Haddon Barth
@HaddonBarth
Intern @CrisisGroup and History Student @Princeton // words in @ForeignPolicy and @LOrientToday // tweeting all things Middle East
The Israeli and U.S. bombing campaign against Iran has set the stage for a scenario strikingly reminiscent of the aftermath of Israel’s 1981 strike on Iraq’s Osirak reactor. Read my piece in @ForeignPolicy below, coauthored alongside @Princeton Visiting Fellow Zaid Al Ali.
Controlled starvation happens slowly at first, then deaths start and numbers grow fast. We may have tipped into this phase.
Doctors and health officials report wave of hunger deaths in Gaza on.ft.com/46iUoK6
If engaged Syrians aren’t alarmed by the latest decrees handing the presidency unchecked control over public wealth, a blueprint for authoritarian control and looting, it’s either because they’re chasing crumbs from the palace table or too deep in denial to see what’s breaking.…
The 1981 strike on an Iraqi reactor jolted Baghdad’s nuclear program into high gear, @zalali and @HaddonBarth write. foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/07/ira…