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Timothy Garton Ash

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Historian, author, commentator. Author of Homelands: A Personal History of Europe, The File etc. See www.timothygartonash.com

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Timothy Garton Ash is a British historian, author and commentator. He is Professor of European Studies emeritus at the University of Oxford. Most of his work has been concerned with the contemporary history of Europe, with a special focus on Central and Eastern Europe. In 1989, George Kennan described him as a 'historian of the present'. .. more

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Timothy Garton Ash @fromtga.bsky.social · Jun 28

Where is Europe in this Year 4 of a new historical era? Will liberal or anti-liberal Europe prevail? What will become of the Zeitenwende? We have until 2029 to shape the answers. My weekend essay for the @FT
@ftweekend (£, I'm afraid)

The fight for Europe’s future

Timothy Garton Ash on the shocks that fuelled a populist challenge — and how the liberal centre could yet hold

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Timothy Garton Ash @fromtga.bsky.social · 1d

Fighting the good fight, with

@yaschamounk.skystack.xyz

@nathalietocci.bsky.social

& Sabina Ćudić

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Fighting the good fight…

… with Yascha Mounk, Nathalie Tocci and Sabina Ćudić

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Fighting the good fight…

… with Yascha Mounk, Nathalie Tocci and Sabina Ćudić History of the Present (week ending Sunday 14 December 2025)

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Timothy Garton Ash @fromtga.bsky.social · 5d

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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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Timothy Garton Ash @fromtga.bsky.social · 8d

Only Europe can save Ukraine from Putin and Trump open.substack.com/pub/timothyg...

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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Only Europe can save Ukraine from Putin and Trump

The new US national security strategy shows us Europeans exactly where we stand: alone. The new US national security strategy shows us Europeans exactly where we stand: alone.

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Richard Ovenden @richove.bsky.social · 16d

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 | 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

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Timothy Garton Ash @fromtga.bsky.social · 16d

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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My guide to populist-proofing your democracy...

... before it's too late.

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My guide to populist-proofing your democracy...

... before it's too late. History of the Present (week ending 29 November 2025)

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 17d

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...

Timothy Garton Ash @fromtga.bsky.social · 18d

Not me

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 20d

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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