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Bruno Maçães

@brunomacaes.bsky.social
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Author Dawn of Eurasia (2018) Belt and Road (2019) History Has Begun (2020) Geopolitics for the End Time (2021) and forthcoming Masters of the Metaverse

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Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I would say this is required reading for Europe's political leaders (citizens may want to take a look too). Hang your heads in shame. Get your eyes off Twitter & on to proper briefing papers. Do better & don't get fooled again like you did about Ceuta.
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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 05/08/2026
Bruno Maçães: The Ceuta crisis has exposed Europe’s hollow centre
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The Ceuta crisis has exposed Europe's hollow centre
How the incursion revealed a continent divided against itself
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Ann Pettifor @annpettifor.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
A brilliant expose of the ' Every Man for Himself' - posture of EU govts towards Spain - the ruins of the Eurooean project.... What will happen when the US comes for Grernland? www.newstatesman.com/cover-story/...
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The Ceuta crisis has exposed Europe's hollow centre
How the incursion revealed a continent divided against itself
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
'The governments of Italy, of Finland, of Sweden, nations that have given the world the Renaissance, the concept of functional social democracy, and furniture you assemble yourself. They were now reduced to reacting extempore to videos they had encountered on the internet.'
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Noema Magazine @noemamag.com · 07/08/2026
In his new book for Berggruen Press, “In Search Of Greater India,” @brunomacaes.bsky.social explores how India’s conception of itself as a civilization differs from the Western paradigm of a world of nation-states, Nathan Gardels writes. #china #india #geopolitics
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From The Trap Of Geopolitics To A Geo-Civilizational Paradigm | NOEMA
In India and China, the nation-state is a legacy of Western modernity.
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lizmurison.bsky.social @lizmurison.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Sadly I can't access this article here, but have read the print edition. Your prescient statement: ". . . when the hybrid assaults on Greenland begin . . . shall Spain return the courtesy . . ." - started just after your article went to press. Hope others will be able to access yr excellent article.
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Danny Daly @rebels4ever.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Excellent article by @brunomacaes.bsky.social in this week's @newstatesman1913.bsky.social about how countries like Italy, Finland, Sweden and others actively undermined Spain 🇪🇸 in regard to Ceuta....
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Bruno Maçães @brunomacaes.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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The Ceuta crisis has exposed Europe's hollow centre
How the incursion revealed a continent divided against itself
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360 Magazine @360nl.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Amerika’s geloof dat de wereldorde moet worden bepaald door één grootmacht is een fantasie, aldus politicus Bruno Maçães. ‘Als grootmachten voortdurend om steun moeten dingen, dwingt dat hen zich steeds opnieuw te bewijzen.’ 360magazine.nl/de-nieuwe-wereldorde
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Wat komt er na deze wereldorde?
We hebben geen nieuw internationaal raamwerk nodig, maar een manier om de overgang tussen opeenvolgende wereldordes in goede banen te leiden.
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Nina Zeelen @ninazeelen.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Bilderberg Consensus Bruno Maçães: "This could mark the beginning of a century of humiliation. Writing in 1994, Henry Kissinger suggested it was easy to imagine a future in which Europe would lose its independence – not to Russia or China, but to the United States."
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Europe must break from America
Warnings about the end of the postwar world are common sense, not alarmism
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Nina Zeelen @ninazeelen.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Attempting to freeze the current arrangement is not only futile but contradictory, since the incumbent power itself rose by overturning the order before it, writes Bruno Maçães.
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What Comes After Global Order
Rather than a new international framework, we need a system for moving from one framework to the next.
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Bruno Maçães @brunomacaes.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
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emiliolindosa.bsky.social @emiliolindosa.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Bruno Maçães, escritor: "La generación que está en el poder en Europa sigue viviendo en 1989"Mau Hdez. Cervantes @mauhercer1 "Somos menos democráticos que antes", sostiene el escritor portugués Bruno Maçães, en una conversación con @mlopezplana . Una lectura muy recomendable, hoy en @a_publica
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Bruno Maçães @brunomacaes.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
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Bruno Maçães, writer: "The generation in power in Europe is still living in 1989"
Bruno Maçães analyzes Spain’s role in the new global order, Europe’s relationship with China and the United States, the crisis of liberal democracy and the rise of the far right. In conversation with ...
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JanPieter 🇪🇺 @janpieter.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Bruno Macaes called exactly this "geopolitical tribalism".
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Sacha @missysacha.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Wow, this guy is worthlistening to! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul1D... @brunomacaes.bsky.social
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The West Is COLLAPSING: Iran And Gaza Prove It
YouTube video by Owen Jones
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Daniel Carrapa @danielcarrapa.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Excelente (e deprimente) conversa do @owenjones.bsky.social com o Bruno Maçães.
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The West Won’t SURVIVE This: Iran and Gaza Prove It - w/. Bruno Maçães
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The New Statesman @newstatesman1913.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
The everything shock From the price of food to the AI industry, the war in Iran will transform the world as we know it By Bruno Maçães
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The everything shock
From the price of food to the AI industry, the war in Iran will transform the world as we know it
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bejust.bsky.social @bejust.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
“Perhaps the most striking feature of this crisis is how deliberately Iran moved to make it an economic war, targeting the 3 weakest points of the American economy: inflation, interest rates, & an overbought stock market.”
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Bruno Maçães @brunomacaes.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
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The everything shock
From the price of food to the AI industry, the war in Iran will transform the world as we know it
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Bruno Maçães @brunomacaes.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
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When Empires Stop Building: The Iran War and the End of American Soft Power | Bruno Maçães
YouTube video by Hidden Forces
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Bruno Maçães @brunomacaes.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
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Trump’s goal is clear: bring down the Iranian regime and walk away
The US president loves the spectacle of decisive strength but hates the risks of genuine political action in the real world
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DB Maggi @dbmaggi.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
The words in the screenshot below aren't from Mark Carney's speech at Davos but from the essay "Exit from Our Age of Disorder" by writer Bruno Maçães, published Nov 2025. Maçães bid farewell to the liberal order months before the Canadian PM reached the same conclusion. www.groene.nl/artikel/de-v...
The foundations of Western hegemony are collapsing. The break with the post-war liberal order is imminent and irreversible. What the world without common rules will look like remains to be seen, but the rivalry between several superpowers is emerging. The United States no longer has the economic and moral basis and appeal to represent the idea of ​​a universal order. The unpredictable and destructive behavior of those in power in Washington means that fewer and fewer countries believe in a lasting relationship with the Americans. Most countries must now consider how they will relate to the world's strongest nations. The challenge is how to create a new international order with the ideals and principles that, at least after the war, brought stability, prosperity, and freedom to the Western world.
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Joerg Lau @joerglau.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Powerful stuff from @brunomacaes.bsky.social, arguing for transatlantic divorce as a matter of self-preservation in the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
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The New Statesman @newstatesman1913.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
"Values are American or European, but never universal." 🌎 Bruno Maçães: Europe must break from America
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Europe must choose: the European project or the transatlantic alliance
Warnings about the end of the world forged in 1945 are common sense, not alarmism
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Jorrit Oppewal @jorritoppewal.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
By @brunomacaes.bsky.social in @newstatesman1913.bsky.social "After years of praising Ukraine for its courage and sacrifice in defending its sovereignty and territory, how shameful it would be if Europe were incapable of doing the same." www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
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Europe must break from America
Warnings about the end of the postwar world are common sense, not alarmism
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Bruno Maçães @brunomacaes.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
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Europe must break from America
Warnings about the end of the postwar world are common sense, not alarmism
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The New Statesman @newstatesman1913.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Trump needs Venezuelan oil to power AI By Bruno Maçães
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Trump needs Venezuelan oil to power AI
Otherwise the US faces a future of energy scarcity
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PAugust @paugust.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
There was a world after Auschwitz, there is now a world after Gaza and @brunomacaes.bsky.social sets out to describe its horrors.
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Gaza: The Reckoning
The debate on whether Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute a genocide is now closed, and has been closed for a while.
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Leon Slothsky @leonslothsky.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Outstanding reflections on the Gaza genocide: "How were the horrors of Gaza possible? Quite simply, because those who tried to stop or expose them quickly discovered that our political systems were committed to the genocide and there simply was no way to give voice or power to a different politics."
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David Storey @davidstoreygeog.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
"The main way the genocide has been actively supported by our democracies is less the flow of weapons & intelligence.. important as these are, than the organised repression & punishment of everyone who dared to call attention to events in Gaza or offer criticism of Israel" @brunomacaes.bsky.social
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
"The important question is not whether a genocide has been taking place in Gaza, but how it happened and how it was allowed to happen." brunomacaes.substack.com/p/gaza-the-r... @brunomacaes.bsky.social
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Gaza: The Reckoning
The debate on whether Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute a genocide is now closed, and has been closed for a while.
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Bruno Maçães @brunomacaes.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
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Gaza: The Reckoning
The debate on whether Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute a genocide is now closed, and has been closed for a while.
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Bruno Maçães @brunomacaes.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
I wrote a personal essay on what it has meant for me witnessing events in Gaza since October 2023. I would be grateful if you help spread it. These were painful, disturbing conclusions to reach. But inescapable…
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cambridgebookshop.bsky.social @cambridgebookshop.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Day 4 of our Books of the Year dives into tech and geopolitics! 📖💻 In 'World Builders', @brunomacaes.bsky.social explores a new theory of world politics and technology, as well as asking what happens when AI and the metaverse become the world. 🔗: www.cambridgebookshop.co.uk/products/world-builders
Book titled "World Builders" by Bruno Maçães displayed in a bookstore window, with a "buy one get one half price" sticker, positioned in front of other copies and various background decorations.
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Bruno Maçães @brunomacaes.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Out today
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CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs) @cidobbarcelona.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
¿Quién escribe hoy las reglas del mundo? Hoy, @polmorillas.bsky.social ha analizado cómo se configura el mapa del poder global en una conversación con Cristina Gallach y @brunomacaes.bsky.social, moderada por @andrea-rizzi.bsky.social, en el foro #Tendencias2025 de @elpais.com
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Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! Today’s ep was recorded in front of a live audience at the Cheltenham Literature Festival. David talks to @brunomacaes.bsky.social & Sarah Wynn-Williams about the battlegrounds in the fight for the future. How will we know what victory looks like? Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
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Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
🚨 Come join us this week! "Who Rules The World? Trump, Tech & the Fight for the Future" A PPF Live recording event. 📆 8pm Wednesday 15 October 📍 Cheltenham Literature Festival 🎙️ With @brunomacaes.bsky.social & Sarah Wynn-Williams 🎟️ Tickets here ⬇️ www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/who-r...
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Who Rules The World? Trump, Tech and the Fight for the Future | Cheltenham Festivals
David Runciman is joined by politician, journalist and philosopher Bruno Maçães and Sarah Wynn-Williams for a live episode of Past Present Future, the hist
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Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
🚨 Booking open for a new PPF live recording event! "Who Rules The World? Trump, Tech & the Fight for the Future" 📆 8pm Wednesday 15th October 📍 Cheltenham Literature Festival 🎙️ With @brunomacaes.bsky.social and *special-can't-announce-yet-guest!!*
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Who Rules The World? Trump, Tech and the Fight for the Future | Cheltenham Festivals
David Runciman is joined by politician, journalist and philosopher Bruno Maçães for a live episode of Past Present Future, the history of ideas podcast. Fr
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The New Statesman @newstatesman1913.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Trump's gangsterism towards the EU is working. Bruno Maçães writes that the US-EU tariff deal is a disaster for the European economy.
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Trump's gangsterism towards the EU is working
The US-EU tariff deal is a disaster for the European economy.
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Bruno Maçães @brunomacaes.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
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Trump's gangsterism towards the EU is working
The US-EU tariff deal is a disaster for the European economy.
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Bruno Maçães @brunomacaes.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Bruno Maçães: “A ordem americana é completamente artificial e arbitrária” www.publico.pt/2025/07/12/m...
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Bruno Maçães: “A ordem americana é completamente artificial e arbitrária”
Em Construtores de Mundos, antigo secretário de Estado e académico antecipa “nova geopolítica” em que as potências competem no metaverso: “Quem não construir um mundo tecnológico será derrotado.”
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Expresso @jornalexpresso.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Em “Construtores de Mundos”, Bruno Maçães propõe: a tecnologia passou a ser o verdadeiro objeto da geopolítica, destronando o lugar que antes cabia ao território
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Para quê controlar o território quando se pode criar o próprio território? Rui Tavares escreve sobre o novo livro de Bruno Maçães
Em “Construtores de Mundos”, Bruno Maçães propõe: a tecnologia passou a ser o verdadeiro objeto da geopolítica, destronando o lugar que antes cabia ao território
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Bruno Maçães @brunomacaes.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Apresentação de Construtores de Mundos hoje em Lisboa
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metapraxe @lurodrigo.com · 26/06/2025
excelente entrevista do @brunomacaes.bsky.social sobre israel, gaza e irã www.rtp.pt/play/p14350/...
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Grande Entrevista
Bruno Maçães - O ataque dos EUA ao Irão abriu um capítulo novo no Médio Oriente.A decisão de Donald Trump foi saudada por Israel, mas está a da
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Tom Bradley @tomxbradley.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Very well put by @brunomacaes.bsky.social in the New Statesman: ‘Once again we are told that a Middle Eastern nation needs to be bombed so it can taste the fruit of freedom.’
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Expresso @jornalexpresso.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Que nova ordem mundial é anunciada por Trump? Bruno Maçães, político e académico, responde a Daniel Oliveira
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Que nova ordem mundial é anunciada por Trump? Bruno Maçães, político e académico, responde a Daniel Oliveira
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