My portrait of the Italian prime minister as she nears a record for government longevity. Based on a rare interview. Giorgia Meloni Cuts the Hard Right a Path to Power www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/world/europe/it...…Mostrar mais

Inside Xavier Milei’s Argentina and his chainsaw shock treatment. Can Trump’s adoring MAGA buddy pull off his wild gamble? www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/magazine/argent...

Marianne Faithfull - As Tears Go By (1965) youtu.be/_phZZgkT1Jk via @YouTube So long, Marianne. It is the evening of the day. RIP

The Long Global Trail of Resentment Behind Trump’s Resurrection - The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2024/11/08/world/americas/...

Thought from Tel Aviv on Oct 7, a year on: A Hundred Years’ War for Our Time www.nytimes.com/2024/10/07/world/middleeas...

Olympic Ceremony Put a Changing France on Full Display. Aya Nakamura, the French Malian singer, redefined what it is to be French at the gates of the Académie Française: www.nytimes.com/2024/07/29/world/europe/ol...

An era has ended in France. The 7-year domination of national politics by President Emmanuel Macron was laid to rest by his party’s overwhelming defeat in the first round of parliamentary elections. The Center Collapses in France, Leaving Macron Marooned www.nytimes.com/2024/07/01/world/europe/ma...Mostrar mais

Macron pushes European military resolve in #Ukraine, suggests possible boots on the ground.⁩ “Should we delegate our future to the American voter?” Mr. Macron asked. “My response is no.” Insists on need to unsettle Putin through “strategic ambiguity.” www.nytimes.com/2024/02/28/world/europe/ma...Mostrar mais

Delighted to say honored with a Pulitzer Prize (International) as part of stellar New York Times team for reporting on Ukraine. A remarkable 7-part submission of reportage, photography, video, audio and graphics included my “The Making of Vladimir Putin,” a 7,000-word portrait.

Received today in NYC, for a long piece “The Making of Vladimir Putin,” as part of the New York Times team honored for reporting on the war in Ukraine.

via ⁦@nytimes⁩ There is no going back now on the biggest transformation since the end of the Cold War. My take: www.nytimes.com/2023/02/26/world/europe/uk...

My take on an India stepping up in a multi-aligned new world. Russia’s War Could Make It India’s World www.nytimes.com/2022/12/31/world/asia/indi...

via ⁦@nytimes⁩ My take on the effective takeover of the Central African Republic by Russia’s Wagner mercenaries… www.nytimes.com/2022/12/24/world/africa/ce...

via ⁦@nytimes⁩ “This war is about extinguishing Ukraine’s right to exist as a state, plain and simple,” Mr. Biden said. He continued: “Whoever you are, wherever you live, whatever you believe, that should make your blood run cold.” www.nytimes.com/2022/09/21/world/europe/pu...Mostrar mais

I spent three weeks in Odesa, the storied city on Ukraine’s Black Sea coast that is an obsession of Vladimir Putin: via @NYTimes www.nytimes.com/2022/08/19/world/europe/od...

“You must understand, he is from the K.G.B., lying is his profession, it is not a sin,” said Sylvie Bermann, the French ambassador in Moscow from 2017 to 2020. The Making of Vladimir Putin www.nytimes.com/2022/03/26/world/europe/vl...

Putin to the German Bundestag in 2001: “Russia is a friendly European nation. Stable peace on the continent is a paramount goal for our nation.” Whatever happened to Vladimir Putin? My take: The Making of Putin www.nytimes.com/2022/03/26/world/europe/vl...Mostrar mais

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz: “At the heart of the matter is whether power can break the law.” That was also the question in Berlin in 1933 as Hitler took control. Moral outrage over war in Ukraine births European unity and power… www.nytimes.com/2022/03/01/world/europe/ze...Mostrar mais

It is not easy to escape the conclusion that the West is a bystander to the brazen dismemberment of a sovereign European nation.

A Munich Security Conference marked by stunned nervousness over the possibility of a European war, diminished by harsh Covid-19 restrictions and missing the Russian participation that has often stirred vigorous debate. www.nytimes.com/2022/02/20/world/europe/uk...Mostrar mais

“People are so exhausted their greatest fear is not so much a new variant but a new curfew.”Across the World, Covid Anxiety and Depression Take Hold www.nytimes.com/2021/12/13/world/europe/co...

“I never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused.” Of American idealism and harsh realities: For US, and Afghanistan, the Post-9/11 Era Ends Painfully - The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2021/08/17/world/asia/afgh...

A Bastille Day surprise: A Légion d’honneur. For “42 years of service”. That long since I began seeking the heart of France. Émouvant.

Never forget. Coco’s Choice: A Charlie Hebdo Cartoonist’s Road Back From Hell www.nytimes.com/2021/05/21/world/europe/co...

Macron: “I never said I want moderate Muslims. That is not my problem. I don’t ask a Catholic to be moderate...When it comes to someone’s religion, that does not concern me. On other hand, I demand of every citizen, whatever their religion, to respect the rules of the Republic."

Trump's "America First" galvanized other countries to put their own interests first, too. They will not soon fall into line behind the USA. Trump Bequeaths Biden an Upended World www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/world/trump-leg...

Nicolas Cadène, à l’avant-poste du combat pour la laïcité www.nytimes.com/fr/2021/01/01/world/europe...

via @NYTimes Laicité is “not an ideology. It is absolutely not anti-religious.” Rather “a means to bring people together.” At least it should be. A French official speaks out. www.nytimes.com/2021/01/01/world/europe/an...Mostrar mais

My last column for The New York Times: www.nytimes.com/2020/11/14/opinion/sunday/...

The plot against America www.nytimes.com/2020/11/13/opinion/donald-...

Trump, or the Last Stand of White America www.nytimes.com/2020/10/16/opinion/trump-2...

A shameless Secretary of State: Another Inspector General Resigns, Raising Questions About Pompeo www.nytimes.com/2020/08/05/us/politics/ins...

I did not thank you enough for those clear winter mornings, for that dive I love on West 26th, for your tolerance, for your open arms, for your ampleness, for New York Noodletown, for your secrets slowly revealed, Come Back, New York, All Is Forgiven www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/opinion/coronav...Mostrar mais

Leaderless world. Every country for itself. Swirling lies. Schoolyard petulance, like Mike Pompeo, the worst American secretary of state in a long time, calling this coronavirus “the Wuhan virus.” This is Trump’s world, and Xi’s. No Way Out but Through www.nytimes.com/2020/04/03/opinion/coronav...Mostrar mais

There is only one word for President Trump threatening to target Iranian cultural sites: barbarism. Esfahan, a wonder of the world among countless others in Iran, has nothing to do with Soleimani and everything to do with world culture.

My take on upheaval in Hong Kong and the threatening rise of of Xi’s China: www.nytimes.com/2019/12/27/opinion/hong-ko... via @NYTOpinion

Shame on Nobel Committee and Swedish King for handing Nobel literature prize to Peter Handke, who calls the Bosnian genocide myth. It happened: Bosnian Camp Survivors Describe Random Death nyti.ms/29dBTvD #Handke #Nobel Prize @edvulliamy @maassp @rohded @elizabethrubin

Peter Handke, in Stockholm to receive literature Nobel prize, is the great denialist of genocide perpetrated by Serbs against Bosnian Muslims. I chronicled that mass murder in 1994. Bosnian Camp Survivors Describe Random Death nyti.ms/29dBTvD #NobelPrize #Handke @maassp

Bloomberg: Xi Jinping “is not a dictator.” I disagree.

Fiona Hill and the American Idea. A naturalized American exposes Trump's attack on what America is. www.nytimes.com/2019/11/22/opinion/impeach...

There is no “deep state” in the USA. The phrase is irritating. Deep state was a term that arose in Turkey to describe a predominantly military cabal with an anti-Islamist agenda, among other objectives. The USA is not Turkey. It has strong institutions. It has a state. Period.

"If Donald Trump were in virtually any other position of responsibility, action would already be under way to remove him from that role," argues @JamesFallows www.theatlantic.com/notes/2019/08/if-trump...Mostrar mais

The American moral collapse personified by Trump is not “beautiful” or “phenomenal” or any of the president’s other clunky superlatives. It’s sickening and dangerous. The Donald Thinks D-Day Is About Him www.nytimes.com/2019/06/05/opinion/trump-d...

Trump is an impostor at the D-Day commemoration: The Donald Thinks D-Day Is About Him www.nytimes.com/2019/06/05/opinion/trump-d...

When Germany warns Jews not to wear kippas, it’s not just Jews who should start worrying. #spirallingdownward

Brexit could unravel. First time I’ve believed that possible. And it will be the hubris of the maximalist Brexiters who have opened the door to sanity through their lack of any.

I am a European patriot for my children and grandchildren. It is they who will pay the price if the most beautiful post-war political idea dies. Why I Am a European Patriot www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/opinion/europe-...

From the man who sent more than 5,000 troops to the border to face the (nonexistent) threat of the “caravan” we now get from Trump Productions the “crisis” he needs to distract from his woes. Networks should not play this game.

Saudis, remember there is a universal jurisdiction for acts of torture. I think cutting off Khashoggi’s fingers would qualify. MBS should think twice about setting foot in USA or Europe or any country party to the Convention Against Torture.