Joshua Keating

Washington, D.C., United States

Senior World Correspondent at Vox

Senior World Correspondent @voxdotcom Author of Invisible Countries [email protected]

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India-Pakistan tensions: How bad could things get and how they can be deescalated

5 days ago | businessandamerica.com | Joshua Keating

The most likely outcome is that the latest deadly flare-up between India and Pakistan will end relatively soon: In the little over 25 years that the two countries have possessed nuclear weapons, both have become very good at engaging in tense and violent confrontations without them escalating to threaten the entire planet.
India-Pakistan tensions: How bad could things get and how they can be deescalated

5 days ago | vox.com | Joshua Keating

The most likely outcome is that the latest deadly flare-up between India and Pakistan will end relatively soon: In the little over 25 years that the two countries have possessed nuclear weapons, both have become very good at engaging in tense and violent confrontations without them escalating to threaten the entire planet.
Just how bad can the India-Pakistan crisis get?

5 days ago | flipboard.com | Joshua Keating

8 hours agoIndian army shares footage of attack on alleged terrorist Pakistan campThe Indian army has shared footage of attack targeting what it says is an alleged terrorist camp in Pakistan on Friday (9 May). In post on X, the Indian army also said Pakistani troops had resorted to “numerous ceasefire violations” along the countries' de-facto border in Kashmir, a region that is divided between them but claimed in full by both.
Trump-Houthi ceasefire: What we know

1 week ago | vox.com | Joshua Keating |Patrick Reis

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: Today Joshua Keating and I are focusing on a surprising ceasefire agreement between the US and the Houthis, a pact that signals a new direction in the Trump administration’s approach to a multiyear military struggle in the Middle East. What’s the context?
The rising tension between India and Pakistan, briefly explained

1 week ago | vox.com | Joshua Keating

India and Pakistan seem headed for a military conflict in the wake of India’s worst terrorist attack in years. The question is what form that clash will take and just how far the confrontation between the two nuclear-armed neighbors could escalate. The latest crisis in the long-running tensions between the two nations began on April 22, when gunmen killed 26 people in Pahalgam, a popular tourist resort in the Indian-administered region of Kashmir.
How the trade war with China could raise the risk of a real war

2 weeks ago | vox.com | Joshua Keating

When it comes to the escalating trade war with China, the most obvious historical analogy for the US launching an all-out economic assault on a rising military power in East Asia is not an encouraging one. Starting in 1940, the US, alarmed by Imperial Japan’s invasion of China and burgeoning alliance with Nazi Germany, began passing a series of increasingly severe restrictions on exports of the raw materials needed by the Japanese military.
Strikes in Yemen: Is the US sliding into another “endless war”?

2 weeks ago | vox.com | Joshua Keating

President Donald Trump has, in the past, described America’s military involvement in the Middle East as “the worst decision ever made” and came into office vowing to to “end these endless wars.” In some areas, the administration has followed through. The US has begun a major drawdown of US troops in Syria, following through on a goal dating back to Trump’s first term, and is threatening to “walk away” from its involvement in the war in Ukraine, with or without a deal to end the fighting.
Trump’s tariffs have an unexpected side effect for Russia

4 weeks ago | vox.com | Joshua Keating

When President Donald Trump unveiled tariffs on more than 180 countries and territories early this month, there was one place that was conspicuously left off the list: Russia. Initially, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Axios that Russia had been excluded because US sanctions already “preclude any meaningful trade.” But this doesn’t make a lot of sense.
War with Iran and a new nuclear deal both look increasingly likely

1 month ago | vox.com | Joshua Keating

American negotiators are headed to Oman this weekend for a round of high-level talks with Iran over its nuclear program. President Donald Trump dropped the surprise announcement Tuesday during his Oval Office meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu. (Netanyahu was reportedly surprised by the news as well, one of a number of disappointments for the Israeli prime minister at the meeting.)“We have a very big meeting, and we’ll see what can happen,” Trump said.
Trump’s tariffs are an opportunity for China. Can Beijing seize it?

1 month ago | vox.com | Joshua Keating

It’s not often the case, but this is a week when the hard-working spokespeople for China’s foreign ministry have a pretty easy job. The trade war between the United States and China is escalating rapidly. In February, President Trump imposed 20 percent tariffs on China as punishment for fentanyl trafficking. Last Thursday, he added 34 percent tariffs.