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Damon Tabor

Contributing Writer
Damon Tabor’s work has focused on conflict, drug trafficking, black markets, and the environment. His stories have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s, Rolling Stone, Outside, Wired, and Men’s Journal. His writing has been noted in Best American Travel Writing and his Rolling Stone article “Border of Madness” was the basis of the Academy Award-nominated documentary Cartel Land. Most recently, he produced The Trade, a five-part documentary about the opioid epidemic, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and aired on Showtime. He holds a Master’s of Science from the Columbia Journalism School and is a recipient of a Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant. He is currently at work on a forthcoming book for Penguin Random House.

Trump After the Midterms: Limited at Home, Free Abroad?

A blue wave could hinder Trump's domestic agenda but still leave his foreign policy unchecked

October 30, 2026

Will Putin Order a New Draft? Russia’s Mobilization Risk

Putin appears determined to avoid a general mobilization. But will the mounting death toll in Ukraine force his hand?

October 30, 2026

How Iran Outsources Attacks to Criminal Gangs and Proxies

Iran is tapping into the gig economy for attacks abroad via gangs, drug traffickers, and other for-hire criminal proxies. How prepared is the West?

October 22, 2026

Why AI Labs Can’t Slow Down: The Prisoner’s Dilemma Explained

AI labs are warning of extinction-level threats and say they want to slow down. Game theory explains why none of them is likely to do so.

October 22, 2026

Do the Middle Powers Have a Plan?

Canada is leading a new “Middle-Power” push to rebuild the world’s crumbling multilateral order. Shared unease with US and Chinese leadership may not be enough to construct an alternative.

October 15, 2026

Israeli Intelligence in Iran: Victim of Its Own Success

Israel’s spies have operated inside Iran with astonishing reach for two decades. But the wars that showed off their tradecraft may have cost them some of their best sources, and a high-profile recruitment effort potentially highlights Mossad’s own susceptibility to penetration.

October 15, 2026

Protectorate No Longer: Japan Emerging From US Security Dependence

For decades, Japan has been an economic giant but a marginal military power. That's changing.

October 9, 2026

Germany: Weakening Firewall Threatens Efforts to Contain Russia

The recent surge in support for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) challenges one post-World War II norm while the German government is trying to overturn another

October 9, 2026