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Marc Sinan Winrow
@marcsinanwinrow.bsky.social
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Research Assistant @LSE IR. Teaching Fellow @SOAS. Interested in international and political theory and the normative and historical sources of international order with a focus on Turkey/MENA/eastern Mediterranean.
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Marc Sinan Winrow @marcsinanwinrow.bsky.social · Apr 12
In this book, I explore how Turkey has related to the liberal order over time—not through clichés about East vs. West, but by diverse, and internally contested, strategic, intellectual and political engagements with institutions, internationalism and democracy. www.agendapub.com/page/detail/...
Turkey and the Liberal International Order
This book examines Turkey's increasingly unstable position in the liberal international order and its complicated relationship with the West.
www.agendapub.com
marcsinanwinrow.bsky.social
"Rather than making the UK a beacon for online safety, the new bill fails to address the underlying issues, while exacerbating the risks to human rights by creating a system of outsourced censorship". www.opendemocracy.net/en/online-sa...
OPINION: Online Safety Bill ignores the risk of mind control
In Russia, Putin's propaganda reminds us of the risk of online manipulation. Why are our MPs failing to address it?
www.opendemocracy.net
December 2, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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johnmerrick.bsky.social
Almost forgot my most recently published essay, on David Betz and what the right's new fear about an impending civil war really means
www.theideasletter.org/essay/all-be...
All Betz Are Off - The Ideas Letter
Once solely the language of the far-right fringe, warnings of an impending “civil war” in Britain have gone mainstream, carried by figures like David Betz, a professor at King’s College…
www.theideasletter.org
November 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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robfordmancs.bsky.social
Hmmm - so tacking hard right on immigration led the Danish equivalent of Labour to lose the capital city for the first time in a century to a “Green-Left” party?

And all the seats on London’s borough councils are up next May? Including the progressive packed ones held by Labour for generations?
November 22, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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bylinetimes.bsky.social
🔴 Caroline Lucas Calls for Landmark UK-Europe Energy and Climate Alliance

A new campaign shows how Britain partnering with Europe on clean energy could cut bills and protect the planet

@mattmgallagher.bsky.social @carolinelucas.bsky.social

bylinetimes.com/2025/11/21/c...
Caroline Lucas Calls for Landmark UK-Europe Energy and Climate Alliance
A new campaign shows how Britain partnering with Europe on clean energy could cut bills and protect the planet
bylinetimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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turkeybooktalk.bsky.social
Latest episode from last week 📚🎧

Nora Fisher Onar on “Contesting Pluralism: Islamism, Liberalism and Nationalism in Turkey and Beyond” (Cambridge University Press)

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turkeybooktalk.com/2025/10/28/n...
Nora Fisher Onar on Turkish political history beyond binaries
Turkey Book Talk #256 – Nora Fisher Onar, Associate Professor and Chair of Global Studies at University of San Francisco, on “Contesting Pluralism(s): Islamism, Liberalism, and Nationalism in…
turkeybooktalk.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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turkeybooktalk.bsky.social
Latest episode, from last week 📌📌

Senem Aydın-Düzgit (@senemaydndzgit.bsky.social) on the weaponisation of foreign policy in Turkey's domestic politics

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turkeybooktalk.com/2025/11/11/s...
Senem Aydın-Düzgit on foreign policy weaponisation in Turkish domestic politics
Turkey Book Talk #257 – Senem Aydın-Düzgit, professor of international relations at Sabanci University and director of the Istanbul Policy Centre, on her article “Foreign Policy as Domestic P…
turkeybooktalk.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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secretsandspies.bsky.social
E-7 Wedgetail Radar Jet Procurement Plans Axed By NATO

With a requirement to replace NATO’s geriatric E-3 AWACS planes by 2035, the path could now be clear for the Saab GlobalEye

(Is this a conscious move away from US aircraft?)
www.twz.com/air/e-7-wedg...
E-7 Wedgetail Radar Jet Procurement Plans Axed By NATO
With a requirement to replace NATO’s geriatric E-3 AWACS planes by 2035, the path could now be clear for the Saab GlobalEye. With a requirement to replace NATO’s geriatric E-3 AWACS planes by 2035, th...
www.twz.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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rfuk.bsky.social
Our lived experience and work with spouse-visa applicants show how exclusionary and often racist the immigration system is.
We worry the Government’s harsher tone reflects global right-wing pressure and emboldened far-right ideas rooted in racial hierarchy.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Illegal migration tearing UK apart, Mahmood says
The home secretary is set to announce major policy reforms, including a 20-year wait before people granted asylum can apply to settle permanently.
www.bbc.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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makevotesmatter.bsky.social
"Proportional Representation [is] no longer the subject of an abstract discussion on the margins, but an urgent and compelling proposition supported across our party."

Great piece in @renewaljournal.bsky.social by Labour MP @annadixonmp.bsky.social.

Read in full: renewal.org.uk/blog/eletc/
Quote: "In a democracy as established as that of the UK, is it too much to expect that every vote counts? Shouldn't everyone, regardless of where they live, feel that they have a genuine say in the future of our country?"
November 7, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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oxfordclarion.bsky.social
Hundreds of Oxford residents marched across Oxford to demonstrate against racism and in solidarity with migrants in an ‘Oxford Unity March and Rally’. Chants included ‘this is what community looks like’ and calls to ‘fight back’ against racism.
The march down the High Marchers Banner 'Oxford Stand up to Racism, Refugees Welcome'
November 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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newleftreview.bsky.social
Jeremy Gilbert and Alex Williams on the new Marxism:

‘This is precisely why it is important not to conceptualise material interests as transhistorical categories existing outside of specific social conjunctures.’

newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
Jeremy Gilbert & Alex Williams, Alternative Horizons — Sidecar
A reply to Dylan Riley.
newleftreview.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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kisadalgamedya.bsky.social
👉 Özgür Özel'den İBB iddianamesine tepki: Bu iddianame değil, darbecilerin siyasete yönelik muhtırasıdır

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Özgür Özel: Bu iddianame değil, darbecilerin siyasete yönelik muhtırasıdır
Özgür Özel, "Bu bir iddianame değil, darbecilerin siyasete yönelik bir muhtırasıdır. Yaşadığımız kötülüklerin sebebi asla hukuki değildir, bir kişinin siyasi ihtiraslarından ibarettir" dedi.
kisadalga.net
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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newstatesman1913.bsky.social
Zohran Mamdani’s lessons for Labour

The socialist’s victory shows the power of cost-of-living issues

🖊️ @georgeeaton.bsky.social
Lessons for Labour from Zohran Mamdani
The socialist’s victory shows the power of cost-of-living issues
www.newstatesman.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:10 PM
marcsinanwinrow.bsky.social
"Article 90 of Turkey’s Constitution—adopted under the AK Party with CHP support—already provides a clear legal basis for implementing ECHR rulings. Simply upholding this provision would create the space needed to ease tensions and rebuild trust."
Talk About Democracy and Europe? Then Free Selahattin Demirtaş - Yetkin Report
If the government truly means it when it speaks of democracy and European integration, here lies the chance to prove it:Release Demirtaş.
yetkinreport.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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ankahajkova.bsky.social
Sheffield Hallam's treatment of Laura Murphy's courageous research into the Chinese genocide of the Uyghurs, including slave labor is a worthwhile, if very depressing, read:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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aurelmondon.bsky.social
This is true but it's also what the Guardian has insisted on euphemising as "populism" for over a decade

The mainstreaming of far-right politics would not have happened without mainstream actors enabling it (see BBCQT etc). It's not too late to seriously reflect and change course.
peterwalker99.bsky.social Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · Nov 2
Matt Goodwin’s stance on migration is pretty much indistinguishable from that of the BNP in the past 1990s and not a million miles from that of the NF in the 1970s.
sundersays.bsky.social Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · Nov 2
Matt Goodwin attributes a crime that he now knows appears to have been committed by people born in Britain in the early 1990s to "mass uncontrolled immigration"
November 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
marcsinanwinrow.bsky.social
"We must reject the lie that liberalism is the cause of our problems. It was the erosion of liberal values—not their application—that created the grievances authoritarians now exploit. The answer to our malaise is not deeper control, but renewed freedom." www.theunpopulist.net/p/liberalism...
Liberalism Is a Bold Force That Ends Corrupt, Oppressive, and Arbitrary Hierarchies
It doesn't defend the status quo, it upends it
www.theunpopulist.net
October 27, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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pjthinker.bsky.social
Post-liberalism has distinctive British and US sources but increasingly the US elements are driving changes in British politics - see my new book Against Post Liberalism to find out why and to see why that might be a problem… @lsegovernment.bsky.social @politybooks.bsky.social #Postliberalism
October 26, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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kisadalgamedya.bsky.social
Kayyım geldi, TELE1'in Youtube kanalı kapatıldı

📌Timur Soykan: "Arşivle birlikte hafıza da silinmek isteniyor."
📌Bahadır Özgür: "Kayyum yönetimi bir medya kuruluşunu yok ediyor."

kisadalga.net/haber/gundem...
Kayyım geldi, TELE1'in Youtube kanalı kapatıldı: 'Harıl harıl arşiv siliyorlar'
TELE1'e kayyım atanması sonrası, kanalın Youtube kanalına erişim kesildi. yaklaşık 1,4 milyon abonesi olan kanalın arşivi silindi.
kisadalga.net
October 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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mainstreamlabour.bsky.social
🌹Mainstream's Interim Council sends its congratulations to
@lucympowell.bsky.social, whom we endorsed after a ballot of our members.

This result must mark a shift toward a broader, bolder politics within Labour - so that we can build a democratic socialist programme to inspire the country.
Mainstream’s Interim Council sends its congratulations to Labour’s new Deputy Leader, Lucy Powell, whom we endorsed after a ballot of our members. Lucy ran a positive campaign advocating for pluralism, democracy and a cultural course correction, pledging to bring members, affiliates and communities into Labour’s decision-making. Ending the two-child benefit limit, which we campaigned for at this year’s party conference, was also central to her campaign. Lucy’s victory today is a win for Labour’s mainstream. It shows that the majority of our movement wants Labour to be open, participatory and inclusive. Members have rejected the hyper-factional, top-down culture culpable for the missteps of our first year in government. The failed experiment in political centralisation being pursued by a tiny group at the top of the party must now end. The low turnout in this contest is a sign of the disillusionment and plummeting morale that this culture is provoking. The result of the Caerphilly by-election, where Labour went from first to third place, is a straw in the wind of what will happen next May and in the 2029 General Election unless the party has a major reset. This result must mark a shift toward a broader, bolder politics within Labour. Only then will we be able to construct a transformative, democratic socialist programme for the country. Mainstream will organise to make this a reality. The alternative is a Reform-led government.
October 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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lseir.bsky.social
The @h-diplo.bsky.social published a roundtable on Professor Fawaz Gerges' book What Really Went Wrong: The West and the Failure of Democracy in the Middle East.

🔗Read the review: issforum.org/roundtables/...
#AcademicSky #PoliSky @lsemiddleeast.bsky.social
Jervis Forum Roundtable 17-8 on Gerges, What Really Went Wrong
Roundtable Review 17-8 Fawaz A. Gerges, What Really Went Wrong: The West and the Failure of Democracy in the Middle East. Yale University Press, 2024. ISBN: 9780300259575. 10 October 2025 | PDF…
issforum.org
October 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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heissenstat.bsky.social
This is not reform.

It is the promise of symbolic inclusion in an authoritarian regime
cplaisant.bsky.social Clément Plaisant @cplaisant.bsky.social · Oct 23
Erdogan's main ally Devlet Bahceli reiterated his proposal for a Kurdish and Alevi vice president. In the same interview, he warned against plans for a federation in Northern Cyprus, arguing that it would motivate certain forces in Syria to do the same.
www.rudaw.net/turkish/midd...
www.rudaw.net
October 23, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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mariosrichards.bsky.social
A policy *supported by a smaller % of the population* than it would seek to deport!
sundersays.bsky.social Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · Oct 23
Stephen Bush on the extraordinary draft legislation which Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp, Matt Vickers, Katie Lam and backbench colleagues have proposed in parliament

It is a proposal that would seek to deport around 5% of the resident population, including over a quarter of a million with ILR
October 23, 2025 at 11:26 AM
marcsinanwinrow.bsky.social
"During... ‘US unipolarity’ in the 1990s... political leaders and wider publics in the West missed the opportunity to learn not only from history but also from the experiences of East European revolutionaries and from those who had struggled in the ‘Third World’." engelsbergideas.com/essays/how-t...
How to renew world order
With vision, purpose and determination, Western leaders can rebuild a more just and resilient international system fit for a new age of great-power competition.
engelsbergideas.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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heissenstat.bsky.social
Turkey's advantages are two-fold: it appears to have the trust of both Hamas and the Trump Administration (and is anxious to demonstrate its utility to the latter)

But there are hard limits: of all the Middle Eastern countries with which Israel has relations, Turkey is the country it trusts *least*
jonathanspicer.bsky.social Jonathan Spicer @jonathanspicer.bsky.social · Oct 9
Turkey emerges as key player in Gaza ceasefire deal, both in negotiations and its planned execution, after having remained mostly on the sidelines for two years www.reuters.com/world/middle...
www.reuters.com
October 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM