The Brief Special Edition: On Minnesota and Human Rights Hi friends, I had originally intended to write about the highs and lows of the annual meeting of the World Economic Form in Davos, Switzerland last week, but for reasons that are probably obvious, that just didn’t feel right to me anymore (though I will give a quick shout
The Brief: I Can't Believe I Have to Say This Hi friends, Amidst a week of deeply upsetting and disturbing domestic news here in the U.S., there has been no shortage of foreign policy developments also demanding our attention, among them events related to Venezuela, Iran, and Greenland. With respect to the latter, in an interview with The New
How Prediction Markets Will Become a New Frontier in Information Warfare By Darjan Vujica I'm thrilled to welcome our very first guest contributor to The Connection! A former senior official at the State Department working at the nexus of technology and foreign policy, Darjan Vujica most recently served as the Emerging Technology Coordinator at U.S. Embassy New Delhi
On Wars and Laws Hi friends, This weekend I saw a photo on social media of a person protesting U.S. military actions in Venezuela, holding a sign stating, “The year just [effing] started, man.” And that’s a whole mood. Listen to Foundations in Audio Format0:00/523.83346938775511× My goal with Foundations,
The Brief Special Edition: Regime Change in Venezuela Hi friends, I’m moving up this week’s edition of The Brief by a few days, and sending it out to all subscribers, in light of this morning’s events in Venezuela. I expect a fair amount of additional information will come to light as things evolve, so watch
How to Read the 2025 U.S. National Security Strategy Hi friends, Last week, the Trump administration issued its National Security Strategy (NSS), a document presidents typically issue once in their terms, outlining their national security and foreign policy priorities. I don’t want to duplicate any of the great summaries of the NSS that are already out there—Politico’
Whose Job Is This, Anyway? (U.S. Edition) Hi friends, Welcome to the November installment of Foundations. As a refresher, my goal with this monthly series is to unpack some of the basics of foreign policy—to lay the groundwork to help us understand what we’re seeing in the news or on social media about how countries
The Brief: So Many Red Flags Hi friends, There have been a number of developments in the last couple of weeks related to the U.S. military strikes in the Caribbean Sea. I’d like to cover these updates in this week’s edition of The Brief, as well as to provide some context for why
Understanding Tariffs With a Little Help from Kpop Demon Hunters Hi friends, I have a confession to make: I do not, by nature, gravitate toward economics and trade. Want to talk about the minutiae of an international organization’s Rules of Procedure? I’ll bring my own, probably dog-eared, copy. Got questions about migratory bird treaties? Please block off at
