2/2: #UKRAINE. WAITING FOR PUTIN. JOHN HARDIE, FDD

1/2: #UKRAINE. WAITING FOR PUTIN. JOHN HARDIE, FDD

#EU: GETS A VOTE IN THE DEAL. ALAN TONELSON, REALITY CHEK. @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL.

#POTUS: BLINKING US. GRIMACING PRC. ALAN TONELSON, REALITY CHEK. @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL

Preview: Colleague Ahmad Sharawi explains why Europe is ready to look past al-Sharaa's al Qaeda roots and jihadist gang. More later.

Preview: Colleague Ernesto Araujo opines that Lula da Silva's embrace of the Moscow strongmen is not celebrated in Brazil. More later.

Preview: Colleague Sadanand Dhume of AEI and WSJ reports that the PRC leaned on Pakistan to end the combat exchanges. More later.

Preview: Colleague John Hardie reports that POTUS grows restless and impatient with Putin's games around the negotiating table. More later.

Preview: Colleague Alan Tonelson details the non-tariff tools that the PRC uses to distort its trade and manufacturing. More later

Preview: Colleague Blaine Holt (USAF Ret) explicates the myriad weapon systems used in the Kashmir shooting war, with comments on the report of strikes at the Pakistani nuclear weapon site. More

#OZWATCH: EMERGENCY EVACUATING CRICKETEERS. JEREMY ZAKIS, NEW SOUTH WALES. #FRIENDSOFHISTORYDEBATINGSOCIETY

#OZWATCH: THE FURTHER MYSTERY OF VALERIE'S 529 DAYS ALONE ON KANGAROO ISLAND. JEREMY ZAKIS, NEW SOUTH WALES. #FRIENDSOFHISTORYDEBATINGSOCIETY

#OZWATCH: SEVERE DROUGHT ADELAIDE TO PERTH. JEREMY ZAKIS, NEW SOUTH WALES. #FRIENDSOFHISTORYDEBATINGSOCIETY

#LONDINIUM90AD: GAIUS ASKS GEMANICUS, WHAT IF POMPEY THE GREAT HAD SURVUVED? MICHAEL VLAHOS. FRIENDS OF HISTORY DEBATING SOCIETY. @MICHALIS_VLAHOS

#LONDINIUM90AD: GAIUS & GERMANICUS PUZZLE WHY THE ACADEMY EXPECTS A GENEROUS LIVING FROM THE COMMON FOLK. MICHAEL VLAHOS. FRIENDS OF HISTORY DEBATING SOCIETY. @MICHALIS_VLAHOS

#LONDINIUM90AD: GAIUS & GERMANICUS OBSERVE KYIV SUBMITTING . MICHAEL VLAHOS. FRIENDS OF HISTORY DEBATING SOCIETY. @MICHALIS_VLAHOS

TEXAS: REVEWIING BORDER SECURTY YEARS LATER. @MICHAEL_YON.

RAISED ON BITTERNESS AND FEARS: 8/8: Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution by Tania Branigan (Author)

RAISED ON BITTERNESS AND FEARS: 7/8: Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution by Tania Branigan (Author)

RAISED ON BITTERNESS AND FEARS: 6/8: Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution by Tania Branigan (Author)