@ghoshworld
@ghoshworld.bsky.social
Journalist, formerly of @bloomberg and @time
Food, football and foreign policy… not necessarily in that order.
Food, football and foreign policy… not necessarily in that order.
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Cheaper and easier to build than manned vehicles, and in some cases more effective, drones are a military planner's dream – and greatly reduce the risk of a pilot or operator being killed in action. https://cnn.it/48hCUNp
November 28, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Cheaper and easier to build than manned vehicles, and in some cases more effective, drones are a military planner's dream – and greatly reduce the risk of a pilot or operator being killed in action. https://cnn.it/48hCUNp
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An interesting insight into how many missiles were used just by this one system in the May conflict with Pakistan.
India’s defence ministry is expected to issue a request for proposal (RFP) to Russian state-owned defence major Rosoboronexport for the purchase of around 300 missiles for Indian S-400 air defence systems to replenish the inventory.
More details 🔗 www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/c...
More details 🔗 www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/c...
November 28, 2025 at 3:20 AM
An interesting insight into how many missiles were used just by this one system in the May conflict with Pakistan.
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Putin's plan to end the war in Ukraine.
Cartoon by Michael de Adder
Cartoon by Michael de Adder
November 27, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Putin's plan to end the war in Ukraine.
Cartoon by Michael de Adder
Cartoon by Michael de Adder
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Europe must make it clear that they will boycott the US meeting and will hold alternative G20 meeting in a different site if Trump persists.
November 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Europe must make it clear that they will boycott the US meeting and will hold alternative G20 meeting in a different site if Trump persists.
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Another shameful Trump act. South Africa has serious problems but it remains exemplary both in its peaceful democratic transition from a racist regime and in its more recent bounce back from corrupt populism. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/w...
Trump Says South Africa Is Not Invited to G20 Summit in U.S. in 2026
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Another shameful Trump act. South Africa has serious problems but it remains exemplary both in its peaceful democratic transition from a racist regime and in its more recent bounce back from corrupt populism. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/w...
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I am asking you, once again, to stop giving Mike Dukakis your Turkey carcasses
November 30, 2024 at 5:18 PM
I am asking you, once again, to stop giving Mike Dukakis your Turkey carcasses
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I wrote about demographics
The Demographic Argument Erdoğan Won't Make
On demographic decline, Muslim Zion, and the dangers of policy by stealth
kulturkampftr.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I wrote about demographics
Gobble-gobble, people!
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November 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Gobble-gobble, people!
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Hong Kong fire poses test for China's grip on the city reut.rs/48qdDko
Hong Kong fire poses test for China's grip on the city
A huge fire still burning in a Hong Kong high-rise apartment complex that has killed at least 55 people with almost 300 missing poses the biggest test of Beijing's grip on the city it has transformed since the mass pro-democracy protests of 2019.
reut.rs
November 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Hong Kong fire poses test for China's grip on the city reut.rs/48qdDko
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“This cozy idea that somehow Maduro falls and the next day María Corina Machado walks into the presidential palace and everybody lives happily ever after is fantastical," said Phil Gunson, who is based in Caracas for the International Crisis Group. "That won't happen.”
As Washington escalates pressure on Venezuela, any push for regime change risks becoming a costly, dangerous gamble — not the quick fix President Trump might hope for. n.pr/48aVmHq
'A giant game of chicken': Trump's Venezuela standoff edges toward conflict
As Washington escalates pressure on Venezuela, any push for regime change risks becoming a costly, dangerous gamble — not the quick fix President Trump might hope for.
n.pr
November 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
“This cozy idea that somehow Maduro falls and the next day María Corina Machado walks into the presidential palace and everybody lives happily ever after is fantastical," said Phil Gunson, who is based in Caracas for the International Crisis Group. "That won't happen.”
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"A putsch favouring the government would be unusual. But unusual things happen in Guinea-Bissau."
My latest 👇
www.economist.com/middle-east-...
My latest 👇
www.economist.com/middle-east-...
Armed men take power in Guinea-Bissau, again
But not everyone is convinced the latest putsch is a real one
www.economist.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
"A putsch favouring the government would be unusual. But unusual things happen in Guinea-Bissau."
My latest 👇
www.economist.com/middle-east-...
My latest 👇
www.economist.com/middle-east-...
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Analysts said the sequence of the calls—China first, then Japan—could reflect a willingness by Trump to curb an ally’s controversial stance on a core geopolitical issue in service of the U.S. trade relationship with Beijing. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Exclusive | Trump, After Call With China’s Xi, Told Tokyo to Lower the Volume on Taiwan
Japan, a U.S. ally that had angered China on Taiwan, found the message worrying.
www.wsj.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Analysts said the sequence of the calls—China first, then Japan—could reflect a willingness by Trump to curb an ally’s controversial stance on a core geopolitical issue in service of the U.S. trade relationship with Beijing. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
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Trump’s Mamdani embrace roiled his base. Then he issued the Muslim Brotherhood order.
Trump’s Mamdani embrace roiled his base. Then he issued the Muslim Brotherhood order.
Trump allies, who felt the executive order didn’t go far enough, say it underscores the White House’s sensitivity to MAGA blowback.
dlvr.it
November 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Trump’s Mamdani embrace roiled his base. Then he issued the Muslim Brotherhood order.
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Three expert observers sat down to discuss the key aspects of the talks between Ankara and Öcalan, and whether or not there are any prospects for a lasting resolution on the Kurdish issue. 👇
open.substack.com/pub/yavuzbay...
open.substack.com/pub/yavuzbay...
Does Turkey’s “Kurdish Initiative” stand a chance? -- Turkey Today Talk
Three observers discuss the key aspects of the talks between Ankara and Öcalan and whether or not there are any prospects for a lasting resolution on the Kurdish issue.
open.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Three expert observers sat down to discuss the key aspects of the talks between Ankara and Öcalan, and whether or not there are any prospects for a lasting resolution on the Kurdish issue. 👇
open.substack.com/pub/yavuzbay...
open.substack.com/pub/yavuzbay...
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Trump administration sanctions on Russian oil are just for show, argue these two Columbia scholars. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
America’s Toothless Sanctions on Russian Oil
Last month, the Trump administration imposed fresh sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, signaling a renewed desire to drive Moscow to the negotiating table in its war a...
www.foreignaffairs.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Trump administration sanctions on Russian oil are just for show, argue these two Columbia scholars. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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NEW data I've received: Just 5% of people detained by ICE since October 1 have had violent criminal convictions, 3/4 had no criminal convictions at all. Most "criminals" had immigration, traffic, and vice offenses. Not the "worst of the worst"...
November 24, 2025 at 11:33 PM
NEW data I've received: Just 5% of people detained by ICE since October 1 have had violent criminal convictions, 3/4 had no criminal convictions at all. Most "criminals" had immigration, traffic, and vice offenses. Not the "worst of the worst"...
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When I see a jounalist named Kerem Yucel got hit with a "less lethal munituon", I naturally assume it is a story of Turkish police abuse.
But, nope, it happened right here in the good ol' US of A.
But, nope, it happened right here in the good ol' US of A.
MPR News photojournalist Kerem Yücel was hit by less-lethal munition during the operation in St. Paul today. Other photojournalists were hit as well.
More on what unfolded at the chaotic scene: www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
More on what unfolded at the chaotic scene: www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
November 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
When I see a jounalist named Kerem Yucel got hit with a "less lethal munituon", I naturally assume it is a story of Turkish police abuse.
But, nope, it happened right here in the good ol' US of A.
But, nope, it happened right here in the good ol' US of A.
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Hezbollah has been rebuilding its missile and drone arsenal, but its capacity to retaliate is limited by continued military weakness and pressure from Beirut to avoid embroiling Lebanon in another war against Israel.
thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-2...
thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-2...
Israeli Escalation Against Hezbollah Puts Fragile Lebanon Ceasefire in Doubt - The Soufan Center
Israel’s escalation against the leaders and military infrastructure of Lebanese Hezbollah is clouding the November 2024 ceasefire between the two combatants. The truce has, to date, spared the vast bu...
thesoufancenter.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Hezbollah has been rebuilding its missile and drone arsenal, but its capacity to retaliate is limited by continued military weakness and pressure from Beirut to avoid embroiling Lebanon in another war against Israel.
thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-2...
thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-2...
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As a particularly obsequious hanger-on I guess Kirill Dimitriev better hope that his wife's links to Putin's daughter through work in the same research institution protects him from the wrath of more experienced courtiers
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
As a particularly obsequious hanger-on I guess Kirill Dimitriev better hope that his wife's links to Putin's daughter through work in the same research institution protects him from the wrath of more experienced courtiers
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Startling revelations on the '28 point Plan':
Rubio didn't know
State didn't know
CIA didn't know
UKR didn't know
EU particularly Poland didn't know
Plan devised by Witkoff/Kushner/Putins daughters boyfriend
Green lit by Trump
Vance tried to push it through while Congress was away for Thanksgiving
Rubio didn't know
State didn't know
CIA didn't know
UKR didn't know
EU particularly Poland didn't know
Plan devised by Witkoff/Kushner/Putins daughters boyfriend
Green lit by Trump
Vance tried to push it through while Congress was away for Thanksgiving
November 25, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Startling revelations on the '28 point Plan':
Rubio didn't know
State didn't know
CIA didn't know
UKR didn't know
EU particularly Poland didn't know
Plan devised by Witkoff/Kushner/Putins daughters boyfriend
Green lit by Trump
Vance tried to push it through while Congress was away for Thanksgiving
Rubio didn't know
State didn't know
CIA didn't know
UKR didn't know
EU particularly Poland didn't know
Plan devised by Witkoff/Kushner/Putins daughters boyfriend
Green lit by Trump
Vance tried to push it through while Congress was away for Thanksgiving
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South Korea intends to abolish provisions obligating soldiers and civil servants to follow superiors’ commands even when they may be improper or unlawful.
S. Korea pushes for soldiers, civil servants to have right to refuse unlawful orders
The South Korean government is moving to remove long-standing obedience requirements for civil servants and soldiers, on the heels of former President Yoon Suk
www.koreaherald.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
South Korea intends to abolish provisions obligating soldiers and civil servants to follow superiors’ commands even when they may be improper or unlawful.
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Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro began serving his 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt designed to keep him in office after losing the 2022 presidential elections.
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro begins 27-year prison sentence for coup attempt
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro started on Tuesday to serve his 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt designed to keep him in office after losing the 2022 presidential elections, a move that many in the South American nation doubted would ever take place.
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro began serving his 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt designed to keep him in office after losing the 2022 presidential elections.