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The UN Has One Chance to Prove It Still Matters
Sep 22, 2026 · original
The United Nations General Assembly brings adversaries into the same room, even when formal negotiations remain out of reach. I have never been particularly persuaded by the habit of treating the United Nations as the answer to every international crisis. The institution is constrained by the veto, divided by great-power rivalry and often reduced to debating conflicts that the major powers are dealing with elsewhere. But Iran presents the UN with a narrower test, and a more useful one. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is travelling to New York for the UN General Assembly as the war between Iran and the United States continues. President Donald Trump has said he is open to meeting Pezeshkian, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that no meeting has been scheduled and that any discussion would have to produce a meaningful result, particularly on preventing Iran from acquiri
An ICE Agent Shot a Man in Austin. Now the Questions Are Getting Bigger
Sep 21, 2026 · original
A blue Toyota is towed from the scene after an ICE agent shot a man in North Austin, Texas, on September 20, 2026. On Sunday afternoon, an ICE officer shot a man in North Austin after a traffic stop and a brief foot pursuit, according to Austin police officials. The man was shot once in the torso and taken to a local hospital in serious but stable condition. He was later released into federal custody. The man was identified by his immigration lawyer as 28-year-old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a Venezuelan national. Beyond those basic facts, however, the public account remains incomplete. Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said the information available to local authorities was preliminary, while federal officials initially provided little detail about what happened before the shooting. That gap is important because the shooting is now being investigated by several levels of government. The De
Trump’s Greenland Gamble Ends in a Security Deal
Sep 19, 2026 · original
Donald Trump announced a new US-Denmark-Greenland security agreement on Friday, saying it gives Washington permanent control over Greenland's security. Donald Trump has spent nearly two years saying the United States needs Greenland. He has talked about buying the island. He has refused to rule out using force to acquire it. He has argued that Greenland is essential to American security and that Russia and China cannot be allowed to establish a foothold there. Now Trump says he has a deal. But it is not the deal he originally wanted. The agreement announced Friday by Trump would allow the United States to expand its military presence in Greenland and give Washington permanent access, basing and overflight rights, while preventing adversaries from establishing military facilities or making sensitive investments on the island. Greenland, however, remains Danish territory. That distinction
Trump’s Red Carpet for Xi
Sep 18, 2026 · original
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping during Trump's state visit to Beijing in May. The two leaders are due to meet again in Washington next week. Donald Trump will go to Joint Base Andrews next week to personally welcome Xi Jinping when the Chinese president arrives in Washington. That is not how American presidents usually receive visiting leaders. The airport is normally where the president leaves from, not where he waits to greet another head of state. The White House is the traditional stage for that kind of diplomacy. Yet on September 23, Trump is expected to be there as Xi’s plane lands, before the two men meet at the White House the following day. It is a small gesture in the machinery of a superpower. But diplomacy is full of small gestures that are designed to say something larger. And this one says a great deal about where the Trump administration believes the US-China relationship stan
Trump Is Discovering the Limits of Power
Sep 17, 2026 · original
Donald Trump’s second presidency has tested the limits of executive power across Washington’s institutions. Donald Trump has spent much of his second term testing the limits of presidential power. This week, those limits became unusually visible. The Supreme Court blocked his administration’s attempt to impose new rules on mail-in voting before the midterm elections. The House, with seven Republicans joining Democrats, voted to curb his authority over the war in Iran. The Federal Reserve raised interest rates despite months of pressure from Trump to cut them. A court fight over the Kennedy Center continues. And Canada, America’s closest neighbour and oldest ally, is looking more seriously towards Europe. None of these developments amounts to a political defeat for Trump on its own. Together, however, they point to a familiar truth about Washington. Even a president who dominates his part
The Graham Doctrine: How Lindsey Graham Turned Pressure Into a Foreign Policy Strategy
Sep 17, 2026 · original
Lindsey Graham spent more than two decades in the US Senate, where foreign policy became one of his defining political causes. APT's Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. The law that may soon become Lindsey Graham’s final legislative legacy passed the US House this week. The Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 cleared the House on September 16 by 262 votes to 159, after passing the Senate 86-11 in August. It now goes to President Donald Trump. The bill carries an unusually large piece of Graham’s political DNA. It targets Russia’s banks, officials, energy sector and sanctions-evasion networks. It also gives the president authority to impose tariffs of up to 100% on countries that continue buying Russian oil and gas, putting major economies such as India and China in Washing
The Supreme Court Has Bought Time on Mail Voting. It Hasn’t Settled the Fight.
Sep 16, 2026 · original
The US Supreme Court has blocked new mail-ballot restrictions for the 2026 midterm elections, but left broader questions about federal authority unresolved. The Supreme Court has done something that is becoming increasingly familiar in American election law. It has dealt with the immediate crisis without settling the larger argument. On Monday, the court refused to allow the Trump administration to put new restrictions on mail ballots into effect for the November midterm elections. The order was unsigned and remarkably brief. It said the government was unlikely to prevail on its challenge and that the circumstances did not justify the emergency relief it was seeking. APT's Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. For voters and election officials, that matters. States can continue using their existi
Iran Isn’t Going Away. Washington Needs a Plan.
Sep 15, 2026 · original
The Strait of Hormuz is one of Iran’s most important strategic cards — and a potential pressure point for the global economy. Read more
Operation Aswang: How America Weaponised Fear in the Philippines
Aug 24, 2026 · original
In the jungles of the Philippines, American-backed forces were fighting the Hukbalahap, a communist-linked guerrilla movement made up largely of veterans who had once fought the Japanese. But there was another enemy in the jungle—one that existed only in stories. The aswang, a shape-shifting creature from Filipino folklore, was said to stalk villages at night, drink blood and prey on unsuspecting victims. American psychological-warfare officer Edward Lansdale understood the power of that fear. His team reportedly began spreading rumours that an aswang had been spotted near a Huk position. Then they waited. According to Lansdale’s own account, a Huk fighter was captured, killed and his body altered to resemble an aswang attack. Two puncture wounds were made in his neck, his blood was drained, and the body was left along a jungle trail. When the other fighters discovered the corpse, the ru
Warrior Witches: Ukraine's Secret Women Fighting Russia
Aug 17, 2026 · original
More than 80 years ago, Nazi soldiers gave the name “Night Witches” to an all-female Soviet bomber regiment that attacked German positions under cover of darkness. Today, Ukraine has its own very different kind of “witches.” They don’t fly wooden aircraft through the night. They use smartphones, encrypted messaging apps, hidden cameras and deception. One operation reportedly began with a woman who didn’t even exist. A Ukrainian intelligence officer posed as a lonely housewife and spent months messaging a Chechen commander in Russian-occupied southern Ukraine. When the commander sent a photograph from his barracks, he unknowingly revealed a detailed map of his location in the background. The information was passed to Ukrainian handlers. The coordinates were eventually targeted by drones. It is a glimpse into how resistance in occupied Ukraine has changed. In the early months of the invasi
Che’s Avenger: The Woman Who Walked Away From Her Past
Aug 10, 2026 · original
Monika Ertl’s story sounds almost too cinematic to be real. She was born in Munich in 1937, the daughter of Hans Ertl, a celebrated German filmmaker and wartime cameraman who had worked within Nazi Germany’s propaganda machinery. After the war, her family eventually settled in Bolivia. There, Monika grew up far removed from the poverty and political instability surrounding her family’s comfortable life. But as she grew older, she increasingly rejected the world she had inherited. By the late 1960s, she had embraced revolutionary politics and joined Bolivia’s National Liberation Army, the ELN—the same movement that had attempted to continue Che Guevara’s failed guerrilla campaign after his death. Her transformation was striking. The daughter of a man associated with Nazi Germany had become a revolutionary fighting against what she saw as imperialism and political repression. Then came Che
The Secret War That Made Laos the Most Bombed Country on Earth
Aug 2, 2026 · original
When people think of the Vietnam War, they picture the jungles of Vietnam, the Tet Offensive, or helicopters leaving Saigon. Few realize that one of the war’s largest battlefields wasn’t in Vietnam at all. It was Laos. Bound by the 1962 Geneva Agreement, Laos was supposed to remain neutral. Yet behind closed doors, the CIA and the U.S. military were fighting a secret war to block North Vietnamese supply routes, support the royal government, and weaken the communist Pathet Lao. Because the operation was covert, there was no formal declaration of war and no large deployment of American ground troops. Instead, Washington relied on spies, proxy forces and overwhelming air power. At the heart of this campaign was the CIA’s Secret Army, largely made up of Hmong fighters under General Vang Pao. Trained and supplied by the agency, they fought some of the war’s fiercest battles while operating fr
The Rat Story That Explains Putin's Worldview
Jul 26, 2026 · original
There is a story Vladimir Putin has told repeatedly about his childhood. It begins in a dark stairwell in Leningrad. According to Putin’s own memoir and later interviews, he and other children used to chase rats through the building where he lived. One day, he cornered a large rat. Then the animal suddenly turned. It charged at him. Putin ran. The lesson, he later said, was simple: “You should never drive anyone into a corner.” It is a small childhood story. But over the years, it has become something much larger. The anecdote has effectively become part of Putin’s political mythology—a story about survival, fear and the dangers of leaving an opponent with no way out. Some analysts see in it a broader worldview that has appeared repeatedly in Putin’s speeches and in the way Russia’s leadership describes the post-Cold War world. The expansion of NATO. Western military support for Ukraine.
The 1993 Crisis That Turned Yeltsin's Russia Into Putin's Russia
Jul 19, 2026 · original
In October 1993, Moscow became the battlefield for a question that had emerged from the collapse of the Soviet Union: Who actually ruled Russia—the president or the parliament? Just two years after the USSR disappeared, the new Russian state was already fighting over its own future. President Boris Yeltsin wanted to transform Russia rapidly through free-market reforms. The parliament, dominated by opponents of his policies, saw those reforms as an economic catastrophe. For millions of Russians, the transition meant inflation, unemployment and collapsing living standards. The political conflict eventually became a constitutional one. On September 21, Yeltsin announced that he was dissolving parliament. The problem was that he did not have the constitutional authority to do so. The lawmakers refused to leave. From inside the Russian White House, they declared Yeltsin’s decision illegal and
The American Who Became an Iranian Hero
Jul 12, 2026 · original
When the relationship between the United States and Iran is discussed today, the conversation almost always begins in the second half of the twentieth century. It is a history marked by mistrust: the 1953 coup that reshaped Iran’s politics, the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the U.S. embassy hostage crisis, decades of sanctions, and the continuing dispute over Iran’s nuclear programme. But long before those defining moments, there was another chapter—one that has largely faded from international memory. It is the story of Howard Baskerville, a 24-year-old American who travelled to Iran expecting to teach history and Bible studies, only to become one of the few foreigners remembered as a hero in the country’s struggle for democracy. At the time, many Iranians were demanding something unprecedented: a parliament, a written constitution and limits on the absolute power of the shah. The movement b
CBS 60 Minutes: Trump Downplays Fear After Shooting, Clashes With Media
Apr 27, 2026 · original
Watch: Donald Trump speaks to 60 Minutes in a wide-ranging interview following the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner , and the focus quickly shifts from the attack itself to how the moment is being framed. Trump says he “wasn’t worried,” describing his response as calm and controlled even as security intervened. He praises the Secret Service response, dismisses concerns over vulnerability, and insists the event should continue despite the incident. But the interview turns sharply when questions arise about the attacker’s manifesto. Trump rejects the framing, clashes with the interviewer, and accuses the media of amplifying claims he calls false. The exchange raises broader questions: Is this about managing a crisis or controlling its narrative? This report breaks down how Trump is positioning the moment, what he emphasises, and what he leaves out - from political violenc
Where a Prince Became Ordinary — and Met His Future Queen
Apr 27, 2026 · original
Before the crowds, the cameras, and the weight of expectation, Prince William had something rare: a few years of being just another student. It happened in University of St Andrews — a small coastal town where life moves a little slower, where everyone seems to know everyone, and where even a future king could, for a while, blend in. Watch their story nar… Read more
Fox News Poll: Democrats Take Lead on Economy for First Time Since 2010
Apr 27, 2026 · original
Based on recent polling from Fox News, voter sentiment in the United States may be undergoing a significant shift, particularly on the issue of the economy. The survey, conducted between April 17 and April 20 among 1,001 registered voters, found that a majority expressed dissatisfaction with how the federal government is being managed. More than half of … Read more
Donald Trump Reframes White House Shooting as Test of Control, Not Crisis
Apr 27, 2026 · original
In the immediate aftermath of the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, the most striking element of Donald Trump’s televised interview was not the detail it provided about the incident itself, but the discipline with which it avoided dwelling on it. Trump’s account is built around composure. He says he “wasn’t worried,” describes himself a… Read more
The Hidden Pressure Facing High School Seniors: Making Friends Before College Even Begins
Apr 27, 2026 · original
For generations, the transition from high school to college came with a familiar mix of excitement and uncertainty. New campus, new routines, new people. Friendships were formed in dorm hallways, lecture halls, and orientation activities. Today, that timeline is shifting fast. A growing number of incoming college freshmen are now expected to start buildin… Read more

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