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Ethan Chorin @ethanchorin.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

"Hubris motivates all the protagonists in this story. One of the 'morals', perhaps, of the book, is that bad news tends not to reach despots and narcissists – and that applies to leaders of countries as well as those in corrupt private enterprise." More of my review of "Death Is Our Business" here:

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The Fall And Rise of Putin - As Seen Through the Rise And Fall of A Master of Mercenaries

Advance Review of John Lechner's "Death is Our Business" (Bloomsbury)

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Ethan Chorin @ethanchorin.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

My review of John Lechner’s forthcoming book, Death is Our Business, on the rise and fall of the Wagner Group, and its essential role in the war in Ukraine.

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The Fall And Rise of Putin - As Seen Through the Rise And Fall of A Master of Mercenaries

Advance Review of John Lechner's "Death is Our Business" (Bloomsbury)

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Ethan Chorin @ethanchorin.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Unfortunately the Gaza “cease fire myth” (which has persisted from Biden to present), is proving to be just that: freeing a few hostages to the detriment of the others, and further derailing substantive work on a comprehensive deal.

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Ethan Chorin @ethanchorin.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

When Newton was diagnosed with heart disease, I had to rethink everything—including his food. Here’s what I learned about canine heart health & fresh-frozen nutrition. #DogHealth #FreshFood

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How the Right Dog Food Helped My Dog Live Longer

Evermore’s fresh-frozen food was a game-changer for my MVD dog

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Ethan Chorin @ethanchorin.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Can collective trauma be considered cultural heritage? Libya’s history shows how cycles of violence shape politics as much as tradition does. If we acknowledged this, could we break the pattern? More at my Substack ethanchorin.substack.com/p/when-viole...

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When Violence Becomes Heritage: The Case of Libya

Interior courtyard in the Amazigh old city of Ghadames, Southern Libya

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Ethan Chorin @ethanchorin.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

whatever we’re talking about now, particularly with respect to the Middle East, is a poor (or at least weak) indicator of what will actually happen ethanchorin.substack.com/p/on-gaza-tr...

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On Gaza, Trump Plays The Joker

And The Rest of Us May Just Need to Learn to Chill

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Ethan Chorin @ethanchorin.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Hi Bluesky! I'm (relatively) new here - what did I miss?

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News Feed @news-feed.bsky.social · 15/09/2023

@nytimes: In Opinion “While some international aid is now on the way, no other country is currently able to provide the same degree of relief as the United States, whether now or two weeks from now,” Ethan Chorin writes in a guest essay. t.co/e62nSc0xu0

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Ethan Chorin @ethanchorin.bsky.social · 07/12/2023

Middle East/Africa policy advisor & author of 'Benghazi: A New History.' Welcome to my Substack Under the Dragon's Blood Tree, a 20+ year journey through #MENA #politics, #culture and language, + serialized narrative nonfiction: ethanchorin.substack.com

Image of a forest of Dragon's Blood Trees under a red heading, island of Socotra, Yemen.

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