My personal Substack
An experience junkie from Bangkok to Beirut, Stockholm to Singapore, Cairo to Istanbul
This is a short course based on my 2022 book, entitled "Benghazi: A New History of the Fiasco That Drove America and Its World To the Brink (Hachette Books)
Former US diplomat, exploring themes in American Middle East policy. Author of "Benghazi: A New History", Exit The Colonel, and forthcoming history of the Red Sea. Past contributor to Foreign Affairs, NYT, FT, FA, etc.
Observations on history, society, and the media from an American journalist who lived in the Middle East.