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Julian Borger

@julianborger.bsky.social

Senior international correspondent at The Guardian, based in London

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Jasmin Mujanović@jasminmuj.bsky.social · last mo.

An accessible roundup by @julianborger.bsky.social of the transatlantic rupture - and its cloak and dagger context - emerging over the US push to appoint a new High Representative in Bosnia, and European opposition to the same. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Europe and US on collision course over next high representative for Bosnia

Diplomats from around world meet in Sarajevo in second attempt to agree on top envoy, as US pushes for its choice

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William French@wtfrench76.bsky.social · last mo.

A brilliant article by @julianborger.bsky.social, and surely the only time since the 17th century that waving the Swiss flag would be considered an act of obnoxious nationalism? 🇧🇦🇨🇭

Jasmin Mujanović@jasminmuj.bsky.social · last mo.

When you’ve spent as much time in Bosnia as @julianborger.bsky.social has, you’re able to detect subtle shifts in public attitudes, and write about them in compelling, historically-informed fashion. A great piece on the ‘return’ of the golden lilies to Bosnia. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

The Assistant Professor of Football@gollnerphilipp.bsky.social · last mo.

„It is also defiance. If Serbs and Croats can display their ethnic symbols, why not us? This younger generation believes in the nation even more than we did.” Excellent close-up of a complicated country from @julianborger.bsky.social here: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

‘It’s defiance’: why some Bosniaks are reviving historic flag as they cheer on World Cup squad

Lilies making a vivid comeback alongside foreign-imposed flag, as younger generation wrestles with national identity

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Jasmin Mujanović@jasminmuj.bsky.social · last mo.

When you’ve spent as much time in Bosnia as @julianborger.bsky.social has, you’re able to detect subtle shifts in public attitudes, and write about them in compelling, historically-informed fashion. A great piece on the ‘return’ of the golden lilies to Bosnia. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

‘It’s defiance’: why some Bosniaks are reviving historic flag as they cheer on World Cup squad

Lilies making a vivid comeback alongside foreign-imposed flag, as younger generation wrestles with national identity

theguardian.com

Kurt Bassuener@kurtbassuener.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I'm quoted by @julianborger.bsky.social in his piece on the #PeaceImplementationCouncil for the @theguardian.com. #Europe+, less Italy, held the line against being jammed with the US-selected High Rep nominee. But it's evident that there is no coherent strategy... www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

US threatens to reconsider role in Bosnia and Herzegovina amid rift with Europe

US embassy in Sarajevo made threat after European states refused to back its preferred High Representative candidate

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William French@wtfrench76.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"They have bound their fate together so tightly that it will be very hard for either of them to unstick themselves from its legacy": @julianborger.bsky.social on the symbiotic but tense relationship between Trump and Netanyahu. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

‘They have screwed each other pretty badly’: tensions emerge in Netanyahu-Trump alliance

Israeli PM says he has ‘full coordination’ with US president amid reports that Washington no longer consults him

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Stephanie Kirchgaessner@skirchy.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Leon Black has denied he ever met or raped ‘Jane Doe’. In an exclusive statement, Doe tells the Guardian ‘I am still here. And I am not done’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Epstein-linked billionaire accused of rape privately reached out to federal judge to defend his ‘good name’

Leon Black has denied he ever met or raped ‘Jane Doe’. In an exclusive statement, Doe tells the Guardian ‘I am still here. And I am not done’

theguardian.com

Lisa O’Carroll@lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Do read @jakubkrupa.bsky.social updates and analysis of Vance's speech, which seems to be taken from the Trump post election playbook but with a nationalist Christian misting. Chief among the culprits for Europe's said woes are radical left and "feminists". www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Vance accuses EU of ‘foreign interference’ in upcoming Hungarian election while endorsing Orbán – Europe live

US vice-president claims ‘the bureaucrats in Brussels have tried to destroy the economy of Hungary’

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Julian Borger@julianborger.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A necessary deep dive into the long dystopian history of a world in which a succession of old guys of varying mental stability have easy access to the means to destroy the planet in minutes, by @rebeccajohn.bsky.social

Rebecca John@rebeccajohn.bsky.social · 4mo ago

“Having a ‘madman’ in the WHouse is a wake-up call to the frightening reality that when it comes to nuclear weapons, presidents have almost complete autonomy with essentially no institutional checks and balances” says @tomcollina.bsky.social author of The Button w frmr Sec Def William Perry

Oona Hathaway@oonahathaway.bsky.social · 4mo ago

This will be exhibit A in future war crimes trials if he carries out his threats. Tragically, it's those following the manifestly unlawful orders that are the ones most likely to be held to account.

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