Alexander Clarkson
@aphclarkson.bsky.social
Lecturer for European Politics and History at King's College London. Opinions my own. RT not always endorsement.
Also to be found at @APHClarkson
https://www.ullstein.de/werke/die-macht-der-diaspora/hardcover/978354910
Also to be found at @APHClarkson
https://www.ullstein.de/werke/die-macht-der-diaspora/hardcover/978354910
Imagine how the stability of global financial markets could be affected if the US government is no longer willing or able to provide reliable basic statistical data
November 12, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Imagine how the stability of global financial markets could be affected if the US government is no longer willing or able to provide reliable basic statistical data
The postwar always begins during the war.
This case is crucial to ensuring that Ukraine's postwar reconstruction processes are focused on long term sustainable prosperity and democracy.
This case is crucial to ensuring that Ukraine's postwar reconstruction processes are focused on long term sustainable prosperity and democracy.
November 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The postwar always begins during the war.
This case is crucial to ensuring that Ukraine's postwar reconstruction processes are focused on long term sustainable prosperity and democracy.
This case is crucial to ensuring that Ukraine's postwar reconstruction processes are focused on long term sustainable prosperity and democracy.
This is one of those spot on quips from Ben that are pretty accurate for more than just UK politics
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November 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This is one of those spot on quips from Ben that are pretty accurate for more than just UK politics
@anatosaurus.bsky.social @joerglau.bsky.social
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This has been normal British cabinet politics since 2016
November 12, 2025 at 8:29 AM
This has been normal British cabinet politics since 2016
When Trump first became President in 2016, Sharaa was one of several rebel and former Al Qaeda commanders fighting for survival in Northern Syria after experiencing brutal defeat in the siege of Aleppo.
How the world turns.
How the world turns.
November 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
When Trump first became President in 2016, Sharaa was one of several rebel and former Al Qaeda commanders fighting for survival in Northern Syria after experiencing brutal defeat in the siege of Aleppo.
How the world turns.
How the world turns.
Stephen Bush was one of the first IIRC to point out the sheer scale of the BBC app's influence, but I think that dynamic is slightly distinct from structural problems in BBC management and journalism that Bush points out below. Voters using the app might not notice the degradation of BBC structures
November 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Stephen Bush was one of the first IIRC to point out the sheer scale of the BBC app's influence, but I think that dynamic is slightly distinct from structural problems in BBC management and journalism that Bush points out below. Voters using the app might not notice the degradation of BBC structures
These are economic fundamentals underpinned by a tacit policy consensus between PD and FdI that the UK's Starmer government dreams of having
November 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
These are economic fundamentals underpinned by a tacit policy consensus between PD and FdI that the UK's Starmer government dreams of having
These are economic fundamentals underpinned by a tacit policy consensus between PD and FdI that the UK's Starmer government dreams of having
November 10, 2025 at 10:22 AM
These are economic fundamentals underpinned by a tacit policy consensus between PD and FdI that the UK's Starmer government dreams of having
Has anyone told the British and German political class?
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Has anyone told the British and German political class?
The Danish Social Democrats whose immigration policy the Labour Party wants to copy are the red line that starts at 35% in 2019 and ends at 21% in 2025
November 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The Danish Social Democrats whose immigration policy the Labour Party wants to copy are the red line that starts at 35% in 2019 and ends at 21% in 2025
This is where the shredding of US state capacity leads to permanent damage to American society
November 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This is where the shredding of US state capacity leads to permanent damage to American society
Trends that might play to the strengths of the Green Party have been visible for years in ways that I described in a piece for @wpr.bsky.social after local elections in May 2024
www.worldpoliticsreview.com/uk-politics-...
www.worldpoliticsreview.com/uk-politics-...
November 7, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Trends that might play to the strengths of the Green Party have been visible for years in ways that I described in a piece for @wpr.bsky.social after local elections in May 2024
www.worldpoliticsreview.com/uk-politics-...
www.worldpoliticsreview.com/uk-politics-...
An excellent piece on market risks by Gillian Tett.
The bit below is especially relevant in how the difference between a deflated bubble whose impact is contained and a sudden burst that crashes the global system comes down to convergence of political risks with market risks. on.ft.com/491k2Ey
The bit below is especially relevant in how the difference between a deflated bubble whose impact is contained and a sudden burst that crashes the global system comes down to convergence of political risks with market risks. on.ft.com/491k2Ey
November 7, 2025 at 9:28 AM
An excellent piece on market risks by Gillian Tett.
The bit below is especially relevant in how the difference between a deflated bubble whose impact is contained and a sudden burst that crashes the global system comes down to convergence of political risks with market risks. on.ft.com/491k2Ey
The bit below is especially relevant in how the difference between a deflated bubble whose impact is contained and a sudden burst that crashes the global system comes down to convergence of political risks with market risks. on.ft.com/491k2Ey
The Starmer government repeating many of the same cackhanded blunders that reflect a lack of strategic vision which Johnson and May stumbled into are another datapoint for the hypothesis that the UK has deeper structural dysfunctions towards the EU beyond party politics
November 7, 2025 at 8:42 AM
The Starmer government repeating many of the same cackhanded blunders that reflect a lack of strategic vision which Johnson and May stumbled into are another datapoint for the hypothesis that the UK has deeper structural dysfunctions towards the EU beyond party politics
The EU makes many mistakes and should show far more flexibility towards North and West African states in trading relations.
That is a separate matter from a UK government that talks a Europe-friendly game yet still manages to burn goodwill with partners in the EU over minor sums
That is a separate matter from a UK government that talks a Europe-friendly game yet still manages to burn goodwill with partners in the EU over minor sums
November 7, 2025 at 8:09 AM
The EU makes many mistakes and should show far more flexibility towards North and West African states in trading relations.
That is a separate matter from a UK government that talks a Europe-friendly game yet still manages to burn goodwill with partners in the EU over minor sums
That is a separate matter from a UK government that talks a Europe-friendly game yet still manages to burn goodwill with partners in the EU over minor sums
I'm sure AI will fix this
November 6, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I'm sure AI will fix this
America's most traditional Catholics
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
America's most traditional Catholics
It's quite fascinating how tradcath converts like JD Vance and Kevin Roberts are increasingly at war with much of a more liberal Catholic Church hierarchy in the United States
November 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
It's quite fascinating how tradcath converts like JD Vance and Kevin Roberts are increasingly at war with much of a more liberal Catholic Church hierarchy in the United States
Also all the hype about a fringe tradcath milieu that gained prominent recruits like JD Vance misses how much of the American Catholic hierarch from Pope Leo on down are more in the type of angry lib warrior priests
www.ncronline.org/migration/dc...
www.ncronline.org/migration/dc...
November 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Also all the hype about a fringe tradcath milieu that gained prominent recruits like JD Vance misses how much of the American Catholic hierarch from Pope Leo on down are more in the type of angry lib warrior priests
www.ncronline.org/migration/dc...
www.ncronline.org/migration/dc...
A key figure in US politics that I think a lot of European observers obsessed with MAGA voters haven't really got their heads around is your average boring middle class suburban voter who in the face of incomprehensible reactionary chaos hankers after a Normie Revolution.
November 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
A key figure in US politics that I think a lot of European observers obsessed with MAGA voters haven't really got their heads around is your average boring middle class suburban voter who in the face of incomprehensible reactionary chaos hankers after a Normie Revolution.
This is quickly going to also badly affect air travel for Canada, Mexico and Caribbean states
November 4, 2025 at 11:42 PM
This is quickly going to also badly affect air travel for Canada, Mexico and Caribbean states
Fascinating to see a Right wing think tank be this open about how it doesn't care about enabling young parents to pursue opportunities in labour markets.
policyexchange.org.uk/publication/...
policyexchange.org.uk/publication/...
November 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Fascinating to see a Right wing think tank be this open about how it doesn't care about enabling young parents to pursue opportunities in labour markets.
policyexchange.org.uk/publication/...
policyexchange.org.uk/publication/...