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The second part of our five-part series anchored to the Trump National Security is out, and this one focuses on East Asia. Listen to me rant about toxic trade policies and hear @grantgambling.bsky.social sound the alarm on the neglect of US island territories: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

22.01.2026 17:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The latest episode of Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me features a discussion of the history and future of US policy in Latin America, and while most of it was recorded before the Maduro arrest it remains quite relevant: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

04.01.2026 22:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New episode of Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me, with a focus on Europe and East Asia open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

25.11.2025 17:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Trump and Mamdani get along well because they’re both evil

21.11.2025 21:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New episode of Around the Map with me and @grantgambling.bsky.social, covering US diplomacy with Syria and Hungary and terror attacks in New Delhi and Islamabad: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

13.11.2025 19:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

By the way, if you’re all Mamdani’d and Heritage Foundation’d out, our show from earlier this week covers much less well-trod territory in Africa:

08.11.2025 21:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New episode of Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me, focusing on European and American politics: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

08.11.2025 21:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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New episode of Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me focusing on Africa, where gerontocrats steal elections, genocidaires cross moral lines, and jihadists cross borders: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

05.11.2025 17:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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New episode of Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me, all about South America: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

29.10.2025 02:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New episode of Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me, on the canceled Budapest summit and the state of Middle East diplomacy: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

24.10.2025 16:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New episode of Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me. We’re thrilled the hostages are home, but skeptical of celebrations of eternal peace: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

14.10.2025 17:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Fresh new episode of Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me, discussing the future of Gaza as we await the release of the hostages: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

09.10.2025 22:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New episode of Around the map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me, which I took a while to edit; it’s been a bit overtaken by events, but still some good stuff here I think open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

09.10.2025 03:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New episode of Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me, recorded yesterday because, like the victims of our lede topic, I was fasting Thursday open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

05.10.2025 00:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New episode of Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me, discussing, among other things, how the Russians tried to swing an election in Moldova and totally failed open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

30.09.2025 13:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We had a technical issue recording Around the Map yesterday, so if you’re the type who would rather read a cleaned-up transcript than listen to a podcast, it’s your lucky day: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

26.09.2025 16:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New episode of Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me, discussing Russian provocations in Europe and the incoherent diplomatic push for Palestine recognition: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

23.09.2025 21:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New episode of Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me, discussing the latest from the Levant. I’m annoyed with Bibi and Grant’s annoyed with Tom Barrack, but somehow we manage to end on a note of cautious optimism: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

19.09.2025 13:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New episode of Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me, focusing on South America and East Asia: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

17.09.2025 15:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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New episode of Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me, recorded Thursday. Took a while to get the edit done, but still plenty relevant open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

13.09.2025 22:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New episode of Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me, covering the fall of prime ministers in France and Japan, the ICE raid that infuriated South Korea and more: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

09.09.2025 00:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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New episode of Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me, with a Western Hemisphere focus. Recorded Thursday but still pretty fresh: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

06.09.2025 21:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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New episode of Around the Map: @grantgambling.bsky.social and I discuss the news from the SCO summit in China, among many other things. Recorded yesterday (sometimes I edit slow) but the discussion of Venezuela is relevant to today’s news: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

02.09.2025 23:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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New episode of Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me, on snapback sanctions and other diplomatic and military developments in the Middle East: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

29.08.2025 12:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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It’s our 50th episode of Around the Map! The show has changed and gotten better (and shorter!) since we started, so take a listen if you haven’t in a while. @grantgambling.bsky.social and I discuss DC policymaking and leaks, South American border disputes and more

open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

26.08.2025 17:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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New episode of Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me, touching on Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Iran, Lebanon, Turkey, Japan, Somaliland and more. Plus: Find out where Grant’s sources want Bridge Colby to get kicked open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

22.08.2025 15:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New episode of Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me, including our Saturday-morning reaction to the Alaska summit and Monday-morning preview of European leaders’ visit to Washington (recorded before this afternoon’s press events, but still relevant) open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

18.08.2025 20:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

As Putin lands on US soil, some thoughts going into the summit:

15.08.2025 18:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me, raising the curtain on Putin’s trip to Anchorage tomorrow open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

14.08.2025 22:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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New episode of Around the map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me (posted late but recorded yesterday) open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

12.08.2025 17:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0