James Gibney
@jamesgibney.bsky.social
editor at @opinion.bsky.social, ex-Atlantic, NYT, Smithsonian, Foreign Policy, US Department of State, TNR, Wilson Quarterly, TWM. Seeking knowledge, entertainment, bad puns...
If and when Maduro exits, Venezuela will be staring at one of the most monumental economic reconstruction efforts in modern history, says @jpspinetto.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
After Maduro Comes the Hard Part: Fixing Venezuela’s Economy
Speculation about Venezuela is so rife these days that it’s pointless to add more dubious predictions. One thing, however, is clear: if Nicolás Maduro’s regime finally falls — a big if, even with the ...
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November 25, 2025 at 12:51 PM
If and when Maduro exits, Venezuela will be staring at one of the most monumental economic reconstruction efforts in modern history, says @jpspinetto.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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If and when Maduro exits, Venezuela will be staring at one of the most monumental economic reconstruction efforts in modern history
After Maduro Comes the Hard Part: Fixing Venezuela’s Economy
Speculation about Venezuela is so rife these days that it’s pointless to add more dubious predictions. One thing, however, is clear: if Nicolás Maduro’s regime finally falls — a big if, even with the current US military buildup in the Southern Caribbean — the country will be staring at one of the most monumental economic reconstruction efforts in modern history.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
If and when Maduro exits, Venezuela will be staring at one of the most monumental economic reconstruction efforts in modern history
The White House's peace plan for Ukraine proves the United States has not one but several foreign policies — and no president to make them cohere, says @andreaskluth.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
The Ukraine Peace Plan Is 28 Points of Embarrassment
When the captain has no compass, the crew starts fighting over nautical charts and the rudder. So it is with the United States, which now has several foreign policies rather than one, as factions insi...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The White House's peace plan for Ukraine proves the United States has not one but several foreign policies — and no president to make them cohere, says @andreaskluth.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
The world needs development experts who listen more, dictate less and are mindful of their own record of failure, says @opinion.bloomberg.com's clive crook www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
A Brief History of Enlightened Oppression
The competing demands of progress and liberty have long caused tension in liberal thought, especially in regard to relations between the West and the Rest. Bill Easterly’s marvelous new book, Violent ...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The world needs development experts who listen more, dictate less and are mindful of their own record of failure, says @opinion.bloomberg.com's clive crook www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
What better time for a "Schott's Significa" break than Friday afternoon? My term of the day is "prole gap," from @benschott's stroll down Savile Row. No spoilers. www.amazon.com/Schotts-Sign...
Schott's Significa: A Miscellany of Secret Languages
Here is an obsessive and fascinating look at the systems of language and knowledge that surrounds us. Ben Schott breaks down the lingo, slang, and jargon found in dozens of fascinating professions, ev...
www.amazon.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
What better time for a "Schott's Significa" break than Friday afternoon? My term of the day is "prole gap," from @benschott's stroll down Savile Row. No spoilers. www.amazon.com/Schotts-Sign...
Reintegrating Russia back into the world economy and the G-8? Sure, if you want CEOs falling out of windows, cups of polonium tea, cybercrooks sitting at your table. Sadly, Russia is a gangster state. It deserves to remain a global pariah, dealt with firmly.
November 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Reintegrating Russia back into the world economy and the G-8? Sure, if you want CEOs falling out of windows, cups of polonium tea, cybercrooks sitting at your table. Sadly, Russia is a gangster state. It deserves to remain a global pariah, dealt with firmly.
Here's the short version of the Trump administration's 28-point peace plan: Russia walks away with everything it wants, the US gets some cash, Europe whines in the corner, and Ukraine is well and truly fucked. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Read the Full Text of the US-Russia 28-Point Plan for Peace in Ukraine
This is the 28-point peace plan drawn up by US officials for ending Russia’s war in Ukraine.
www.bloomberg.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Here's the short version of the Trump administration's 28-point peace plan: Russia walks away with everything it wants, the US gets some cash, Europe whines in the corner, and Ukraine is well and truly fucked. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The guys building our AI future are dangerous, says @eduardoelreportero.bsky.social And he's right: humanists they ain't. open.substack.com/pub/eduardoe...
The guys building our AI future are dangerous.
Should we fear their sci-fi fantasies?
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November 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The guys building our AI future are dangerous, says @eduardoelreportero.bsky.social And he's right: humanists they ain't. open.substack.com/pub/eduardoe...
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Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
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Feeling it. Let’s do it.
November 18, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Feeling it. Let’s do it.
The heavy-handed response by Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum to dissent will bolster the opposition’s charges of authoritarianism, says @jpspinetto.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Mexico’s Crackdown on Protesters Reveals New Fault Lines
What was supposed to be a quiet long weekend in Mexico City instead yielded violent images that went viral.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The heavy-handed response by Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum to dissent will bolster the opposition’s charges of authoritarianism, says @jpspinetto.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
History and theory show that climbing down after escalating is hard. But Trump can still do it in Venezuela. And he should, says @andreaskluth.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
A US Stand-Down Over Venezuela Is Still Possible
Say that Donald Trump has by now realized that attacking, or even invading, Venezuela might turn into a disaster. He wants to back down and redeploy the mighty American armada in the Caribbean to do s...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
History and theory show that climbing down after escalating is hard. But Trump can still do it in Venezuela. And he should, says @andreaskluth.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
A grateful nation thanks you, Olivia Nuzzi, for all you have done to light up our lives by setting yourself on fire. Kudos to Vanity Fair and the New York Times for the assist, and to Ryan Lizza for bringing along that extra can of gas. It's the entertainment that America needs.
November 20, 2025 at 3:02 AM
A grateful nation thanks you, Olivia Nuzzi, for all you have done to light up our lives by setting yourself on fire. Kudos to Vanity Fair and the New York Times for the assist, and to Ryan Lizza for bringing along that extra can of gas. It's the entertainment that America needs.
BOHICA, America. These people are coming to "help" you:
November 19, 2025 at 11:52 PM
BOHICA, America. These people are coming to "help" you:
Just watched "Mank" last night--zippy dialogue, and the usual bravura performance by Gary Oldman. But also a winning performance by Amanda Seyfried. And Charles Dance. Wonderful cast, compelling drama involving human character rather than prurient sex and escapist violence.
November 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Just watched "Mank" last night--zippy dialogue, and the usual bravura performance by Gary Oldman. But also a winning performance by Amanda Seyfried. And Charles Dance. Wonderful cast, compelling drama involving human character rather than prurient sex and escapist violence.
Botox is creating a new race of beady-eyed pufferfish. So weird. Just age gracefully, for Chrissakes!
November 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Botox is creating a new race of beady-eyed pufferfish. So weird. Just age gracefully, for Chrissakes!
I guess we should be reassured that reading isn't dead! @macmargolis.bsky.social on Raphael Montes, Brazilian master of horror fiction, who is reaching young non-readers with sordid tales of doom and gloom. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The Brazilian Novelist Getting Gen Z into Books
Raphael Montes, master of horror fiction, is reaching young non-readers with sordid tales of doom and gloom.
www.bloomberg.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I guess we should be reassured that reading isn't dead! @macmargolis.bsky.social on Raphael Montes, Brazilian master of horror fiction, who is reaching young non-readers with sordid tales of doom and gloom. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Chile's election is offering our polarized world a lesson in political civility, says @jpspinetto.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Chile’s Right Turn Matters Less Than Its Democratic Stability
Chile’s presidential runoff next month is already being cast as a clash of extremes: on one side, Jeannette Jara, the leftist who joined the Communist Party at 14; on the other, José Antonio Kast, the...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Chile's election is offering our polarized world a lesson in political civility, says @jpspinetto.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Trump keeps confusing deliberate ambiguity and clarity when dealing with other countries, from Europe to Asia and the Middle East, says @andreaskluth.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
The US Is Treating the Saudis As It Should Treat NATO
Donald Trump is about to repeat a mistake he has been making with America’s partners all over the world: He keeps confusing the proper uses of clarity and ambiguity in foreign policy, using one when t...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Trump keeps confusing deliberate ambiguity and clarity when dealing with other countries, from Europe to Asia and the Middle East, says @andreaskluth.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Winston Churchill is back where he would no doubt like to be — at the heart of the struggle over the future of the West, says @opinion.bloomberg.com's Adrian Wooldridge www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Churchill Is the Epitome of Horseshoe Politics
The horseshoe theory asserts that politics is more like a horseshoe than a straight line: Rather than sitting at opposite ends of a linear continuum, the far left and the far right sit at the points o...
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November 17, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Winston Churchill is back where he would no doubt like to be — at the heart of the struggle over the future of the West, says @opinion.bloomberg.com's Adrian Wooldridge www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
The true power behind Bolivarianism is Bolivian Marching Powder.
November 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The true power behind Bolivarianism is Bolivian Marching Powder.
Tariffs don't feed inflation and you don't pay them--but I gotta cut tariffs cuz of high prices. The economy is doing great--but please cut interest rates cuz weak growth. I have nothing to fear from the Epstein files--but please don't release them. C'mon 'Murrica--wake up.
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Tariffs don't feed inflation and you don't pay them--but I gotta cut tariffs cuz of high prices. The economy is doing great--but please cut interest rates cuz weak growth. I have nothing to fear from the Epstein files--but please don't release them. C'mon 'Murrica--wake up.
Gringo, pay attention! Sharp words about the harsh reality that US digital nomads and joy-seekers in Mexico are ignoring, from @eduardoelreportero.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/eduardoe...
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November 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Gringo, pay attention! Sharp words about the harsh reality that US digital nomads and joy-seekers in Mexico are ignoring, from @eduardoelreportero.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/eduardoe...
Gringo, pay attention! Sharp words about the harsh reality that US digital nomads and joy-seekers in Mexico are ignoring, from Eduardo Porter open.substack.com/pub/eduardoe...
Gringo, pay attention!
Your government is killing Mexicans, as you sip your mehz-cahl-eetuh
open.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Gringo, pay attention! Sharp words about the harsh reality that US digital nomads and joy-seekers in Mexico are ignoring, from Eduardo Porter open.substack.com/pub/eduardoe...
Blowing up narco boats and catching street-level assassins won't stem the political violence undermining Latin America's fight against crime, says @jpspinetto.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Blowing Up ‘Narco’ Boats Won’t Stop Latin America’s Real Killers
The sicario fired nine bullets at the moving vehicle from the back of a motorcycle, shattering the evening quiet in a corner of Mexico City not far from where Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera once lived. ...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Blowing up narco boats and catching street-level assassins won't stem the political violence undermining Latin America's fight against crime, says @jpspinetto.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...