robert worth

John Bolton: Our biggest mistake in the 1990s and during the Bush administration was leaving Ukraine, Moldova, and Belarus in a gray zone - not pushing harder for their eventual NATO membership. Eastern and Central Europeans were begging for protection from Russia. We expanded NATO but left a dangerous gap that Russia quickly exploited. In 2008, Bush tried to fast-track Ukraine and Georgia into NATO, but France and Germany blocked it. Ukraine is an incredibly rich and powerful country that is striving to become truly European and Western - while rejecting Vladimir Putin’s aggressive nationalism.

I did a profile of Rod Dreher: theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/…

Every day, while we are distracted by Internet memes, innocent Ukrainians are being massacred

My story on the fall of the Assad regime: theatlantic.com/international/…

So dismayed to see what's happening at the Washpost, where some of the best journalists in the businesses have been fired abruptly

Jeff Bezos wealth in 2024: $194 billion Jeff Bezos wealth in 2025: $215 billion Jeff Bezos wealth today: $249.4 billion Net increase in Bezos wealth since 2024: $55.4 billion Cost of Bezos’s 417-foot superyacht: $500 million Amazon investment in "Melania": $75 million Original Bezos purchase price of the Washington Post in 2013: $250 million Bezos net worth in 2013: $25.2 billion Net increase in Bezos wealth since buying the Post: $224.2 billion Last reported annual losses of Post: $100 million Number of years Bezos could absorb those losses with what he makes in a single week: 5 @JeffBezos

A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."

My story from Minneapolis: theatlantic.com/politics/2026/…

Mamdani's Grocery Stores Might Be More Realistic Than You Think - POLITICO politico.com/news/magazine/…

The PKK is disarming. Can Turkey keep the peace? Source: The Atlantic search.app/V6C4x6gzdeNnUt…

my latest on syria: theatlantic.com/international/…

As his enemies closed in on Damascus, Bashar al-Assad, who ruled over Syria with an iron fist for 24 years, used a private jet to spirit away cash, valuables an… Source: Reuters search.app/xSCLZpQu2fdAgK…

My latest, on Trump's war in Yemen: theatlantic.com/international/…

Deeply dismayed by the pointless dismantling of the Wilson Center, a first-rate think tank that is entirely nonpartisan. A real loss to the country.