Cristina Maza
@cmaza.bsky.social
Journalist. Covering foreign policy & defense. Editing @ Euractiv.
Founded: https://lazomagazine.com/
Write: https://lazoletters.substack.com/
email:
c.maza@protonmail.com
cristina.maza@euractiv.com
Signal: Cmaza.12
Founded: https://lazomagazine.com/
Write: https://lazoletters.substack.com/
email:
c.maza@protonmail.com
cristina.maza@euractiv.com
Signal: Cmaza.12
Ukrainian democracy got a standing ovation in Berlin tonight during a wide ranging conversation about justice, EU accession, and the difference between fighting for freedom and inheriting it, w/ @avalaina.bsky.social, @mattian.bsky.social, @rebharms.bsky.social, and @meyer-resende.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Ukrainian democracy got a standing ovation in Berlin tonight during a wide ranging conversation about justice, EU accession, and the difference between fighting for freedom and inheriting it, w/ @avalaina.bsky.social, @mattian.bsky.social, @rebharms.bsky.social, and @meyer-resende.bsky.social
Found a cartoon today that nicely illustrates my life's aspirations
November 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Found a cartoon today that nicely illustrates my life's aspirations
Is this my future?
September 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Is this my future?
A look back at the week that was, and a message from Sweida to the international community.
lazoletters.substack.com/p/a-druze-do...
lazoletters.substack.com/p/a-druze-do...
July 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
A look back at the week that was, and a message from Sweida to the international community.
lazoletters.substack.com/p/a-druze-do...
lazoletters.substack.com/p/a-druze-do...
Like every Sunday, my newsletter is here for you to read. lazoletters.substack.com/p/i-hope-you...
July 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Like every Sunday, my newsletter is here for you to read. lazoletters.substack.com/p/i-hope-you...
First day at the Bundestag is a wrap.
June 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
First day at the Bundestag is a wrap.
Trading in Washington, D.C. for Berlin this week.
June 23, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Trading in Washington, D.C. for Berlin this week.
Out and about in the Brussels bubble.
June 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Out and about in the Brussels bubble.
Political art, spotted on the streets of Brussels, just down the street from the European Commission.
June 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Political art, spotted on the streets of Brussels, just down the street from the European Commission.
I asked a free AI art generator to create a depiction of Romanian politics, and all I got was an image of a hamburger.
May 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I asked a free AI art generator to create a depiction of Romanian politics, and all I got was an image of a hamburger.
Amazon is offering healthcare now? That is so dystopian.
May 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Amazon is offering healthcare now? That is so dystopian.
In this week's newsletter, my reflections on El Salvador, nearly 20 years later.
lazoletters.substack.com/p/on-el-salv...
lazoletters.substack.com/p/on-el-salv...
April 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
In this week's newsletter, my reflections on El Salvador, nearly 20 years later.
lazoletters.substack.com/p/on-el-salv...
lazoletters.substack.com/p/on-el-salv...
This humble little weekly newsletter has reached #96 in Substack’s international section and #40 in its “rising” international category. Thanks to all who read and subscribe 🙏🏼🥰
lazoletters.substack.com
lazoletters.substack.com
March 30, 2025 at 1:37 PM
This humble little weekly newsletter has reached #96 in Substack’s international section and #40 in its “rising” international category. Thanks to all who read and subscribe 🙏🏼🥰
lazoletters.substack.com
lazoletters.substack.com
Pro-Ukrainian and pro-Georgian demonstrators gather in Munich as world leaders debate the future of European security at the annual Munich Security Conference around the corner.
February 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Pro-Ukrainian and pro-Georgian demonstrators gather in Munich as world leaders debate the future of European security at the annual Munich Security Conference around the corner.
I’m in Munich this weekend. If you’re @munsecconf.bsky.social and want to chat, my Signal is Cmaza.12
February 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I’m in Munich this weekend. If you’re @munsecconf.bsky.social and want to chat, my Signal is Cmaza.12
A quick newsletter to mark the start of the ceasefire lazoletters.substack.com/p/a-gaza-cea...
January 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
A quick newsletter to mark the start of the ceasefire lazoletters.substack.com/p/a-gaza-cea...
This is why we need fact-checkers.
January 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This is why we need fact-checkers.
The State Department just sanctioned Georgia's former Prime Minister, the oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili, who's responsible for railroading his country's path to EU membership and moving Tbilisi closer to Moscow.
December 27, 2024 at 4:39 PM
The State Department just sanctioned Georgia's former Prime Minister, the oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili, who's responsible for railroading his country's path to EU membership and moving Tbilisi closer to Moscow.
Happy spring weekend
April 14, 2024 at 11:24 PM
Happy spring weekend
I wrote about all of the competing airstrikes in the Middle East and the potential for escalation.
Over the last several weeks, airstrikes pummeled Gaza, Iran, Lebanon, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen. We made a map.
www.nationaljournal.com/s/723990/has...
Over the last several weeks, airstrikes pummeled Gaza, Iran, Lebanon, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen. We made a map.
www.nationaljournal.com/s/723990/has...
January 26, 2024 at 2:18 PM
I wrote about all of the competing airstrikes in the Middle East and the potential for escalation.
Over the last several weeks, airstrikes pummeled Gaza, Iran, Lebanon, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen. We made a map.
www.nationaljournal.com/s/723990/has...
Over the last several weeks, airstrikes pummeled Gaza, Iran, Lebanon, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen. We made a map.
www.nationaljournal.com/s/723990/has...
My friend took film photographs of our trip to Berlin in November, and I love them.❤️ 📸
January 18, 2024 at 4:09 PM
My friend took film photographs of our trip to Berlin in November, and I love them.❤️ 📸
Sometimes I wonder why I spend so much time writing my weekly newsletter. I mean, sure, it helps me keep track of everything happening in the world each week. I get immense pleasure from writing it. But do the readers find it useful?
Then I get a message like this one, and it makes my day. 🥰😭
Then I get a message like this one, and it makes my day. 🥰😭
January 14, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Sometimes I wonder why I spend so much time writing my weekly newsletter. I mean, sure, it helps me keep track of everything happening in the world each week. I get immense pleasure from writing it. But do the readers find it useful?
Then I get a message like this one, and it makes my day. 🥰😭
Then I get a message like this one, and it makes my day. 🥰😭
Interesting thought experiment from the NYT today. Imagine if you were a foreign leader surveying the U.S.:
October 5, 2023 at 3:18 PM
Interesting thought experiment from the NYT today. Imagine if you were a foreign leader surveying the U.S.: