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London Academic- Tracking the American Empire’s foreign policy establishment and its forging through wars and imperial international system building, and its crises; role of Trump and Trumpism in US and globally

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Inderjeet Parmar is a professor of international politics, and head of the Department of International Politics at City, University of London and an Honorary Research Fellow (Politics) at the University of Manchester. He is past president of British International Studies Association and Vice Chairman of the British International Studies Association, where he formerly served as Treasurer. He has been described as "an obligatory reference point on the history of social science, international relations and US foreign policy." .. more

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 5d
Monaco based tax-exile Jim Ratcliffe businesses received up to £70m UK subsidy in last 4 years. More promised.

Free cash, not repayable, no means-testing, no equity stake taken.

Sunday Times Rich List estimated his wealth to be £17bn.

Benefit cuts for the poor, free cash for corporations/Rich.
Jim Ratcliffe chemical firms received up to £70m of UK state aid in last four years
The government is preparing a £50m bailout for Ineos’s Grangemouth plant, after Jim Ratcliffe asked for help in October
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 8d
US sanctions two ICC judges for rejecting Israel's appeal against Gaza investigation - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/us-sanctions-two-icc-judges-rejecting-israels-appeal-against-gaza
US sanctions two ICC judges for rejecting Israel's appeal against Gaza investigation
<article data-history-node-id="432822" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/us-sanctions-two-icc-judges-rejecting-israels-appeal-against-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/us-sanctions-two-icc-judges-rejecting-israels-appeal-against-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">US sanctions two ICC judges for rejecting Israel's appeal against Gaza investigation</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p><meta charset="UTF-8"></p> <p>The Trump administration on Thursday imposed sanctions on two International Criminal Court (ICC) judges for their recent decision to reject an Israeli appeal against the Gaza war crimes investigation.</p> <p>The two judges, Gocha Lordkipanidze of Georgia and Erdenebalsuren Damdin of Mongolia, are members of the appeals chamber that on Monday ruled by a majority to dismiss&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Israel’s</a>&nbsp;arguments that the investigation into crimes in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/israel-war-gaza" target="_blank">Gaza</a>after 7 October 2023 was invalid.&nbsp;</p> <p>The appeals chamber decision has been widely viewed as a significant development in the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestine</a>&nbsp;investigation, which led to arrest warrants for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant in November last year.</p> <p>Had Israel succeeded in its appeal, the arrest warrants would have been invalid.</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-sanctions-two-icc-judges-rejecting-israels-bid-invalidate-netanyahus-warrant">US sanctions two ICC judges for rejecting Israel's appeal against Gaza investigation</a></h3> </div> </div> </article>
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Inderjeet Parmar @usempire.bsky.social · 12d
thewire.in/world/us-nat... @martindbbrown.bsky.social @vanjackson.bsky.social @carinavandew.bsky.social @mybisa.bsky.social @oah.org @usatoday.com @msenn.bsky.social @
US National Security Strategies: Trump Pushes Hard-Power Global Primacy, Overt Racism in Foreign Policy
Trump is radical in shifting the methodology of empire – the instruments by which US hegemony is to be maintained – almost completely away from peaceful diplomacy towards unfettered coercion. The goal...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13d
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Inderjeet Parmar @usempire.bsky.social · 13d
sapannews.com/2025/12/12/m... India must diversify away from American strategic dependence. Deepen military-industrial ties with Russia, France, South Korea, Japan; restore balance with Moscow. Lead Global South initiatives that are not American proxies
Modi’s Trump embrace: The hidden imperial roots of India’s toxic bromance with America
India is at a critical point in its relationship with the West. To develop a more balanced partnership the nation must redefine its priorities and its aspirations for itself.
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Inderjeet Parmar @usempire.bsky.social · 18d
thewire.in/world/the-ep... - release documents Jeffrey Epstein estate vindicates Walt, Mearsheimer; There was coordinated well-funded campaign to smear, silence, send chilling message: cross the line at your peril @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social @martindbbrown.bsky.social @cmcknichols.bsky.social
The Epstein Network and Attempts to Discredit Israel Lobby Study Follow an Elite Playbook to Silence Dissent
Until universities reject tainted money, scholarly associations develop independent funding streams, departments defend junior scholars who ask uncomfortable questions, the US will continue to produce...
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Inderjeet Parmar @usempire.bsky.social · 20d
www.bisa.ac.uk/articles/eve... -50 years ago, in Jan 1975, the British International Studies Association was born into a world that felt as if it were coming apart at the seams…. Click to hear a fascinating discussion of key issues of 1975 to the present and into the next decades by BISA experts!
Event recording - New dimensions, 50 years on: Reflections on continuity and change in global politics
Watch the recording of this virtual event, revisiting the first ever BISA conference in 1975.
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Inderjeet Parmar @usempire.bsky.social · 25d
thewire.in/politics/the... - beyond sleaze a global project to upend popular rights but it’s not inevitable @stephenwalt.bsky.social @vanjackson.bsky.social @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social @billybragg.bsky.social @piperformissouri.bsky.social @georgetakei.bsky.social @gtconway.bsky.social
The Global Web: How Epstein, Bannon and Trump’s Donors Built a New Far-Right International
The real legacy of the Epstein emails is not the sordid details most headlines chased, but the casual revelation of how far the work of a far right international had already progressed, and how little...
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 26d
"Israel has “a de facto state policy of organised and widespread torture”, according to a UN report covering the past two years, which also raised concerns about the impunity of Israeli security forces for war crimes." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel has ‘de facto state policy’ of organised torture, says UN report
Committee highlights allegations including dog attacks and sexual violence, raising concern about impunity for war crimes
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Patrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social · 26d
Disturbing details emerge about Paul Doyle:
“Paul Doyle, The Liverpool Rammer, was far from the family man he was said to be,
He followed and adored Nigel Farage and Andrew Tate on Twitter and also followed Elon Musk and was a MAGA and Trump supporter”. www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Disturbing Paul Doyle twist that casts doubt on 'family man' claims
Before he carried out his atrocious Liverpool attack, Paul Doyle was reportedly well thought of by friends and neighbours. But his social media activity appears to show the "fantastic" family man in a...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 26d
"If the U.S. military operation is not an armed conflict of any kind, these orders to kill helpless civilians clinging to the wreckage of a vessel our military destroyed would subject everyone from SECDEF down to the individual who pulled the trigger to prosecution under U.S. law for murder."
josepagliery.bsky.social Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 26d
Here are US military lawyers stating clearly that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's "kill everybody" orders are either (1) war crimes or (2) murder.

Either way, expect prosecutions in the future.

www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...

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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 26d
Here are US military lawyers stating clearly that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's "kill everybody" orders are either (1) war crimes or (2) murder.

Either way, expect prosecutions in the future.

www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 26d
“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”

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Constantine @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 26d
Fascinating when the NYTimes decides to be a newspaper versus when they don't.
Times front page is all about the contrast between the pardon for Hernandez and the invasion of Venezuela

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 27d
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Detroit Students Fight To Save Classmates Kidnapped By ICE - PopularResistance.Org
Detroit, Illinois - A wave of anger and mobilization is sweeping through Detroit following the detention of two 16-year-old high school students and their families by Immigration and Customs Enforceme...
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Nils Gilman @nilsgilman.bsky.social · 27d
Because the survivors of the “drug" boat attack were defenseless (unable to protect themselves or fight back) ordering their murder is a war crime under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

Restoring the rule of law will require court-martialing, convicting & imprisoning those issuing such orders.

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Alon Pinkas @alonpinkas.bsky.social · 28d
Bigot. Did your Jewish ancestors who came to America, found a new home, opportunity and assimilated “import their society” or recreated “the terrors of their broken homelands?”
Would you dare say the same about Italian Americans? Irish Americans? You’d fit right in 1938 Nuremberg, on the German side

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Inderjeet Parmar @usempire.bsky.social · Nov 25
thewire.in/world/mamdan... -The mayor’s post-meeting statement –“pragmatic collaboration on housing and infrastructure” – is the sound of a potential critic being neutralised? @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social @vanjackson.bsky.social @martindbbrown.bsky.social @mybisa.bsky.social
Trump, Mamdani, MTG, and the Concealment of an Emerging MAGA Revolt
Machiavelli warned that when a prince must choose between being loved and being feared, he should choose fear – but only if he can avoid being hated. Trump may soon be reminded that hatred is the one ...
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Inderjeet Parmar @usempire.bsky.social · Nov 19
thewire.in/world/trumps... -imperial state does not tolerate threats to its core imperatives: global military dominance, resource control, and elite immunity. Trump’s purge of Greene is the state reasserting control through its chosen vessel. @martindbbrown.bsky.social @vanjackson.bsky.social
Trump’s MAGA Meltdown? The Epstein Files, MTG’s Defiance, and the Imperial Schism Splitting ‘America First’
The hardcore MAGA base faces a choice: double down on Trump’s personality cult, or reclaim “America First” as a working-class agenda.
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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · Nov 18
📢We are delighted to announce that we have kicked off todays event "New dimensions, 50 years on"

👉🕐This online event is chaired by Inderjeet Parmar (@usempire.bsky.social) and revisits the first ever BISA conference, held in 1975.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · Nov 17
A Government of cowards.

Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.

They can't get away with this.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

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Inderjeet Parmar @usempire.bsky.social · Nov 17
video.snapstream.net/Play/6NkUqyM... #CNN interview on global power elite swamp revealed in Epstein files, nascent fissures in MAGA energised by #MarjorieTaylorGreene @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social @martindbbrown.bsky.social @vanjackson.bsky.social @carinavandew.bsky.social @mybisa.bsky.social
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Inderjeet Parmar @usempire.bsky.social · Nov 15
www.change.org/p/oppose-ton... - over 5300 signatures- let’s push to 6K! @mybisa.bsky.social @usfp-ecpr.bsky.social @pscupdates.bsky.social @palaction.bsky.social @palestne4ever.bsky.social @palestinestudies.bsky.social @progintl.bsky.social @tricontinental.bsky.social @globalsouthshub.bsky.social
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Oppose Tony Blair's appointment to Gaza administration
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · Nov 11
Predictable and predicted.

www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
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Inderjeet Parmar @usempire.bsky.social · Nov 9
thewire.in/world/magas-... - two figures stand out as unlikely architects of a new Right Wing Order: Charlie Kirk and Michael Anton @martindbbrown.bsky.social @msenn.bsky.social @mjbayly.bsky.social @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social @cmcknichols.bsky.social @charleskeener.bsky.social @thenation.com
MAGA’s Intellectuals: Kirk, Anton, and the Forging of Trump's America First Empire
Kirk and Anton's combined force has transformed the GOP: from Reagan's shining city on a hill to Trump's fortified bunker.
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Inderjeet Parmar @usempire.bsky.social · Nov 3
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A Shutdown, SNAP Cuts, and the Rising Tide of Anti-Trump Resistance
Networks that conjured up containment now script shutdowns, but the streets are erupting.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Nov 3
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Inderjeet Parmar @usempire.bsky.social · Nov 2
video.snapstream.net/Play/5Dm8ABP... - GOP waging open class war while Democrats offer little - showing legitimacy crisis of US parties - No Kings and other mass protest seems the only way forward for the ordinary people - @vanjackson.bsky.social @martindbbrown.bsky.social @premnsikka.bsky.social
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Inderjeet Parmar @usempire.bsky.social · Nov 1
thewire.in/world/donald... - Trillions of dollars were spent on the war, hundreds of thousands killed and displaced, a state was destroyed, and cultural artefacts looted. The effects reverberate in the region to this day. Would there have been an ISIS had it not been for the Iraq War?
Donald Rumsfeld: Upwardly Absorption into the Imperial Hubris of the American Foreign Policy Circle
Rumsfeld’s arrogance – his belief he could micromanage wars like a corporate turnaround – fuelled catastrophic failures.
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