Timothy Garton Ash

The US transforming the Middle East? A reminder of how well it went last time…

The US transforming the Middle East? A reminder of how well it went last time…
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Everyone appreciates the effort to speak in another language. I discovered this as a white parent coordinator in an 80% Asian NYC school. Got big smiles when I introduced myself in Mandarin to our Dual Language families. It shows you care enough for them to feel welcomed n comfortable.

The future of liberalism What should come after liberalism? A better liberalism.

The future of liberalism... . My essay. open.substack.com/pub/timothyg...

Videos Contradict U.S. Account of Minneapolis Shooting by Federal Agents See how immigration officers escalated a fatal confrontation on Saturday.

2....https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cg4e0r1el5yo (BBC)
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Let it now be shown how the USA is not, after all, the USSR, China or Iran.

Video: New Video Analysis Reveals Flawed and Fatal Decisions in Shooting of Pretti A frame-by-frame assessment of actions by Alex Pretti and the two officers who fired 10 times shows how lethal force came to be used against a target who didn’t pose a threat.

1. The combination of violence and lies is at the heart of all human oppression. But truth, publicly known, has its own power against them. Here is the truth, so far as it can currently be established, about the killing of Alex Pretti:
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Is he crazy? The PTIB Test… 4 dimensions of Trumpery

Is he crazy?

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Two conclusions from the amazing Trump turnaround on Greenland:
1. If you're firm, and have sufficient power, he will back down.
2. The most powerful man in the world is visibly losing his marbles. And we have up to 3 more years of this to survive…

Read Mark Carney's full speech on middle powers navigating a rapidly changing world | CBC News Read the full text of Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech about a shakeup of the global order and role of middle powers at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

I'm moved to see Mark Carney take his inspiration from Václav Havel in his superb speech at Davos. Well worth reading the entire speech:
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Este nuevo mundo es más agresivo y exige un nuevo internacionalismo Europa necesita rechazar el uso de la fuerza, pero acostumbrarse a usar el poder

"Lo que necesitamos es un nuevo internacionalismo: más rápido, más flexible y más enérgico. Rechazar el uso de la fuerza, pero acostumbrarnos a usar el poder." Por @fromtga.bsky.social
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Whether or not Trump invades Greenland, this much is clear: the western order we once knew is history | Timothy Garton Ash The EU must be more robust in order to stem the tide of international disorder, or it risks falling to authoritarian imperialism, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash

The West is history....
My latest....
(h/t to @theresthistory.bsky.social one of my favourite podcasts)

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How Trump is making China great again—and what it means for Europe – European Council on Foreign Relations A post-Western world is learning to love China, while Europeans are starting to fear America.

L'approccio "America First" di Trump sta spingendo sempre di più i paesi verso la Cina. L'ultimo sondaggio ECFR rivela un cambiamento di atteggiamento nei confronti delle alleanze e del ruolo dell'UE
✍️ @markhleonard.bsky.social Ivan Krastev & @fromtga.bsky.social

Grönland: Eine neue Ära hat begonnen Der Westen ist Geschichte, zeigt eine neue Studie. Europa braucht nun einen neuen Internationalismus: schneller, flexibler, kantiger. Fangen wir in Grönland damit an.

„Was wir brauchen, ist ein neuer Internationalismus: schneller, flexibler, kantiger. Europa sollte die Ausübung von Gewalt ablehnen, sich aber zur Ausübung von Macht bekennen.“

Von Timothy Garton Ash

#Nato #Groenland
@fromtga.bsky.social
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Authored by @markhleonard.bsky.social, Ivan Krastev and @fromtga.bsky.social, ECFR’s new poll reveals a world in which the actions of America—once Europeans’ staunchest ally—are helping “make China great again”, ushering in a truly multipolar world.

Whether or not Trump invades Greenland, this much is clear: the western order we once knew is history | Timothy Garton Ash The EU must be more robust in order to stem the tide of international disorder, or it risks falling to authoritarian imperialism, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash

Greenland and the new international illiberal disorder:
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...there too on lessons from the history of protest for the heroic, tragic resistance of the people of Iran to their terrible dictatorship…

Ukraine: 1418 days and counting + as we hope against hope for Iran, lessons from the history of protest

Today is day 1418 of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine. So today Russia has been attacking Ukraine’s for precisely as long as the Soviet Union was defending itself against Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War. My comment:
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Ukraine: 1418 days and counting + as we hope against hope for Iran, lessons from the history of protest

Ukraine ... and lessons from the history of protest for Iran… My latest substack History of the Present
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📣 New event | 28 Jan, 17:00 at @chathamhouse.org & online

Join us for this conversation with Grégoire Roos, Timothy Garton Ash @fromtga.bsky.social & Baroness Claire Fox exploring what the future of Europe might look like as populist movements are on the rise.

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Qué te da esperanza A lo largo de este año, he repetido en entrevistas una misma pregunta: “¿Qué te da esperanza?”. Estas son algunas respuestas de historiadores, filósofos y otros pensadores

¿Qué te da esperanza? Algunas buenas respuestas a la pregunta que más he hecho en 2025. De @fromtga.bsky.social @amlwhere.bsky.social @marietjeschaake.bsky.social @georgemonbiot.bsky.social la historiadora Margaret Macmillan, el abogado @nytimes.com David McCraw y más www.eldiario.es/129_c4544a?u...

Good riddance to 2025. Hope for 2026. And season's greetings to you all...

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Fighting the good fight… … with Yascha Mounk, Nathalie Tocci and Sabina Ćudić

Fighting the good fight, with

@yaschamounk.skystack.xyz

@nathalietocci.bsky.social

& Sabina Ćudić

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Pope urges Trump not to ‘break apart’ US-Europe relationship The American president’s Ukraine strategy is inviting “a huge change in what was for many years a true alliance between the EU and U.S.,” pontiff warns.

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Only Europe can save Ukraine from Putin and Trump The new US national security strategy shows us Europeans exactly where we stand: alone.

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My guide to populist-proofing your democracy – before it’s too late | Timothy Garton Ash From public service broadcasting to an independent judiciary, these are the things that we must fight to keep, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash

Another fine piece on defending democracy from @fromtga.bsky.social (I would add to the mix freely accessible libraries and archives of course) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

My guide to populist-proofing your democracy... ... before it's too late.

My guide to populist-proofing your democracy, before it's too late.... (latest History of the Present newsletter - sign up to receive all…)
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Fiona Hill of Brookings on the possibility of the US fracturing as the Federal Government is gutted. See the whole fascinating @ukandeu.bsky.social discussion with her, Rana Mitter, Margaret Macmillan and @fromtga.bsky.social here: ukandeu.ac.uk/events/ukice...

@fromtga.bsky.social: "The shared public sphere we need for democracy is everywhere being eroded by the simultaneous fragmentation and polarisation that results from the US capitalist version of the digital revolution. There are few easy remedies." 1/

Not me

My guide to populist-proofing your democracy – before it’s too late | Timothy Garton Ash From public service broadcasting to an independent judiciary, these are the things that we must fight to keep, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash

Useful guide to safeguarding democracy from extremism from @fromtga.bsky.social - including the counter intuitive but persuasive argument that constitutional monarchy can be helpful. Are we doing enough on this checklist?
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Boeiend! Met opmerkelijke shout out voor onze constitutionele monarchie...