John Haltiwanger
Staff Writer at ForeignPolicy.com
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- Solidarity with all of the hardworking WaPo journalists who lost their jobs today. As a reporter who has been laid off multiple times, I've been in your shoes before and I know how much it sucks. We are all worse off because of this. A sad day for media/democracy/the U.S.
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- In this week's edition of Situation Report, @iyengarish.bsky.social and I dive into Trump's new National Defense Strategy and more: foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/29/t...
- A lot has happened in the U.S. and the world since the Jan. 3 raid that resulted in Maduro's capture. But the U.S. has not moved on from Latin America by any means. I dive into what could happen next in my latest: foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/29/u...
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- Trump said the killing has stopped, but a lot is up in the air. foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/15/i...
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- Apropos of nothing, resharing this piece I wrote in October: The U.S. Is in a ‘Particularly Authoritarian’ Moment foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/15/t...
- A DHS use-of-force policy dated 2018, during the first Trump admin., says officers “are prohibited from discharging firearms at the operator of a moving vehicle, vessel, aircraft or other conveyance unless the use of deadly force against the operator is justified.”
- Authorities Often Justify Motorist Shootings by Saying the Vehicle Was a Weapon www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...
- Authorities Often Justify Motorist Shootings by Saying the Vehicle Was a Weapon www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...
- Justice Dept. Drops Claim That Venezuela’s ‘Cartel de los Soles’ Is an Actual Group www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
- The international community appears powerless to address the attack. foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/05/t...
- I spoke with the former presidents of Colombia and Mexico about the escalating situation in Latin America. More on that and other national security news in the latest SitRep from myself and @iyengarish.bsky.social: foreignpolicy.com/2025/12/18/t...
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- Diplomats and experts say Doha and Ankara have leverage, but it may not be enough. foreignpolicy.com/2025/12/15/h...
- “There is no peace without the end of the occupation,” Albanese said. foreignpolicy.com/2025/12/10/u...
- Rights groups say the Israeli government is complicit. foreignpolicy.com/2025/12/04/w...
- Trump’s attacks hit a “new low,” the head of the Committee to Protect Journalists said. foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/21/t...
- During a meeting at the White House on Tuesday, MBS pushed Trump to help end the war in Sudan. And it seems his urging worked. More on that and other news in the latest SitRep from me + @iyengarish.bsky.social https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/20/trump-sudan-mbs-meeting-saudi-russia/
- I spoke with Charlotte Slente, the head of @drcngo.bsky.social, about her recent visit to eastern Chad to meet with Sudanese refugees. The situation is "horrifying," she said, while urging the international community to do more to help end the civil war in Sudan. foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/20/s...
- Putin's Unlikely Envoy to Washington - Kirill Dmitriev is a prominent purveyor of the Kremlin’s line—but real power may lie elsewhere. foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/19/k...
- What to know about the secret U.S.-Russia peace plan for Ukraine: foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/19/u...
- In the past few days, Trump referred to a female reporter as “piggy” and accused another of being “insubordinate” for asking a completely legitimate question. Reporters who only ask questions that the president likes aren’t really reporters at all. That’s not our job.
- “Things happen,” the president says re: the brutal murder and dismemberment of a U.S. resident and Washington Post journalist—while sitting next to the man who, according to the CIA, ordered the operation that led to Khashoggi’s killing
- U.S. allies are beginning to criticize and distance themselves from Trump’s drug boat war. More on that in this week’s SitRep from me and @iyengarish.bsky.social: foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/13/a...
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- My latest piece focuses on why Latin America's reaction to the Trump administration's escalating war on alleged drug boats—and the looming possibility of a U.S. operation against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro—has been so disjointed. foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/10/l...
- The fragile cease-fire is once again at risk of collapsing as Israel accuses Hamas of violations. foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/28/n...
- Latest SitRep from me and @iyengarish.bsky.social: The Difficult Art of Bibi-Sitting foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/23/t...
- Experts believe the operation is about regime change in Venezuela. foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/23/u...
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- Trump’s “approach to the U.S. military in his second term is basically as a private army whose job is to enforce his personal power and to hurt his domestic enemies, or foreign enemies for that matter, no matter what any law or principle or norm says,” Grossman said.
- Trump is treating the military like a “private army,” political scientist @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social warns. foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/15/t...
- Trump is treating the military like a “private army,” political scientist @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social warns. foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/15/t...
- It’s a big deal that living hostages + Palestinian prisoners were exchanged today. Without discounting that, it’s also worth emphasizing that getting Trump’s peace plan across the finish line + laying the foundations for long-term peace will be very hard: foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/09/t...
- Doctor in Gaza Says Cease-fire Brings Hope, but Challenges Remain foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/10/m...
- To get a better understanding of the situation on the ground in Gaza at this crucial moment, I spoke with Mathieu Bichet, deputy medical director MSF, on Thursday. foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/10/m...
- The United States is deploying up to 200 troops to Israel to help oversee the Gaza cease-fire process But the troops, some of whom have already arrived in Israel and will continue to do so through the weekend, won’t be going into Gaza. foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/10/t...
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- Despite the sense of optimism ushered in by the deal for a “first phase” of Trump’s plan, there are still many hurdles to overcome in terms of reaching the next stage and the ultimate goal of ending the war. foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/09/t...
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- "Everyone is on eggshells," says Dan Maurer, a retired Army lieutenant colonel and associate law professor at Ohio Northern University. "To me, it's like '1984' where neighbors are turning in neighbors for supposed violations of thought crime."
- From @samfellman.bsky.social: An online army is waging a culture war against US troops www.businessinsider.com/inside-anti-...
- "Twenty-four active duty and recently retired troops who spoke to Business Insider, including generals, military lawyers, and junior and senior officers, say the administration's actions have stirred up paranoia and challenged the uniformed service's nonpartisan ethos."
- From @samfellman.bsky.social: An online army is waging a culture war against US troops www.businessinsider.com/inside-anti-...
- From @samfellman.bsky.social: An online army is waging a culture war against US troops www.businessinsider.com/inside-anti-...
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- There is significant momentum surrounding this round of Israel-Hamas cease-fire talks compared to past negotiations, with Trump raising pressure on both parties to wrap up the war. Still, neither side appears eager to make the first move. foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/06/i...
- New SitRep from me and @iyengarish.bsky.social: Trump veers from his “America First” promises with unusual Article 5-like security guarantees for Qatar just weeks after it was bombed by Israel. foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/02/t...
- Other countries don’t have government shutdowns like the U.S. foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/01/w...
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- UNGA Day 4 dispatch from me and @iyengarish.bsky.social: The U.N. forges ahead on climate and AI despite U.S. ambivalence and mixed messaging. foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/25/u...
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- UNGA Day 3 dispatch from me and @iyengarish.bsky.social: Sharaa’s Successful UNGA PR Tour foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/24/s...
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- UNGA Puts Palestine in the Spotlight foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/22/u...
- High-level week of #UNGA starts tomorrow! @iyengarish.bsky.social and I will be on the ground all week. Keep an eye out for daily pop-up editions of SitRep. We’ll bring you all of the most important/juiciest details from UN HQ. Sign up for our newsletter here: foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/18/w...
- “This is a dangerous, lawless thing to do,” @schiff.senate.gov told me, referring to the strikes as “essentially extrajudicial killings.”
- @schiff.senate.gov and @kaine.senate.gov have introduced a war powers resolution to block Trump from continuing to use military force against alleged drug traffickers near Venezuela. foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/19/s...
- @schiff.senate.gov and @kaine.senate.gov have introduced a war powers resolution to block Trump from continuing to use military force against alleged drug traffickers near Venezuela. foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/19/s...
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- @fisherdanar.bsky.social: “The only other time that we’ve had such a heightened period of political violence, if you think about all the things that have happened from [January] 2021 through now, is in the 1960s"
- In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing, experts on political violence warn that the US has entered a dangerous new era akin to what the country experienced in the 1960s, and they’re urging political and community leaders to take steps to reduce tensions. foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/17/c...
- In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing, experts on political violence warn that the US has entered a dangerous new era akin to what the country experienced in the 1960s, and they’re urging political and community leaders to take steps to reduce tensions. foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/17/c...
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- I did a lengthy interview with Charlie Kirk in Dec. 2018. He didn’t like some of my questions (and made that clear). But he still engaged with me. We have to be able to have difficult conversations without the threat of violence. The US is in a dark place, to say the least.
- He was campaigning on “no new wars” less than a year ago and now: Trump Is Renaming the Defense Department the Department of War www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...
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- Ginsberg has a clear message for Western media covering the war in Gaza if they want to support their Palestinian colleagues on the ground: “Do your fucking job.” “Report what’s happening...Ask the questions."
- “If there are no consequences and no adherence to international humanitarian law and the rules don’t apply, why should they apply anywhere else? The repercussions from this, not just in the region but globally, will play out for generations to come,” Ginsberg said.
