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Director of Democratic Resilience, CEPA. Professor of Russian Politics, King's College London. Political sociologist. Progressive. Co-author, Putin v the People. 🇬🇧/🇺🇸
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To those suggesting that Zelensky should stop responding to Trump: note that he is responding not to Trump’s ad hominem attacks, but to his falsification of history, which is an attack on the Ukrainian people. As a president with a democratic mandate, how can he not?

It has never been more important to understand Russia and the challenges that it presents. If you want to be part of the community that builds towards a stronger future, come study with me at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social! Accepting applications now. www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Europe faces a choice: Mobilize to deter Russian aggression now, or mobilize to deter Russian aggression later — likely at much greater cost. That, and other thoughts at length for Times Radio youtu.be/OETy2sdu6ZM?...

As the Kremlin dangles “business opportunities” in front of the White House, it might be worth remembering what the Kremlin means by business opportunities: on.ft.com/40KFrxE

Apart from everything else, this pulls the rug out from under Rubio, who promised not 48 hours earlier that Kyiv would have a seat at the "real" negotiating table. How can anyone anyone negotiate with an administration that can't get its story straight? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

Mood: “cautiously not apocalyptic” thehill.com/policy/inter...

Europe Must Think Long and Move Fast | "Europe must not be paralyzed by the sheer pace and discomfort of events. There’s time to get a good outcome if it moves swiftly and in unison." @samagreene.bsky.social

This — but Europe can only empower Ukraine to reject a bad deal by creating a better one.

This is Europe’s war now: The continent’s future depends on outflanking America. British troops in Ukraine is the first step. By Sam Greene

My two cents in today’s @newstatesman.com www.newstatesman.com/world/europe...

Found out today I’m a poisoner of minds. How’s your day going?

My head taking on the prospects for a Trump-Putin deal on/in Ukraine: m.youtube.com/watch?v=qU6f...

Those who erase the past intend to repeat it.

Democracy consists not in the unadulterated right of the majority to run roughshod over the minority, but in the unassailable right of the minority to live without fear. Odd that this should need to be repeated, in Munich of all places.

“If we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them.” - Karl Popper

Good to see the White House begin to re-establish some leverage in these putative talks: www.wsj.com/world/europe...