Naveed
@naveed360.bsky.social
Security Policy Analyst.
Journalist.
Academic.
Thomas Jefferson Fellow [Globalization] 2000
[. . . in the trenches . . .]
Journalist.
Academic.
Thomas Jefferson Fellow [Globalization] 2000
[. . . in the trenches . . .]
The images hammered into the sides of a goblet found in Palestine give us an idea of what people living more than 4000 years ago imagined the creation of the cosmos looked like or something entirely different
www.newscientist.com/article/2504...
www.newscientist.com/article/2504...
Ancient silver goblet preserves oldest known image of cosmic creation
The images hammered into the sides of a goblet found in Palestine give us an idea of what people living more than 4000 years ago imagined the creation of the cosmos looked like
www.newscientist.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The images hammered into the sides of a goblet found in Palestine give us an idea of what people living more than 4000 years ago imagined the creation of the cosmos looked like or something entirely different
www.newscientist.com/article/2504...
www.newscientist.com/article/2504...
Rigsby had been on the road for some 30 years. A precocious North Carolina boy who enrolled at Harvard at 16, he had left the US soon after the fall of the Berlin Wall, arriving in Kabul via Japan, China, a prior period in Afghanistan, and Ethiopia. www.semafor.com/article/11/1...
The curious life and lonely death of an American in Kabul
Jeff Rigsby moved back to Afghanistan after the US withdrawal with a self-imposed mission to save lives and inform millions.
www.semafor.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Rigsby had been on the road for some 30 years. A precocious North Carolina boy who enrolled at Harvard at 16, he had left the US soon after the fall of the Berlin Wall, arriving in Kabul via Japan, China, a prior period in Afghanistan, and Ethiopia. www.semafor.com/article/11/1...
German officials have estimated that about 9,000 Nazis fled to the continent following World War II. About 5,000 went to Argentina; somewhere between 1,500 and 2,000 headed to Brazil, including Josef Mengele, Auschwitz’s “angel of death.”
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One man’s obsessive quest to uncover Brazil’s buried Nazi past
The story of Brazil’s fugitive Nazis is clouded by uncertainty and conspiracy theories. But one local journalist is convinced he is closing in on the truth.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:55 PM
German officials have estimated that about 9,000 Nazis fled to the continent following World War II. About 5,000 went to Argentina; somewhere between 1,500 and 2,000 headed to Brazil, including Josef Mengele, Auschwitz’s “angel of death.”
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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Aspen has lost its small-town charm. It’s a bunch of influencers and celebrity wannabes. It’s a shame, we loved the town for so long.” www.ft.com/content/f9fe...
Has Aspen reached peak chic?
America’s most fashionable ski resort is a playground for billionaires. But the ‘gravity-defying property prices’ are making even some of them wince
www.ft.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Aspen has lost its small-town charm. It’s a bunch of influencers and celebrity wannabes. It’s a shame, we loved the town for so long.” www.ft.com/content/f9fe...
Inevitably, there are mistakes. Those mistakes are magnified by ideological and commercial opponents. “I suspect that if Gilligan’s report had been on Channel 4 News it would have gone unnoticed.” www.ft.com/content/7124...
Why is it so difficult to run the BBC?
As complaints over the editing of a Donald Trump speech topple another director-general, leading the broadcaster is once again looking like an impossible job
www.ft.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Inevitably, there are mistakes. Those mistakes are magnified by ideological and commercial opponents. “I suspect that if Gilligan’s report had been on Channel 4 News it would have gone unnoticed.” www.ft.com/content/7124...
Swiss bribe Trump their way
". . . the Swiss sent a delegation of industry tycoons bearing gifts — a special Rolex desktop clock, a 1-kilogram personalized gold bar, and loads of flattery."
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
". . . the Swiss sent a delegation of industry tycoons bearing gifts — a special Rolex desktop clock, a 1-kilogram personalized gold bar, and loads of flattery."
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Swiss bribe Trump their way
". . . the Swiss sent a delegation of industry tycoons bearing gifts — a special Rolex desktop clock, a 1-kilogram personalized gold bar, and loads of flattery."
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
". . . the Swiss sent a delegation of industry tycoons bearing gifts — a special Rolex desktop clock, a 1-kilogram personalized gold bar, and loads of flattery."
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
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🔥Ukrainian Defense Forces have hit the oil storage facility of Russia's Rosrezerv Kristal plant in Engels, which serves, among other things, to store jet fuel for Russian strategic aviation.
🔗Read details: militarnyi.com/en/news/defe...
🔗Read details: militarnyi.com/en/news/defe...
Defense Forces Strike Rosrezerv’s Oil Storage Facility in Engels - Militarnyi
Ukrainian forces have hit the oil storage facility of the Kristal plant in Engels, which serves to store jet fuel for Russian strategic aviation.
militarnyi.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
🔥Ukrainian Defense Forces have hit the oil storage facility of Russia's Rosrezerv Kristal plant in Engels, which serves, among other things, to store jet fuel for Russian strategic aviation.
🔗Read details: militarnyi.com/en/news/defe...
🔗Read details: militarnyi.com/en/news/defe...
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She has documented human rights abuses, as her predecessors did. She infuriated some of her allies by condemning the Hamas violence of Oct. 7, 2023, then caused a storm when she leaped onto social media to contest a boilerplate statement by Macron.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...
Opinion | Her Optimism Has Won Her Some of the Most Powerful Enemies in the World
www.nytimes.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
She has documented human rights abuses, as her predecessors did. She infuriated some of her allies by condemning the Hamas violence of Oct. 7, 2023, then caused a storm when she leaped onto social media to contest a boilerplate statement by Macron.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...
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International law began as a Western project — indeed, as the legal scholar Lawrence Douglas argues in his upcoming book, it has aided the Western imperial project. Its priorities have largely followed those of the Western powers.
October 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
International law began as a Western project — indeed, as the legal scholar Lawrence Douglas argues in his upcoming book, it has aided the Western imperial project. Its priorities have largely followed those of the Western powers.
With the help of Mossad and a group of Austrian intelligence officers, he was brought across Europe by car to the Austrian border. They escorted al-Halabi to Vienna, the storied city of spies. For a time, it was his refuge.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/w...
War Crimes Indictment Reveals a Hard Road to Justice for Syria
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:11 AM
With the help of Mossad and a group of Austrian intelligence officers, he was brought across Europe by car to the Austrian border. They escorted al-Halabi to Vienna, the storied city of spies. For a time, it was his refuge.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/w...
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Something that’s so striking in these emails is how…unimpressive Epstein is. He comes off as a pompous, sub-literate lech. Yes everyone is so mortifyingly solicitous of him! All fawning and flattery! Why?????
November 13, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Something that’s so striking in these emails is how…unimpressive Epstein is. He comes off as a pompous, sub-literate lech. Yes everyone is so mortifyingly solicitous of him! All fawning and flattery! Why?????
The An-124 and its Apache cargo then remained on the ground at the British airport for 8 days before the aircraft departed, not headed toward India but returning to its original point of departure at Mesa Gateway Airport, where they touched down on Nov 8.
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AH-64 Apaches Make Mysterious Return To U.S. On Their Delivery Flight To India
Undisclosed “logistical issues” meant that the An-124 airlifter transporting the attack helicopters only made it as far as England before turning back. Undisclosed “logistical issues” meant that the A...
www.twz.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The An-124 and its Apache cargo then remained on the ground at the British airport for 8 days before the aircraft departed, not headed toward India but returning to its original point of departure at Mesa Gateway Airport, where they touched down on Nov 8.
www.twz.com/air/ah-64-ap...
www.twz.com/air/ah-64-ap...
India is the biggest customer of Israel's defense industries, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Between 2020 and 2024, India accounted for about 34% of all Israel's defense exports. www.jpost.com/defense-and-...
India in talks to produce Israeli Lora, Ice Breaker missile | The Jerusalem Post
India reportedly wants the Air Lora missiles following the success of the Rampage missile during Operation Sindoor
www.jpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:29 AM
India is the biggest customer of Israel's defense industries, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Between 2020 and 2024, India accounted for about 34% of all Israel's defense exports. www.jpost.com/defense-and-...
Galactic objects are moving faster away from Earth than was anticipated. Something is overriding the force of gravity, that something being dark energy. Hence the idea that the universe is not just expanding but expanding at an increasing rate. gizmodo.com/new-research...
New Research Throws the Ultimate Fate of the Universe Into Question
The popular consensus among scientists is that the universe will continue expanding until the bitter end. A team of researchers is now pumping the brakes on that idea.
gizmodo.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Galactic objects are moving faster away from Earth than was anticipated. Something is overriding the force of gravity, that something being dark energy. Hence the idea that the universe is not just expanding but expanding at an increasing rate. gizmodo.com/new-research...
Since its legal troubles began, the company has struggled financially and changed hands a few times. It mulled pivoting away from spyware but says it has since refocused on cyber offensive capabilities and Pegasus remains the company’s key product.
www.wsj.com/tech/israeli...
www.wsj.com/tech/israeli...
Israeli Spyware Maker NSO Gets New Owners, Leadership and Seeks to Mend Reputation
Investors led by Hollywood producer Robert Simonds have taken a controlling stake in the company behind Pegasus, and former Trump official David Friedman has been named executive chairman.
www.wsj.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Since its legal troubles began, the company has struggled financially and changed hands a few times. It mulled pivoting away from spyware but says it has since refocused on cyber offensive capabilities and Pegasus remains the company’s key product.
www.wsj.com/tech/israeli...
www.wsj.com/tech/israeli...
L'Orient-Le Jour reports that MBS carries with him a set of proposals to the Trump govt to deal with outstanding issues in the region, including the Palestinian question and insistence on the need to recognize the Palestinian state. www.lorientlejour.com/article/1484...
Exclusif : L'initiative de MBS pour l'Iran, le Liban et la Palestine
L’Arabie saoudite reprend l'initiative en vue de rétablir la stabilité dans la région. Mohammad ben Salmane n'ira donc pas à Washington les mains vides. Tous les dossiers - y compris le Liban -...
www.lorientlejour.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
L'Orient-Le Jour reports that MBS carries with him a set of proposals to the Trump govt to deal with outstanding issues in the region, including the Palestinian question and insistence on the need to recognize the Palestinian state. www.lorientlejour.com/article/1484...
Lop Nur is just one of several remote bases where the PLAAF is developing and testing a next-generation fleet of combat fighters, bombers and attack drones. Close to where China has carried out nuclear tests, Lop Nur has what is thought to be the longest runway in the world.
“China currently has a very old aircraft for their carriers, the J-15, which is terrible. It’s the heaviest and lowest thrust-to-weight-ratio carrier-borne aircraft in the world.” www.thetimes.com/world/asia/a...
China’s Area 51, where Xi hides stealth secrets from prying eyes
As Washington and Beijing race for technical supremacy, satellite photos shed light on the Chinese president’s top-secret test base
www.thetimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Lop Nur is just one of several remote bases where the PLAAF is developing and testing a next-generation fleet of combat fighters, bombers and attack drones. Close to where China has carried out nuclear tests, Lop Nur has what is thought to be the longest runway in the world.
“China currently has a very old aircraft for their carriers, the J-15, which is terrible. It’s the heaviest and lowest thrust-to-weight-ratio carrier-borne aircraft in the world.” www.thetimes.com/world/asia/a...
China’s Area 51, where Xi hides stealth secrets from prying eyes
As Washington and Beijing race for technical supremacy, satellite photos shed light on the Chinese president’s top-secret test base
www.thetimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:07 AM
“China currently has a very old aircraft for their carriers, the J-15, which is terrible. It’s the heaviest and lowest thrust-to-weight-ratio carrier-borne aircraft in the world.” www.thetimes.com/world/asia/a...
Both the US and Russia are signatories to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which prohibits nuclear test explosions. The US, however, has never ratified the agreement and Russia withdrew its ratification in 2023.
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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Putin Paves Way to Resume Nuclear Testing as Tensions Flare With Trump
Russian leader said Moscow could return to nuclear testing if the U.S. begins testing its own arsenal.
www.wsj.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Both the US and Russia are signatories to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which prohibits nuclear test explosions. The US, however, has never ratified the agreement and Russia withdrew its ratification in 2023.
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
"But in the final weeks before Tuesday’s election, Mamdani intensified his courtship of business, attending a series of meetings with chief executives as he sprinted towards what appeared to be an inevitable victory." www.ft.com/content/a985...
Zohran Mamdani wins Wall Street’s cautious backing after New York victory
Some financiers extend olive branch to new mayor as others remain wary
www.ft.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"But in the final weeks before Tuesday’s election, Mamdani intensified his courtship of business, attending a series of meetings with chief executives as he sprinted towards what appeared to be an inevitable victory." www.ft.com/content/a985...
If Rabin were alive, he would spot this strategic opening and try to seize it. He would see in Trump’s 20-point peace plan an opportunity to rebuild a better Gaza and create a coalition with Arab states to oppose Iran and extremist forces in the region. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Yitzhak Rabin Knew What Netanyahu Doesn’t
Thirty years after Rabin’s assassination, Israel is ignoring the lessons of the most honest statesman I’ve ever known.
www.theatlantic.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
If Rabin were alive, he would spot this strategic opening and try to seize it. He would see in Trump’s 20-point peace plan an opportunity to rebuild a better Gaza and create a coalition with Arab states to oppose Iran and extremist forces in the region. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
“You can have the most accurate forecast in the world, and you can understand what climate change is going to do,” Cloke said. “But unless everybody else in that chain also understands it, then you’re going to see people die.”
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www.washingtonpost.com/weather/inte...
Deadly rivers in the sky
A new Washington Post investigation reveals where climate change has supercharged the movement of moisture through the skies.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
“You can have the most accurate forecast in the world, and you can understand what climate change is going to do,” Cloke said. “But unless everybody else in that chain also understands it, then you’re going to see people die.”
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www.washingtonpost.com/weather/inte...
Russia has exported an average of 5mn barrels a day of seaborne crude this year, with 1.7mn b/d of the total being purchased by India, according to data analytics group Kpler. The next largest share headed to China. www.ft.com/content/5299...
Lakshmi Mittal’s energy venture bought Russian oil transported on blacklisted ships
Indian refinery received at least four crude shipments this year worth almost $280mn on sanctions-listed vessels
www.ft.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Russia has exported an average of 5mn barrels a day of seaborne crude this year, with 1.7mn b/d of the total being purchased by India, according to data analytics group Kpler. The next largest share headed to China. www.ft.com/content/5299...
An Afghan arrived in the UK in November 2020 in a lorry, and was granted asylum and leave to remain in 2022. He is not a resident at an asylum hotel or indeed any Home Office accommodation.
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
Afghan arrested over fatal stabbing of dog walker came to UK illegally
Police described the incident, in which a 14-year-old boy was wounded, as ‘a shocking and senseless act of violence’
www.thetimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:41 AM
An Afghan arrived in the UK in November 2020 in a lorry, and was granted asylum and leave to remain in 2022. He is not a resident at an asylum hotel or indeed any Home Office accommodation.
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...