Katie Stallard
@katiestallard.bsky.social
Writing about Russia, China and authoritarian politics for the New Statesman. Author of Dancing on Bones: History and Power in China, Russia, and North Korea (OUP). Former Wilson Center fellow. Based in DC. Previously Beijing and Moscow.
“The crux of it is that we’re back in a world where major great power war is thinkable." @nktpnd.bsky.social in @newstatesman1913.bsky.social on our dangerous new nuclear age: www.newstatesman.com/cover-story/...
The new nuclear terror
Our Cold War nightmares have returned as a global arms race
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The key question is not how much longer Putin can sustain this conflict, but what kind of war he believes he is fighting. In this week's @newstatesman1913.bsky.social with thanks to @carnegierussia.bsky.social's Alexandra Prokopenko and @samagreene.bsky.social: www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
Vladimir Putin has no way out
But he may not want one
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Less than 24 hours after Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz “completely open,” it was effectively closed again. The US has fired on and seized an Iranian cargo ship. The mirage of an imminent end to this conflict has dissipated. In @newstatesman1913.bsky.social www.newstatesman.com/world/middle...
The Iran war is far from over
The Strait of Hormuz remains a deadly chokepoint in this rolling stand-off
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The extraordinary rescue of the US weapons officer shot down over Iran and the dangerous logic of escalation for Donald Trump, in @newstatesman1913.bsky.social: www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
Why Trump keeps escalating in Iran
The daring rescue of a stranded US airman in Iran has only emboldened the president
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"They could rapidly deploy using amphibious vehicles, helicopters, or parachutes to seize a small piece of territory." @2eatsoup.bsky.social up in @newstatesman1913.bsky.social man on how a US ground assault in Iran could unfold, and the risks involved: www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
How would a US ground assault on Iran unfold?
Trump now has the forces in place to carry out a limited operation, but it would be fraught with risk
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Sobering analysis here from @phillipspobrien.bsky.social with the ever-sharp @katiestallard.bsky.social. As a guy who's spent 19 of his 23 years in this U.S. Navy sailing around the Pacific in defense of allies, this is a tough listen. youtu.be/Et6WjVRHr6I?...
Does Trump regret the war in Iran? | World Politics | The New Statesman
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The battle for the Strait of Hormuz Iran has discovered a new weapon, much more powerful than its nuclear programme By @katiestallard.bsky.social
The battle for the Strait of Hormuz
Iran has discovered a new weapon, much more powerful than its nuclear programme
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In DC on March 31? Come to a discussion of The Party's Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun. Panelists include Patrick Jackson, Evan Medeiros, and @katiestallard.bsky.social rd.bsky.social. Thrilled Mike Froman of @cfr.org will moderate. www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
Book Launch: Joseph Torigian, The Party's Interests Come First
Join us at AU for the launch of Joseph Torigian's new book "The Party's Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping"
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Beijing has an obvious interest in understanding how MPs view geopolitical issues + more prosaic concerns like how long Starmer has left & who is most likely to come next. (And what are their views...) @newstatesman1913.bsky.social on Chinese espionage in the UK: www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
How China spies on the UK
Intelligence agencies have been warning about efforts by Chinese spies to recruit British assets for years
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What the war in Iran means for China and Russia. In this week's @newstatesman1913.bsky.social: www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
What the war in Iran means for China and Russia
China's leadership will not welcome the prospect of a global oil shock
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The Kremlin's calculus on Iran, featuring expertise from @hannanotte.bsky.social and @nicolegrajewski.bsky.social in @newstatesman1913.bsky.social: www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
How Putin is backing Iran's war effort
A prolonged conflict in the Middle East would serve Russia’s interests
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“When we are finished, take over your government." As Trump tells Iranians their "hour of your freedom is at hand" and warns Americans to expect military casualties, what is the US endgame in Iran? For @newstatesman1913.bsky.social: www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
What is the endgame in Iran?
Trump's many justifications for the US strikes provide little clarity
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Here is the full @newstatesman1913.bsky.social with Carlo Masala on Vladimir Putin's ambitions beyond Ukraine: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Glm-...
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“They are already at war against the West.” Carlo Masala, author of If Russia Wins, on Russia's ambitions beyond Ukraine, how Putin might test Article Five, and how Europe can defend itself without the US. @newstatesman1913.bsky.social's weekend interview: www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
Putin will attack Europe next
"If Russia Wins" author Carlo Masala on why Moscow is already looking beyond Ukraine, and how Europe can defend itself without America
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If China had abided by the terms of its treaty with the UK, Jimmy Lai would be a free man. Instead, he has been given what amounts to a death sentence for daring to stand up for the freedoms Hong Kongers were promised in 1997. In @newstatesman1913.bsky.social: www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
The tragic fate of Jimmy Lai
The elderly British media tycoon has been handed an effective death sentence in Hong Kong
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Keir Starmer joins a growing list of leaders posing for the same photo in front of the same backdrop with Xi Jinping as he pitches a comparatively predictable form of authoritarianism. The US's self-inflicted loss is China's gain. In @newstatesman1913.bsky.social www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
What Xi Jinping wants from the UK
America’s self-inflicted loss is China’s gain
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“We would never go to war against the Americans, but we are in Greenland and if US soldiers move in and try to remove our soldiers and our police, then we are at war"- Rasmus Jarlov, chair of Danish parliament's defence committee in @newstatesman1913.bsky.social: www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
Rasmus Jarlov: If the US attempts a military takeover of Greenland, “then we are at war”
The chair of the Danish parliament’s defence committee says "you would have to shoot people to get Greenland"
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Donald Trump claims Russian and Chinese ships are "all over" Greenland. An interview with Polar War author Kenneth R. Rosen in @newstatesman1913.bsky.social on the reality: www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
Trump claims Russian and Chinese ships are “all over” Greenland. This is the reality
Kenneth R Rosen argues we should take Trump’s threats to Greenland seriously
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"In acting alone, we have alienated our democratic allies and dealt another blow to the already beleaguered rules-based international system that has served us so well for the last 80 years." - @mcfaulmike.bsky.social in @newstatesman1913.bsky.social: www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
Trump's Venezuela intervention is a gift to China and Russia
The US has alienated its democratic allies and fuelled polarisation at home
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For the third time in 13 months, Vladimir Putin has proved unable or unwilling to intervene to prop up a supposed strategic partner during a moment of crisis. Putin's calculus on Venezuela and Ukraine in @newstatesman1913.bsky.social: www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
Vladimir Putin’s confidence game
The Russian leader will only be emboldened by Donald Trump’s assault on Venezuela
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‘What is the difference, Putin’s supporters will ask, between Trump’s actions and Russia intervening to remove an unfriendly government within its own sphere of influence?’ @katiestallard.bsky.social on the wider precedent set for Moscow and Beijing www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
Trump ushers in a new era of rogue superpowers
With the strike on Venezuela, the US joins Russia and China in carving up the globe into spheres of influence
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Maduro was meeting with China's special envoy in Caracas in the hours before the US attack. Welcome to the era of rogue superpowers. For @newstatesman1913.bsky.social: www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
Trump ushers in a new era of rogue superpowers
With the strike on Venezuela, the US joins Russia and China in carving up the globe into spheres of influence
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We now know precisely why UK prosecutors dropped their case against two British men accused of spying for China: www.newstatesman.com/world/asia/c...
The China spies case's million-dollar question
Why the case against two British men accused of spying for China was dropped
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Are Europeans now prepared to put their own troops on the ground and risk war with Russia to provide security guarantees for Ukraine, because they haven't been so far. And the better way to ensure Ukraine's security. In @newstatesman.com: www.newstatesman.com/world/europe...
The real question about European security guarantees for Ukraine
Vladimir Putin has warned that any foreign troops in the country would be "legitimate targets".
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It was a good week for Kim Jong-un. Thanks @katiestallard.bsky.social for speaking with me about Kim’s successful appearance in Beijing. theworld.org/segments/202...
Kim Jong Un has a successful week in Beijing - The World from PRX
When Chinese Leader Xi Jinping strode into Tiananmen Square for this week’s massive military parade in Beijing, he arrived with Russian President Vladimir Putin on his right and North Korean Leader Ki...
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Autocrats of the world, unite! Xi's big parade in Beijing was both a show of strength, and not quite everything it seemed. In @newstatesman.com: www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
Putin, Xi and Kim debut their new world order
Autocrats of the world, unite!
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“The easy conclusion is to say that Kim Jong Un is once again vindicated in his pursuit of nuclear weapons because if Iran had nuclear weapons, like he did, they would not have gotten bombed,” says @sydseiler.bsky.social in an interview with @katiestallard.bsky.social for @newstatesman.com.
North Korea’s guide to going nuclear
How Kim Jong Un fortified his impoverished state.
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North Korea’s guide to going nuclear 🌎 @katiestallard.bsky.social on how Kim Jong Un fortified his impoverished state.
North Korea’s guide to going nuclear
How Kim Jong Un fortified his impoverished state.
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Lovely to @katiestallard.bsky.social review of The Milk Tea Alliance (a short work on youth activism featuring profiles she describes as "concise, engaging, and ultimately inspiring") appear in @newstatesman.com on the eve of the book's 24 July UK release date www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
From Xenobe Purvis to Jeffrey Wasserstrom: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Moveable Feasts by Chris Newens and Monsieur Ozenfant’s Academy by Charles Darwent.
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