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Isaac Stanley-Becker

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Staff writer at the Atlantic and author of Europe without Borders: A History. Contact me at isaac@theatlantic.com or on Signal at isaacstanleybecker.48

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 01/10/2026
The Baltic states have spent years preparing for the possibility of a Russian invasion. Their citizens are ready to fight—with the help of the United States, or without it, @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social reports:
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The Next Front
The Baltics are getting ready for a Russian attack.
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Isaac Stanley-Becker @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
The Trump administration removed the long-serving NATO director from his job at the Pentagon just as the war in Iran was creating a new crisis for the alliance www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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Europe Without America
The Iran war has given European leaders new impetus to plan for self-defense.
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Andrew Mueller @andrewmueller.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Latest Foreign Desk on Monocle Radio looks at the degree to which the war in Iran is fracturing MAGA, at home and abroad. With @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social, @kkdumez.bsky.social and @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
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From Maga to Orbán: The cracks emerging in the global right - Monocle
In recent years, the rise of the right has seemed unstoppable. But are rifts among US Republicans over Iran and...
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Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
To understand what just happened in Hungary (Orbán actually lost, and conceded as much), I highly recommend @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social's latest: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Viktor Orbán Could Actually Lose
The Hungarian leader faces an energized opposition—and questions about whether he would accept defeat.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 12/04/2026
Viktor Orbán has been ousted—and efforts by Washington and Moscow to prop the autocratic leader up give his defeat implications that extend far beyond Hungary, @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social reports from Budapest. Read more: theatln.tc/KdGVkPGT
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Isaac Stanley-Becker @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Why tomorrow's election in Hungary matters so much www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 10/04/2026
Can voters oust an autocrat? @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social reports from Hungary, where the fate of Viktor Orbán will be decided this weekend in one of the most important elections in the history of postcommunist Europe.
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Viktor Orbán Could Actually Lose
The Hungarian leader faces an energized opposition—and questions about whether he would accept defeat.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 08/04/2026
J. D. Vance accused the European Union of meddling in a sovereign nation's election—as he stumped for Viktor Orbán. @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social reports on the vice president's Hungarian campaign swing.
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The First Stop of the 2028 U.S. Presidential Primary Is Budapest?
The vice president accused the European Union of meddling—as he stumped for Viktor Orbán.
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Isaac Stanley-Becker @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Gladden Pappin, a Harvard-educated political theorist who once predicted that Melania Trump would rule the U.S. as queen, is now on Viktor Orbán's payroll. He offers the best way to understand MAGA's infatuation with Hungary. I profiled him: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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The MAGA Intellectual Who Prophesized a Queen Melania
An ally of J. D. Vance who has dabbled in monarchism is now working for Viktor Orbán.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 06/04/2026
An ally of J. D. Vance who once prophesized a Queen Melania now works for Viktor Orbán’s government—and reflects the stakes of the Hungarian election for the MAGA movement, @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social reports.
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Meet the MAGA Intellectual on Hungary’s Payroll
A political theorist who once prophesized a Queen Melania is Viktor Orbán’s envoy to the court of Trump.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 31/03/2026
Ukraine’s ambassador to Hungary may have the hardest job in Europe: He represents a government that has become Viktor Orbán’s primary target, @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social writes.
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The Hardest Job in Europe
Ukraine’s ambassador to Hungary represents a government that has become Viktor Orbán’s primary target.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 23/03/2026
Trump is trying to appeal to Europe’s far right by backing movements and parties bent on undermining liberal democracy—but his attempts to influence elections abroad have proved to be self-defeating, @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social reports from Denmark.
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Europe’s Far Right Is Turning on Trump
The president’s attempt to influence elections across the Atlantic is backfiring.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 16/03/2026
After Trump’s Greenland threats, European officials warned of lasting damage to U.S. alliances. Now Trump is asking for help in the Strait of Hormuz, and allies are shrugging, Isaac Stanley-Becker reports.
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Trump Reaps What He Sowed in Europe
The disaster in the Strait of Hormuz is proof that treating allies poorly has consequences.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 15/02/2026
Exclusive: Trump’s threats over the Nobel Peace Prize in his infamous text to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Støre brought the debate over Greenland “to a level where we don’t solve problems,” Støre told @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social and Simon Shuster:
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Where Trump went wrong in his quest for a Nobel Peace Price
In exclusive interviews, Norway's prime minister and the head of the Nobel Institute tell Isaac Stanley-Beckett and Simon Shuster how they handled the president's pressure campaign.
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Nick Miroff @nickmiroff.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Masterful profile of Minneapolis police chief Brian O’Hara, and a city under siege by @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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How Minneapolis Looks From the Police Chief’s Squad Car
In the city where George Floyd was killed, Trump hastens a new social breakdown.
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Nicholas Thompson @nxthompson.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Just an astonishing lede in this @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social story. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 29/01/2026
Governor Tim Walz warns of a national unraveling in an interview with @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social. “It’s worse than you think,” Walz says of the situation in Minnesota.
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Tim Walz Fears a Fort Sumter Moment in Minneapolis
The Minnesota governor warns of a national unraveling.
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Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
The Atlantic's @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social interviewed the chief of the Danish army. "When I asked whether Danish forces would really fight back against Americans, he demurred. 'This is highly political,' he said. 'And I’m just a soldier.'" www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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Denmark’s Army Chief Says He’s Ready to Defend Greenland
Danish forces are moving to the island to show NATO—and Trump—that they’re serious about security.
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Emergency pod about the combing through/making sense of the Epstein Files What’s in them, what’s not, and where we go from here. feat @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social and @adriennelaf.bsky.social
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What Is Actually in the Epstein Files?
The heavily redacted trove of documents is shocking, disorienting, and—most important—incomplete.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 09/12/2025
A right-wing influencer claims USAID is a secret spy organization. He’s been brought into the agency to prove his theory, @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social reports.
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USAID Hired the Right-Wing Influencer Responsible for Its Decimation
Mike Benz was brought aboard to find evidence for his claims that the agency is secretly a spy operation.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 06/12/2025
Not long ago, plans for German rearmament would have set off international alarms. But as the United States upends the global order it created, Germany may have no other choice, @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social reports. theatln.tc/t1XLAiLM
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Isaac Stanley-Becker @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
“From my perspective as a scientist and someone who has done this her entire career, he has a lot of blood on his hands," Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos, a top adviser on COVID vaccines for the CDC, told @michaelscherer.bsky.social about RFK Jr. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Why Is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. So Convinced He’s Right?
How an outsider, once ignored by the public-health establishment, became the most powerful man in science
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 13/08/2025
something is horribly wrong when University of Chicago leadership is going "we can just get ChatGPT to teach languages"
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Theo Nash @theonash.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
This isn’t an impoverished regional school – this is the University of Chicago. Devastating.
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Isaac Stanley-Becker @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
For today’s Atlantic Daily, I wrote about some of the art that’s been on my mind: www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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A Novel That Skewers Meritocracy
Culture and entertainment musts from Isaac Stanley-Becker
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Ashley Parker @ashleyrparker.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Flattery, Firmness and Flourishes: World leaders trade tips on how to manage trip, from me + @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Flattery, Firmness, and Flourishes
World leaders and diplomats quietly swap strategies for managing Trump.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 14/06/2025
On the day of Donald Trump’s military parade, Europeans are commemorating 40 years of borderless travel on the continent. @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social on how the European gathering in Schengen showcases a different vision of international order:
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What a Celebration of Freedom Looks Like
On the day of Donald Trump’s military parade, Europeans are commemorating 40 years of borderless travel on the continent.
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Michael Scherer @michaelscherer.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
NEW: Future Foward, the super PAC backing Kamala Harris, thought her campaign made strategic errors that may have cost her victory. Harris strategists felt the same about Future Forward. Inside the breakdown w/ @ashleyrparker.bsky.social GIFT LINK: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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How Democratic Disagreement Helped Elect Donald Trump
One democratic candidate, two presidential campaigns.
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Isaac Stanley-Becker @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Sean Duffy’s Department of Transportation agreed to spend $2 million to figure out if DEI is causing plane crashes—and put a celebrity defense attorney who has represented Elon Musk in charge of the probe. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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The Trump Administration Is Spending $2 Million to Figure Out Whether DEI Causes Plane Crashes
The president may be disappointed by the findings.
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Ashley Parker @ashleyrparker.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
“I’ve been on the phone with Trump before, and he’s just said, ‘I’ve got to go. I have someone from another country calling.' He doesn’t even know which country. He just sees the number and thinks, 'This might be a foreign leader I want to talk to.'” www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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The Secret History of Trump’s Private Cellphone
“Who’s calling?” the president asks as he answers call after call from numbers he doesn’t know.
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Isaac Stanley-Becker @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
A lede for the ages, via @michaelscherer.bsky.social @ashleyrparker.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Musk Is Becoming the Latest Government Employee to Lose His Job
As the tech billionaire’s 130-day stint in government comes to a close, he has turned potential allies into irritated foes.
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Brian Knappenberger @brianknappenberger.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Steve Witkoff, Trump's primary diplomat and "Real Secretary of State" has been getting up to speed on history by watching our series TURNING POINT: The Vietnam War. Crazy detail from this excellent profile by @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 15/05/2025
“Yeah, whatever you want to do, Steve.” @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social on how Steve Witkoff became Trump's envoy for the world: theatln.tc/whVywMxv
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Isaac Stanley-Becker @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Why has Witkoff met with Putin alone—no aides, no interpreter, no notetaker? Those were the Russian president's terms.
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Isaac Stanley-Becker @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
I spent time with Steve Witkoff, the real estate investor and longtime Trump friend who's now in charge of, well, world peace www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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The ‘Amateur Diplomat’
How Trump’s friend and golfing partner Steve Witkoff got one of the hardest jobs on the planet.
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Isaac Stanley-Becker @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Lawyers sidelined, entire directorates vacant, career staff pushed out for infractions that include donating $50 to a Dem eight years ago. It’s been a chaotic three months at Trump’s NSC www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Inside the Fiasco at the National Security Council
Firings and leadership challenges have destabilized an institution that has little margin for error.
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