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Sam Greene @samagreene.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Once more: The incoherence of the Trump administration should not be confused with incapacity. Trump inherited structures of incomparable global power and is unencumbered by calculations of consequence. This power may dissipate, but the costs in the interim will be immense.

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Sam Greene @samagreene.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Maybe — just maybe — we could accept that Labour have done the analysis and know what they’re doing?

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Sam Greene @samagreene.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Thoughts for Marc Bennetts and @thetimes.com on Trump & Putin www.thetimes.com/article/93d3...

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Sam Greene @samagreene.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Putin: “I’ve already said that Russians and Ukrainians are one people. In that sense, all of Ukraine is ours. … We have this old rule, that wherever a Russian steps foot — that’s our territory.” Whatever this is, it’s not a president preparing his people for compromise.

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Sam Greene @samagreene.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Tell me you don't know anything about Judaism without telling me you don't know anything about Judaism.

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Sam Greene @samagreene.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

What a marvelous phrase, “Englished by…”

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Sam Greene @samagreene.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

This is a bizarre graph. If you look at it quickly, you’d think EU exports to Ukraine were falling. On closer inspection, it’s the opposite — because they inverted the Y-axis. Why?

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Sam Greene @samagreene.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Oh ffs: no, the graduate visa scheme did not lead to an elevenfold increase in overseas students in the UK from 2020 to 2023. Reclassifying EU students as overseas students as of August 2021 did that. on.ft.com/4crwsVV

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Sam Greene @samagreene.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

For all its faults, the US played an important role in helping to end European colonial rule in Africa. Shifting to an overt policy of neo-colonial extraction—while ending development assistance and ceding genuine diplomacy to China and Russia—is … staggering.

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Sam Greene @samagreene.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

It’s a charming regurgitation of this piece of propaganda from WWII:

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Sam Greene @samagreene.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

In case anyone had doubts abut the relationship Moscow thinks it’s building with Washington, this is from the website of Russia’s SVR (foreign intelligence service):

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Sam Greene @samagreene.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Well this is depressing. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Sam Greene @samagreene.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Ever notice how Musk never bothers to query his own AI? Or does Grok also have a well-known left-wing bias?

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Sam Greene @samagreene.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

It is heartening to see principled UK and European support for Ukraine — but I think this formulation by No10 is a mistake. Europe cannot afford to give Washington a veto over security in Ukraine and on the continent as a whole.

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Sam Greene @samagreene.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

It bears repeating: The only negotiations that will end the war in Ukraine are those between Ukraine and Europe.

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Sam Greene @samagreene.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

The look on Ben Franklin’s face says it all…

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Sam Greene @samagreene.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Thanks to @gzeromedia.com for the shoutout! Subscribe to TL;DRussia — for free — at tldrussia.substack.com and see what all the fuss is about 🤨

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Sam Greene @samagreene.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

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

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Sam Greene @samagreene.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Anyone who happened to know that the White House would announce and then suspend tariffs within 24 hours just made a boatload of money.

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Sam Greene @samagreene.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Gotta admit, the VPOTUS launching an ad hominem attack on the British ex-politician most known for being a paragon of civility was not on my bingo card.

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Sam Greene @samagreene.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Since the rest of the punditocracy seems to be wallowing in "I told you so," I figured I might as well join in. This is from June 2022. tldrussia.substack.com/p/why-we-fight

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Sam Greene @samagreene.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

I’m beginning to think Musk’s strategy is to get Europe to burn down X so he can collect in the insurance policy.

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Sam Greene @samagreene.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Just gonna leave this here. Even if this suit goes nowhere, it will have a chilling effect, the magnitude of which is difficult to overestimate.

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Sam Greene @samagreene.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

As Trump nears the White House and Biden (partly) unleashes Ukraine's ATACMs, some thoughts on the choices facing Vladimir Putin. In a nutshell: I suspect Putin will seek to remain the most unpredictable player in the game. buff.ly/3ZcqLWM

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Sam Greene @samagreene.bsky.social · 19/11/2023

This is the cover photo for tomorrow's edition of TL;DRussia. If you know, you know. Don't say I didn't warn you. If you're a glutton for melancholy, subscribe. At least it's free: tldrussia.substack.com