Alia Brahimi
@aliabrahimi
Nonresident Senior Fellow @AtlanticCouncil. Oxford PhD. Host of Guns for Hire podcast. Former academic @ Oxford University & LSE. Not a big tweeter.
I would now expect the UK to do the same.
France will recognize a Palestinian state in September, President Emmanuel Macron says cnn.it/3UvELrq
The Biden administration continually misled the country and the world about Israel’s conduct, writes @mattduss. foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/18/bid…
Trump asked Zelenskyy if Ukraine could hit Moscow, say people briefed on call on.ft.com/46GtE6i
We lost ~7,000 U.S. service members in Iraq and Afghanistan combined over the course of 20 years. Russia has lost 100,000 soldiers in six months in Ukraine. That’s just since January! It’s in part why Putin is using North Koreans, foreign mercenaries, and prisoners.
🧵Rubio says 100,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in Ukraine since January. “It’s important to note that since January of this year, …on the Russian side, they’ve lost 100,000 soldiers – dead – not injured – dead.”
🎙️@JohnLechner1 joins me on the latest episode of the Guns for Hire podcast. We discuss the #Wagner Group's recruitment methods, beauty pageants in the CAR, his experiences interviewing dozens of Russian mercenaries, and being spirited away by the security services in Mali 🎧
In Denmark, I presented a special award – the “Future of Ukraine” distinction – to 11-year-old volunteer Jens Fogh Thomsen. Since last year, he has been handcrafting Easter decorations and, through their sale, has raised over 34,000 Danish kroner to purchase school backpacks and…
Don’t Call the War on Iran Preemptive foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/23/ira…
The strikes on Iran could establish a dangerous precedent for an expansive understanding of preemptive warfare, writes @aliabrahimi. foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/23/ira…
Thanks Craig. I hope this conversation reaches a lot of people that needs to hear this analysis.
"This is not an aid operation. It is an extension of the unlawful Israeli occupation and its plans for the ethnic cleansing of Gaza." @CraigMokhiber on GHF in the excellent podcast hosted by @aliabrahimi “Guns for Hire”
🎙️On the latest episode of Guns for Hire, I'm joined by international lawyer and former senior UN human rights official @CraigMokhiber. We discuss Israel's militarisation of aid in Gaza & how US PMCs could be held legally accountable for their association with IDF war crimes🎧
My interview on the “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation,” the Israeli regime’s weaponization of food, and the legal liability of persons involved in this perfidious “aid” scheme. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/gun…
🎙️On the latest episode of Guns for Hire, I'm joined by international lawyer and former senior UN human rights official @CraigMokhiber. We discuss Israel's militarisation of aid in Gaza & how US PMCs could be held legally accountable for their association with IDF war crimes🎧
🎙️On the latest episode of Guns for Hire, I'm joined by Africa security expert Ben Shepherd of @ChathamHouse @AfricaProg to explore the case of 300 Romanian mercenaries cornered by #M23 rebels in #DRC and the perennial need for Kinshasa to look externally for security help.🎧
'In Lithuania, when we were occupied, we had “sustainable peace”. There was no frontline. Nobody was shooting. But there was no Lithuania. So you could say “we want sustainable peace” – but there will be no Ukraine.' @GLandsbergis for @suspilne_news: youtu.be/kYNNpZD03GY?si…
World leaders are best advised to stay away from the Oval Office for the next 4 years to avoid humiliation and unnecessarily antagonising these strategic amateurs
Generations of American patriots, from our revolution onward, have fought for the principles Zelenskyy is risking his life to defend. But today, Donald Trump and JD Vance attacked Zelenskyy and pressured him to surrender the freedom of his people to the KGB war criminal who…
Wow, Vance and Trump are attacking Zelenskyy in the Oval Office
Q: "Why don't you wear a suit?" Ukrainian President Zelenskyy: "I will wear costume after this war will finish."
Dear @ZelenskyyUa, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.
These are not political news cycle issues. Trump is transforming what the United States is as a country in the world into a far right, authoritarian, transactional, valueless oligarchy aligned with the world's autocracies.