Timothy Garton Ash
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Historian, author, commentator. Author of Homelands: A Personal History of Europe, The File etc. See www.timothygartonash.com

Timothy Garton Ash is a British historian, author and commentator. He is Professor of European Studies emeritus at the University of Oxford. Most of his work has been concerned with the contemporary history of Europe, with a special focus on Central and Eastern Europe. In 1989, George Kennan described him as a 'historian of the present'. .. more

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Where is Europe in this Year 4 of a new historical era? Will liberal or anti-liberal Europe prevail? What will become of the Zeitenwende? We have until 2029 to shape the answers. My weekend essay for the @FT
@ftweekend (£, I'm afraid)
The fight for Europe’s future
Timothy Garton Ash on the shocks that fuelled a populist challenge — and how the liberal centre could yet hold
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In London this Wednesday? Come and hear me speak at LSE on the spirit of 1989 in Europe today. 5 pm, Wednesday, November 12. Sign up ends on Tuesday:
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Join us for a thought-provoking lecture by Oxford Professor Timothy Garton Ash on The Spirit of 1989: European Integration Today, held in collaboration between the LSESU Eastern European Society and t...
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The likely new government in Prague will add one more state opposed to the EU’s green deal, and migration and asylum pact, writes @fromtga.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3JnVcEi
When Czech populists win, that’s nothing peculiarly “east European”. It’s the new normal of the Western world
The likely new government in Prague will add one more state opposed to the EU’s green deal, and migration and asylum pact…
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Such an honour to take part as @charlesuni.cuni.cz awarded Professor Timothy Garton Ash the title Doctor of Historical Sciences (honoris causa) 🎓📜

I’ve had the privilege of working closely with Professor T.G. Ash in the EU, 🇪🇺 and our exchanges have always been insightful and enriching for me. 🙏🏼

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First reported by @financialtimes.com: Trump will welcome his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington on Friday for talks about how they can force Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table, including the possibility of supplying long-range Tomahawk missiles to Kyiv.
on.ft.com/42FIJCx
Trump to meet Zelenskyy in Washington on Friday
[FREE TO READ] US president has floated selling long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine in bid to end Russia’s invasion
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Much enjoyed this conversation with @catherinedevries.bsky.social
( I’m slightly reminded of Leszek Kołakowski’s gloriously self-ironical title ‚’My Correct Views on Everything’…)
New Etched in Marble post: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-...

Timothy Garton Ash has for decades chronicled Europe’s upheavals with a historian’s depth & a journalist’s eye.

In my conversation with Garton Ash, one theme stood out: writing as a defense of democracy.

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Etched in Marble: Timothy Garton Ash on Writing, Freedom, and the Lost Art of Disagreement
Writers on the Forces That Shape Us and the Writing That Endures
catherineeunicedevries.substack.com

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New Etched in Marble post: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-...

Timothy Garton Ash has for decades chronicled Europe’s upheavals with a historian’s depth & a journalist’s eye.

In my conversation with Garton Ash, one theme stood out: writing as a defense of democracy.

🧵
Etched in Marble: Timothy Garton Ash on Writing, Freedom, and the Lost Art of Disagreement
Writers on the Forces That Shape Us and the Writing That Endures
catherineeunicedevries.substack.com

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