It feels like books were already written about the disaster that unfolded on February 28th in the Oval Office. There’s always a perspective, an angle, a rhetoric that helps us make sense of this new way of shaping the global order. Some have chosen humor and sarcasm—and I have to give it to them: Trump’s temper, Vance’s contradictions, and Zelensky’s…
Category: IR
Strangled Truth: Why we can’t whatabout the Bibas family
Like so many of you, I was gutted by the news of the Bibas family—the tiny boys, Ariel and Kfir, and their mother, Shiri. Rumors had swirled for months that they might not have survived, but as a mother, I clung to hope they’d turn up alive. Then came the horrific truth: they were strangled, their bodies stoned to mimic…
There’s value in diplomacy
It took me a moment to process JD Vance’s speech at the Munich Security Conference, but like many others, I want to share my thoughts. This isn’t a critique of the Trump administration, nor is it a defense of EU policies (I’ve criticized those plenty). Rather, it’s a reflection on the disappointing retreat from what was once the art of…