Joshua Keating
Slate
Washington, DC, United States
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Past articles by Joshua:
A Refreshing Way to Think About Border Wars and Debates
In a fascinating new book, the author has a knack for original perspectives and observations about familiar, intransigent problems. → Read More
Afghanistan’s Refugee Crisis Isn’t Over Just Because the Americans Are Out
The mass flight from the country now under Taliban rule may have only just begun, whether or not the world is ready for it. → Read More
An Astonishing True Story of Family Tragedy in a Utopian Community
Akash Kapur, author of Better to Have Gone: Love, Death, and the Quest for Utopia in Auroville on “the gap between ideals and reality.” → Read More
Belarusians Aren’t Safe From Their Government—Even When They Leave the Country
The sprinter who fled Tokyo’s airport is just one example of a disturbing pattern. → Read More
The Haiti Assassination Marks the Age of Cheap and Available Mercenaries
All thanks to the forever wars, the world’s most dangerous job-training programs. → Read More
Is American Decline Inevitable?
A former Obama adviser is worried about a world without the U.S. → Read More
No One Knows Who’s in Charge of Haiti
Jovenel Moïse was killed in the midst of a constitutional crisis. → Read More
No One Knows Who’s in Charge of Haiti
Jovenal Moïse was killed in the midst of a constitutional crisis. → Read More
Washington Is Coming to Terms With How Bad Things Could Get in Post-Withdrawal Afghanistan
A new plan to evacuate Afghans who worked for the U.S. is welcome, but not exactly a vote of confidence in the country's future. → Read More
Why the U.S. Government Took Down Dozens of Iranian Websites This Week
The U.S. has seized Iranian sites before, but none as prominent as PressTV, the country’s flagship international broadcaster. → Read More
Israel Could Be About to Get the World’s Weirdest Government
The team would include a far-right prime minister, an Islamist, and an openly gay party leader. → Read More
The Disturbing Lesson of Belarus’ Ryanair Hijacking
Why did the government force down a commercial flight? Because it could. → Read More
The 2021 Gaza War Was a Disaster for Everyone Except the Leaders Who Started It
A mutually hopeless round of violence was just what Hamas and Netanyahu needed. → Read More
Why This Round of Israeli-Palestinian Violence Feels Different
There’s no more “peace process” to go back to. → Read More
From Putin to Bibi to Bolsonaro, How Are Trump’s Right-Wing Pals Around the World Getting On Without Him?
Checking in on the anti-immigrant, anti-liberal global movement, after Trump. → Read More
The Forever War Won’t End Until Congress Ends It
Joe Biden may call off the Afghanistan war, but he won’t give up the presidential power that started it. → Read More
Barred From the Streets and the Ballot, Putin’s Opponents Plan Their Next Move
Alexei Navalny’s chief of staff on how his movement is adapting, and how he things the U.S. could help. → Read More
Do Americans Even Want to Win the 21st Century?
Biden’s “foreign policy for the middle class” fuses progressive policies with hawkish goals. → Read More
Biden Stalls About Removing One of Trump’s Cruelest Policies
The president broke a campaign promise to admit more refugees—then immediately tried to walk it back. → Read More
Biden Will Pull the Last U.S. Troops Out of Afghanistan by Sept. 11
A symbolic closing date for a long-running failure. → Read More