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Let’s call Trump’s approach to Iran what it is: kindergarten diplomacy

As I write in The Guardian, amid stop-and-start threats and with a divided staff, it’s clear Trump has no idea how to end a war that shouldn’t have begun. On Thursday, 23 July, after weeks of escalating attacks between the US and Iran, Donald Trump told a reporter that Iran hadn’t received …

Moustafa August 5, 2026 Donald Trump, Iran, Saudi Arabia, US Foreign Policy, US Politics, War Permalink

Lindsey Graham’s hawkish ideology leaves a legacy of destruction

I wrote about Lindsey Graham for The Guardian. Mourn him if you wish, but let’s be honest about what he promoted. The longer this thinking lives on, the more peril we will all face, I argue. The sudden death over the weekend of the South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham is …

Moustafa July 14, 2026 Donald Trump, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Palestine, US Foreign Policy, US Politics, War Permalink

On America’s 250th, Mamdani called for unity – while Trump rewrote the past

For The Guardian, I wrote about the dueling speeches between Mayor Mamdani of New York City and US President Donald Trump that …

At 250, America is still deciding who belongs

For Al Jazeera, I wrote an opinion essay about how, despite the Supreme Court’s positive birthright citizenship ruling, the fight over who …

Trump is stripping Americans of their citizenship at a shocking rate

I wrote about the Trump administration seeking to denaturalize 17 people, part of an effort unprecedented in modern US history, for The …

‘Your homes will be destroyed, your family killed’: the US has dropped millions of war propaganda leaflets – but do they work?

A new interactive exhibit by the digital archive group Khajistan displays some of the psyops leaflets released in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya …

The US may send thousands of troops to Iran. Have we learned nothing from the past?

As I write in The Guardian, the US, in 2003, claimed its Iraq incursion would be brief. Now there’s competition for the …

America lied about the Iraq war. Then they weren’t believed about Ukraine

Will US intelligence learn its lessons from the Iraq war, and just how badly their legitimacy has been undermined? I raise the …

Why has Maga lost its mind over Bad Bunny?

In The Guardian, I ask the question why Maga has lost its mind over Bad Bunny. The answer? Vitriol signaling, which part …

ICE’s surveillance app is a techno-authoritarian nightmare

For The Guardian, I wrote about Mobile Fortify, an app that lets agents obtain vast amounts of information on anyone by scanning …

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