Out of malice and stupidity the Trump administration has destroyed its own decision-making capabilities.

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toomas hendrik ilves@IlvesToomas·29 Mar

Insane, but explains almost everything. A brilliant post. The full piece is here: samf.substack.com/p/trump-runs-o… A must read

This point from @LawDavF (who's been in Washington this week) is key. Out of malice and stupidity the Trump administration has destroyed its own decision-making capabilities.

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ChrisO_wiki@ChrisO_wiki·29 Mar

A very sobering assessment from the great Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman on the situation in Iran. Here's an extract to whet your appetite: "It is hard to convey the gloom that has overtaken Washington. All the structures that are vital to crisis management have either been attenuated or disbanded. There is hardly anyone left on the National Security Council staff. A friend described an empty State Department where you could hear your own foot steps. Marco Rubio is involved in the decision-making but he has neglected to acquire the professional staff assessments that should inform such decisions... The military part of the Pentagon still functions, but the civilian part has been purged. At its head is Pete Hegseth who puts effort into looking charismatic and brings the perspective of a disgruntled junior officer to everything he does, waging his own war on ‘woke’ which in its latest version involves striking out the names of two black men and two women for promotion to general. Some satisfaction is taken that figures such as Elbridge Colby, who were supposed to be providing the intellectual heft to security policy, are now stuck defending exactly the interventions they were pledged to avoid."

New post out from @LawDavF Iran has turned into a fiasco for the Americans with no good options left. Will they be able to negotiate something with Iran? What military operations might they try? Will they just walk away? (£/free trial) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/tru…

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David Hartwell@DaveHartwell1·29 Mar

Brilliant, as usual….

This point from @LawDavF (who's been in Washington this week) is key. Out of malice and stupidity the Trump administration has destroyed its own decision-making capabilities.

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Sam Freedman@Samfr·29 Mar

New post out from @LawDavF Iran has turned into a fiasco for the Americans with no good options left. Will they be able to negotiate something with Iran? What military operations might they try? Will they just walk away? (£/free trial) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/tru…

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Sam Freedman@Samfr·28 Mar

My post from this week on the consequences to the UK of the war in Iran. Given the appalling mess the Americans have made of everything the worst case scenarios in here are looking more likely. samf.substack.com/p/iran-and-the…

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