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James Ker-Lindsay @jameskerlindsay.bsky.social · 13h

But listed on the Nobel Prize site as a category. So, no, not an original one, but widely accepted as one nevertheless.

There’s always one! Every year! 🙂

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James Ker-Lindsay @jameskerlindsay.bsky.social · 1d

Wait until someone tells him about the role of large scale immigration in making it all work!

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James Ker-Lindsay @jameskerlindsay.bsky.social · 2d

#Ireland has a truly fascinating, controversial, but often misunderstood, foreign policy history. From WWII to Ukraine, neutrality to peacekeeping, Good Friday to Brexit, Trump to Palestine. Really great to discuss all this with @bentonra.bsky.social
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Understanding Irish Foreign Policy | Ben Tonra

YouTube video by Prof James Ker-Lindsay

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James Ker-Lindsay @jameskerlindsay.bsky.social · 5d

All this is very reminiscent of Brexit. Every senior officer I met opposed it. They knew it would damage British interests. But they didn’t want to wade into the public political debate. Meanwhile, they were faced with the other ranks who thought it was great because it was “British independence”.

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James Ker-Lindsay @jameskerlindsay.bsky.social · 5d

Could (or should) #Trump recognise #Somaliland? The case for and against.
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Will Trump Finally Recognise Somaliland?

YouTube video by Prof James Ker-Lindsay

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James Ker-Lindsay @jameskerlindsay.bsky.social · 6d

How did so many become so hateful?

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James Ker-Lindsay @jameskerlindsay.bsky.social · 7d

I completely agree. To my mind, this was always the one and only potential benefit of Brexit. And yet, despite a massive majority, Starmer completely failed to seize the chance.

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James Ker-Lindsay @jameskerlindsay.bsky.social · 11d

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Matt B. @originalmattb.com · 12d

Music added. Hosted on YouTube as BSky video uploads always fail for me.

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Yakety N*zis

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James Ker-Lindsay @jameskerlindsay.bsky.social · 11d

Is the only correct answer.

James Ker-Lindsay @jameskerlindsay.bsky.social · 12d

Thanks so much. GOSH does amazing work in so many areas. Good luck!

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James Ker-Lindsay @jameskerlindsay.bsky.social · 12d

Looks perfectly normal to me.

Oh, bugger! 😀

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James Ker-Lindsay @jameskerlindsay.bsky.social · 13d

#Moldova faces a truly critical election this weekend. Having pushed ahead with #EU membership, this could all be set back by pro-Russian parties, with help from Moscow. But why is all this happening? And why does it matter so much?
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Could Moscow Win Back Moldova?

YouTube video by Prof James Ker-Lindsay

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James Ker-Lindsay @jameskerlindsay.bsky.social · 15d

I haven’t stopped looking at ideas of statehood. But, to most people, it doesn’t mean much, or else sounds far too nebulous or academic. I have been tightening up videos recently, and this was just one of those changes. But ideas of statehood and governance are most definitely still there. 🙂

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James Ker-Lindsay @jameskerlindsay.bsky.social · 15d

Maybe the UK is finally getting over its strange fear of ID cards. Living in a country where they’re required, you soon see the benefits. Frankly, general privacy is over anyway. Perhaps that’s why people now feel far more at ease about the idea than they did 20 years ago. This is tame stuff now.

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James Ker-Lindsay @jameskerlindsay.bsky.social · 15d

Yes. It was a profoundly stupid decision based on ignorance and lies. It has done untold damage to the U.K. Sadly, while many now see the damage, others don’t and appear willing to follow Farage deeper into the mess he helped create, adopting ever more racist language. Time to stand up to them.

James Ker-Lindsay @jameskerlindsay.bsky.social · 15d

Lisa Nandy was always an apologist for Brexit and pandered to ordinary Leave voters. She’s not going to go against them and their views now.

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The Washington Institute for Near East Policy @washinstitute.bsky.social · 16d

🎧Under Erdogan, Turkey has diversified its foreign policy. What are the country's driving forces behind its external relations? Soner Cagaptay speaks with @jameskerlindsay.bsky.social about Ankara's shifting views of the West, implications for the region, and more.
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Understanding Turkish Foreign Policy | Soner Çağaptay

YouTube video by Prof James Ker-Lindsay

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Turkey recap @turkeyrecap.bsky.social · 19d

"Understanding Turkish Foreign Policy" with Soner Çağaptay and @jameskerlindsay.bsky.social. [5/5]

Understanding Turkish Foreign Policy | Soner Çağaptay

YouTube video by Prof James Ker-Lindsay

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James Ker-Lindsay @jameskerlindsay.bsky.social · 19d

I’m not sure this has been really considered. (Or, it will have by the lawyers, but not publicly raised by the politicians.) Strangely, this could of course open up an implicit “nuclear” option: “If you allow Hamas into power, we recognise Israeli sovereignty.”

James Ker-Lindsay @jameskerlindsay.bsky.social · 19d

The problem is that recognition can’t easily be rescinded. (In fact, Lauterpacht, the leading scholar on this, said that it couldn’t, or not in a straightforward way.) It would have to lead to some sort of recognition of a sovereign authority, rather than the creation of an effective terra nullius.

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James Ker-Lindsay @jameskerlindsay.bsky.social · 19d

#Turkey has always had to manage its relations between Europe and the West, #Russia, and the Middle East. In recent years, the balancing act has extended to Africa and Central Asia. How well has it managed? Really great talking through all this with Soner Çağaptay
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Understanding Turkish Foreign Policy | Soner Çağaptay

YouTube video by Prof James Ker-Lindsay

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James Ker-Lindsay @jameskerlindsay.bsky.social · 22d

I agree. 5 was just far too few. Andor was incredible!

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James Ker-Lindsay @jameskerlindsay.bsky.social · 23d

Happy Birthday!

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James Ker-Lindsay @jameskerlindsay.bsky.social · 27d

The only Brexit benefit that ever existed is the only one that the two main parties would never take: the ability to limit media ownership to people who are British citizens and who live in the UK. And unless you pay UK taxes, you don’t get to shape UK politics.

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James Ker-Lindsay @jameskerlindsay.bsky.social · Sep 10

Thanks so much, Dave. It was really great talking to you. And you are very right. The “Brussels effect” clearly isn’t quite as powerful as many of us thought!

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