Joshua Keating is a senior correspondent at Vox covering foreign policy and world news with a focus on the future of international conflict. He has previously worked as a writer and editor at Slate, Foreign Policy, Grid, and the Messenger.

He is the author of the 2018 book Invisible Countries: Journeys to the Edge of Nationhood, an exploration of border conflicts, unrecognized countries, and changes to the world map. His work has appeared in publications including the Washington Post, the New York Times, the Atlantic, the Guardian, and Politico. He has reported from countries including Russia, China, Iraq, Somalia, and Haiti.

A native of New York City and graduate of Oberlin College, he lives in Washington, DC. You can follow him on Twitter @joshuakeating or email him at Joshua.Keating@voxmedia.com.

Joshua Keating

Trump might want “boots on the ground” in Iran. Just not American ones.

The dangerous lesson countries may take from the Iran war

Iran had a plan to fight Israel and the US. It all collapsed after October 7.

World leaders are almost never killed in war. Why did it happen to Iran’s supreme leader?

How Khamenei transformed Iran

Why did the US strike Iran?

Trump attacked regime change wars for years. Now he’s launched his own.

The nuclear nightmare at the heart of the Trump-Anthropic fight

A new poll shows just how quickly Israel has lost America’s sympathy

Does the US have enough aircraft carriers for all Trump’s wars?

is a senior correspondent at Vox covering foreign policy and world news with a focus on the future of international conflict. He is the author of the 2018 book Invisible Countries: Journeys to the Edge of Nationhood, an exploration of border conflicts, unrecognized countries, and changes to the world map.

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