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Jonty Este

@jonty98.bsky.social
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International affairs editor at The Conversation UK: @uk.theconversation.com. Interests include books, music, cooking, dogs, Tottenham Hotspur FC and travel, not necessarily in that order. And cricket. Did I mention cricket?

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Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Hi @sandbaggerone.bsky.social -- keen to chat abut a story idea. Not sure of yr current email? Can you sent me an email and perhaps we can talk? Thanks!
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Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
@sjasmith.bsky.social Hi Simon -- Jonathan here from The Conversation. I'm trying to get in touch with a story idea. Can you contact me via email and we can arrange to talk? Thanks!
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Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Each Thursday I write a newsletter with a bit of commentary and a digest of some of the sharpest academic analysis of the big international stories of the week. This week: how both sides of the Ukraine conflict are manipulating Donald Trump. theconversation.com/putin-zelens...
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Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Great piece from @stefwolff.bsky.social on @ConversationUK. Thanks to @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social and @rory-stewart.bsky.social for the mention. As ever, Stefan's analysis of thie complex and fast-moving issue is spot on. theconversation.com/trumps-heate...
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Trump’s heated White House meeting with Zelensky shows how well Putin is playing the US president
It looked as if the US might supply Ukraine with game-changing new weapons. Then the Russian president phoned Donald Trump.
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Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
The two years of fighting since October 7 have transformed the Middle East: MIddle East expert Simon Mabon @profmabon.bsky.social looks into the aftermath of the Hamas attacks and Israel's war on Gaza theconversation.com/the-two-year...
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The two years of fighting since October 7 have transformed the Middle East
The impact of the October 7 attacks and Israel’s response will reverberate for decades to come.
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Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
@historydafydd.bsky.social Keen to hear your thoughts on the terrible events in Utah last night. I've emailed you. All best, jonty
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Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Each Thursday I write a newsletter with a bit of commentary and a digest of some of the best academic analysis of the big stories of the week. This week: Trump's tariff backflip, Iran nuclear talks and a focus on Sudan. @uk.theconversation.com theconversation.com/trump-tariff...
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Trump tariff backflip brings a US trade war with China into the crosshairs
Plus: American talks with Iran, Nato concerns for the future, and the plight of conflict-riven Sudan.
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Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Donald Trump is contemplating a third term as US president. Here's how Vladimir Putin was able to change Russia’s constitution and become ‘president for life’ theconversation.com/how-vladimir...
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How Vladimir Putin was able to change Russia’s constitution and become ‘president for life’
Putin successfully changed Russia’s constitution to allow himself to stay in power.
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Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Each Thursday I write a newsletter with a bit of commentary and a digest of some of the best academic analysis of the big stories of the week. This week: Signal-gate - what it tells us about the Trump White House. theconversation.com/signal-gate-...
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Signal-gate: a national security blunder ‘almost without parallel’
Was this the biggest security blunder in American history?
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Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Each Thursday I write a newsletter with a bit of commentary and a digest of the best academic analysis of the big stories of the week. This week's focus is on Donald Trump's phone diplomacy and the breakdown of the ceasefire in Gaza. @uk.theconversation.com theconversation.com/has-donald-t...
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Has Donald Trump been outfoxed by Putin and Zelensky?
Donald Trump’s telephone diplomacy under the microscope. Also the latest on the war in Gaza.
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Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Floella Benjamin on #BBCSaturdayKitchen 👍🍾🍽️😄
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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 26/02/2025
Donald Trump’s claims of an alliance between Mexico’s government and the cartels misses the bigger picture.
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Mexico’s drug corruption has more to do with US demand than crooked politicians
Donald Trump’s claims of an alliance between Mexico’s government and the cartels misses the bigger picture.
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Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Each Thursday I write a newsletter for subscribers to The Conversation UK with a digest of some of the best academic analysis of the top international stories. This week: is the US throwing Ukraine under the bus? theconversation.com/what-we-lear... @uk.theconversation.com
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What we learned from Trump and Putin’s phone call – editor’s briefing
We learned that the US has ditched some of Ukraine’s red lines before talks have even started,
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Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
A short history of the separation of powers: from Cicero’s Rome to Trump’s America theconversation.com/a-short-hist...
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A short history of the separation of powers: from Cicero’s Rome to Trump’s America
The checks and balances that hold a functioning democracy together may be coming under threat in the US.
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Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Each Thursday I write a newsletter for subscribers with a bit of commentary and a digest of some of the best academic analysis of the top international stories. This week: Donald Trump is 'flooding the zone with shit'. theconversation.com/trumps-gaza-...
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Trump’s Gaza and Ukraine plans come under the spotlight
Trump and his team are ‘flooding the zone’ with attenton-grabbing storties. His plan for Gaza is just one of them.
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Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Each Thursday I write a newsletter for subscribers with a bit of commentary and a digest of the best analysis of the big global stories. This week was the Trump inauguration and I shamelessly nicked a good line from Rory Stewart @therestpolitics.bsky.social theconversation.com/donald-trump...
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Donald Trump returns with plans to fix Ukraine, immigration and ‘put America first’
It’s been a whirlwind week in Washington, but our experts are here to help navigate the big stories.
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Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
This feels as if he is wandering off script.
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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 17/01/2025
All eyes are now on Israeli domestic politics to see if Benjamin Netanyahu can make the deal stick.
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Gaza ceasefire: fragile deal offers hope for peace but could still fall apart
All eyes are now on Israeli domestic politics to see if Benjamin Netanyahu can make the deal stick.
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Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Each week I write a round-up of the top world news stories filed by our array of academic experts. This week, as you'd expect, the focus is on the Gaza ceasefire deal and Donald Trump's impending second presidency: theconversation.com/gaza-ceasefi... @theconversation.com @uk.theconversation.com
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Gaza ceasefire: fragile deal offers hope for peace but could still fall apart
All eyes are now on Israeli domestic politics to see if Benjamin Netanyahu can make the deal stick.
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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
My Q&A w The Conversation UK: *What Do We Know About #GazaCeasefire Deal? *We've Been Here Before --- What Has Changed? *Can #Netanyahu Make This Deal Stick in #Israel? *The Future of #Hamas and #Gaza? *Did Return of #Trump Make A Difference? #Palestine
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Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
A Q&A with the very canny @scottlucas.bsky.social about the Gaza ceasefire deal. He's been delivering some of the sharpest analysis of the conflict for 15 months. We'll continue to update as more details emerge. theconversation.com/gaza-deal-wh...
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Gaza deal: what it means for peace in the Middle East – expert Q&A
A Middle East expert explains how an agreement was reached and what happens next.
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Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Each week I write a commentary newsletter about some of our coverage of world news stories. Here's the latest which focuses on Donald Trump, Greenland and Panama Canal: theconversation.com/putting-dona...
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Putting Donald Trump’s plans for Greenland and the Panama canal into context
There has been a great deal of heat – and not an overabundance of light – when it comes to the media’s reactions to Donald Trump’s renewed interest in acquiring Greenland from Denmark after he resumes...
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Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Cambridge-based scholar Juliette Bretan @jcbretan.bsky.social spent time in Tartu, Estonia last year. Here she writes about Estonia's debate over language, culture and national identity in the face of pressure from Putin's Russia: theconversation.com/estonias-lan... @uk.theconversation.com
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Estonia’s language and culture are becoming battlegrounds for independence from Putin’s Russia
Insights from working on an Estonian cultural festival.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
“I’m prepared to call out this for what it is. We’ve seen this playbook many times…when the poison of the far right leads to serious threats to Jess Phillips and others than in my book a line has been crossed” Prime minister Keir Starmer
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
This has to be the most dishonest reporting of an opinion poll I've ever seen The survey actually found that over two thirds of voters *do not* think Starmer will be out of No 10 within a year.
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Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Is Israel committing genocide in Gaza? Here's what the law says: theconversation.com/gaza-why-its...
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Gaza: why it’s difficult to reach a legal judgment of genocide against Israel
An expert in international law explains what constitutes genocide.
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Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
What with all the heat and very little light over what's happening in Gaza, it's well worth reading this legal scholar who explains an important question that so many people are getting wrong: theconversation.com/gaza-why-its... @theconversation.com @uk.theconversation.com
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Gaza: why it’s difficult to reach a legal judgment of genocide against Israel
An expert in international law explains what constitutes genocide.
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Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Thanks @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social for mentioning our piece about Syria and the HTS on TRIP: theconversation.com/i-interviewe... We want to put the work of our expert authors in front of as many people as we can, so your plug was very helpful. We'd love to have you to our news conference one day!
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I interviewed Syria’s militias at the start of the war – they will listen if other countries engage them
Bashar al-Assad’s brutal regime has finally been toppled, bringing to an end 13 years of suffering.
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Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Each week I write a digest of the best of our coverage of the big international news stories. This week, what the UK's sharpest academic minds make of the fall of the house of Assad: theconversation.com/what-assads-...
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What Assad’s fall means for the Middle East – and Russia
Eleven days that shook the world.
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Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
This is a terrific read:
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Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Each week I write a round-up of the big stories we've covered on the world desk of The Conversation. @uk.theconversation.com This week's strays from Russia and Ukraine to Syria and South Korean democracy: theconversation.com/europe-readi...
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Europe readies for war as Russian rhetoric escalates
Sweden is clearly taking Vladimir Putin’s repeated threats to escalate its current war in Ukraine with deadly seriousness. Households received a booklet recently detailing steps they could take to sta...
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Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Also worth considering: what about when your child asks why it's called "Christmas"?
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Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
In an era of democratic backsliding, it's really refreshing to see how strongly South Koreans came to the defence of their constitution yesterday: theconversation.com/south-korea-...
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South Korea: defeat of president’s attempt to impose martial law shows a robust democracy at work
Yoon’s decision to call for martial law reminded South Koreans of the dark days of dictatorship and repression.
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Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
5pm on a Friday: it's tme for some Bowie: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS4k...
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David Bowie - I Can't Explain
YouTube video by Ziggy's Stardust
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Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
More than half of Ukrainians told Gallup that they want a negotiated peace asap. A growing number would accept territorial losses as well: theconversation.com/ukraine-war-...
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Ukraine war: polls show most Ukrainians now support a negotiated peace as Russian advances continue
Volodymyr Zelensky continues to try to rally his country to defy Russian aggression.
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Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Introducing Huevo, a three-year-old Chihuahua who has been staying with us while his mum and dad are in Portugal: #dogsofbluesky
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Meanwhile in Ukraine @meanwhileua.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
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Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Well worth your time. A progressive rabbi reflects on 60 years of involvement in Israel-Palestine and deplores the actions of the Netanyahu government over the past year.
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Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Friday evening has come around again, and what finer sounds to bring on the night than a bit of classic Blondie? www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWhk...
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Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone
YouTube video by BlondieVEVO
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Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
I write a weekly themed round-up of international affairs to showcase some of the fine work by UK academics for @theconversation.bsky.social. This week, all roads lead to Donald Trump: theconversation.com/world-update...
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World Update: Donald Trump is already reshaping the prospects of Ukraine and Palestinians
At present in global affairs, all roads lead to Donald Trump.
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Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
This made me laugh out loud. 'Woke fillings'. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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Now Gen Z are waging war on our sandwiches!
Popular bread manufacturer Allinson's launched its Great British Sandwich Study to lift the lids on the nation's lunchboxes and reveal their changing tastes for the beloved snack.
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Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
I like this
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Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
A soft touch.
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Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Our little angel (menace) Betty. Passed last year, sadly. Miss her every day. #dogsofbluesky
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Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Friday evening looms. Who's for a bit of nightclubbing?
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Iggy pop-The Idiot-Nightclubbing
YouTube video by mrsugarhotpants
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Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Each week I write a newsletter which pulls together some of the recent work of our authors on big international stories. This week's focus has been where Trump's victory leaves Ukraine and on what is cabinet picks might mean for the conflict: theconversation.com/world-update...
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World Update: where Trump’s election leaves Ukraine
Donald Trump’s election victory could have serious implications for Ukraine’s future.
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Prof Rob Dover @robdover.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
A small contribution to The Conversation. I would have added something on the DNI but that occured after I filed: theconversation.com/ukraine-war-...
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Ukraine war: following Donald Trump’s re-election, four likely scenarios are becoming clear
Trump’s victory has focused minds on how the US and Europe might now look to settle the situation in Ukraine.
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Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
My job involves commissioning and editing academic experts to write about international affairs (it's pretty much a dream job, yes). So from time to time I will post articles here. Here's one we published today @uk.theconversation.com @robdover.bsky.social tinyurl.com/52vefv8t
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Ukraine war: following Donald Trump’s re-election, four likely scenarios are becoming clear
Trump’s victory has focused minds on how the US and Europe might now look to settle the situation in Ukraine.
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Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
I dunno about everyone else, but I've always rather enjoyed Gary Lineker as a TV presenter.
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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 27/08/2024
Vance v Walz: in the struggle for gender equality it matters what powerful men think and whether they are allies – or not
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Vance v Walz: in the struggle for gender equality it matters what powerful men think and whether they are allies – or not
Why the views of men in positions of power and influence matter so much.
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