MAR-A-LAGO’S LOOSE NUKES
CLAIRE BERLINSKI, PARIS Trumpworld, illustrated by Craiyon the AI. Plus: a Belle Époque courtesan, and my father’s poem about an elephant.
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CLAIRE BERLINSKI, PARIS 💨 A quick tour around the world
WHY HAS MEDVEDEV GONE BERSERK?
MONIQUE CAMARRA, SIENA Dmitri Medvedev’s transformation from liberal to lunatic
AYMAN AL-ZAWAHIRI IS DEAD. WIPE THAT SMILE OFF YOUR FACE.
ADAM GARFINKLE, WASHINGTON D.C. It took us two decades and a trillion dollars to whack this terrorist son-of-a-bitch. What are you celebrating?
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CLAIRE BERLINSKI, PARIS Pelosi goes to Taiwan. Russia steals Sudan’s gold. Iran threatens to nuke New York. Vladislav narrowly escapes a sniper. And the good news: We’ve cracked biology’s biggest problem.
TO BIBI OR NOT TO BIBI
GABI MITCHELL, JERUSALEM It’s Groundhog Day in Israel. I doubt many Israelis have seen the 1990s classic Groundhog Day.
MR. TAX VS. THE HUMAN HAND GRENADE
JOHN OXLEY, LONDON 🇬🇧🗳 Britain watches the pointless Tory leadership contest in quiet despair.
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CLAIRE BERLINSKI, PARIS 🗞 Russia shuts off the gas, dukes it out with France in Africa. Notes on Latin America’s nostalgia trap. Orbán goes Goebbels. The death of the Iran deal. Talking about Monkeypox. And more …
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CLAIRE BERLINSKI, PARIS 🗞❄️ Weekend reader: Welcome, Air Conditioner!
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CLAIRE BERLINSKI, PARIS 🗞 The world swelters. 🔥 The Heat It’s been a while since I’ve sent out an issue of Global Eyes. I planned to send it out on Monday, but as you may have heard, Europe is a hellish inferno.
THE IRAN MESS
VIVEK Y. KELKAR AND CLAIRE BERLINSKI The US sought to halt Iran’s nuclear program, weaken its economy, isolate it politically, and retain its influence over the Middle East. But Iran’s centrifuges are still spinning—and now the US has brought itself to the edge of the cliff.