ruthpollard.bsky.social
Roving journalist in Tokyo via Delhi, Beirut, Cairo, Jerusalem, Sydney. Bloomberg Opinion @opinion.bsky.social Formerly Sydney Morning Herald. My views.
👤 Joined on 29 May 2023
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@ruthpollard.bsky.socialDID NO ONE WATCH “BLACK MIRROR”?????
Show PostI told Vivian Nereim of @nytimes.com that the Saudi story always begins & ends with oil That surging oil prices have helped Riyadh offset export losses from the Iran war And that a decade into Vision 2030, economic performance is still linked to oil www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/w...
Show PostNew Nukesletter: A short dispatch from Tokyo as I get ready to head home: on some takeaways from conversations here this week on what Japan is learning from missile operations in the Third Gulf War. panda.substack.com/p/japans-cou...
Show PostIn 1991 the US had a reason to fight. In 2003 it manufactured one. In 2026 it didn’t even bother. Tracing the decay of the unipolar order via three Gulf conflicts. new post
Show PostThey do have a verified BlueSky user doing a podcast on nukes for them, so who knows.
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