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Peter Jackson

@pjdelacour.bsky.social
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Co-Director, Scottish Council on Global Affairs. Chair and Professor of Global Security, University of Glasgow. International History, Security and Basketball. All views my own etc.

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It’s really that simple. His ego and megalomania tie everything together—the war, the tariffs, the economy, affordability, the grift, the corruption, and his attempts to glorify himself with shiny objects large and small.
Terry Moran: The reason Republicans are looking at a grim midterms is because the president clearly doesn’t give a damn about the real problems people are facing across the country, across the great political divide.

All he cares about is himself, his money, and his own glorification.
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
@pjdelacour.bsky.social is making some very important reflections on the state of university education in Scotland in this thoughtful thread.
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Peter Jackson @pjdelacour.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The current Labour Government in Westminster seems almost proud to have adopted an unapologetically philistine attitude toward UK higher education and seems happy to run it down.
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Peter Jackson @pjdelacour.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
So ... Scotland has three universities (St Andrews, Strathclyde and Glasgow) in the top 15 of the Times Good University Guide. Two are in the top ten (St Andrews and Strathclyde) and St Andrews is ranked as the best university in the United Kingdom for 2027. www.thetimes.com/uk-universit...
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The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2027 revealed
St Andrews is ranked No 1 while Imperial College London beats Oxford and Cambridge to earn our University of the Year award
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Peter Jackson @pjdelacour.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
So ... Scotland has three universities (St Andrews, Strathclyde and Glasgow) in the top 15 of the Times Good University Guide. Two are in the top ten (St Andrews and Strathclyde) and St Andrews is ranked as the best university in the United Kingdom for 2027. www.thetimes.com/uk-universit...
thetimes.com
The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2027 revealed
St Andrews is ranked No 1 while Imperial College London beats Oxford and Cambridge to earn our University of the Year award
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Canada is building a deeper alliance with the EU so that we may write our own futures — with our values, and our ambitions.
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Peter Jackson @pjdelacour.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Could not agree more.
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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
It’s Monday & Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood still has no response to hundreds of masked men blocking ports first in Dover now Portsmouth . No speech about keeping our communities safe , increasing the UK terror threat level , a crackdown on protest or calls to proscribe Patriot Platform 😳..
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Peter Jackson @pjdelacour.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Career opportunity: careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1821049...
careers.ucalgary.ca
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science (Canada Impact+ Emerging Leader) in Calgary, ...
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science (Canada Impact+ Emerging Leader) in Calgary, ...
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Peter Jackson @pjdelacour.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This is quite incredible. How unbelievably stupid does the Trump administration believe the American electorate to be?
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Peter Jackson @pjdelacour.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Some career news. It is very hard to leave @glasgow.ac.uk and Scotland (home for the past 15 years). I’ll also miss working with fabulous colleagues @scga.scot. But I could not pass up a chance to lead a research program on Canada’s Security & Intelligence policy @ucalgary.bsky.social.
research.ucalgary.ca
Eddie Goldenberg Research Chairs of Canada
Recruiting world-leading researchers to UCalgary
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Tom Fletcher @tomfletcherun.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
My statement on #Ebola following our emergency meeting today.
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Scottish Council on Global Affairs scga.scot @scga.scot · 23/07/2026
"Britain risks losing language skills to understand its enemies" The Times quotes @pjdelacour.bsky.social and @emile-chabal.bsky.social, directors of Scottish Council on Global Affairs www.thetimes.com/article/5df4...
thetimes.com
Britain risks losing language skills to understand its enemies
Experts have warned Britain’s defence drive is overlooking the language and regional expertise needed to understand adversaries including Russia, China and Iran
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Peter Jackson @pjdelacour.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
It is difficult to overstate the damage that has been done to American credibility in the world by this administration and its hopelessly amateurish approach to both waging war and negotiating peace. Trump Encounters a More Determined Iran as War Widens www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/u...
nytimes.com
U.S. Strikes Iran Again, as Trump Encounters a More Determined Adversary in Widened War
The United States is again exchanging strikes with Iran, just days after the president appeared to reject plans to escalate.
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Peter Jackson @pjdelacour.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
The state of British journalism in 2026 …
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Russia is inflaming the debate on immigration in Britain as part of “increasing ambitions to disrupt our way of life”, counter-terror police and experts say It has directly and indirectly paid right-wing influencers to spread messages that align with its political goals inews.co.uk/news/putin-i...
inews.co.uk
How Putin is inflaming immigration tensions to spark disorder in Britain
Counter-terror leaders reveal the tactics Russia is using to sow division in the UK
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Peter Jackson @pjdelacour.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
This announcement from Five Eyes is interesting but a little hair raising. Indeed I haven’t seen anything quite like it. www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/the-ai-...
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The AI shift in cyber risk: why leaders must act now
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 17/06/2026
Does it change our perception of our society to know that a fair chunk of extremist behaviour is in fact a Russian sabotage campaign? www.ft.com/content/8fa3...
ft.com
Russian saboteurs hired third operative for UK attacks
Footage points to the role of an unidentified man spraying anti-Muslim graffiti in London
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
What the BBC doesn’t say is that Nalobin adds a whole other layer of complacency/incompetence/cover-up by UK govt. Read this to understand backdrop to this whole story & ask yourself why UK govt *still* refuses to investigate Kremlin interference in UK politics www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
theguardian.com
The Westminster whistleblower: how my friend Sergei tried to expose the Kremlin plot against Britain
Russian-born UK citizen and Tory party activist Sergei Cristo fought to make MI5 sit up and take notice of the Russian political interference operation now threatening democracy in Britain – and aroun...
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Tomorrow’s Independent front page:
The
INDEPENDENT
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The Way Bac
Their promises of more jobs, more trade, more power for Britain have proved a con, Michael Heseltine writes as the Brexit vote 10th anniversary approaches. Never have so few done so much damage to so many with so little ability to execute what they lied about. Their scandalously false prospectus has turned to dust and ashes. Naturally, they blame everyone but themselves.
They are the guilty men and should...
...hang their heads in shame
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Makes a change from all the people saying Europe will be nothing in the new world order. And the truth might be... somewhere in the middle?
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Genuinely astonishing to me how little discussion there is of the impact of the societal and economic change of the last 30 years, like the famous frog boiling happened, only it started eating the other frogs, and we blamed rising prices. bsky.app/profile/davi...
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Peter Jackson @pjdelacour.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
In no sense has the US “won” its war against Iran. The Trump administration has instead used systematic censorship and misinformation to disguise the damage done by Iranian drone attacks on its own or its Allies’ infrastructure. youtube.com/watch?v=5gHe...
youtube.com
How big a threat is Iran's military now? | Global News Podcast
YouTube video by BBC News
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Peter Jackson @pjdelacour.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
I hate to say it, but Scotland is becoming a true ripoff country. Just paid £15 to pick up family from the airport. The pay machine was £8 but didn’t work. I was told go to the barrier. By the time I got there, the price was £15. The State and its cronies look to gouge people however they can.
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Peter Jackson @pjdelacour.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Pleased to contribute to this collection of expert analyses of the recent elections in Scotland. scga.scot/2026/05/19/m...
scga.scot
Making Sense of the Scottish Elections
Professor Peter Jackson, SCGA Co-director, has contributed an essay on NATO, Nukes and Negotiations to the Scottish Elections Analysis report.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
So we have full 2025 immigration stats - Total net down by 2/3rds in 2025 (3/4 from peak) - Small boat arrivals in 2026 down 40%. Asylum backlog down 48%; returns up 9% - Asylum seekers in hotels down 35% (down 48% from peak) YET PUBLIC PERCEPTION 49% think 2025 saw increase; only 16% know it fell
Graph showing total net migration fell by two thirds in 2025. Graph showing use of supported accommodation lowest since 2022. Use of hotels halved from 2022 peak.Asylum applications, January 2025 to December 2025
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4% over 12 months
Home Office data, as of 26 February 2026
Returns and deportations from the UK, January 2025 to December 2025
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↑9% over 12 months
Home Office data, as of 26 February 2026
Arrivals by small boat, 1 January 2026 to 14 May 2026
7,576
↓40% same period 2025
Home Office data, as of 15 May 2026Across the political spectrum, people mistakenly believe that migration is increasing
Perception net migration was higher in 2025 than 2024, by party respondent is likely to vote for
Reform
62%
Con
53%
Lib Dems
46%
Green
44%
Lab
41%
Guardian graphic. Source: British future. Note: 3,003 adults in Great Britain surveyed online, 19-30 Mar 2026
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Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 19/05/2026
28% of all people under 25 live in Africa.
Chart showing by 2100, nearly half of the world's young people will live in Africa.
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Peter Jackson @pjdelacour.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Pleased to have contributed to this important publication.
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Scottish Council on Global Affairs scga.scot @scga.scot · 18/05/2026
Scottish Election Analysis 2026: The Campaign, Voters and Policies Immediate thoughts, reflections and early research insights on the 2026 election from leading scholars in Scottish politics, elections, media and policy. @uofgsps.bsky.social @pjdelacour.bsky.social www.electionanalysis.uk
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 13/05/2026
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “U.S.-China summits can change the world,” the editorial board writes. But in both his terms in office, President Trump has weakened the United States relative to China. Now, “Mr. Trump arrives in Beijing without the aura of strength that he cherishes.”
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Opinion | Trump’s China Policy Has Weakened America
In Beijing this week, Mr. Trump should not hand China more victories.
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Until the UK can come to terms with its place according to international investors - as a services economy - the political turmoil will continue. And even then finding good solutions to global issues such as large company dominance is a huge problem. ecipe.org/insights/res...
ecipe.org
Resetting UK Politics 10 Years On – Recognise Today’s Economy
The UK had five Prime Ministers in the 35 years prior to the June 2016 EU referendum, since when it has had six which seems likely shortly to become seven. While correlation and causation are not the
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Just sent out my free midweek update. Little changed directly between the US and Iran (Iran is still stringing Trump along) but overall the US position is weakening. The US bombing campaign was less effective than Trump and Hegseth boasted, making US escalation… open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
open.substack.com
Midweek Update #10: Little Changes In US-Iran, Potentially Lots With US-China
What Did The Bombing Campaign Accomplish?; Will China Save The US With Iran?
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Peter Jackson @pjdelacour.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Uh-huh …
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Ville Kostian @kostianv.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
"Ex- #NATO chief Rasmussen warns of ‘disintegration’ of alliance, calls for new European defense bloc." www.politico.com/news/2026/05...
politico.com
Ex-NATO chief Rasmussen warns of ‘disintegration’ of alliance, calls for new European defense bloc
As head of NATO and prime minister of Denmark, Anders Fogh Rasmussen has always advocated close ties with the U.S. Now he is calling for a radical rethink — and a new European defense alliance, of whi...
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Peter Jackson @pjdelacour.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
People who want to make the argument politics in Scotland are fundamentally different than south of the border certainly have some grist with which to grind from these election results - at least so far.
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Peter Jackson @pjdelacour.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
If these estimates are at all accurate, the Trump administration will need to explain why it has been claiming the attacks on Iran’s military infrastructure have been a total success. It was the only argument they had that there was any point to the war they have been waging.
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John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
U.S. intel also indicates that Iran retains about 75% of its pre-war inventories of mobile launchers & about 70% of its pre-war stockpiles of missiles, per a U.S. official. The regime has also been able to recover underground storage facilities & repair damaged missiles
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Peter Jackson @pjdelacour.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Except this article fails to mention that the Starmer government has not actually done anything of consequence. Its communications are terrible and it is incapable of conveying a vision of any kind. Democrats Should Pay Attention to Keir Starmer’s Fall www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | Democrats Should Pay Attention to Keir Starmer’s Fall
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Peter Jackson @pjdelacour.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Very true!
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Why should anyone join a global order that is nakedly America first? Obviously that isn't going to happen. And even suggesting this diminishes US power in front of our very eyes because there are literally no partners.
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Peter Jackson @pjdelacour.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Morgan McSweeney’s baleful influence over UK policy continues to cast a pall weeks after he was sacked.
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Peter Jackson @pjdelacour.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
It might be soulless. But it’s definitely stupid.
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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Melanie Phillips is appalled the *Pope* is anti-war.
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 12/04/2026
Donald Trump’s idiotic war has damaged the global economy and left British families and businesses suffering. A total disaster backed by Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage.
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Carl Bouchard @bouchaca.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
"En effet, c’est parce que le soldat connaît l’épreuve de la guerre qu’il peut « souffrir de la violence [qu’il lui est] imposé de commettre », voire remettre en cause l’ordre donné, s’il le juge inacceptable."
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Robbie Mochrie @economyofhope.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Why @economyofhope.bsky.social? Because that's what Maynard Keynes offered the world in 1936. And there's no other economics worth considering.
Cover of the first edition of Keynes's "General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money"
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Peter Jackson @pjdelacour.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
A little positivity goes a long way …
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