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Nicholas Kristof
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Nicholas Kristof
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NY Times columnist, author and farmer of cider apples and wine grapes @KristofFarms
Yamhill, Oregon and everywhere Katılım Ekim 2008
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President Trump unloading on @SangerNYT reflects a combination of anxiety, insecurity and desperation about the Iran war. David is the dean of national security reporters: experienced, meticulous and fair. Blaming the messenger underscores that the reality itself is pretty bad.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar
Trump to NYT's David Sanger: "I had a total military victory. But the fake news, guys like you, write incorrectly. You're a fake guy. We had a total military victory. I actually think it's sort of treasonous what you write. You should be ashamed of yourself. I actually think it's treason."
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A respected journalist and former Guangming Daily editor, Dong Yuyu was detained in 2022 and later sentenced on espionage charges he denies. Press freedom advocates have criticized the charges as baseless and politically motivated. He must be immediately released.
As President Donald Trump prepares to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing this week, this is a moment to speak plainly and stand for America's values: Journalism is not a crime, and journalists should not be punished for doing their jobs.
#FreeDongYuyu
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@siobhan_ogrady Thrilled to have you gracing our pages! Washington Post's loss is our enormous gain.
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An 18-year-old dug out a victim while waiting for more help to arrive. He spoke to her to keep her conscious, touched her leg so she didn’t feel alone. He later learned her daughter, Masha, is still missing under the rubble. Her prom is in 2 weeks.
nytimes.com/2026/05/14/wor…
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This is a complete own goal. It would triple the amount of AI computing power that China adds next year - before taking into account illegal smuggling. And it would divert scarce AI compute resources away from U.S. firms. This will help China close the gap with the U.S. in AI.
Reuters China@ReutersChina
Exclusive: US clears H200 chip sales to 10 China firms as Nvidia CEO looks for breakthrough reuters.com/business/retai…
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Very important piece in the @nytimes about declining student performance in almost every state (Mississippi is the big exception, but also LA and HI) and why this might be: nytimes.com/2026/05/13/ups… by @clairecm and colleagues. This is our country's future that is on the line.
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One very useful outcome for the Trump-Xi summit would be some agreement on AI governance and slowing the AI arms race, but that seems unlikely: nytimes.com/2026/05/13/wor…
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COLUMN: A massive surge in US exports has kept the oil market in check. But the clock is ticking: it's sustaining the flow using a stockpile. And unlike the printing presses of the Fed, it can’t just be topped up with a fresh sheaf of paper.
@Opinion bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
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A rare bit of good news from Iran. Nasrin Sotoudeh, a heroic female lawyer and human rights activist who was imprisoned early in the war, has just been released on bail, associates say. Now we just need similar good news from China about Jimmy Lai.
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The Iran War has been a strategic failure that in some ways has empowered Iran rather than diminished it, has left ordinary Iranians in a worse situation, and still has no easy solution to get oil, gas and fertilizer flowing again.
Danny (Dennis) Citrinowicz ,داني سيترينوفيتش@citrinowicz
We need to be honest with ourselves: so far, this campaign has been a major strategic failure. There were certainly important operational achievements, and the level of coordination between U.S. Central Command and the Israel Defense Forces was highly impressive. But wars are not judged by tactical successes alone, they are judged against their original strategic objectives. The Iranian regime did not fall, and at this stage there is no indication that it is close to collapsing. There was no regime change in Iran; instead, there was a change within the regime, and arguably for the worse. The crisis appears to have strengthened Mojtaba Khamenei and the more hardline elements of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, giving them greater influence over Iran’s decision-making process. On the conventional front, Iran still retains most of its military capabilities. Even where damage was inflicted, it has not fundamentally altered Tehran’s ability or willingness to resume military confrontation. On the nuclear front, Iran continues to possess a massive stockpile of enriched uranium, including the same roughly 440 kilograms enriched to near-weapons-grade levels. More importantly, the regime still possesses the scientific and technical expertise necessary to enrich to 90% if it chooses to do so. And beyond that, Iran still maintains leverage over the Strait of Hormuz — which remained open and stable before the war began. I do not know how this conflict will ultimately end. But if these are the conditions under which it concludes, then this will be remembered as a profound strategic failure — one that leaves behind a far worse regional reality than the one that existed before the campaign began. Ignoring that reality will not improve the situation; it will only deepen the problem. Iran built its national security doctrine around asymmetric capabilities. Damage to its navy or air force, however significant tactically, does not fundamentally undermine its ability to wage this kind of confrontation. That is the reality, whether policymakers are comfortable acknowledging it or not. A serious strategy for weakening the Iranian regime in the future has to begin with an honest recognition of this reality. It is possible that the United States is planning additional, more significant steps. But if we are assessing the campaign as it stands today, the outcome is deeply negative. Without acknowledging that, Washington risks building its next phase on a false premise — and that is exactly how tactical achievements turn into strategic failure. No wonder Iran is not surrendering at the negotiating table if this is indeed the reality. It is time to go back to the drawing board rather than keep insisting on an approach that has already failed. And it starts with one basic understanding: Iran is not Venezuela. Conventional cost-benefit calculations do not necessarily work against a regime that is willing to sacrifice its own population to preserve its rule. There is no textbook solution here. Not the Kurds, not arming the opposition, and not targeted killings. None of these, on their own, provides a strategic answer to the Iranian problem set. It is time to think seriously about a different strategy, because the current approach is not containing the threat. It is producing a security reality that is, almost by definition, worse than the one that existed before. If the objective is to weaken the Iranian regime over time, then repeating tools that have already failed is not strategy. #IranWar
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A good piece by @JulianGewirtz about the Trump-Xi summit notes that Xi is focused on strategic gains for China while Trump is looking for short-term wins for himself politically.
Jonathan Cheng@JChengWSJ
.@JulianGewirtz in NYT op-ed: “Mr. Xi will provide a lavish welcome…but the Chinese leader almost certainly views the visit…not as a time for accommodation and lasting reconciliation, but as a temporary lull in a longer test of wills.” nytimes.com/2026/05/13/opi…
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Imprisoned Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu, a 2007 Nieman Fellow, is facing serious health issues. Together with Dong’s family and international journalism organizations, the Nieman Foundation calls on Chinese authorities to grant a critical medical parole. nieman.harvard.edu/imprisoned-chi…
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Not a single China expert.
POTUS would normally have at least one NSC/State official to provide briefings.
Underlines how utterly unprepared he is for meetings with Xi.
Libbey Dean@LibbeyDean_
ON AF1 to CHINA: President Trump Eric Trump Lara Trump Secretary Marco Rubio Secretary Pete Hegseth Ambassador Jamieson Greer James Blair Beau Harrison Stephen Miller Steven Cheung Robert Gabriel Michael Kratsios Ross Worthington Walt Nauta Ambassador Monica Crowley The White House provided this partial list.
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۱۱۳ برنده جایزه نوبل از تمامی رشتههای علمی و ادبی، با پیوستن به موج جهانیِ حمایت از نرگس محمدی، خواستار آزادی بیقیدوشرط او شدند.
این اتحاد در پی وخامت حال این برنده جایزه صلح نوبل و بستری شدن او در بیمارستان شکل گرفته است.
امضاکنندگان این فراخوان که از میان سرشناسترین چهرههای جهان در حوزههای صلح، پزشکی، فیزیک، شیمی، اقتصاد و ادبیات هستند، بر ضرورت پایان یافتن احکام حبس و صیانت از حقوق بنیادین او تأکید دارند.
این فراخوان که به کوشش مؤسسه زنان نوبلیست و با همکاری بنیاد نرگس سازماندهی شده، نشاندهنده اتحاد جهانی برندگان نوبل در تمامی رشتههای علمی و ادبی است.
صادرکنندگان این بیانیه، یکصدا خواستار آزادی کامل و بیقیدوشرط نرگس محمدی و لغو تمامی احکام علیه او هستند.
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If you want a handle on the Trump-Xi summit, this is an excellent podcast conversation with former ambassador to China @RNicholasBurns about the issues and how they're likely to be addressed.
Foreign Affairs@ForeignAffairs
In a new bonus episode of “The Foreign Affairs Interview,” @RNicholasBurns examines the issues that will take center stage at the Trump-Xi summit—and considers how this meeting will shape the future of U.S.-Chinese competition. foreignaffairs.com/podcasts/when-…
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"It’s a simple proposition: Whatever our views of the Middle East conflict, we should be able to unite in condemning rape."
nytimes.com/2026/05/11/opi…
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