Timothy McLaughlin

Contributing writer @TheAtlantic. Co-author of Among the Braves. No opinions, only typos:

[Timothy McLaughlin @TMclaughlin3]

Coming this fall, and available now for pre-order, a project that has been in the works since 2019. Among the Braves, with @ShibaniMahtani, the story of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement and the lives and city it has shaped.

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[Reuters @Reuters]

Four Philippine Air Force pilots killed in training accident https://t.co/rTlUSBP4DJ https://t.co/rTlUSBP4DJ

[columlynch @columlynch]

In UN diplo circles there is wide-spread speculation that Lana Nusseibeh will prevail in the race for UN Secretary General. Except China, I'm told, remains committed to supporting a candidate from Latin American or the Caribbean, raising prospect that race is still open.

[POLITICO @politico]

Appeals court shores up ICE mass detention policy https://t.co/XKuav6WyVO

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: The Trump administration sues to block Alaska Senate certification if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses as another candidate shares his name. https://t.co/FAVCHpxoRe

[Timothy McLaughlin @TMclaughlin3]

@DerekTonkinUK 12 years on still one of the great mysteries of what, if anything, happened. Had heard it would be explained in a forthcoming book years ago, but to date still no sign of it.

[Timothy McLaughlin @TMclaughlin3]

The Rohingya, yet again, become a geo-political football to be kicked.

The first Trump admin held off declaring genocide because of fear of pushing Myanmar toward China, now the second admin threatens the ICJ fearing what a ruling in favor of the Rohingya could mean for Israel.

[Ambassador Mike Waltz @USAmbUN]

ICJ ad hoc "judge" Navi Pillay is tipping the scales on the ICJ’s current proceedings on Myanmar, intending to lower the legal threshold for proving genocide so that weakened and false standard can later be weaponized against American and allied soldiers whenever they raise a finger against terrorists that hide behind civilians. Pillay: We see your agenda and we'll be watching the ICJ’s handling of these proceedings very closely. As our actions against the ICC demonstrate, we will not allow globalist, faux-judges to weaponize the law against our troops, undermine our sovereignty, or put American lives at risk.

The Nobel Committee has disgraced itself by awarding the Peace Prize to Pillay. What a shameful choice to "honor" someone who represents an "international community" with a leftist, globalist, antisemitic agenda.

President Trump is showing a better way, by actually ENDING WARS, bringing hostages HOME, and making PEACE.

[Timothy McLaughlin @TMclaughlin3]

@JeffO773 Was there a decade ago for a wedding when it opened its doors. Visited many times, even wrote about it:

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[Shanghai Macro Strategist @ShanghaiMacro]

It’s truly unbelievable that people are still blaming China for sowing chaos in the West…

At this rate, you’d think China started the Iran war, ran the fiscal profligacy driving bond yields higher worldwide, and launched a trade war against the rest of the world.

[Timothy McLaughlin @TMclaughlin3]

Note that the current, non bio-enhanced dogs used by the DoD are treated like absolute garbage, per a long OIG report released earlier this year. Maybe the superdogs will get better handling and care.

[MTS @MTSlive]

SITUATION DETECTED: Warhound launched from stealth today with a $200M seed at a $1.2B valuation. Ben Lamm and Palmer Luckey are cloning gene-edited bio-enhanced dogs and equipping them with custom Anduril vests, goggles, and sensors for the military and law enforcement.

[Matthew Smith @matthewfsmith]

Read this carefully. A senior U.S. official is invoking American sanctions against the ICC while warning the ICJ judges hearing a genocide case against Myanmar... The U.S. itself declared the Rohingya genocide to be genocide, but that doesn’t seem to matter to this “ambassador.”

[Jeff Stein @jstein_sun]

Big story via @EricM_Katz

[Timothy McLaughlin @TMclaughlin3]

Joy Luk, a blind lawyer in Hong Kong who was a fixture during the 2019 protests, passed the bar in Canada and will be admitted in Ontario. Almost exactly seven years ago @ShibaniMahtani interviewed her on the street in Hong Kong.

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[Timothy McLaughlin @TMclaughlin3]

Joy Luk spoke to @ShibaniMahtani at yesterday's march in Hong Kong. She said it was her first time wearing a mask in defiance of the new gov't ban, before she never did because, "I am probably the only blind person to go to the front lines of protests." https://t.co/a1Em4reiqI

[Thompson Chau @tchau01]

“What makes the rise of Puma Shen so significant is that the former uni professor who is an expert on China’s influence efforts in Taiwan has scored almost all his political points on local governance, rather than playing up Chiang and the KMT’s closeness to the CCP.” @heguisen

[Timothy McLaughlin @TMclaughlin3]

Very good lede.

[Dan Lamothe @DanLamothe]

EXCLUSIVE: Pete Hegseth wanted Gen. Dwight Eisenhower’s globe for his office. His staff broke it.

We have photos.

[Marc Caputo @MarcACaputo]

The White House counsel's office warned Politico in a Monday letter that it had 48 hours to retract or correct recent stories revolving around COS Susie Wiles — or it would suffer unspecified consequences.

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[Stephen Wertheim @stephenwertheim]

The domestic foundation of American global power is crumbling. Trump is less the cause than a symptom and an accelerant. Since the Cold War ended, the United States has pursued global primacy under an implicit bargain with the public: dominance would come cheap. Today Americans are no more willing to bear serious costs for foreign policy than they were in the 1990s. But a far more competitive world is driving up the price of upholding U.S. commitments.

No matter who wins the White House in 2028, this gap will constrain American power around the world.

In a new @CarnegieEndow paper, I trace the U.S. foreign-policy consensus from the Cold War to the present and outline three scenarios for the future:

[Timothy McLaughlin @TMclaughlin3]

@jonstivers Horseshoes and hand grenades. Let me know when they land.

Borderline fantastical given the admin’s foreign and sanctions policies. Even at the height of US care about Hong Kong, much of it nothing more than performative we now know, sanctioning HK banks was way too far.

[Timothy McLaughlin @TMclaughlin3]

Never going to happen. Russian sanctions evasion? Really? Given Trump's moves and comments of the past few weeks is that really something that they see as a concern? Republicans who once loudly championed Hong Kong care about Jimmy Lai and nothing else. Spare me.

[Jonathan Stivers @jonstivers]

@USTreasury officials are at APEC in Hong Kong today, the city that is the global hub for Iran and Russia's sanctions evasion. Yet @SecScottBessent keeps shielding Wall Street by refusing to sanction the Hong Kong banks moving their money. Long past time to act.

[Sanho Chung 鍾燊豪 @sanhochung]

It is very sad to learn that @SocHKStudies will come to an end at the end of this month. Thanks for everything. 🙏🏻

[New York Magazine @NYMag]

A generation of retirees are spending more time than ever on their slop-filled, scam-riddled feeds. It has become their adult children’s job to save them. https://t.co/olFm30N1p4