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Ishaan Tharoor

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Global affairs columnist @NewYorker.com. Dad. Victoria concordia crescit.

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The Brian Lehrer Show @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
@newyorker.com columnist @ishaantharoor.bsky.social talks about this week's UN General Assembly, the meeting between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jingping, and more. Listen: wnyc.org/browse/shows...
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The US, China and the World Order | WNYC
Ishaan Tharoor, global affairs columnist at The New Yorker and Edward Murrow Press Fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations, talks about this week's UN General Assembly, the meeting between Presiden...
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Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
In Trump 1, people on this app got correctly ridiculed for using Harry Potter terms to caricature MAGA. Now the West’s far right literally speaks like the Dark Lord’s followers
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Donald Trump Returns to the U.N. Amid the Collapse of the Old Order Trump is at the heart of this geopolitical moment, catalytic in his alliance-fraying bullying, unprovoked warmongering, and protectionist demagoguery. @ishaantharoor.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/news/global-...
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Donald Trump Returns to the U.N. Amid the Collapse of the Old Order
Last year, at the U.N. General Assembly, Donald Trump scoffed at the “empty words” that make up deliberations; panned green policies as a “con job”; and berated European leaders in the room for lettin...
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Crisis Group @crisisgroup.org · 17/09/2026
Our President and CEO, @comfortero.crisisgroup.org and @ishaantharoor.bsky.social discuss in @newyorker.com why the United Nations system is still the best that nations have for dealing with one another. No other architecture exists. www.newyorker.com/news/global-...
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Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
As a New Yorker who has lived in DC for the past twelve years, I now find myself utterly desensitized to judging NYC neighborhoods when back in the city. Basically everywhere in NYC is more interesting and has more delicious options than anywhere else on the U.S. east coast.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The rule they are overturning was predicted to give $120 billion in public health benefits by 2047, with projections that by 2035, it would would prevent up to 1,200 premature deaths, 870 hospital and emergency room visits, 360K asthma attacks, 48K school absence days and 57K lost workdays each year
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Jaimie Kaffash @jkaffash.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Not something I normally do, but fair play to Chelsea for filling their allocation considering most of their support were in Dover
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I picked up a copy of the collected letters of JRR Tolkien for reasons, and this is the most bullshit table of contents I've ever seen. I'm actively angry that it exists
Contents

Introduction - vii

Foreword to the Revised and Expanded Edition - xi

Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien - 1

Notes - 607

Index - 637
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Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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wndl "Dumocrat" bl @wndlb.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
My latest, from yesterday
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Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This week's column in the @newyorker.com: In the face of Trumpist aggression, what if Canada joined the E.U.? To be clear, Canada is not about to join the E.U. But the fact that it's even a conversation speaks volumes. I explore it here: www.newyorker.com/news/global-...
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Dalia Dassa Kaye @dassakaye.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Good summation from @ishaantharoor.bsky.social on the strategic failure of the Iran war six months on. The scorecard is pretty dismal: --more dangerous Iranian leaders/more suffering for its people --more instability across the region --more setbacks for US interests globally
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 20/08/2026
Trump cannot “Gulf of America” his way out of the disaster that is war with Iran. www.newyorker.com/news/global-...
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After Six Months of War, Trump Is Still Losing to Iran
Trump cannot “Gulf of America” his way out of the disaster that is war with Iran.
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Eurasia Group @eurasiagroup.net · 20/08/2026
Tehran seems to believe it can both outfox and outlast President Trump. Our expert @gbrew24.bsky.social says the US now looks broadly deterred from attempting more aggressive action against Iran, cowed by the risk of sweeping Iranian retaliation. @ishaantharoor.bsky.social
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After Six Months of War, Trump Is Still Losing to Iran
Trump cannot “Gulf of America” his way out of the disaster that is war with Iran.
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Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
My latest column in the @newyorker.com, on the Israeli leadership's embrace of the global far right, from Europe to the Americas
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Growing, unholy, alliances: Israel’s Leaders Find Allies Among the Global Far Right Support for the nation is becoming an increasingly polarizing issue in politics around the world. @ishaantharoor.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/news/global-...
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Israel’s Leaders Find Allies Among the Global Far Right
As Israel becomes an increasingly polarizing factor in elections around the world, it is finding allies among the global far right.
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Sean Jacobs @seanjacobs.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
"Football is ours and we deserve better custodians” @davidgoldblatt.bsky.social to @tonykaron.bsky.social, @ishaantharoor.bsky.social and I about the struggle to reform #FIFA.
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Sean Jacobs @seanjacobs.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Episode 5 of World Cup Weekly, the last one wrapping up the 2026 World Cup, is live. With @tonykaron.bsky.social @ishaantharoor.bsky.social @davidgoldblatt.bsky.social and Abdullah Al-Arian of Georgetown Qatar. Watch on YouTube.
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World Cup Weekly: 'Football is ours and we deserve better custodians'
YouTube video by Sean Jacobs
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Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
My latest @newyorker.com column is on the intensification of MAGA's illiberal project, as seen in a flurry of recent moves and speeches by Marco Rubio, who, in recent days, renewed Trump's war with the ICC and a presided over a stunningly ideological set of attacks on the Left
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Rubén Campos @rubencampos.eurosky.social · 18/07/2026
I so fully agree with @ishaantharoor.bsky.social last article on @newyorker.com on his recent emotional distance from Argentinian football national team Latest news: it seems Pedro Sanchez is going to attend the Cup final. Ishaan you are welcome to cheer Spain! www.newyorker.com/news/global-...
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I Won’t Cry for You, Argentina
The team is headed back to the World Cup final, but one lifelong fan has fallen out of love.
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Jessica Winter @winterjessica.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Really lovely essay about falling in and out of love with Messi and the Argentina team by my colleague @ishaantharoor.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/news/global-...
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I Won’t Cry for You, Argentina
The team is headed back to the World Cup final, but one lifelong fan has fallen out of love.
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Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I assume many will see my latest @newyorker.com column as churlish and grumpy. Fair enough. I am a lifelong Argentina fan, like tens of millions also from the Global South. But this is not the team that stirs my childhood nostalgia
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Alex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
If you are in Brooklyn, I will be moderating a discussion about soccer, politics, and the 2026 World Cup featuring @rorysmith.bsky.social , @simonkuper.bsky.social , @ishaantharoor.bsky.social, and @leanderalphabet.bsky.social! It's going to be a lot of fun! mcnallyjackson.com/event/2026-0...
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Making Sense of the 2026 World Cup
McNally Jackson is an independent bookstore with five New York locations.
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David Patterson @monogramdp.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Got thoughts and feels about the USMNT and this World Cup? Discuss at BKLYN STUDIOS, 1 DeKalb Ave, this Thurs, June 16, w/ @goldengoalmag.bsky.social @rorysmith.bsky.social, @simonkuper.bsky.social, @ishaantharoor.bsky.social & @leanderalphabet.bsky.social Tix: mcnallyjackson.com/event/2026-0...
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Making Sense of the 2026 World Cup
McNally Jackson is an independent bookstore with five New York locations.
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Sean Jacobs @seanjacobs.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
World Cup Weekly: Quarter-finals, “Anyone But Argentina” and football’s justice problem. With @ishaantharoor.bsky.social, @tonykaron.bsky.social and @shireenahmed.bsky.social. youtube.com/watch?v=F1jXNQdT_V0&feature=youtu.be
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World Cup Weekly: Quarter-finals, “Anyone But Argentina” and football’s justice problem
YouTube video by Sean Jacobs
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Leander **BUY THE LONG GAME** Schaerlaeckens @leanderalphabet.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
On Thursday, July 16, the friends from @goldengoalmag.bsky.social are hosting @rorysmith.bsky.social, @simonkuper.bsky.social, @ishaantharoor.bsky.social and little old me for a panel discussion about the World Cup. 7pm. McNally Jackson in Brooklyn. RSVP here: mcnallyjackson.com/event/2026-0...
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Making Sense of the 2026 World Cup
McNally Jackson is an independent bookstore with five New York locations.
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Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
This week's @newyorker.com column: On how you can read the American Revolution as a sideshow in a far greater imperial drama and why the Founding Fathers were obsessed with Hyder Ali, Sultan of Mysore www.newyorker.com/news/global-...
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Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
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This week's @newyorker.com column: On how you can read the American Revolution as a sideshow in a far greater imperial drama and why the Founding Fathers were obsessed with Hyder Ali, Sultan of Mysore www.newyorker.com/news/global-...
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Sean Jacobs @seanjacobs.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Tomorrow at 10.30 am, World Cup Weekly is live again. With @tonykaron.bsky.social, @ishaantharoor.bsky.social and joining us, Daniel Levy. Episode One, where we were joined by Imran Garda, journalist and host of Doha Debates, is archived on Youtube. open.substack.com/live-stream/...
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LIVE SOON: World Cup Weekly, Ep. 2
Starting Jul 3 at 10:00 AM EDT
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Sean Jacobs @seanjacobs.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Tomorrow at 10 am EST, we launch a six-part weekly, hour-long, live World Cup conversation, hosted by @tonykaron.bsky.social and I. Our first guests are @ishaantharoor.bsky.social and Imran Garda. Supported by @rosaluxnyc.bsky.social.
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LIVE SOON: World Cup Weekly with Sean Jacobs and Tony Karon (Ep.1)
Starting Jun 26 at 10:00 AM EDT
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Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Catch our weekly World Cup (and its politics and all else) podcast, starting tomorrow for the rest of the tournament!
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Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
My latest in @newyorker.com, on Brexit's toxic, disastrous legacy, a decade after the referendum
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Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
As we pore over the deal that's been agreed, let's not lose sight over the scale of the calamity of the past four months. This week's column in the @newyorker.com: "The Spectacular Failure and Ruinous Costs of the Iran War" www.newyorker.com/news/global-...
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The Spectacular Failure and Ruinous Costs of the Iran War, by @ishaantharoor.bsky.social “It’s difficult to see what’s emerging as anything other than a humiliating climbdown for a President who started a war of choice vowing to transform the Middle East.” www.newyorker.com/news/global-...
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The Spectacular Failure and Ruinous Costs of the Iran War
Even though an agreement has been reached, nations around the world will be feeling the effects of the Iran war for some time.
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Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
As we pore over the deal that's been agreed, let's not lose sight over the scale of the calamity of the past four months. This week's column in the @newyorker.com: "The Spectacular Failure and Ruinous Costs of the Iran War" www.newyorker.com/news/global-...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
"So ... so I said ... why not sign your treaty here, at Versailles?"
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Presseclub Concordia @concordia.at · 16/06/2026
Der neue Global Affairs Columnist von @newyorker.com @ishaantharoor.bsky.social war heute im Presseclub und hat mit @raimundloew.bsky.social über den Iran-Krieg, das Verhältnis USA-Israel und die US-Medienlandschaft gesprochen.
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Ishaan Tharoor - Trump's Iran War and the US Media
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Daniela Kraus @danielakraus.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
"Trump's Iran War and the US Media": Morgen um 10 ist Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor.bsky.social, Global Affairs Columnist des @newyorker.com, auf Einladung des @kreiskyforum.bsky.social zu Gast @concordia.at Info: concordia.at/ishaan-tharo...
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Presseclub Concordia @concordia.at · 15/06/2026
Morgen kommt der frischgebackene "Global Affairs Columnist" des legendären @newyorker.com-Magazins @ishaantharoor.bsky.social zu uns in den Presseclub und wird mit @raimundloew.bsky.social über Trumps Irankrieg und die Lage der US-Medien diskutieren. 📅 16.6., 10h Anmeldung: bichl@kreiskyforum.at
Grafik mit den Logos von Concordia und Kreisky Forum, dem New-Yorker-Profilbild von Tharoor und den Daten zur Veranstaltung
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Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
My latest weekly column in the @newyorker.com, which has been dubbed "Global Notes"—so long WorldView: On the day the World Cup begins, I wrote about the undeniable gloom that surrounds it, and how the Trump-shaped shadow over the tournament can still be dispelled www.newyorker.com/news/global-...
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Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
PERSONAL NEWS: I've joined the @newyorker.com full-time as a global-affairs columnist, where I'll be writing a weekly essay on the world. It's a dream gig and I'm still pinching myself that I get to say all these incredible, talented journalists I've long admired are my colleagues!
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Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
PERSONAL NEWS: I've joined the @newyorker.com full-time as a global-affairs columnist, where I'll be writing a weekly essay on the world. It's a dream gig and I'm still pinching myself that I get to say all these incredible, talented journalists I've long admired are my colleagues!
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Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
A trend you can see a figurative mile away. No one should be blindsided by this when it does fully take hold of our politics
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Anti-Corruption Data Collective @acdatacollective.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
How Dictators Use Corruption To Destroy Democracy (and Get Insanely Rich in the Process) @oslofreedomforum.com, tomorrow 14:15 - 15:15 Featuring: ACDC's @szakonyi.bsky.social with @ishaantharoor.bsky.social, Elsa Peraldi and Vadim Kleiner. oslofreedomforum.com/event/oslo-f...
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Columbia Institute of Global Politics @columbiaigp.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Xi "believes that China is better able than the US to ‘eat bitterness’—that is, to endure hardship & emerge stronger from periods of struggle." IGP Senior Research Scholar @juliangewirtz.bsky.social quoted in @ishaantharoor.bsky.social’s piece in @newyorker.com: www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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How the Iran War Is Shifting Power Toward China
For years, China has tried to cast itself as a responsible world power and America as an imperialist one. The war in Iran is helping the Communist Party support that argument.
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Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
I wrote in the @newyorker.com’s daily newsletter about Arsenal’s triumph
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