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john clarke

@johnaclarkeeu

ex-EU Director & Head EUDel WTO&UN. Fellow MaastrichtUni. Editor ITLR journal. Fellow RoyalAsiaticSociety. Special Adviser FIPRA public affairs. Poetry lover.

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America buys refined rare earth, antibiotics, iPhones, lithium batteries from China China buys soybeans, corn & beef from America Who are the peasants?

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This almost unknown portrait of a young Henry VIII in his thirties by a Franco-Flemish artist (late 1520s) is leaving the Gallery to join an important public collection. But what is the artist trying to tell us? The ring he is holding is a mystery.

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So wrong. The strength of all these tales is that they present the 4 stages of human experience - the status quo, the challenge, the threat, and good overcoming evil. The basis of almost all great literature incl Cervantes, Sterne, Dickens, Brontes..

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Game of Thrones actor Liam Cunningham on supporting Palestine as an Irish 🇮🇪❤️🇵🇸. "We didn't stop fighting for 700 years against the British,".

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Films are made by teams. And I'm incredibly proud of everyone who came together to make Louis Theroux The Settlers. It was tough. And you deserve this praise. Out film is on BBC Iplayer now. #louistheroux #louistherouxthesettlers

Films are made by teams. And I'm incredibly proud of everyone who came together to make <a href="/louistheroux/">Louis Theroux</a> The Settlers. It was tough. And you deserve this praise. Out film is on BBC Iplayer now. #louistheroux #louistherouxthesettlers
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🚨BREAKING -- Declassified managed to locate and question the head of Britain's military, Admiral Tony Radakin, about the intelligence his military is sharing with Israel.

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Brilliant piece by one of the best historians of the Cold War and post Cold War. Do read it! Donald Trump, beware – this is what a global liberal fightback looks like | Timothy Garton Ash theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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On April 28, 2025 local time, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi clarified China's position on upholding multilateralism and safeguarding multilateral trading rules on the sidelines of the Meeting of BRICS Ministers of Foreign

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There is another question; whose decision is it to enmesh Britain's military & security services with Israel, a country that Admiral Radakin will know, has gone rogue? And where is the grasp of history? Radakin's predecessors lost many good British servicemen to the Irgun and

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Last year Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, the UK’s military chief, visited Israel and met Israel’s top soldier, Herzi Halevi. They discussed “future operations in the region”. By then, Israel had already killed around 25,000 Palestinians. declassifieduk.org/the-uk-militar…

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I have visited this border crossing near Amritsar and watched - along with 3000 baying Indian spectators - this Bizaare theatrical which is enacted each evening. A depressing display of Hindutva ideology and apparent superiority.

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Honoured to address the Central Bank of Estonia on Trump 2.0 trade wars, & then a great 2 day trek in Lahemaa natl park with my friend Ave who runs the EU Tallinn office. Primal forest, bogs, coast, even a disused USSR submarine base! ⁦Eesti Pank⁩ # ⁦lahemaa.info⁩ #EU

Honoured to address the Central Bank of Estonia on Trump 2.0 trade wars, &amp; then a great 2 day trek in Lahemaa natl park with my friend Ave who runs the EU Tallinn office. Primal forest, bogs, coast, even a disused USSR submarine base! ⁦<a href="/EestiPank/">Eesti Pank</a>⁩ # ⁦<a href="/lahemaa/">lahemaa.info</a>⁩ #EU
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…the old nuclear sub base at @Hara Sadam, the deserted northern coastline, Lahemaa woods, and a visit to the wonderful Viinistu gallery of Estonian art! @viinistu

…the old nuclear sub base at @Hara Sadam, the deserted northern coastline, Lahemaa woods, and a visit to the wonderful Viinistu gallery of Estonian art! @viinistu
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Yes I know that. Pure theatre, except that the audience on the Indian side (the P side is deserted) are not actors; they bay for blood and chant Hindustan Hindustan! It’s highly unpleasant, as many of my educated Indian friends in the IAS acknowledge to me…