Tobias Schneider
@tobiaschneider
Peace & Security & Posts ∙ Research Fellow at @GPPi ∙ Tragic Meliorist ∙ Frmr Edit @SyriaContext ∙ @SAISStrat alum
"The Israeli military never found proof that the Palestinian militant group had systematically stolen aid from the United Nations... according to two senior Israeli military officials and two other Israelis involved in the matter." nytimes.com/2025/07/26/wor…
In our day and age, famines are usually the result of deliberate, tightly enforced policies.
Among the great developments in my own lifetime has been the growing resilience of the global food system and the resulting near eradication of the threat of famine. Where mass starvation spreads today, it is almost always the result of deliberate and tightly enforced policy.
An illuminating - and much-needed - long read on perhaps the most powerful man in Ukraine. Highly recommended.
Unelected. Unapologetic. Uncompromising. Andriy Yermak is not Ukraine’s president. But he often acts like one. He handpicks govt officials—and dismisses them. The PM and military brass frequently defer to him. My @FTMag profile of Ukraine's Green Cardinal ft.com/content/4d6114…
The result: starvation deaths that had previously been one-off cases are now emerging in growing clusters. 43 starvation deaths (at least) in the last three days, compared to 68 recorded over the course of the war. Both figures are likely undercounts, but the trend here is key.
If "three strikes" laws seem overly draconian to too many people, we could easily get ~the same outcomes with ten strikes
A third of all shoplifting arrests in NYC in 2022 were due to just 327 people. That's 0.00385% of the population doing 33% of the crime! This guy is one of them. Lock him up.
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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