Mark Leon Goldberg
@markleongoldberg.bsky.social
Veteran international affairs journalist. Editor, UN Dispatch. Host and founder, Global Dispatches. https://www.globaldispatches.org/
Carney may not have wanted this divorce, but Trump forced it. The question now is whether anyone else is prepared to follow Canada—and what happens if they do.
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Mark Carney's Jaw-Dropping Davos Speech
Canada is walking away from Washington. Who’s next?
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January 21, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Carney may not have wanted this divorce, but Trump forced it. The question now is whether anyone else is prepared to follow Canada—and what happens if they do.
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Just published a whole episode making this very point! open.spotify.com/episode/58Lr...
January 16, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Just published a whole episode making this very point! open.spotify.com/episode/58Lr...
I’ll be speaking with @dassakaye.bsky.social at the top of the hour about events in Iran and the American response. Watch live! www.globaldispatches.org
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January 15, 2026 at 8:20 PM
I’ll be speaking with @dassakaye.bsky.social at the top of the hour about events in Iran and the American response. Watch live! www.globaldispatches.org
I think it is important to understand Trump’s actions in Venezuela as a singularly consequential historical inflection point—one that future historians may point to as marking the transition from one era to another.
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What Trump's Venezuela Gambit Means for the United Nations
Why Trump’s Venezuela move could break the UN
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January 6, 2026 at 3:42 PM
I think it is important to understand Trump’s actions in Venezuela as a singularly consequential historical inflection point—one that future historians may point to as marking the transition from one era to another.
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Everything's dating fast but this from @markleongoldberg.bsky.social & Elizabeth Dickinson is the best analysis I've hear of the Venezuela crisis and the challenges of governing the country now: www.globaldispatches.org/p/the-us-jus...
The U.S. Just Toppled Nicolás Maduro. Here Are the Major Risks
Timely, expert analysis from the International Crisis Group's Elizabeth Dickinson
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January 4, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Everything's dating fast but this from @markleongoldberg.bsky.social & Elizabeth Dickinson is the best analysis I've hear of the Venezuela crisis and the challenges of governing the country now: www.globaldispatches.org/p/the-us-jus...
I speak with @dickinsonbeth.bsky.social about the *many* perils that may follow Trump's actions in Venezuela today.
You will learn a ton from this 25 minute conversation -->
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You will learn a ton from this 25 minute conversation -->
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The U.S. Just Toppled Nicolás Maduro. Here Are the Major Risks
Timely, expert analysis from the International Crisis Group's Elizabeth Dickinson
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January 4, 2026 at 12:21 AM
I speak with @dickinsonbeth.bsky.social about the *many* perils that may follow Trump's actions in Venezuela today.
You will learn a ton from this 25 minute conversation -->
www.globaldispatches.org/p/the-us-jus...
You will learn a ton from this 25 minute conversation -->
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I'll be speaking @dickinsonbeth.bsky.social of the Crisis Group about what is unfolding in Venezuela right now. Livestream starts at the top of the hour and free for all Global Dispatches subscribers.
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Smart, deeply reported analysis on international affairs, global crises, and the UN — trusted by diplomats, journalists, and policy experts. Click to read Global Dispatches, a Substack publication wit...
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January 3, 2026 at 6:30 PM
I'll be speaking @dickinsonbeth.bsky.social of the Crisis Group about what is unfolding in Venezuela right now. Livestream starts at the top of the hour and free for all Global Dispatches subscribers.
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I almost always run my writing through chat gpt to check for typos, spelling and grammar only... But just now it randomly inserted Chinese characters into my draft|?!
December 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I almost always run my writing through chat gpt to check for typos, spelling and grammar only... But just now it randomly inserted Chinese characters into my draft|?!
Deep in the Defense Authorization bill is the repeal of the "Caesar Sanctions" -- biting sanctions on Syria imposed in response to the Assad regime's brutality. But there is a new regime in Damascus that needs int'l support during its democratic transition. Repealing these sanctions is a good move
December 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Deep in the Defense Authorization bill is the repeal of the "Caesar Sanctions" -- biting sanctions on Syria imposed in response to the Assad regime's brutality. But there is a new regime in Damascus that needs int'l support during its democratic transition. Repealing these sanctions is a good move
At minute 33 you can watch To Save Us From Hell podcast co-host (and IR professor extraordinaire) @anjalikdayal.bsky.social address the Security Council -->
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Maintenance of international peace and security: Leadership for Peace - Security Council, 100067th meeting
Maintenance of international peace and security: Leadership for Peace
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December 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
At minute 33 you can watch To Save Us From Hell podcast co-host (and IR professor extraordinaire) @anjalikdayal.bsky.social address the Security Council -->
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I love "solutions journalism."
This is a style of journalism that focuses on what worked to solve a problem. I often combine it with a global focus, leading to what @martinscott2010.bsky.social dubbed "humanitarian journalism."
This is a style of journalism that focuses on what worked to solve a problem. I often combine it with a global focus, leading to what @martinscott2010.bsky.social dubbed "humanitarian journalism."
December 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I love "solutions journalism."
This is a style of journalism that focuses on what worked to solve a problem. I often combine it with a global focus, leading to what @martinscott2010.bsky.social dubbed "humanitarian journalism."
This is a style of journalism that focuses on what worked to solve a problem. I often combine it with a global focus, leading to what @martinscott2010.bsky.social dubbed "humanitarian journalism."
This is what a successful international response to a deadly disease outbreak should look like! Credit first goes to Congolese health authorities, but also to the multilateral health system that the Trump admin is trying to tear down!
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An Ebola Outbreak In The Democratic Republic of the Congo Has Been Contained With Astonishing Speed
A lesson in the value and utility of multilateralism
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December 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
This is what a successful international response to a deadly disease outbreak should look like! Credit first goes to Congolese health authorities, but also to the multilateral health system that the Trump admin is trying to tear down!
www.globaldispatches.org/p/an-ebola-o...
www.globaldispatches.org/p/an-ebola-o...
Syria has been liberated from the brutal Assad regime and his dungeons emptied. But in Lebanon, Assad's former ally Hezbollah is holding hundreds of Syrian political prisoners.
One of them spoke to me from a smuggled phone inside a Hezbollah jail.
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One of them spoke to me from a smuggled phone inside a Hezbollah jail.
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The Last of Syria's Political Prisoners are Still Languishing in Lebanese Jails
A political prisoner speaks to me on a smuggled phone from a jail in Lebanon
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November 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Syria has been liberated from the brutal Assad regime and his dungeons emptied. But in Lebanon, Assad's former ally Hezbollah is holding hundreds of Syrian political prisoners.
One of them spoke to me from a smuggled phone inside a Hezbollah jail.
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One of them spoke to me from a smuggled phone inside a Hezbollah jail.
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Like eight years ago, I asked a similar question on Twitter--and Chris responded by recommending Killers of the Flower Moon!
Ok BlueSky: what are your favorite history books in terms of sheer page-turning, narrative propulsion? Thinking along the line of Killers of the Flower Moon, etc. Nonfiction chronicles that read like novels or movies.
November 20, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Like eight years ago, I asked a similar question on Twitter--and Chris responded by recommending Killers of the Flower Moon!
Lots of caveats here, but the Gaza resolution written by the Trump admin backs the idea of Palestinian self-determination and statehood. That's certainly a positive development, at least considering where the starting point was. And it puts them at odds w/ the Israeli gov
November 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Lots of caveats here, but the Gaza resolution written by the Trump admin backs the idea of Palestinian self-determination and statehood. That's certainly a positive development, at least considering where the starting point was. And it puts them at odds w/ the Israeli gov
The US Mission to the UN just posted an odd statement decrying those who "sow discord" over a Security Council resolution to authorize an International Stabilization Force for Gaza.
I guess I'm guilty of this?!
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I guess I'm guilty of this?!
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November 13, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The US Mission to the UN just posted an odd statement decrying those who "sow discord" over a Security Council resolution to authorize an International Stabilization Force for Gaza.
I guess I'm guilty of this?!
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I guess I'm guilty of this?!
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At the UN, Trump administration officials are scrambling to pass a Security Council resolution to authorize an "International Stabilization Force" for Gaza.
I explain why it's unlikely that such a force would deploy anytime soon--if ever.
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I explain why it's unlikely that such a force would deploy anytime soon--if ever.
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Why An "International Stabilization Force" for Gaza is Probably Doomed
Even if the UN authorizes it, no country wants to fight — or occupy — Gaza.
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November 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
At the UN, Trump administration officials are scrambling to pass a Security Council resolution to authorize an "International Stabilization Force" for Gaza.
I explain why it's unlikely that such a force would deploy anytime soon--if ever.
www.globaldispatches.org/p/why-an-int...
I explain why it's unlikely that such a force would deploy anytime soon--if ever.
www.globaldispatches.org/p/why-an-int...
What political science teaches us about fraudulent elections and mass protests in Tanzania
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November 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
What political science teaches us about fraudulent elections and mass protests in Tanzania
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Dick Cheney’s lasting geopolitical legacy was showing the world that the United States was not as powerful as it assumed itself to be, hastening the pace of American relative decline.
November 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Dick Cheney’s lasting geopolitical legacy was showing the world that the United States was not as powerful as it assumed itself to be, hastening the pace of American relative decline.
As always, the way to stop the genocidal Rapid Support Forces in Sudan is to press their main backers, the UAE. But that hasn't happened, so these massacres are accelerating
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A Genocidal Massacre Is Unfolding in El Fasher, Sudan
The fall of El Fasher marks the beginning of another genocidal campaign in Darfur — one that was both predicted and preventable.
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October 31, 2025 at 5:24 PM
As always, the way to stop the genocidal Rapid Support Forces in Sudan is to press their main backers, the UAE. But that hasn't happened, so these massacres are accelerating
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Please take a moment to understand the gravity of what is unfolding in Darfur right now.
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October 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Please take a moment to understand the gravity of what is unfolding in Darfur right now.
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Please take a moment to absorb the enormity of what is unfolding in Darfur right now.
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A Genocidal Massacre Is Unfolding in El Fasher, Sudan
The fall of El Fasher marks the beginning of another genocidal campaign in Darfur — one that was both predicted and preventable.
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October 30, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Please take a moment to absorb the enormity of what is unfolding in Darfur right now.
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I'm one of those millions of Americans who buy health care through the exchange and whose premiums are about to skyrocket. I'll find out just how much on Monday...oof.
October 30, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I'm one of those millions of Americans who buy health care through the exchange and whose premiums are about to skyrocket. I'll find out just how much on Monday...oof.
A genocidal militia is rampaging through El Fasher, a city in Darfur. The nightmare scenario so many people have predicted is suddenly unfolding. Please join me for this urgent conversation. My intv guest is a human rights scholar from El Fasher.
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LIVE SOON: A Genocidal Massacre Is Unfolding in El Fasher, Sudan
Starting Oct 30 at 2:00 PM EDT
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October 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
A genocidal militia is rampaging through El Fasher, a city in Darfur. The nightmare scenario so many people have predicted is suddenly unfolding. Please join me for this urgent conversation. My intv guest is a human rights scholar from El Fasher.
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