Ilias Alami
@iliasalami.bsky.social
Assistant prof political economy University of Cambridge Books: Money Power in Emerging Markets (2020); The Spectre of State Capitalism (now out and free to download!) Editor Economy and Society Member Second Cold War Observatory
Here is my latest on how one particular company ended up dominating our skies: phenomenalworld.org/analysis/orb...
Orbital Enclosure - Phenomenal World
In mid-June, SpaceX went public. The company’s initial public offering share price of $150 quickly crowned Elon Musk the world’s first dollar trillionaire. As the company’s executives rang the Nasdaq ...
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1/9 I am very happy to share a new special issue of the Journal of Economic Policy Reform, which I co-edited with Merve Sancak and Andreas Nölke: “Industrial Policy beyond the Hegemons” which examines how non-hegemonic powers respond to geoeconomic competition.
Holy f*ck. What a story. "The troubling death represents a new stumble in China’s push to rival the United States as a biotech power." www.science.org/content/arti... h/t @chenchenzhang.net
Exclusive: Death of girl in Chinese gene-editing trial was never made public
Parents want accountability after study went disastrously wrong, Science and Retraction Watch investigation reveals
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Reading today Giovanni Arrighi's 2-part essay "Hegemony unravelling" (published in 2005), which is on the "the terminal crisis of US hegemony" precipitated by the Iraq invasion, is a surreal experience
Great call for paper for a special issue on Crisis and resilience in Latin American politics www.nature.com/collections/...
Crisis and resilience in Latin American politics
This Collection seeks to explore continuity and change in Latin American politics in both historical and contemporary perspectives.
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Postdoc opportunity in development studies at Cambridge. Apply! www.queens.cam.ac.uk/about-us/vac...
Junior Research Fellowships/Early Career Fellowships - Queens' College
The College intends to appoint a Junior Research Fellow (JRF) from 1 October 2027 in each of the following subject areas: Archaeological Science and Development Studies. Junior Research Fellowships of...
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What an extraordinarily wide-ranging conversation between Barnaby Raine and @adamtooze.bsky.social! I strongly recommend opening a bottle of wine and just enjoying the ride. open.spotify.com/show/033MAse... @tribunemagazine.bsky.social
postscript
Podcast · Tribune Magazine · Barnaby Raine hosts postscript, a podcast from Tribune magazine. In a series of reflective conversations, postscript explores the meaning of the left amid the slow death o...
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Is there a good soul out there willing to share a PDF of the 2026 issue of Socialist Register? socialistregister.com/index.php/sr...
Vol. 62: Socialist Register 2026: Late-Stage Capitalism? Accumulation in the Ruins | Socialist Register
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What does a grain have to do with anti-fascist economics? Everything. Penguin put the whole argument on the UK cover of my book. A thread 🌾
Another brilliant interview with @alfatau.bsky.social , most certainly one of my favourite thinkers communispress.com/vectors-of-f...
Vectors of Fascism
The fish rots from the head down: A fascism endogenous to the liberal State.
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Great essay by @quinnslobodian.com www.theideasletter.org/essay/digita...
Digital Bandung
The recent turn to the language of “digital empire” and “data colonialism” captures aspects of the concentration of technological power, but often mistakes polemic for analysis. Slobodian revisits the...
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Must read!
Common Wealth@cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 3w agoGlobal decarbonization is a necessity to secure a safe & livable future. Supporting global green development is central to decarbonization. The structure of the global economy & financial system poses a problem. Here’s what we can do about it. 🧵 www.common-wealth.org/publications...
Pour les lecteurs francophones, notre article "Politique industrielle et réalignement impérial" (écrit avec @tomchodor.bsky.social et @jacktaggart.bsky.social) est maintenant dispo en français, dans un num spécial de @gresea-asbl.bsky.social. Le PDF est téléchargeable ici : gresea.be/Politiques-i...
Politiques industrielles : le grand retour ? – Gresea
La politique industrielle est de retour. C'est ce qu'affirme le Fonds monétaire international (FMI) selon qui les États cherchent des remèdes aux « crises multiples et cumulatives […] associées à…
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For a materialist analysis that outlines how state capitalism is already advancing 'nationalisation' within the AI and energy sectors and why we need a politics of internationalism and pacifism read @iliasalami.bsky.social in @transitionsec.bsky.social transitionsecurity.org/imperial-sta...
Imperial State Capitalism
A new geopolitics is shaping the development of AI and the energy transition.
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"The U.S. has long prospered because it has avoided the snares of state capitalism. It’s how the U.S. defeated the keiretsu model of Japanese business and the state ownership in Europe. China’s state-owned industries are the weakest part of its economy." www.wsj.com/opinion/open...
Opinion | The Socialist Temptation of Sam Altman
OpenAI considers a Faustian bargain with the U.S. government.
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5/ @iliasalami.bsky.social: "Also funny that "industrial policy may be ok in some cases but you shouldn't do it because you don't have the fiscal/administrative capacity" is precisely what IMF/OECD/etc. tell developing countries. Now the FT tells the rich world: "China does it, but you shouldn't"
Ilias Alami@iliasalami.bsky.social · 2mo agoThis is *exactly* the kind of liberal anxieties that we wrote about in the penultimate chapter of The Spectre of State Capitalism. Could have written this edito myself. The risks of borrowing from China’s economic playbook - www.ft.com/content/b5d6...
Un ouvrage excellent de @romaricgodin.bsky.social Quelle fierté d'en avoir inspiré quelques arguments
Our piece with @tomchodor.bsky.social and @jacktaggart.bsky.social on Non-Hegemony is now available for Arabic-speaking readers alsifr.org/non-hegemony
لا هيمنة: التنمية في نظام عالمي مجزأ
مع تآكل شروط الهيمنة الأميركية وتراجع قدرتها على توفير قيادة جماعية مستقرة، تتعرض التعددية لتفريغ متزايد من مضمونها، وتتحول مؤسساتها إلى ساحات تنافس جيوسياسي على السيطرة على الشبكات الاستراتيجية للرأس...
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👉 @triofrancos.bsky.social & @iliasalami.bsky.social in @phenomenalworld.bsky.social on Trump state capitalism contradictions: expands mineral supplies but undermines policy coherence; ending free trade opens Global South opportunities but reinforces subordination phenomenalworld.org/analysis/tru...
Trumpian State Capitalism | Ilias Alami & Thea Riofrancos
Critical minerals security and US economic interventionism
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That was a really fun conversation! duforumonamultipolarworld.substack.com/p/dr-ilias-a...
Dr Ilias Alami - State Capitalism’s Role in a Multipolar World
Ilias Alami is Assistant Professor in the political Economy of Development at Cambridge University’s Centre of Development Studies.
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Also funny that "industrial policy may be ok in some cases but you shouldn't do it because you don't have the fiscal/administrative capacity" is precisely what IMF/OECD/etc. tell developing countries. Now the ft tells the rich world: "china does it, but you shouldn't". The irony!
Ilias Alami@iliasalami.bsky.social · 2mo agoThis is *exactly* the kind of liberal anxieties that we wrote about in the penultimate chapter of The Spectre of State Capitalism. Could have written this edito myself. The risks of borrowing from China’s economic playbook - www.ft.com/content/b5d6...
This is *exactly* the kind of liberal anxieties that we wrote about in the penultimate chapter of The Spectre of State Capitalism. Could have written this edito myself. The risks of borrowing from China’s economic playbook - www.ft.com/content/b5d6...
The risks of borrowing from China’s economic playbook
Western governments must ensure industrial policy does not turn into unchecked state expansion
ft.com
The UK must decarbonise. A state-led planning approach is key to this mission but requires increased capacity. Our current institutional architecture is fragmented, underpowered & built for a different era. 🧵This is how to fix it. Simone Gasperin 🖊️ www.common-wealth.org/publications...
Mapping UK Green Planning Architecture
The UK's green planning institutions are fragmented and underpowered. To deliver decarbonisation, this institutional architecture must be reimagined.
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