The American reaction to Trump's kidnapping reminds me of the confusion about the always popular "bombing country X". Knocking down a few buildings is never the Final Solution it is joyfully acclaimed as. It's only good for one media cycle.

It’s important to keep in mind that Trump hasn’t actually accomplished anything. The United States does not control Venezuela in any way. Trump’s blather about running the country is meaningless. In the real world, an interim president has already been appointed.

I remember when they were saying they were powerless to return a man they illegally sent to an El Salvador gulag because it would violate that country's national sovereignty.

There are good reasons why the U.S. Constitution doesn’t leave the decision over going to war to the whims of one man.

Starting to think it ain’t great that the US government has a department for paramilitary ethnic cleansing.

The lawless killing spree continues.

Do not become inured.

This is premeditated killing outside of armed conflict.

We call that murder.

Pleased to share my new essay in @foreignaffairs.com on the broader implications of the Trump administration’s killing spree at sea.

www.foreignaffairs.com/central-amer...

At the same time, the "hybrid" war is raging on the internet. National borders with their physical fences and roadblocks don't matter. War is increasingly ephemeral.

The front line in Ukraine is no longer defined by physical trenches, but by information -- knowing who is where. If a Russian infiltration unit gets found by the Ukrainians, it gets eliminated immediately. As long as Ukraine doesn't have that information, the unit is fine.

Extrajudicial executions are the hallmark of a police state.

Something is on fire in the area of the Kstovo oil refinery, one of the largest in Russia 👀🔥

Aspen trees are growing taller in Yellowstone thanks to wolves that prey on elk, which graze on trees.

Busted