Andrew Stroehlein
@andrewstroehlein.bsky.social
Worked over 2 decades with Human Rights Watch & International Crisis Group. Subscribe to my free newsletter, "International Affairs for Normal People": https://www.internationalaffairsfornormalpeople.eu/
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Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. On this day last year, I wrote this for Human Rights Watch. Seems even more relevant today.
www.hrw.org/the-day-in-h...
www.hrw.org/the-day-in-h...
January 27, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. On this day last year, I wrote this for Human Rights Watch. Seems even more relevant today.
www.hrw.org/the-day-in-h...
www.hrw.org/the-day-in-h...
January 27, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Do you have to be currently committing mass atrocity crimes to be on Trump’s "Board of Peace"? Or do you just get a reduced rate on the entry price?
January 21, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Do you have to be currently committing mass atrocity crimes to be on Trump’s "Board of Peace"? Or do you just get a reduced rate on the entry price?
January 21, 2026 at 12:12 PM
New US national anthem just dropped.
January 20, 2026 at 12:34 PM
New US national anthem just dropped.
Apart from the nutjob-in-chief and maybe a few of his extractive industry friends - and Putin, of course - no one wants the US to invade or steal Greenland. It's madness.
January 17, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Apart from the nutjob-in-chief and maybe a few of his extractive industry friends - and Putin, of course - no one wants the US to invade or steal Greenland. It's madness.
I wrote a complaint to Apple about the Apple App Store hosting X, the non-consensual porn and child-abuse image generator and distribution app. This was the reply I received:
January 13, 2026 at 8:46 PM
I wrote a complaint to Apple about the Apple App Store hosting X, the non-consensual porn and child-abuse image generator and distribution app. This was the reply I received:
Bizarre, yet fully in line with the absurd distraction and other-blaming the Trump regime is well-known for.
The idea that undocumented immigrants - people who can't even vote - are responsible for the fact that the US has the worst healthcare system in the industrialized world...
Who buys this?
The idea that undocumented immigrants - people who can't even vote - are responsible for the fact that the US has the worst healthcare system in the industrialized world...
Who buys this?
December 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Bizarre, yet fully in line with the absurd distraction and other-blaming the Trump regime is well-known for.
The idea that undocumented immigrants - people who can't even vote - are responsible for the fact that the US has the worst healthcare system in the industrialized world...
Who buys this?
The idea that undocumented immigrants - people who can't even vote - are responsible for the fact that the US has the worst healthcare system in the industrialized world...
Who buys this?
Every article about Musk in every media outlet should be accompanied by this photo.
He did this twice at the biggest political event of 2025. It's not a secret. He never apologized. Why is this not the standard file photo?
He did this twice at the biggest political event of 2025. It's not a secret. He never apologized. Why is this not the standard file photo?
December 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Every article about Musk in every media outlet should be accompanied by this photo.
He did this twice at the biggest political event of 2025. It's not a secret. He never apologized. Why is this not the standard file photo?
He did this twice at the biggest political event of 2025. It's not a secret. He never apologized. Why is this not the standard file photo?
"What Elon Musk has said about the EU over the past week has been a non-stop string of lies."
davekeating.substack.com/p/musk-is-pr...
davekeating.substack.com/p/musk-is-pr...
December 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
"What Elon Musk has said about the EU over the past week has been a non-stop string of lies."
davekeating.substack.com/p/musk-is-pr...
davekeating.substack.com/p/musk-is-pr...
Desperate people forced to risk their lives to escape war and persecution - let's rob them of all they've got left!
This is the sick thinking of human traffickers, not decent governments.
This is the sick thinking of human traffickers, not decent governments.
November 17, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Desperate people forced to risk their lives to escape war and persecution - let's rob them of all they've got left!
This is the sick thinking of human traffickers, not decent governments.
This is the sick thinking of human traffickers, not decent governments.
I responded as an alum, in this email to them.
November 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I responded as an alum, in this email to them.
Dumb. Dangerous. Dystopian. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
October 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Dumb. Dangerous. Dystopian. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
I'm old enough to remember Republicans cheering when Ronald Reagan said: "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help."
Anyway, great fact-check from AFP on another lie-filled video from the Whitehouse: factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
Anyway, great fact-check from AFP on another lie-filled video from the Whitehouse: factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
October 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I'm old enough to remember Republicans cheering when Ronald Reagan said: "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help."
Anyway, great fact-check from AFP on another lie-filled video from the Whitehouse: factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
Anyway, great fact-check from AFP on another lie-filled video from the Whitehouse: factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
See also...
"We're under siege. We're being invaded by our own military."
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
"We're under siege. We're being invaded by our own military."
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
October 3, 2025 at 7:32 AM
See also...
"We're under siege. We're being invaded by our own military."
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
"We're under siege. We're being invaded by our own military."
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
Some personal news...
September 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Some personal news...
#EUinfluencer 2025 event begins. Theme: "Europe on the Edge"
September 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
#EUinfluencer 2025 event begins. Theme: "Europe on the Edge"
From 1939: www.nytimes.com/1939/02/04/a...
September 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
From 1939: www.nytimes.com/1939/02/04/a...
To understand how ignorant the anti-foreigner folks are, consider this photo from the hate march in London today.
That's the flag of Georgia they're waving.
Georgia. A foreign country.
That's the flag of Georgia they're waving.
Georgia. A foreign country.
September 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
To understand how ignorant the anti-foreigner folks are, consider this photo from the hate march in London today.
That's the flag of Georgia they're waving.
Georgia. A foreign country.
That's the flag of Georgia they're waving.
Georgia. A foreign country.
Putin is a legitimate target.
September 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Putin is a legitimate target.
Excellent overview of the region that’s likely the next target of Putin’s murderous imperialism - and of nations that offer some inspiration and hope for confronting it. Well written and widely sourced, it’s sympathetic to the cause but presents the nuances and doubts fairly. #books
July 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Excellent overview of the region that’s likely the next target of Putin’s murderous imperialism - and of nations that offer some inspiration and hope for confronting it. Well written and widely sourced, it’s sympathetic to the cause but presents the nuances and doubts fairly. #books