Timothy Garton Ash

It took me just 50 years to write this book, about the real Europe, where you can be 'at home abroad'. Now in 24 languages. Here's the English paperback: amazon.co.uk/Homelands-Pers…

The Iran that might yet be, by @fromTGA open.substack.com/pub/timothygar…

We have two superb speakers on the past and present of Polish-Ukrainian relations in Oxford tomorrow, March 10 (1700 GMT, 1800 CET): Yaroslav Hrystak (Lviv) and Anna Wylegała (Warsaw). Do register here to join us online: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

The US transforming the Middle East?, by @fromTGA open.substack.com/pub/timothygar…

Russian stocks have soared while American stocks have fallen. Putin raises a glass of champagne in Trump’s honor. Donald Trump is the first US president in history to boost the Russian economy at the expense of his own.

The future of liberalism... . My essay. open.substack.com/pub/timothygar…

2....bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cg… (BBC) wsj.com/us-news/videos… (WSJ) Let it now be shown how the USA is not, after all, the USSR, China or Iran.

1. The combination of violence and lies is at the heart of all human oppression. But truth, publicly known, has its own power against them. Here is the truth, so far as it can currently be established, about the killing of Alex Pretti: nytimes.com/video/us/10000… (NYT) ...

@MacaesBruno One guess…

Who?

Is he crazy? open.substack.com/pub/timothygar…

Two conclusions from the amazing Trump turnaround on Greenland: 1. If you're firm, and have sufficient power, he will back down. 2. The most powerful man in the world is visibly losing his marbles. And we have up to 3 more years of this to survive…

I'm moved to see Mark Carney take his inspiration from Václav Havel in his superb speech at Davos. Well worth reading the entire speech: cbc.ca/news/politics/…

Amazing moment on French TV. A French judge explains how Trump sent people from the US Embassy basically trying to intimidate her during Le Pen's trial for embezzlement - something they've done to other judges around the world My English sub-titles 👇

Saddened to hear the news of the passing of Georges Borchardt, a great literary agent with an extraordinary life story.

Greenland & the need for a new internationalism... open.substack.com/pub/timothygar…

The West is history.... My latest ... (w h/t to @TheRestHistory one of my favourite podcasts, w @Holland_Tom & @dcsandbrook ) theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

This new @ecfr brief based on global opinion survey is a true treasure trove, by @markhleonard, Ivan Krastev and @fromTGA. Showing how Trump’s actions are undermining American 🇺🇸 soft power and boosting the position of China 🇨🇳 in the world. Also great insights on EU 🇪🇺 (1/n)

Authored by @markhleonard, Ivan Krastev and @fromTGA, ECFR’s new poll reveals a world in which the actions of America—once Europeans’ staunchest ally—are helping “make China great again”, ushering in a truly multipolar world.

Greenland and the new international illiberal disorder: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

...there too on lessons from the history of protest for the heroic, tragic resistance of the people of Iran to their terrible dictatorship…

Today is day 1418 of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine. So today Russia has been attacking Ukraine’s for precisely as long as the Soviet Union was defending itself against Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War. My comment: timothygartonash.substack.com/p/ukraine-1418…