Joshua Keating
@joshuakeating.bsky.social
Senior correspondent at Vox
Author of Invisible Countries
Here, there, everywhere
Author of Invisible Countries
Here, there, everywhere
What happens when allies don’t trust America to keep a secret?
www.vox.com/politics/468...
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What happens when allies don’t trust America to keep a secret?
The global backlash to Trump’s politicization of US intelligence, explained.
www.vox.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
What happens when allies don’t trust America to keep a secret?
www.vox.com/politics/468...
www.vox.com/politics/468...
Is there any way out of Sudan’s nightmare?
Latest for @voxdotcom.bsky.social
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Latest for @voxdotcom.bsky.social
www.vox.com/politics/467...
Is there any way out of Sudan’s nightmare?
The world is finally waking up to this brutal war. But that doesn’t mean an end to it is coming soon.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Is there any way out of Sudan’s nightmare?
Latest for @voxdotcom.bsky.social
www.vox.com/politics/467...
Latest for @voxdotcom.bsky.social
www.vox.com/politics/467...
How tariffs ate American foreign policy
My latest for @vox.com on what the Supreme Court case could mean for Trump’s international weapon of first resort. www.vox.com/politics/467...
My latest for @vox.com on what the Supreme Court case could mean for Trump’s international weapon of first resort. www.vox.com/politics/467...
How tariffs ate American foreign policy
The Supreme Court might take away Trump’s international weapon of first resort.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
How tariffs ate American foreign policy
My latest for @vox.com on what the Supreme Court case could mean for Trump’s international weapon of first resort. www.vox.com/politics/467...
My latest for @vox.com on what the Supreme Court case could mean for Trump’s international weapon of first resort. www.vox.com/politics/467...
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I'm thrilled to announce the pilot episode for a new sports history podcast called Replay Booth. The pilot, "Wilbur Huckle for President," is live now. If you liked Slow Burn and/or One Year and/or Hang Up and Listen, you'll love this www.replaybooth.show/p/replay-boo...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I'm thrilled to announce the pilot episode for a new sports history podcast called Replay Booth. The pilot, "Wilbur Huckle for President," is live now. If you liked Slow Burn and/or One Year and/or Hang Up and Listen, you'll love this www.replaybooth.show/p/replay-boo...
Humanitarian intervention, MAGA-style www.vox.com/politics/467...
Why is Trump threatening to go “guns-a-blazing” into Nigeria?
Humanitarian intervention, MAGA-style.
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November 3, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Humanitarian intervention, MAGA-style www.vox.com/politics/467...
What happens when you mix AI and nukes?
Dropped in on @vox.com's Today Explained to talk about some of my recent reporting.
Also got into House of Dynamite and why nuclear discourse always seems to come back to the movies open.spotify.com/episode/59gZ...
Dropped in on @vox.com's Today Explained to talk about some of my recent reporting.
Also got into House of Dynamite and why nuclear discourse always seems to come back to the movies open.spotify.com/episode/59gZ...
AI and nuclear doomsday
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November 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
What happens when you mix AI and nukes?
Dropped in on @vox.com's Today Explained to talk about some of my recent reporting.
Also got into House of Dynamite and why nuclear discourse always seems to come back to the movies open.spotify.com/episode/59gZ...
Dropped in on @vox.com's Today Explained to talk about some of my recent reporting.
Also got into House of Dynamite and why nuclear discourse always seems to come back to the movies open.spotify.com/episode/59gZ...
It's been a day and a half and still no one knows what Trump meant by resume nuclear testing
October 31, 2025 at 2:40 PM
It's been a day and a half and still no one knows what Trump meant by resume nuclear testing
Iran's president talking about building a new capital because Tehran's groundwater is depleted: www.ft.com/content/7485...
Indonesia already building a new capital because Jakarta is sinking www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
Indonesia already building a new capital because Jakarta is sinking www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
Iran’s president calls for new capital to replace Tehran
Masoud Pezeshkian says water shortages have made megacity unlivable, but experts dismiss idea of moving
www.ft.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Iran's president talking about building a new capital because Tehran's groundwater is depleted: www.ft.com/content/7485...
Indonesia already building a new capital because Jakarta is sinking www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
Indonesia already building a new capital because Jakarta is sinking www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
A trade truce, a nuclear threat: What to make of the Trump-Xi meeting
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A trade truce, a nuclear threat: What to make of the Trump-Xi meeting
Trump isn’t interested in war with China. But it might be interested in him.
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October 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
A trade truce, a nuclear threat: What to make of the Trump-Xi meeting
www.vox.com/politics/466...
www.vox.com/politics/466...
Thanks to @kuow.org in Seattle for having me on to discuss the boat strikes, the US military build-up, and prospect of regime change in Venezuela omny.fm/shows/sounds...
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October 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Thanks to @kuow.org in Seattle for having me on to discuss the boat strikes, the US military build-up, and prospect of regime change in Venezuela omny.fm/shows/sounds...
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If you're wondering WTF Trump is talking about when he says he's ended 8 wars this year, well, he didn’t.
Here’s @joshuakeating.bsky.social's rundown of each conflict, what Trump did and didn’t do, where he deserves some credit, and where he doesn’t. www.vox.com/politics/466...
Here’s @joshuakeating.bsky.social's rundown of each conflict, what Trump did and didn’t do, where he deserves some credit, and where he doesn’t. www.vox.com/politics/466...
Has Trump actually ended any wars?
The president’s peacemaking claims range from partly true, to misleading, to baffling.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
If you're wondering WTF Trump is talking about when he says he's ended 8 wars this year, well, he didn’t.
Here’s @joshuakeating.bsky.social's rundown of each conflict, what Trump did and didn’t do, where he deserves some credit, and where he doesn’t. www.vox.com/politics/466...
Here’s @joshuakeating.bsky.social's rundown of each conflict, what Trump did and didn’t do, where he deserves some credit, and where he doesn’t. www.vox.com/politics/466...
Has Trump actually ended any wars? www.vox.com/politics/466...
Has Trump actually ended any wars?
The president’s peacemaking claims range from partly true, to misleading, to baffling.
www.vox.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Has Trump actually ended any wars? www.vox.com/politics/466...
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In very very likely a first for @vox.com, this story is also available in Malagasy, Madagascar's national language.
Ny krizy ara-politika sy ara-tontolo iainana ao Madagasikara. Mety hanampy ny famerenana amin’ny laoniny ny haran-dranomasina ve?
www.vox.com/climate/4654...
Ny krizy ara-politika sy ara-tontolo iainana ao Madagasikara. Mety hanampy ny famerenana amin’ny laoniny ny haran-dranomasina ve?
www.vox.com/climate/4654...
Miankina amin’ny ranomasina izy ireo mba hivelomany. Saingy ankehitriny, miharava ny aina velona ao an-dranomasina.
Ny fiarovana ny tontolo iainana dia matetika nampifandona ny natiora sy ny olona mahantra. Mitady làlana vaovao i Madagasikara.
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October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
In very very likely a first for @vox.com, this story is also available in Malagasy, Madagascar's national language.
Ny krizy ara-politika sy ara-tontolo iainana ao Madagasikara. Mety hanampy ny famerenana amin’ny laoniny ny haran-dranomasina ve?
www.vox.com/climate/4654...
Ny krizy ara-politika sy ara-tontolo iainana ao Madagasikara. Mety hanampy ny famerenana amin’ny laoniny ny haran-dranomasina ve?
www.vox.com/climate/4654...
"Australia seems to consume more cocaine per person than any other country."
www.economist.com/briefing/202...
www.economist.com/briefing/202...
The traffickers are winning the war on drugs
New decentralised networks are even harder to disrupt than the hierarchical gangs they have replaced
www.economist.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"Australia seems to consume more cocaine per person than any other country."
www.economist.com/briefing/202...
www.economist.com/briefing/202...
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Read @joshuakeating.bsky.social on how Trump got to this point in Venezuela and what’s likely to determine whether he escalates, from bombing civilian boats to actually trying to overthrow Maduro. www.vox.com/politics/465...
Is the US about to attack Venezuela?
Airstrikes, bounties, a military build-up: This could be about drugs — or it could be the start of regime change.
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October 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Read @joshuakeating.bsky.social on how Trump got to this point in Venezuela and what’s likely to determine whether he escalates, from bombing civilian boats to actually trying to overthrow Maduro. www.vox.com/politics/465...
So, Putin had Trump right where he wanted him but just couldn't help himself from going into a lecture about Bohdan Khmelnytsky and Rurik? www.ft.com/content/7af3...
How Vladimir Putin’s history rant in Alaska nudged Donald Trump closer to Ukraine
Fraught summit in Anchorage marked a nadir that reshaped how the presidents approach each other
www.ft.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
So, Putin had Trump right where he wanted him but just couldn't help himself from going into a lecture about Bohdan Khmelnytsky and Rurik? www.ft.com/content/7af3...
How soy explains the world.
Great piece piece from @mbolotnikova.bsky.social that takes from the trade war, to the rainforests, to the supermarket aisle (not the aisle you're thinking of)
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
Great piece piece from @mbolotnikova.bsky.social that takes from the trade war, to the rainforests, to the supermarket aisle (not the aisle you're thinking of)
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
How soybeans took over America — and the world
This technology could feed a world of 10 billion. We’re squandering it, and the trade war with China could make it worse.
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October 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
How soy explains the world.
Great piece piece from @mbolotnikova.bsky.social that takes from the trade war, to the rainforests, to the supermarket aisle (not the aisle you're thinking of)
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
Great piece piece from @mbolotnikova.bsky.social that takes from the trade war, to the rainforests, to the supermarket aisle (not the aisle you're thinking of)
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
Feel like Thomas Pynchon would think a far-right Peruvian politician named Porky Aliaga building a Charlie Kirk-based personality cult was a little much thepointmag.com/forms-of-lif...
Turning Point Peru | The Point Magazine
Last week—a couple of days after public transport unions in Lima announced their eighth strike of the year, and a few days before Peru churned […]
thepointmag.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Feel like Thomas Pynchon would think a far-right Peruvian politician named Porky Aliaga building a Charlie Kirk-based personality cult was a little much thepointmag.com/forms-of-lif...
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China has copied America's grab for power over semiconductor supply chains.
www.programmablemutter.com/p/china-has-...
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China has copied America's grab for semiconductor power
Six theses about the consequences
www.programmablemutter.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
China has copied America's grab for power over semiconductor supply chains.
www.programmablemutter.com/p/china-has-...
www.programmablemutter.com/p/china-has-...
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Today is UK pub day for my new book BOG QUEEN, a literary murder mystery in which the victim is a two-thousand-year-old bog body! UK readers can buy here or wherever books are sold: www.weidenfeldandnicolson.co.uk/titles/anna-...
October 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Today is UK pub day for my new book BOG QUEEN, a literary murder mystery in which the victim is a two-thousand-year-old bog body! UK readers can buy here or wherever books are sold: www.weidenfeldandnicolson.co.uk/titles/anna-...
A big new get for the yellow website
We’ve got great news. 🎉 Astead W. Herndon is joining Vox.
He’ll be launching a new video podcast and will be covering the 2026 midterms and lead-up to the 2028 presidential election on all of Vox’s platforms — text, audio, and video. www.vox.com/press-room/4...
He’ll be launching a new video podcast and will be covering the 2026 midterms and lead-up to the 2028 presidential election on all of Vox’s platforms — text, audio, and video. www.vox.com/press-room/4...
Astead W. Herndon Joins Vox as Host and Editorial Director
The New York Times political journalist and host of “The Run-Up podcast” is joining Vox
www.vox.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:06 PM
A big new get for the yellow website
Reposted by Joshua Keating
We’ve got great news. 🎉 Astead W. Herndon is joining Vox.
He’ll be launching a new video podcast and will be covering the 2026 midterms and lead-up to the 2028 presidential election on all of Vox’s platforms — text, audio, and video. www.vox.com/press-room/4...
He’ll be launching a new video podcast and will be covering the 2026 midterms and lead-up to the 2028 presidential election on all of Vox’s platforms — text, audio, and video. www.vox.com/press-room/4...
Astead W. Herndon Joins Vox as Host and Editorial Director
The New York Times political journalist and host of “The Run-Up podcast” is joining Vox
www.vox.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:32 AM
We’ve got great news. 🎉 Astead W. Herndon is joining Vox.
He’ll be launching a new video podcast and will be covering the 2026 midterms and lead-up to the 2028 presidential election on all of Vox’s platforms — text, audio, and video. www.vox.com/press-room/4...
He’ll be launching a new video podcast and will be covering the 2026 midterms and lead-up to the 2028 presidential election on all of Vox’s platforms — text, audio, and video. www.vox.com/press-room/4...
Talking about Trump, Bibi and the Gaza deal on today's Today Explained open.spotify.com/episode/2AJu...
What the Gaza ceasefire really means
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October 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Talking about Trump, Bibi and the Gaza deal on today's Today Explained open.spotify.com/episode/2AJu...
The Gaza peace deal’s greatest strength is also its greatest weakness
www.vox.com/politics/464...
www.vox.com/politics/464...
The Gaza peace deal’s greatest strength is also its greatest weakness
Trump-style diplomacy made the deal work, and could undo it.
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October 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The Gaza peace deal’s greatest strength is also its greatest weakness
www.vox.com/politics/464...
www.vox.com/politics/464...