Joshua Keating
@joshuakeating.bsky.social
Senior correspondent at Vox
Author of Invisible Countries
Here, there, everywhere
Author of Invisible Countries
Here, there, everywhere
The administration has been on a Foreign Terrorist Organization designation spree. But most of the groups it has targeted have not been what we'd traditionally consider "terrorists".
November 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The administration has been on a Foreign Terrorist Organization designation spree. But most of the groups it has targeted have not been what we'd traditionally consider "terrorists".
While we don’t know for sure what role AI currently plays in command and control systems, we do know that commanders want more of it for threat identification and data processing. Which makes sense! That kind of defined data set is exactly what AI’s good at.
November 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
While we don’t know for sure what role AI currently plays in command and control systems, we do know that commanders want more of it for threat identification and data processing. Which makes sense! That kind of defined data set is exactly what AI’s good at.
In recent years, there’s been a surprising amount of advocacy and diplomacy around the idea that humans, not machines, should be the ones in charge of making the decisions to use humankind’s most dangerous weapons.
November 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
In recent years, there’s been a surprising amount of advocacy and diplomacy around the idea that humans, not machines, should be the ones in charge of making the decisions to use humankind’s most dangerous weapons.
When it comes to the combination of AI and nuclear weapons, what comes to mind for you. Maybe this guy?
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November 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
When it comes to the combination of AI and nuclear weapons, what comes to mind for you. Maybe this guy?
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It's been a day and a half and still no one knows what Trump meant by resume nuclear testing
October 31, 2025 at 2:40 PM
It's been a day and a half and still no one knows what Trump meant by resume nuclear testing
I will be moderating an EXTREMELY timely panel on media freedom at the Concordia Summit in NYC on Tuesday. Tune in for the live stream
September 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I will be moderating an EXTREMELY timely panel on media freedom at the Concordia Summit in NYC on Tuesday. Tune in for the live stream
The WGA stands with Jimmy Kimmel and his writers.
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September 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The WGA stands with Jimmy Kimmel and his writers.
www.wgaeast.org/wga-statemen...
www.wgaeast.org/wga-statemen...
One of the ironies of the Department of War thing is that under Trump and Hegseth, they're emphasizing stuff that one would not traditionally consider...well...war
September 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
One of the ironies of the Department of War thing is that under Trump and Hegseth, they're emphasizing stuff that one would not traditionally consider...well...war
More from my piece. Taiwan is building up wind and solar fast--i visited a floating solar array in Tainan when I was there--but it's an uphill climb
August 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
More from my piece. Taiwan is building up wind and solar fast--i visited a floating solar array in Tainan when I was there--but it's an uphill climb
The tariff era is going to be a real boom time for what @atossaaraxia.bsky.social calls the "hidden globe"
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July 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The tariff era is going to be a real boom time for what @atossaaraxia.bsky.social calls the "hidden globe"
www.reuters.com/business/ins...
www.reuters.com/business/ins...
I wrote for @vox.com last week, prior to Israel's latest strikes in Syria, that the "new Middle East" taking shape since the 12-day war seems to be one in which the IDF is indefinitely 'mowing the grass' in multiple countries
July 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I wrote for @vox.com last week, prior to Israel's latest strikes in Syria, that the "new Middle East" taking shape since the 12-day war seems to be one in which the IDF is indefinitely 'mowing the grass' in multiple countries
The mainstreaming of Georgia Meloni's immigration views has been a pretty striking development over the last couple years www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
July 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The mainstreaming of Georgia Meloni's immigration views has been a pretty striking development over the last couple years www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
I wrote on the dynamics driving the renewed talk of "Euronukes" last year
July 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I wrote on the dynamics driving the renewed talk of "Euronukes" last year
A piece I wrote late last year on the three factions vying for influence over Trump's foreign policy is newly relevant given the Bridge Colby stuff. Colby's not a "restrainer," he's a "prioritizer":
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July 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
A piece I wrote late last year on the three factions vying for influence over Trump's foreign policy is newly relevant given the Bridge Colby stuff. Colby's not a "restrainer," he's a "prioritizer":
www.vox.com/world-politi...
www.vox.com/world-politi...
Taiwan is shutting down its last nuclear reactor. Last year, I traveled there for @vox.com to report on how the island nation's reliance on imported fossil fuels could be security a vulnerability www.vox.com/world-politi...
May 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Taiwan is shutting down its last nuclear reactor. Last year, I traveled there for @vox.com to report on how the island nation's reliance on imported fossil fuels could be security a vulnerability www.vox.com/world-politi...
In late April, I wrote that the bombing of Yemen was turning into another exactly the sort of inconclusive counterinsurgency, "endless war" that we're supposedly trying to extricate ourselves from. Seems like it looked that way in the White House as well.
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May 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
In late April, I wrote that the bombing of Yemen was turning into another exactly the sort of inconclusive counterinsurgency, "endless war" that we're supposedly trying to extricate ourselves from. Seems like it looked that way in the White House as well.
www.vox.com/world-politi...
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Do you mean to tell me you've lost ANOTHER F-18?
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May 7, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Do you mean to tell me you've lost ANOTHER F-18?
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Yemen is not the only country where we've seen military escalation.
April 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Yemen is not the only country where we've seen military escalation.
March 21, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Would be very confusing to the French
March 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Would be very confusing to the French
January 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
That's not to say the war will go on forever, or that Ukraine's situation is hopeless. Russia has been able to sustain its war effort for a lot longer than most expected, but probably can't do this forever
January 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
That's not to say the war will go on forever, or that Ukraine's situation is hopeless. Russia has been able to sustain its war effort for a lot longer than most expected, but probably can't do this forever