Isabel Hilton
@isabelh.bsky.social
Writer, broadcaster, China, geo-politics, climate; Founder of ChinaDialogue; contributing editor Prospect Magazine. Chair of Centre for Investigative Journalism; NED E3G; visiting professor Lau Institute, KCL, co-chair Bureau of Investigative Journalism
War Is Peace. Freedom Is Slavery. Grocery Prices Are Way Down.
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War Is Peace. Freedom Is Slavery. Grocery Prices Are Way Down.
Lying has worked for Trump in the past. Is this a lie too far?
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November 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
War Is Peace. Freedom Is Slavery. Grocery Prices Are Way Down.
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Pardon the Corruption
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Pardon the Corruption
Trump’s blanket pardons for stop-the-steal illegality aren’t only about settling scores from past elections. They’re about laying the groundwork to subvert future ones.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Pardon the Corruption
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Books and films informed our atomic nightmares during the Cold War. They are doing so again, writes @isabelh.bsky.social.
The new culture of nuclear fear
Books and films informed our atomic nightmares during the Cold War. They are doing so again
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October 16, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Books and films informed our atomic nightmares during the Cold War. They are doing so again, writes @isabelh.bsky.social.
Calling all China people: nominations are open for the Baifang Schell Prize for non fiction. Please rush us your thoughts and suggestions! chinabooksreview.com/2025/11/06/p...
Nominations Open for 2025 Baifang Schell Book Prize | China Books Review
Our book prize returns in its second year, celebrating exceptional books on or from China and the Sinophone world. Nominate now!
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November 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Calling all China people: nominations are open for the Baifang Schell Prize for non fiction. Please rush us your thoughts and suggestions! chinabooksreview.com/2025/11/06/p...
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The world’s nuclear stock is estimated to be around 13,000 warheads, of which around 10,000 are operational, writes @isabelh.bsky.social. This is, as one character in A House of Dynamite puts it, reality.
The new culture of nuclear fear
Books and films informed our atomic nightmares during the Cold War. They are doing so again
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
October 19, 2025 at 10:12 AM
The world’s nuclear stock is estimated to be around 13,000 warheads, of which around 10,000 are operational, writes @isabelh.bsky.social. This is, as one character in A House of Dynamite puts it, reality.
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Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @isabelh.bsky.social and Evdoxia Lymperi on the day's stuff, plus a letter from Vienna from @alexei-korolyov.bsky.social. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Are Trump’s sanctions on Russia’s oil companies enough to send a message? - Monocle
Trump sanctions two of Russia’s big oil companies. How big will the impact be? Then: China’s religious charm offensive on...
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October 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @isabelh.bsky.social and Evdoxia Lymperi on the day's stuff, plus a letter from Vienna from @alexei-korolyov.bsky.social. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
recommended reading on China and geostrategic challenges Michael Kovrig's Strategic Narratives michaelkovrig.substack.com?r=hdn&utm_ca...
Michael Kovrig's Strategic Narratives | Substack
Comment and analysis on the intersection of geopolitics, geoeconomics, global security, strategic communication and human values with a focus on China, the Indo-Pacific and great power rivalry from an...
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November 1, 2025 at 10:26 AM
recommended reading on China and geostrategic challenges Michael Kovrig's Strategic Narratives michaelkovrig.substack.com?r=hdn&utm_ca...
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The world’s nuclear stock is estimated to be around 13,000 warheads, of which around 10,000 are operational, writes @isabelh.bsky.social. This is, as one character in A House of Dynamite puts it, reality.
The new culture of nuclear fear
Books and films informed our atomic nightmares during the Cold War. They are doing so again
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
October 12, 2025 at 7:52 AM
The world’s nuclear stock is estimated to be around 13,000 warheads, of which around 10,000 are operational, writes @isabelh.bsky.social. This is, as one character in A House of Dynamite puts it, reality.
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Russia, China and the US are led by ageing strongmen whose deaths will throw the international order into disarray, writes @isabelh.bsky.social.
Trump, Putin, Xi and the global succession crisis
Russia, China and the US are led by ageing strongmen whose deaths will throw the international order into disarray
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October 7, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Russia, China and the US are led by ageing strongmen whose deaths will throw the international order into disarray, writes @isabelh.bsky.social.
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Books and films informed our atomic nightmares during the Cold War. They are doing so again, writes @isabelh.bsky.social.
The new culture of nuclear fear
Books and films informed our atomic nightmares during the Cold War. They are doing so again
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
October 9, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Books and films informed our atomic nightmares during the Cold War. They are doing so again, writes @isabelh.bsky.social.
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6/ This isn’t the first time ProPublica has reported on ICE under Trump 2.0 acting in unprecedented ways. In July, my colleagues @mckenziefunk.com and @nicolefoy.bsky.social documented ~50 incidents of officers shattering car windows to make arrests.
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“We’ll Smash the Fucking Window Out and Drag Him Out”
We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...
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September 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
6/ This isn’t the first time ProPublica has reported on ICE under Trump 2.0 acting in unprecedented ways. In July, my colleagues @mckenziefunk.com and @nicolefoy.bsky.social documented ~50 incidents of officers shattering car windows to make arrests.
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4/ Congressman Dan Goldman promised to follow up on the incident, which he called another example of “secret police officers who are attacking our communities with excessive violence…and they just think that they can do it with impunity, because nobody is holding them accountable.”
September 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
4/ Congressman Dan Goldman promised to follow up on the incident, which he called another example of “secret police officers who are attacking our communities with excessive violence…and they just think that they can do it with impunity, because nobody is holding them accountable.”
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1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse.
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
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Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
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September 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse.
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
Thread 👇
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
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Dumb speech? Emily Atkin counts the ways ... heated.world/p/trump-deli...
Trump delivers dumbest climate speech of all time
The president's easily-debunked 10-minute climate tirade at the U.N. was so stupid and unoriginal, it was actually kind of funny.
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September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Dumb speech? Emily Atkin counts the ways ... heated.world/p/trump-deli...
There is no crime wave in Washington, but Trump might want to direct his law enforcers to this problem, reported by Reuters: "White extremists are committing a growing proportion of U.S. political violence, according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data project,
August 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
There is no crime wave in Washington, but Trump might want to direct his law enforcers to this problem, reported by Reuters: "White extremists are committing a growing proportion of U.S. political violence, according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data project,
What does the delayed US State Department say about Israel? Not a lot, it seems. UK is lambasted for "criminalising silent prayer" whatever that is, but the section on Israel is much shorter than last year’s and somehow fails to mention the deliberate starvation or the 60,000 violent Gaza deaths.
August 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
What does the delayed US State Department say about Israel? Not a lot, it seems. UK is lambasted for "criminalising silent prayer" whatever that is, but the section on Israel is much shorter than last year’s and somehow fails to mention the deliberate starvation or the 60,000 violent Gaza deaths.
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BREAKING:
China has sanctioned two Lithuanian banks in response to the listing of two Chinese banks in the latest package of Russia sanctions
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China has sanctioned two Lithuanian banks in response to the listing of two Chinese banks in the latest package of Russia sanctions
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中华人民共和国商务部令二〇二五年第5号 关于对欧盟两家金融机构采取反制措施的决定
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August 13, 2025 at 6:20 AM
BREAKING:
China has sanctioned two Lithuanian banks in response to the listing of two Chinese banks in the latest package of Russia sanctions
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China has sanctioned two Lithuanian banks in response to the listing of two Chinese banks in the latest package of Russia sanctions
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Robert Kuttner on the museum of Norwegian resistance to the Nazis:
"We have a narrowing window when Trump can still be stopped and constitutional democracy restored.
There are no museums to the resistance in nations where tyrants prevailed.
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"We have a narrowing window when Trump can still be stopped and constitutional democracy restored.
There are no museums to the resistance in nations where tyrants prevailed.
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The Museum of the Trump Resistance
Someday, we will honor those who resisted Donald Trump. But first, we need far more courageous resistance.
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August 13, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Anyone see a pattern here? The New Yorker reports that Trump has appointed Lawrence Taylor to his recently invented President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition (for schools.)
August 13, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Anyone see a pattern here? The New Yorker reports that Trump has appointed Lawrence Taylor to his recently invented President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition (for schools.)
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Turkeys don’t usually vote for Christmas, and governing parties don’t usually vote for proportional representation. But Reform’s rise could change that, writes @tom-clark.bsky.social.
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PR is no longer unthinkable
Turkeys don’t vote for Christmas, but if and when Labour members pick the next PM, electoral reform could become unavoidable
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August 11, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Turkeys don’t usually vote for Christmas, and governing parties don’t usually vote for proportional representation. But Reform’s rise could change that, writes @tom-clark.bsky.social.
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Couldn’t happen to a nicer crew…
Chinese navy and coast guard vessels collide while pursuing Philippine boat in South China Sea, Manila says – AFP: ‘releasing dramatic video footage of the confrontation.’
‘Tarriela told AFP the Chinese crew “never responded” to the Filipino ship’s offer of assistance.’
‘Tarriela told AFP the Chinese crew “never responded” to the Filipino ship’s offer of assistance.’
Chinese vessels collide while pursuing Philippine boat in South China Sea: Manila
MANILA: A Chinese navy vessel collided with one from its coast guard while chasing a Philippine patrol boat in the South China Sea, Manila said on Monday (Aug 11), releasing dramatic video footage of ...
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August 11, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Couldn’t happen to a nicer crew…
Netenyahu’s murder of the Al Jazeera journalists was premeditated, the FT reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists last month warned that Netenyahu was smearing Sharif with unproven ties to Hamas to pave the path for his assassination. Israel has killed more than 180 journalists,
August 11, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Netenyahu’s murder of the Al Jazeera journalists was premeditated, the FT reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists last month warned that Netenyahu was smearing Sharif with unproven ties to Hamas to pave the path for his assassination. Israel has killed more than 180 journalists,
Israelis murder al Jazeera journalists in Gaza. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...
Anas al-Sharif among 4 Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza City
Al Jazeera staff killed in what appears to be a targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists.
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August 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Israelis murder al Jazeera journalists in Gaza. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...
Rags for everyone else, riches for Mr Osborne observer.co.uk/news/busines...
‘Austerity’ Osborne bags fortune from £150m bank sale
The former chancellor, who presided over Treasury during the Great Recession, will profit handsomely from the sale of Robey Warshaw to a Wall Street inve...
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August 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Rags for everyone else, riches for Mr Osborne observer.co.uk/news/busines...