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World roundup: June 24 2025

3 days ago | foreignexchanges.news | Derek Davison

Daily roundups of world news and thoughtful commentary on US foreign policy. Over 29,000 subscribersBy subscribing, I agree to Substack’s Terms of Use and acknowledge its Information Collection Notice and Privacy Policy“The best source of foreign policy, information, news, and deep dives with experts, anywhere on the web.”Tarik Najeddine, Factual Dispatch“Exceptional historical analysis and perspective of the issues burning around the world today.
World roundup: June 23 2025

4 days ago | foreignexchanges.news | Derek Davison

Daily roundups of world news and thoughtful commentary on US foreign policy. Over 29,000 subscribersBy subscribing, I agree to Substack’s Terms of Use and acknowledge its Information Collection Notice and Privacy Policy“The best source of foreign policy, information, news, and deep dives with experts, anywhere on the web.”Tarik Najeddine, Factual Dispatch“Exceptional historical analysis and perspective of the issues burning around the world today.
World roundup: June 21-22 2025

5 days ago | foreignexchanges.news | Derek Davison

Daily roundups of world news and thoughtful commentary on US foreign policy. Over 29,000 subscribersBy subscribing, I agree to Substack’s Terms of Use and acknowledge its Information Collection Notice and Privacy Policy“The best source of foreign policy, information, news, and deep dives with experts, anywhere on the web.”Tarik Najeddine, Factual Dispatch“Exceptional historical analysis and perspective of the issues burning around the world today.
World roundup: June 20 2025

1 week ago | foreignexchanges.news | Derek Davison

June 20, 1631: Algerian pirates sack the Irish village of Baltimore. They carted off 107 captives, of whom only three ever made it back to Ireland. June 20, 1789: Members of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath, in which they pledged not to dissolve under royal pressure. This was one of the first serious acts of defiance in the French Revolution and helped establish the power of the National Assembly.
World roundup: June 19 2025

1 week ago | foreignexchanges.news | Derek Davison

Daily roundups of world news and thoughtful commentary on US foreign policy. Over 29,000 subscribersBy subscribing, I agree to Substack’s Terms of Use and acknowledge its Information Collection Notice and Privacy Policy“The best source of foreign policy, information, news, and deep dives with experts, anywhere on the web.”Tarik Najeddine, Factual Dispatch“Exceptional historical analysis and perspective of the issues burning around the world today.
World roundup: June 18 2025

1 week ago | foreignexchanges.news | Derek Davison

Daily roundups of world news and thoughtful commentary on US foreign policy. Over 29,000 subscribersBy subscribing, I agree to Substack’s Terms of Use and acknowledge its Information Collection Notice and Privacy Policy“The best source of foreign policy, information, news, and deep dives with experts, anywhere on the web.”Tarik Najeddine, Factual Dispatch“Exceptional historical analysis and perspective of the issues burning around the world today.
World roundup: June 17 2025

1 week ago | foreignexchanges.news | Derek Davison

Daily roundups of world news and thoughtful commentary on US foreign policy. Over 29,000 subscribersBy subscribing, I agree to Substack’s Terms of Use and acknowledge its Information Collection Notice and Privacy Policy“The best source of foreign policy, information, news, and deep dives with experts, anywhere on the web.”Tarik Najeddine, Factual Dispatch“Exceptional historical analysis and perspective of the issues burning around the world today.
World roundup: June 16 2025

1 week ago | foreignexchanges.news | Derek Davison

Upgrade to paid to play voiceoverJune 16, 632: Yazdegerd III is crowned ruler of the Sasanian Empire. He ruled for 19 years, much of it in a fairly nominal sense, and was the last Sasanian emperor. He fled his capital, Ctesiphon, after the Persians’ catastrophic defeat to the invading Arabs at Qadisiyah in 636 and spent the rest of his life alternately running for his life and raising armies in a futile attempt to hold on to what was left of his empire.
World roundup: June 14-15 2025

1 week ago | foreignexchanges.news | Derek Davison

Daily roundups of world news and thoughtful commentary on US foreign policy. Over 29,000 subscribersBy subscribing, I agree to Substack’s Terms of Use and acknowledge its Information Collection Notice and Privacy Policy“The best source of foreign policy, information, news, and deep dives with experts, anywhere on the web.”Tarik Najeddine, Factual Dispatch“Exceptional historical analysis and perspective of the issues burning around the world today.
World roundup: June 13 2025

2 weeks ago | foreignexchanges.news | Derek Davison

Daily roundups of world news and thoughtful commentary on US foreign policy. Over 29,000 subscribersBy subscribing, I agree to Substack’s Terms of Use and acknowledge its Information Collection Notice and Privacy Policy“The best source of foreign policy, information, news, and deep dives with experts, anywhere on the web.”Tarik Najeddine, Factual Dispatch“Exceptional historical analysis and perspective of the issues burning around the world today.