In the past 36 hours, Israel has bombed:
• Palestine (Gaza) • Syria (Homs, Latakia, Palmyra) • Lebanon (Hermel, Bekaa) • Tunisia (aid flotilla) • Qatar (Doha) • Yemen (Sanaa)
Edward Burke
@edwardburke.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor, History of War, University College Dublin
Author: Ghosts of a Family (Merrion) / Ulster’s Lost Counties (Cambridge) / An Army of Tribes (Liverpool)
https://edward-burke.com/
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New in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society'
'Irish Catholic Recruitment into the British Army during the American Revolution: A Case Study of the 46th Regiment of Foot', by Sadie Sunderland bit.ly/4m80z84
What can Irish recruitment tell us about the complexity of the C18th military? 1/2
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Chinese military parade should ring alarm bells in Europe. Edward Burke is writing in todays @irishexaminer Pick up a copy today.
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"The U.S. State Department has notified European countries that it’s terminating memorandums of understanding to cooperate on detecting and exposing disinformation spread by countries including Russia, China, and Iran"
U.S. tells Europe it’s ending cooperation on combating foreign disinformation, including from Russia — Meduza
The U.S. State Department has notified European countries that it’s terminating memorandums of understanding to cooperate on detecting and exposing disinformation spread by countries including Russia,...
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On the meeting of Xi, Putin, Kim, Modi, Lukashenko and others with @fareedzakaria.bsky.social
On GPS: Anne Applebaum on the growing ties between autocracies | CNN
Fareed speaks with Atlantic staff writer Anne Applebaum about this week’s meeting between China’s Xi Jinping, Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un — and the growing ties between autoc...
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Goodbye Melvyn Bragg, my working-class hero and our greatest broadcaster
As Bragg retires, we need to reckon with the loss of working-class role models in the arts and media. Figures like Bragg just don’t exist anymore
My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
Where are today’s working-class role models? There are none, says Neil Mackay
The departure of Melvyn Bragg from Radio 4's In Our Time sadly brings to an end an era of intellectual broadcasting, says our Writer at Large, Neil…
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Must read article (originally published in the FT) by Israeli historian Fania Oz-Salzburger begins with a statement of the obvious reality that must be the key to a just and lasting peace: “‘Here’s a truth to reckon with: neither Israelis nor Palestinians are going to disappear any time soon.”
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/israel-palestine-conflict-israel-protests
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The stakes are this high.
"... Proxies who serve foreign interests before their own are algorithmically pushed into people’s feeds by giant American and Chinese social media companies. Those same algorithms push self-harm and suicide onto our children’s feeds. And yet we hesitate."
Von der Leyen must act or be humiliated. My piece in @euractiv.com
This is not a negotiation. It is a test.
Europe possesses a “trade bazooka” designed for the precise scenario of Trump's threats. To delay its use is to invite further encroachments.
Europe must reach for the bazooka‚ or be humiliated - Euractiv
Trump's swipe at EU digital laws is a threat to the very foundations of democratic governance: the rule of law, freedom from foreign interference, and the protection of our children in the digital age
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Spain has acted correctly. The actions of the Netanyahu government has left Madrid with no other choice. Other governments should follow suit 🇪🇸
🔴 ÚLTIMA HORA | Israel responde a Sánchez tras anunciar medidas por la situación en Gaza: acusa al Gobierno de antisemita y prohíbe la entrada al país a las ministras Díaz y Rego social.elpais.com/gp7kt11
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Yes. Extraordinarily badly written.
Chris Mason is a profoundly unserious man who writes about politics as if it were a video game with no real consequences. True to form, this article is purely about optics. Not a single policy is mentioned
Chris Mason: Reform conference shows party's growing ambition like never before - BBC News
The conference feels like that of a big party - but retains the insurgency vibe that the party is seeking to channel.
