Ilias Alami
@iliasalami.bsky.social
Assistant prof political economy
University of Cambridge
Books: Money Power in Emerging Markets (2020);
The Spectre of State Capitalism (now out and free to download!)
Editor Economy and Society
Member Second Cold War Observatory
University of Cambridge
Books: Money Power in Emerging Markets (2020);
The Spectre of State Capitalism (now out and free to download!)
Editor Economy and Society
Member Second Cold War Observatory
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Ilias Alami
@iliasalami.bsky.social
· Jul 29
The Spectre of State Capitalism is officially out! Just received author copies. Download a pdf for free, or happy to provide discount codes if you want to order a physical copy!
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Link to free PDF: academic.oup.com/book/57552
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Link to free PDF: academic.oup.com/book/57552
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IPEG-BISA 2025 book prize winner announcement! 🎉
IPEG awarded the 2025 prize to Ilias Alami and Adam Dixon's 'The Spectre of State Capitalism' Oxford University Press 🌟
Find out more 👉 https://ow.ly/zAJz50XpNWe
Development Studies Association @martinhearson.bsky.social Pedro Perfeito da Silva
IPEG awarded the 2025 prize to Ilias Alami and Adam Dixon's 'The Spectre of State Capitalism' Oxford University Press 🌟
Find out more 👉 https://ow.ly/zAJz50XpNWe
Development Studies Association @martinhearson.bsky.social Pedro Perfeito da Silva
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
IPEG-BISA 2025 book prize winner announcement! 🎉
IPEG awarded the 2025 prize to Ilias Alami and Adam Dixon's 'The Spectre of State Capitalism' Oxford University Press 🌟
Find out more 👉 https://ow.ly/zAJz50XpNWe
Development Studies Association @martinhearson.bsky.social Pedro Perfeito da Silva
IPEG awarded the 2025 prize to Ilias Alami and Adam Dixon's 'The Spectre of State Capitalism' Oxford University Press 🌟
Find out more 👉 https://ow.ly/zAJz50XpNWe
Development Studies Association @martinhearson.bsky.social Pedro Perfeito da Silva
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Ilias Alami's title in the @oupacademic.bsky.social - DSA book series has just won an award with @mybisa.bsky.social 🏆
The Spectre of State Capitalism has won the BISA - International Political Economy working group 2025 book prize! 🙌🏽
www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
@campolis.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
@campolis.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
International Political Economy Working Group 2025 book prize winner announced- International Political Economy (IPEG) | BISA
- International Political Economy (IPEG) Working Group
www.bisa.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Ilias Alami's title in the @oupacademic.bsky.social - DSA book series has just won an award with @mybisa.bsky.social 🏆
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sunday funday at SOAS with @iliasalami.bsky.social and @ingridhk.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
sunday funday at SOAS with @iliasalami.bsky.social and @ingridhk.bsky.social
The Spectre of State Capitalism has won the BISA - International Political Economy working group 2025 book prize! 🙌🏽
www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
@campolis.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
@campolis.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
International Political Economy Working Group 2025 book prize winner announced- International Political Economy (IPEG) | BISA
- International Political Economy (IPEG) Working Group
www.bisa.ac.uk
November 8, 2025 at 7:27 AM
The Spectre of State Capitalism has won the BISA - International Political Economy working group 2025 book prize! 🙌🏽
www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
@campolis.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
@campolis.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
On my way to Historical Materialism London. Pumped!
November 7, 2025 at 10:01 AM
On my way to Historical Materialism London. Pumped!
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The Spectre of State Capitalism in the @oupacademic.bsky.social DSA series is #OpenAccess and especially relevant to understanding current transformations in global capitalism. Read the latest reviews, awards and podcasts on this important piece of scholarly work: buff.ly/3nRNwFb
October 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The Spectre of State Capitalism in the @oupacademic.bsky.social DSA series is #OpenAccess and especially relevant to understanding current transformations in global capitalism. Read the latest reviews, awards and podcasts on this important piece of scholarly work: buff.ly/3nRNwFb
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There is no defense of Syracuse's actions and no excuse to not support Sultana's full exoneration and reinstatement. Proud to have signed this early and easily.
As an alumni of Syracuse University, it's appalling that they are capitulating against a right-wing campaign against Professor Farhana Sultana for exercising her first amendment rights. Do consider signing this letter calling on Syracuse University to reinstate her docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Letter of Support for Professor Farhana Sultana
As scholars within and beyond academia, we write in solidarity with academic freedom of expression with our colleague, Dr. Farhana Sultana, an internationally recognized scholar and tenured Full Profe...
docs.google.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:52 AM
There is no defense of Syracuse's actions and no excuse to not support Sultana's full exoneration and reinstatement. Proud to have signed this early and easily.
Brilliant book @nicholasbeuret.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Brilliant book @nicholasbeuret.bsky.social
@cmmonwealth.bsky.social's Green Planning Commission launches today!
I'm delighted to join the project as a Commissioner
I'm delighted to join the project as a Commissioner
🚨 Today, Common Wealth launches the Green Planning Commission.
A major new initiative to tackle the twin crises of our era: climate breakdown & the affordability crisis.
To meet these challenges, we need a new era of democratic planning.
🧵
https://www.common-wealth.org/green-planning-commission
A major new initiative to tackle the twin crises of our era: climate breakdown & the affordability crisis.
To meet these challenges, we need a new era of democratic planning.
🧵
https://www.common-wealth.org/green-planning-commission
October 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
@cmmonwealth.bsky.social's Green Planning Commission launches today!
I'm delighted to join the project as a Commissioner
I'm delighted to join the project as a Commissioner
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Join us TODAY to launch the Green Planning Commission, rethinking planning to recover a democratic & decarbonised future from the crises of our age.
🎙️ @cacrisalves.bsky.social @brusselermel.bsky.social Richard Kozul-Wright & @mathewlawrence.bsky.social
🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/launch-the...
🎙️ @cacrisalves.bsky.social @brusselermel.bsky.social Richard Kozul-Wright & @mathewlawrence.bsky.social
🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/launch-the...
October 30, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Join us TODAY to launch the Green Planning Commission, rethinking planning to recover a democratic & decarbonised future from the crises of our age.
🎙️ @cacrisalves.bsky.social @brusselermel.bsky.social Richard Kozul-Wright & @mathewlawrence.bsky.social
🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/launch-the...
🎙️ @cacrisalves.bsky.social @brusselermel.bsky.social Richard Kozul-Wright & @mathewlawrence.bsky.social
🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/launch-the...
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Artists behind some of the most popular films of all time are also forging one of the most powerful organized resistances to AI.
With solidarity, class action lawsuits and strong legislation, they're fighting to protect their livelihoods, and pop culture, from big tech.
My latest:
With solidarity, class action lawsuits and strong legislation, they're fighting to protect their livelihoods, and pop culture, from big tech.
My latest:
How artists behind Marvel, Alien, and the Matrix movies are fighting AI
With solidarity, legislation, class action lawsuits, and a little help from Guillermo del Toro. Plus, the Luddite Renaissance continues, and I open the mailbag.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Artists behind some of the most popular films of all time are also forging one of the most powerful organized resistances to AI.
With solidarity, class action lawsuits and strong legislation, they're fighting to protect their livelihoods, and pop culture, from big tech.
My latest:
With solidarity, class action lawsuits and strong legislation, they're fighting to protect their livelihoods, and pop culture, from big tech.
My latest:
"Ahead of their working lunch, Lee presented Trump with a replica of an ancient golden crown dating back to the Silla kingdom, which ruled much of the Korean peninsula from Gyeongju during the first millennium." lol
www.ft.com/content/3b78...
www.ft.com/content/3b78...
Donald Trump says he will cut fentanyl tariffs imposed on China
US president is in South Korea for talks on trade and security ahead of Xi Jinping summit
www.ft.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:09 AM
"Ahead of their working lunch, Lee presented Trump with a replica of an ancient golden crown dating back to the Silla kingdom, which ruled much of the Korean peninsula from Gyeongju during the first millennium." lol
www.ft.com/content/3b78...
www.ft.com/content/3b78...
Been listening to At the Gates for 2 hours this morning.
feeling more than ready for teaching later today 😂
feeling more than ready for teaching later today 😂
October 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Been listening to At the Gates for 2 hours this morning.
feeling more than ready for teaching later today 😂
feeling more than ready for teaching later today 😂
The podcast recording of last week's "Seeing being the core" event at the LSE is now available!
My remarks (from min 13:38-23:38) focus on the ongoing crisis of global capitalism and Development, and the political visions that emerge from their ruins
www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
My remarks (from min 13:38-23:38) focus on the ongoing crisis of global capitalism and Development, and the political visions that emerge from their ruins
www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
www.lse.ac.uk
October 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The podcast recording of last week's "Seeing being the core" event at the LSE is now available!
My remarks (from min 13:38-23:38) focus on the ongoing crisis of global capitalism and Development, and the political visions that emerge from their ruins
www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
My remarks (from min 13:38-23:38) focus on the ongoing crisis of global capitalism and Development, and the political visions that emerge from their ruins
www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
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If you're in Canberra Tue 4 Nov, I'm at @anuregnet.bsky.social speaking on "post-multilateralism," or global governance in a non-hegemonic, apolar world, based on a work w/ @jacktaggart.bsky.social & @iliasalami.bsky.social. Come along or join on zoom. Details 👇
regnet.anu.edu.au/event/global...
regnet.anu.edu.au/event/global...
Global governance in non-hegemonic times: towards a post-multilateral world order? | School of Regulation and Global Governance
Examining the crisis of multilateral global governance in an era of geopolitical competition and economic crisis.
regnet.anu.edu.au
October 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
If you're in Canberra Tue 4 Nov, I'm at @anuregnet.bsky.social speaking on "post-multilateralism," or global governance in a non-hegemonic, apolar world, based on a work w/ @jacktaggart.bsky.social & @iliasalami.bsky.social. Come along or join on zoom. Details 👇
regnet.anu.edu.au/event/global...
regnet.anu.edu.au/event/global...
Just watched the movie Sirāt at the Cambridge Film Festival. Incredible. Feels like a punch in the gut, jaw and throat at the same time.
October 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Just watched the movie Sirāt at the Cambridge Film Festival. Incredible. Feels like a punch in the gut, jaw and throat at the same time.
Halfway through this. A grim but excellent read.
October 25, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Halfway through this. A grim but excellent read.
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BADA BOOM! The HM London Conference programme is now online!
Online registrations close Tuesday 4 November at midnight GMT!
Online registrations close Tuesday 4 November at midnight GMT!
Twenty-Second Annual Conference - Historical Materialism
Deadline extended to 27 May! Resurgent Reaction: Marxist Strategies at the End of the Liberal Order 6-9 November 2025, SOAS, Russell Square, Central London Deadline for abstracts: Friday 16 May 2025
www.historicalmaterialism.org
October 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
BADA BOOM! The HM London Conference programme is now online!
Online registrations close Tuesday 4 November at midnight GMT!
Online registrations close Tuesday 4 November at midnight GMT!
I'm on @macrodosepod.bsky.social alongside great peeps, for an episode on war, climate crisis, and the economy.
My own remarks focus on the rise of state capitalism with a military-imperial twist, at the very heart of US empire
open.spotify.com/episode/4un1...
@campolis.bsky.social
My own remarks focus on the rise of state capitalism with a military-imperial twist, at the very heart of US empire
open.spotify.com/episode/4un1...
@campolis.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I'm on @macrodosepod.bsky.social alongside great peeps, for an episode on war, climate crisis, and the economy.
My own remarks focus on the rise of state capitalism with a military-imperial twist, at the very heart of US empire
open.spotify.com/episode/4un1...
@campolis.bsky.social
My own remarks focus on the rise of state capitalism with a military-imperial twist, at the very heart of US empire
open.spotify.com/episode/4un1...
@campolis.bsky.social
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If you missed our launch event on 16 October, you're in luck!
You can now listen back to the live recording with @stephensemler.bsky.social, @iliasalami.bsky.social, @triofrancos.bsky.social & @lalehkhalili.bsky.social on @macrodosepod.bsky.social
👇
open.spotify.com/show/7ABsNTl...
You can now listen back to the live recording with @stephensemler.bsky.social, @iliasalami.bsky.social, @triofrancos.bsky.social & @lalehkhalili.bsky.social on @macrodosepod.bsky.social
👇
open.spotify.com/show/7ABsNTl...
War, Climate Crisis and the Economy w/ Common Wealth
open.spotify.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:11 AM
If you missed our launch event on 16 October, you're in luck!
You can now listen back to the live recording with @stephensemler.bsky.social, @iliasalami.bsky.social, @triofrancos.bsky.social & @lalehkhalili.bsky.social on @macrodosepod.bsky.social
👇
open.spotify.com/show/7ABsNTl...
You can now listen back to the live recording with @stephensemler.bsky.social, @iliasalami.bsky.social, @triofrancos.bsky.social & @lalehkhalili.bsky.social on @macrodosepod.bsky.social
👇
open.spotify.com/show/7ABsNTl...
Apply!
Pls share: Applications open for Summer Institute in Economic Geography, Toronto, 5-10 July 2026
Featuring: Lars Coenen, Karen Lai, Devika Narayan and Stefan Ouma
Early career economic geographers (broadly defined) are welcome to apply. Stipends available. www.econgeog.net/Toronto2026
Featuring: Lars Coenen, Karen Lai, Devika Narayan and Stefan Ouma
Early career economic geographers (broadly defined) are welcome to apply. Stipends available. www.econgeog.net/Toronto2026
Toronto 2026 | Summer Institute in Economic Geography
www.econgeog.net
October 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Apply!
New book forum published in the @geographers.bsky.social Review of Books,
with great contributions by Rachel Bok, @jeromeroos.bsky.social, Juvaria Jafri together with Nassar Alnassar, Henry Wai-chung Yeung, Angus McNelly, and @proufos.bsky.social
@campolis.bsky.social
Link below👇:
with great contributions by Rachel Bok, @jeromeroos.bsky.social, Juvaria Jafri together with Nassar Alnassar, Henry Wai-chung Yeung, Angus McNelly, and @proufos.bsky.social
@campolis.bsky.social
Link below👇:
October 22, 2025 at 5:57 AM
New book forum published in the @geographers.bsky.social Review of Books,
with great contributions by Rachel Bok, @jeromeroos.bsky.social, Juvaria Jafri together with Nassar Alnassar, Henry Wai-chung Yeung, Angus McNelly, and @proufos.bsky.social
@campolis.bsky.social
Link below👇:
with great contributions by Rachel Bok, @jeromeroos.bsky.social, Juvaria Jafri together with Nassar Alnassar, Henry Wai-chung Yeung, Angus McNelly, and @proufos.bsky.social
@campolis.bsky.social
Link below👇:
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Very happy to have contributed to this collection of reviews of @iliasalami.bsky.social & @adamdixon.bsky.social's ground-breaking work on contemporary state capitalism. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
October 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Very happy to have contributed to this collection of reviews of @iliasalami.bsky.social & @adamdixon.bsky.social's ground-breaking work on contemporary state capitalism. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Aside from being a brilliant intervention in its own right, @iliasalami.bsky.social and dixon’s the spectre of state capitalism also offer an incredible bibliography of the best marxy shit of the past 30+ years!
October 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Aside from being a brilliant intervention in its own right, @iliasalami.bsky.social and dixon’s the spectre of state capitalism also offer an incredible bibliography of the best marxy shit of the past 30+ years!
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Please join us for this panel tomorrow with excellent colleagues.
"Seeing beyond the core: alternative visions of order in times of global crisis"
All welcome: 22 Oct 6.30pm, at LSE
@iliasalami.bsky.social @giuliasciorati.bsky.social @lseir.bsky.social
www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
"Seeing beyond the core: alternative visions of order in times of global crisis"
All welcome: 22 Oct 6.30pm, at LSE
@iliasalami.bsky.social @giuliasciorati.bsky.social @lseir.bsky.social
www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
Seeing Beyond the Core: Alternative visions of order in times of global crisis
6.30pm Weds 22 Oct | Ilias Alami, Lina Benabdallah, Jasmine Gani, Jenna Marshall | Free public event at LSE
www.lse.ac.uk
October 21, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Please join us for this panel tomorrow with excellent colleagues.
"Seeing beyond the core: alternative visions of order in times of global crisis"
All welcome: 22 Oct 6.30pm, at LSE
@iliasalami.bsky.social @giuliasciorati.bsky.social @lseir.bsky.social
www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
"Seeing beyond the core: alternative visions of order in times of global crisis"
All welcome: 22 Oct 6.30pm, at LSE
@iliasalami.bsky.social @giuliasciorati.bsky.social @lseir.bsky.social
www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...