@simonfraser00.bsky.social
Chair of Chatham House. Founding partner of Flint Global. Former Perm Sec at UK Foreign Office and Business Department.
The UK should work with European countries, notably France and Germany, but also Italy and Poland to protect our common security, writes @simonfraser00.bsky.social, the Chair of Chatham House, for the @financialtimes.com.
21.04.2025 15:00 — 👍 21 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 0
Spot on article by @simonfraser00.bsky.social on.ft.com/4id6bf9
Britain should embrace European and other middle powers
Day by day it increasingly feels as if #JDVance is calling the shots.
04.03.2025 21:47 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0It’s a diplomatic minefield ahead, but #KeirStarmer & his advisers have played a blinder in recent days. Clearly differentiated UK policy from US without antagonising Trump, avoided shrill public reactions, put substantive #UK offer on the table, mediated & convened with skill.
02.03.2025 21:00 — 👍 30 🔁 12 💬 3 📌 0Have a listen to this…
28.02.2025 17:26 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Why Trump is selling out Ukraine - and what Europe should do. My Inside-Out column.
philipstephens.substack.com/p/trump-hand...
Headlines from today:
Vice President Vance Accuses European Leaders of Censoring Free Speech
White House Bars Associated Press From Spaces Like Oval Office and Air Force One
Interesting that Britain signed. High stakes from the EU. Quite likely that Trump and Putin will simply ignore their demand to be part of the negotiations
12.02.2025 22:30 — 👍 76 🔁 13 💬 5 📌 3
Fraser, the spin-off
www.civilserviceworld.com/in-depth/art...
Podcast🎙️| How dangerous are Trump’s trade threats?
Creon Butler, @lindayueh.bsky.social and Julian Ventura join the podcast to discuss the impact of Donald Trump’s trade tactics.
Apple: apple.co/414MiS8
Spotify: spoti.fi/3WTw8Zl
A classic story of the importance of country-company negotiations. Just as important as those between countries, but like regulatory policy receiving far less attention. www.ft.com/content/ffa4...
09.02.2025 13:00 — 👍 24 🔁 11 💬 3 📌 0
Perfect economic logic but no mention as to where precisely the axe should fall on "suffocating" regulations. River pollution? Food safety? Public transport? Roads? Pensions/Savings products? Building standards/fire prevention? Football grounds? Children's toys?
www.ft.com/content/6eae...
“The risk is that we become complicit in acts by Donald Trump which unravel the international system and rule of law, and we end up on the wrong side of that fence…” @simonfraser00.bsky.social tells John Pienaar on Times Radio
www.thetimes.com/radio/show/2...
“The deeply embedded relationship in sharing intelligence matters to the United Kingdom and indeed to the United States.” Flint's @simonfraser00.bsky.social discussing #Trump’s nominee for Director of National Intelligence on @cnn.com
31.01.2025 12:35 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
“The challenge for Britain is how do we advance our own interest - working with the world as it is without abandoning our principles and the values that matter to us.” Flint Founding Partner @simonfraser00.bsky.social discussing #Trump on @bbcradio4.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
27.01.2025 10:41 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Event | The Director’s Annual Lecture 2025
Join @bronwenmaddox.bsky.social as she presents her perspective on the prospects for global governance and international order in 2025.
Date 📅: 14 January
Time⌚️: 18:00
Find out more🔽
"Borders must not be moved by force. This principle applies to every country, whether in the East or the West. In talks with our European partners, there is an uneasiness regarding recent statements from the US. It is clear: We must stand together."
- Chancellor Olaf Scholz
do you think anyone in the near future will explain to Trump that if he wants other countries to up their spending on defence (in absolute terms!) then adopting policies that lower everyone's growth rate is not all that smart?
08.01.2025 17:27 — 👍 14 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 1Big and brilliant news for all of us @flint-global.com as we enter into a new strategic partnership with Michael Pedroni and his colleagues at Highland Global Advisers. Working together we will further extend the reach of our global services to US clients.
08.01.2025 11:50 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
“If you stand back and look at the issues, Mandelson is very well qualified; he’s a big political hitter, well-connected in our government, and I think that’s what we need with the Trump administration.” Flint Founding Partner @simonfraser00.bsky.social on BBC R4 Today this morning.
bbc.in/4gJwFER
Do listen! BBC #WeekInWestminster
🇸🇾Syria @simonfraser00.bsky.social @sarahchampionmp.bsky.social
🏡 Planning @dantomlinson.bsky.social #GregSmithMP
👑 Lords reform #LordKinnoull
🗳️Five years since 2019 #DehennaDavison @profjanegreen.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The fall of the Assad regime in #Syria is welcome. But Iraq and Libya taught us to beware of what follows among factions when the grip of brutal dictators is removed. Syria is internally fractured and vulnerable to external forces. A hard road ahead.
08.12.2024 10:59 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1Back in 2011 to 13 one of the big deterrents to Western intervention in Syria was the strength of the Syrian airforce and air defences - honed over years against Israel. Has this regime capability, and Russian support, now been totally eroded?
07.12.2024 20:23 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0If anything, it’s a tepid bath of mismanaged decline, and the mismanagement is down far more to politicians than civil servants. Many of us hoped that this government would change this….
07.12.2024 19:46 — 👍 33 🔁 4 💬 5 📌 0
Conference | Europe’s Strategic Choices 2024
Author and journalist @johnkampfner.bsky.social joined the Chair, Chatham House Council @simonfraser00.bsky.social at our Berlin conference last night to discuss the many challenges facing Europe.
Conference | Europe’s Strategic Choices 2024
Chair, Chatham House Council @simonfraser00.bsky.social offers his closing remarks at the end of our tenth annual Berlin conference.
A big thank you to all who participated and to all who made it possible.
After the abysmal showing of last week on X I am finally activating my hitherto dormant account here on Bluesky…
08.08.2024 11:25 — 👍 28 🔁 2 💬 6 📌 0
