Bruno Maçães
@brunomacaes.bsky.social
Author Dawn of Eurasia (2018) Belt and Road (2019) History Has Begun (2020) Geopolitics for the End Time (2021) and forthcoming Masters of the Metaverse
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Powerful stuff from @brunomacaes.bsky.social, arguing for transatlantic divorce as a matter of self-preservation in the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Powerful stuff from @brunomacaes.bsky.social, arguing for transatlantic divorce as a matter of self-preservation in the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
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"But the music has stopped. The time has come not to wake up, but to sober up."
January 19, 2026 at 5:04 PM
"But the music has stopped. The time has come not to wake up, but to sober up."
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"Values are American or European, but never universal."
🌎 Bruno Maçães: Europe must break from America
🌎 Bruno Maçães: Europe must break from America
Europe must choose: the European project or the transatlantic alliance
Warnings about the end of the world forged in 1945 are common sense, not alarmism
www.newstatesman.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:44 PM
"Values are American or European, but never universal."
🌎 Bruno Maçães: Europe must break from America
🌎 Bruno Maçães: Europe must break from America
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By @brunomacaes.bsky.social in @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
"After years of praising Ukraine for its courage and sacrifice in defending its sovereignty and territory, how shameful it would be if Europe were incapable of doing the same."
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
"After years of praising Ukraine for its courage and sacrifice in defending its sovereignty and territory, how shameful it would be if Europe were incapable of doing the same."
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
Europe must break from America
Warnings about the end of the postwar world are common sense, not alarmism
www.newstatesman.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:35 PM
By @brunomacaes.bsky.social in @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
"After years of praising Ukraine for its courage and sacrifice in defending its sovereignty and territory, how shameful it would be if Europe were incapable of doing the same."
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
"After years of praising Ukraine for its courage and sacrifice in defending its sovereignty and territory, how shameful it would be if Europe were incapable of doing the same."
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
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Trump needs Venezuelan oil to power AI
By Bruno Maçães
By Bruno Maçães
Trump needs Venezuelan oil to power AI
Otherwise the US faces a future of energy scarcity
www.newstatesman.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Trump needs Venezuelan oil to power AI
By Bruno Maçães
By Bruno Maçães
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There was a world after Auschwitz, there is now a world after Gaza and @brunomacaes.bsky.social sets out to describe its horrors.
Gaza: The Reckoning
The debate on whether Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute a genocide is now closed, and has been closed for a while.
brunomacaes.substack.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:28 PM
There was a world after Auschwitz, there is now a world after Gaza and @brunomacaes.bsky.social sets out to describe its horrors.
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Outstanding reflections on the Gaza genocide:
"How were the horrors of Gaza possible? Quite simply, because those who tried to stop or expose them quickly discovered that our political systems were committed to the genocide and there simply was no way to give voice or power to a different politics."
"How were the horrors of Gaza possible? Quite simply, because those who tried to stop or expose them quickly discovered that our political systems were committed to the genocide and there simply was no way to give voice or power to a different politics."
I wrote a personal essay on what it has meant for me witnessing events in Gaza since October 2023. I would be grateful if you help spread it. These were painful, disturbing conclusions to reach. But inescapable…
December 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Outstanding reflections on the Gaza genocide:
"How were the horrors of Gaza possible? Quite simply, because those who tried to stop or expose them quickly discovered that our political systems were committed to the genocide and there simply was no way to give voice or power to a different politics."
"How were the horrors of Gaza possible? Quite simply, because those who tried to stop or expose them quickly discovered that our political systems were committed to the genocide and there simply was no way to give voice or power to a different politics."
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"The main way the genocide has been actively supported by our democracies is less the flow of weapons & intelligence.. important as these are, than the organised repression & punishment of everyone who dared to call attention to events in Gaza or offer criticism of Israel"
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@brunomacaes.bsky.social
I wrote a personal essay on what it has meant for me witnessing events in Gaza since October 2023. I would be grateful if you help spread it. These were painful, disturbing conclusions to reach. But inescapable…
December 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"The main way the genocide has been actively supported by our democracies is less the flow of weapons & intelligence.. important as these are, than the organised repression & punishment of everyone who dared to call attention to events in Gaza or offer criticism of Israel"
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@brunomacaes.bsky.social
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"The important question is not whether a genocide has been taking place in Gaza, but how it happened and how it was allowed to happen."
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Gaza: The Reckoning
The debate on whether Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute a genocide is now closed, and has been closed for a while.
brunomacaes.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
"The important question is not whether a genocide has been taking place in Gaza, but how it happened and how it was allowed to happen."
brunomacaes.substack.com/p/gaza-the-r...
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brunomacaes.substack.com/p/gaza-the-r...
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I wrote a personal essay on what it has meant for me witnessing events in Gaza since October 2023. I would be grateful if you help spread it. These were painful, disturbing conclusions to reach. But inescapable…
December 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I wrote a personal essay on what it has meant for me witnessing events in Gaza since October 2023. I would be grateful if you help spread it. These were painful, disturbing conclusions to reach. But inescapable…
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Day 4 of our Books of the Year dives into tech and geopolitics! 📖💻
In 'World Builders', @brunomacaes.bsky.social explores a new theory of world politics and technology, as well as asking what happens when AI and the metaverse become the world.
🔗: www.cambridgebookshop.co.uk/products/world-builders
In 'World Builders', @brunomacaes.bsky.social explores a new theory of world politics and technology, as well as asking what happens when AI and the metaverse become the world.
🔗: www.cambridgebookshop.co.uk/products/world-builders
November 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Day 4 of our Books of the Year dives into tech and geopolitics! 📖💻
In 'World Builders', @brunomacaes.bsky.social explores a new theory of world politics and technology, as well as asking what happens when AI and the metaverse become the world.
🔗: www.cambridgebookshop.co.uk/products/world-builders
In 'World Builders', @brunomacaes.bsky.social explores a new theory of world politics and technology, as well as asking what happens when AI and the metaverse become the world.
🔗: www.cambridgebookshop.co.uk/products/world-builders
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¿Quién escribe hoy las reglas del mundo? Hoy, @polmorillas.bsky.social ha analizado cómo se configura el mapa del poder global en una conversación con Cristina Gallach y @brunomacaes.bsky.social, moderada por @andrea-rizzi.bsky.social, en el foro #Tendencias2025 de @elpais.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
¿Quién escribe hoy las reglas del mundo? Hoy, @polmorillas.bsky.social ha analizado cómo se configura el mapa del poder global en una conversación con Cristina Gallach y @brunomacaes.bsky.social, moderada por @andrea-rizzi.bsky.social, en el foro #Tendencias2025 de @elpais.com
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NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
Today’s ep was recorded in front of a live audience at the Cheltenham Literature Festival. David talks to @brunomacaes.bsky.social & Sarah Wynn-Williams about the battlegrounds in the fight for the future. How will we know what victory looks like?
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
Today’s ep was recorded in front of a live audience at the Cheltenham Literature Festival. David talks to @brunomacaes.bsky.social & Sarah Wynn-Williams about the battlegrounds in the fight for the future. How will we know what victory looks like?
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:47 AM
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
Today’s ep was recorded in front of a live audience at the Cheltenham Literature Festival. David talks to @brunomacaes.bsky.social & Sarah Wynn-Williams about the battlegrounds in the fight for the future. How will we know what victory looks like?
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
Today’s ep was recorded in front of a live audience at the Cheltenham Literature Festival. David talks to @brunomacaes.bsky.social & Sarah Wynn-Williams about the battlegrounds in the fight for the future. How will we know what victory looks like?
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
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🚨 Come join us this week!
"Who Rules The World? Trump, Tech & the Fight for the Future"
A PPF Live recording event.
📆 8pm Wednesday 15 October
📍 Cheltenham Literature Festival
🎙️ With @brunomacaes.bsky.social & Sarah Wynn-Williams
🎟️ Tickets here ⬇️
www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/who-r...
"Who Rules The World? Trump, Tech & the Fight for the Future"
A PPF Live recording event.
📆 8pm Wednesday 15 October
📍 Cheltenham Literature Festival
🎙️ With @brunomacaes.bsky.social & Sarah Wynn-Williams
🎟️ Tickets here ⬇️
www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/who-r...
Who Rules The World? Trump, Tech and the Fight for the Future | Cheltenham Festivals
David Runciman is joined by politician, journalist and philosopher Bruno Maçães and Sarah Wynn-Williams for a live episode of Past Present Future, the hist
www.cheltenhamfestivals.org
October 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
🚨 Come join us this week!
"Who Rules The World? Trump, Tech & the Fight for the Future"
A PPF Live recording event.
📆 8pm Wednesday 15 October
📍 Cheltenham Literature Festival
🎙️ With @brunomacaes.bsky.social & Sarah Wynn-Williams
🎟️ Tickets here ⬇️
www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/who-r...
"Who Rules The World? Trump, Tech & the Fight for the Future"
A PPF Live recording event.
📆 8pm Wednesday 15 October
📍 Cheltenham Literature Festival
🎙️ With @brunomacaes.bsky.social & Sarah Wynn-Williams
🎟️ Tickets here ⬇️
www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/who-r...
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🚨 Booking open for a new PPF live recording event!
"Who Rules The World? Trump, Tech & the Fight for the Future"
📆 8pm Wednesday 15th October
📍 Cheltenham Literature Festival
🎙️ With @brunomacaes.bsky.social and *special-can't-announce-yet-guest!!*
"Who Rules The World? Trump, Tech & the Fight for the Future"
📆 8pm Wednesday 15th October
📍 Cheltenham Literature Festival
🎙️ With @brunomacaes.bsky.social and *special-can't-announce-yet-guest!!*
Who Rules The World? Trump, Tech and the Fight for the Future | Cheltenham Festivals
David Runciman is joined by politician, journalist and philosopher Bruno Maçães for a live episode of Past Present Future, the history of ideas podcast. Fr
www.cheltenhamfestivals.org
September 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🚨 Booking open for a new PPF live recording event!
"Who Rules The World? Trump, Tech & the Fight for the Future"
📆 8pm Wednesday 15th October
📍 Cheltenham Literature Festival
🎙️ With @brunomacaes.bsky.social and *special-can't-announce-yet-guest!!*
"Who Rules The World? Trump, Tech & the Fight for the Future"
📆 8pm Wednesday 15th October
📍 Cheltenham Literature Festival
🎙️ With @brunomacaes.bsky.social and *special-can't-announce-yet-guest!!*
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Trump's gangsterism towards the EU is working. Bruno Maçães writes that the US-EU tariff deal is a disaster for the European economy.
Trump's gangsterism towards the EU is working
The US-EU tariff deal is a disaster for the European economy.
www.newstatesman.com
July 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Trump's gangsterism towards the EU is working. Bruno Maçães writes that the US-EU tariff deal is a disaster for the European economy.
Bruno Maçães: “A ordem americana é completamente artificial e arbitrária” www.publico.pt/2025/07/12/m...
Bruno Maçães: “A ordem americana é completamente artificial e arbitrária”
Em Construtores de Mundos, antigo secretário de Estado e académico antecipa “nova geopolítica” em que as potências competem no metaverso: “Quem não construir um mundo tecnológico será derrotado.”
www.publico.pt
July 12, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Bruno Maçães: “A ordem americana é completamente artificial e arbitrária” www.publico.pt/2025/07/12/m...
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Em “Construtores de Mundos”, Bruno Maçães propõe: a tecnologia passou a ser o verdadeiro objeto da geopolítica, destronando o lugar que antes cabia ao território
Para quê controlar o território quando se pode criar o próprio território? Rui Tavares escreve sobre o novo livro de Bruno Maçães
Em “Construtores de Mundos”, Bruno Maçães propõe: a tecnologia passou a ser o verdadeiro objeto da geopolítica, destronando o lugar que antes cabia ao território
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July 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Em “Construtores de Mundos”, Bruno Maçães propõe: a tecnologia passou a ser o verdadeiro objeto da geopolítica, destronando o lugar que antes cabia ao território
Apresentação de Construtores de Mundos hoje em Lisboa
June 30, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Apresentação de Construtores de Mundos hoje em Lisboa
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excelente entrevista do @brunomacaes.bsky.social sobre israel, gaza e irã www.rtp.pt/play/p14350/...
Grande Entrevista
Bruno Maçães - O ataque dos EUA ao Irão abriu um capítulo novo no Médio Oriente.A decisão de Donald Trump foi saudada por Israel, mas está a da
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June 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
excelente entrevista do @brunomacaes.bsky.social sobre israel, gaza e irã www.rtp.pt/play/p14350/...
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Very well put by @brunomacaes.bsky.social in the New Statesman:
‘Once again we are told that a Middle Eastern nation needs to be bombed so it can taste the fruit of freedom.’
‘Once again we are told that a Middle Eastern nation needs to be bombed so it can taste the fruit of freedom.’
June 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Very well put by @brunomacaes.bsky.social in the New Statesman:
‘Once again we are told that a Middle Eastern nation needs to be bombed so it can taste the fruit of freedom.’
‘Once again we are told that a Middle Eastern nation needs to be bombed so it can taste the fruit of freedom.’
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Que nova ordem mundial é anunciada por Trump? Bruno Maçães, político e académico, responde a Daniel Oliveira
Que nova ordem mundial é anunciada por Trump? Bruno Maçães, político e académico, responde a Daniel Oliveira
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April 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Que nova ordem mundial é anunciada por Trump? Bruno Maçães, político e académico, responde a Daniel Oliveira