Simon Nixon
@nixonsimon.bsky.social
Publisher of the Wealth of Nations newsletter on European political economy and geoeconomics. Previously chief Europe commentator @WSJ, chief leader writer @TheTimes. Runner, cold water swimmer, aspiring chef.
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European investors must brace for a year of geopolitical instability - my latest for @financialtimes.com on what may lie ahead for a continent menaced by Russia, bullied by America and facing intensifying competition from China
European investors must brace for a year of geopolitical instability
Menaced by Russia and bullied by America, a potential Ukraine peace deal is not guaranteed to usher in prosperity
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December 31, 2025 at 10:58 AM
European investors must brace for a year of geopolitical instability - my latest for @financialtimes.com on what may lie ahead for a continent menaced by Russia, bullied by America and facing intensifying competition from China
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The best that could be said for Europe at the end of a tumultuous year is that it could have been worse. My latest for @euractiv.com on how the EU has at least managed a modest tightening of its geopolitical toolkit. But whether that will be enough for the storms ahead is another question
Europe ends the year standing – barely | Euractiv
Amid the war in Ukraine and its own political fractures, the EU has managed a modest strengthening of its geopolitical toolkit. Whether that will be enough for the storms ahead is another question
www.euractiv.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The best that could be said for Europe at the end of a tumultuous year is that it could have been worse. My latest for @euractiv.com on how the EU has at least managed a modest tightening of its geopolitical toolkit. But whether that will be enough for the storms ahead is another question
The best that could be said for Europe at the end of a tumultuous year is that it could have been worse. My latest for @euractiv.com on how the EU has at least managed a modest tightening of its geopolitical toolkit. But whether that will be enough for the storms ahead is another question
Europe ends the year standing – barely | Euractiv
Amid the war in Ukraine and its own political fractures, the EU has managed a modest strengthening of its geopolitical toolkit. Whether that will be enough for the storms ahead is another question
www.euractiv.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The best that could be said for Europe at the end of a tumultuous year is that it could have been worse. My latest for @euractiv.com on how the EU has at least managed a modest tightening of its geopolitical toolkit. But whether that will be enough for the storms ahead is another question
European investors must brace for a year of geopolitical instability - my latest for @financialtimes.com on what may lie ahead for a continent menaced by Russia, bullied by America and facing intensifying competition from China
European investors must brace for a year of geopolitical instability
Menaced by Russia and bullied by America, a potential Ukraine peace deal is not guaranteed to usher in prosperity
www.ft.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:58 AM
European investors must brace for a year of geopolitical instability - my latest for @financialtimes.com on what may lie ahead for a continent menaced by Russia, bullied by America and facing intensifying competition from China
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European investors must brace for a year of geopolitical instability - @nixonsimon.bsky.social column here www.ft.com/content/e243...
European investors must brace for a year of geopolitical instability
Menaced by Russia and bullied by America, a potential Ukraine peace deal is not guaranteed to usher in prosperity
www.ft.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:06 AM
European investors must brace for a year of geopolitical instability - @nixonsimon.bsky.social column here www.ft.com/content/e243...
Great @wsj.com reporting on how Trump’s team got played by Lukashenko but you have to read to the end for the punchline
www.wsj.com/world/belaru...
www.wsj.com/world/belaru...
December 24, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Great @wsj.com reporting on how Trump’s team got played by Lukashenko but you have to read to the end for the punchline
www.wsj.com/world/belaru...
www.wsj.com/world/belaru...
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The DOJ is not even trying to hide that it functions as Trump's personal law firm
December 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The DOJ is not even trying to hide that it functions as Trump's personal law firm
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Russian Urals oil prices have plunged to around 34 dollars a barrel as steep discounts tied to US sanctions hit demand according to Bloomberg and Argus Media. Baltic and Black Sea grades are trading well below Brent which remains near 61 dollars showing the gap in pricing.
December 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Russian Urals oil prices have plunged to around 34 dollars a barrel as steep discounts tied to US sanctions hit demand according to Bloomberg and Argus Media. Baltic and Black Sea grades are trading well below Brent which remains near 61 dollars showing the gap in pricing.
Why the EU's Ukraine loan deal was only a six out of 10 - and how it still might get to 10 out of 10. A guest post for Wealth of Nations by Hugo Dixon, one of the architects of the reparations loan proposal
Europe's Glass Half-Full
A guest post by Hugo Dixon, one of the architects of the Ukraine reparation loan plan, on why he rates last week's EU deal as only 6 out of 10 - and why still holds out hope of getting to 10 out of 10
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December 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Why the EU's Ukraine loan deal was only a six out of 10 - and how it still might get to 10 out of 10. A guest post for Wealth of Nations by Hugo Dixon, one of the architects of the reparations loan proposal
A good-ish week for Europe, a great year for China and an outstanding year for the Trump family. My latest
Year of the Dragon
Thoughts on a goodish week for Europe, a great year for China and an outstanding year for the Trump family. Plus marketing God - lessons from the success of the Alpha Course
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December 22, 2025 at 12:25 PM
A good-ish week for Europe, a great year for China and an outstanding year for the Trump family. My latest
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"The solution that the EU has arrived at - a loan and the indefinite freezing of assets - removes legal, reputational and financial risk, while leaving the option of seizing the assets at some future date very much on the table." 🇪🇺🇧🇪
Always read @nixonsimon.bsky.social
Always read @nixonsimon.bsky.social
A good-ish weak for Europe, a great year for China and an outstanding year for the Trump family. Plus marketing God - lessons from the remarkable success of the Alpha course. My latest on the Year of the Dragon
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Year of the Dragon
Thoughts on a goodish week for Europe, a great year for China and an outstanding year for the Trump family. Plus marketing God - lessons from the success of the Alpha Course
open.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:24 AM
"The solution that the EU has arrived at - a loan and the indefinite freezing of assets - removes legal, reputational and financial risk, while leaving the option of seizing the assets at some future date very much on the table." 🇪🇺🇧🇪
Always read @nixonsimon.bsky.social
Always read @nixonsimon.bsky.social
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A good-ish weak for Europe, a great year for China and an outstanding year for the Trump family. Plus marketing God - lessons from the remarkable success of the Alpha course. My latest on the Year of the Dragon
open.substack.com/pub/nixons/p...
open.substack.com/pub/nixons/p...
Year of the Dragon
Thoughts on a goodish week for Europe, a great year for China and an outstanding year for the Trump family. Plus marketing God - lessons from the success of the Alpha Course
open.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
A good-ish weak for Europe, a great year for China and an outstanding year for the Trump family. Plus marketing God - lessons from the remarkable success of the Alpha course. My latest on the Year of the Dragon
open.substack.com/pub/nixons/p...
open.substack.com/pub/nixons/p...
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The verdict I was waiting for on the EU summit, and it's largely a thumbs up (and as I suggested might happen, the UK has let the side down).
A good-ish weak for Europe, a great year for China and an outstanding year for the Trump family. Plus marketing God - lessons from the remarkable success of the Alpha course. My latest on the Year of the Dragon
open.substack.com/pub/nixons/p...
open.substack.com/pub/nixons/p...
Year of the Dragon
Thoughts on a goodish week for Europe, a great year for China and an outstanding year for the Trump family. Plus marketing God - lessons from the success of the Alpha Course
open.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The verdict I was waiting for on the EU summit, and it's largely a thumbs up (and as I suggested might happen, the UK has let the side down).
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No other opinion source has provided me with more political insight this year than @nixonsimon.bsky.social weekly post. Thank you for a great effort.
A good-ish weak for Europe, a great year for China and an outstanding year for the Trump family. Plus marketing God - lessons from the remarkable success of the Alpha course. My latest on the Year of the Dragon
open.substack.com/pub/nixons/p...
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Year of the Dragon
Thoughts on a goodish week for Europe, a great year for China and an outstanding year for the Trump family. Plus marketing God - lessons from the success of the Alpha Course
open.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
No other opinion source has provided me with more political insight this year than @nixonsimon.bsky.social weekly post. Thank you for a great effort.
A good-ish weak for Europe, a great year for China and an outstanding year for the Trump family. Plus marketing God - lessons from the remarkable success of the Alpha course. My latest on the Year of the Dragon
open.substack.com/pub/nixons/p...
open.substack.com/pub/nixons/p...
Year of the Dragon
Thoughts on a goodish week for Europe, a great year for China and an outstanding year for the Trump family. Plus marketing God - lessons from the success of the Alpha Course
open.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
A good-ish weak for Europe, a great year for China and an outstanding year for the Trump family. Plus marketing God - lessons from the remarkable success of the Alpha course. My latest on the Year of the Dragon
open.substack.com/pub/nixons/p...
open.substack.com/pub/nixons/p...
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Quite an admission, basically saying: I have offered my country's vote to a foreign power that sees itself at war with the European Union and am aiding them in dividing us.
💥On his flight to the EU summit, Viktor Orbán revealed what appears to be direct coordination with Vladimir Putin: Hungary would be spared Russian countermeasures if Orbán votes against the EU’s confiscation of frozen Russian assets: "So we Hungarians have protected ourselves."
December 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Quite an admission, basically saying: I have offered my country's vote to a foreign power that sees itself at war with the European Union and am aiding them in dividing us.
Very encouraging - but also worrying as Russia and America are certain to intervene to try to keep Orban in power
💥📉 A fresh bombshell poll in Hungary by a reputable pollster shows Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz trailing opposition leader Péter Magyar’s TISZA, 36–53. Despite throwing everything at Magyar in recent weeks, the gap has only widened.
Just four months to go until Hungary's parliamentary election.
Just four months to go until Hungary's parliamentary election.
December 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Very encouraging - but also worrying as Russia and America are certain to intervene to try to keep Orban in power
Great thread
Theresa Villiers on Badenoch. Oddly I hope she's right but this is the latest in the Telegraph's 'Whisper it' series. The record of this series is not good.... (thread)
December 16, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Great thread
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Decisions take in the coming days and week may define Europe for a generation. My latest with thoughts on the looming Battle of Brussels, Starmer’s dangerous dithering, Ireland’s neutrality fetish, China’s industrial siege warfare, plus have we passed peak human?
Europe Under Attack
Thoughts on next week's Battle of Brussels, Starmer's dangerous dithering, how Ireland's neutrality is costing it friends, can Europe break the Chinese siege, and why we are past peak human
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December 15, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Decisions take in the coming days and week may define Europe for a generation. My latest with thoughts on the looming Battle of Brussels, Starmer’s dangerous dithering, Ireland’s neutrality fetish, China’s industrial siege warfare, plus have we passed peak human?
Totally ludicrous for the Metreweli to warn that Britain is on the front line against Russia without acknowledging that America, with whom MI6 shares intelligence, is now fully aligned with Russia and has the same objectives. Why are Britain's politicians and craven legacy media not addressing this?
Britain already on front line against Russia, MI6 chief warns
The UK faces an ‘age of uncertainty’ as a result of disinformation, sabotage and cyberattacks backed by Moscow, Blaise Metreweli will say
www.thetimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Totally ludicrous for the Metreweli to warn that Britain is on the front line against Russia without acknowledging that America, with whom MI6 shares intelligence, is now fully aligned with Russia and has the same objectives. Why are Britain's politicians and craven legacy media not addressing this?
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”The pressure on member state in the coming days from Washington and Moscow will be intense. There are no good options or easy answers, just the balance of risks. But failure to secure a funding deal for Ukraine would send a powerful signal to the world of Europe’s geopolitical impotence.”
Decisions take in the coming days and week may define Europe for a generation. My latest with thoughts on the looming Battle of Brussels, Starmer’s dangerous dithering, Ireland’s neutrality fetish, China’s industrial siege warfare, plus have we passed peak human?
Europe Under Attack
Thoughts on next week's Battle of Brussels, Starmer's dangerous dithering, how Ireland's neutrality is costing it friends, can Europe break the Chinese siege, and why we are past peak human
open.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:42 AM
”The pressure on member state in the coming days from Washington and Moscow will be intense. There are no good options or easy answers, just the balance of risks. But failure to secure a funding deal for Ukraine would send a powerful signal to the world of Europe’s geopolitical impotence.”
Decisions take in the coming days and week may define Europe for a generation. My latest with thoughts on the looming Battle of Brussels, Starmer’s dangerous dithering, Ireland’s neutrality fetish, China’s industrial siege warfare, plus have we passed peak human?
Europe Under Attack
Thoughts on next week's Battle of Brussels, Starmer's dangerous dithering, how Ireland's neutrality is costing it friends, can Europe break the Chinese siege, and why we are past peak human
open.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Decisions take in the coming days and week may define Europe for a generation. My latest with thoughts on the looming Battle of Brussels, Starmer’s dangerous dithering, Ireland’s neutrality fetish, China’s industrial siege warfare, plus have we passed peak human?
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Excellent on the personal threats being made by the US and Russia to stop the existential seizing of the frozen assets, but also spot-on recommendation of the David Runciman podcase with Henry Gee on the decline of humanity, which I listened to by chance on a long car journey & made it fly by.
Why next week’s Battle of Brussels is a defining moment for Europe, Keir Starmer’s dangerous dithering, how Ireland’s neutrality is costing it friends, can Europe break the Chinese siege and why we have passed peak human - my latest
Europe Under Attack
Thoughts on next week's Battle of Brussels, Starmer's dangerous dithering, how Ireland's neutrality is costing it friends, can Europe break the Chinese siege, and why we are past peak human
open.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Excellent on the personal threats being made by the US and Russia to stop the existential seizing of the frozen assets, but also spot-on recommendation of the David Runciman podcase with Henry Gee on the decline of humanity, which I listened to by chance on a long car journey & made it fly by.
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Why next week’s Battle of Brussels is a defining moment for Europe, Keir Starmer’s dangerous dithering, how Ireland’s neutrality is costing it friends, can Europe break the Chinese siege and why we have passed peak human - my latest
Europe Under Attack
Thoughts on next week's Battle of Brussels, Starmer's dangerous dithering, how Ireland's neutrality is costing it friends, can Europe break the Chinese siege, and why we are past peak human
open.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Why next week’s Battle of Brussels is a defining moment for Europe, Keir Starmer’s dangerous dithering, how Ireland’s neutrality is costing it friends, can Europe break the Chinese siege and why we have passed peak human - my latest
Why next week’s Battle of Brussels is a defining moment for Europe, Keir Starmer’s dangerous dithering, how Ireland’s neutrality is costing it friends, can Europe break the Chinese siege and why we have passed peak human - my latest
Europe Under Attack
Thoughts on next week's Battle of Brussels, Starmer's dangerous dithering, how Ireland's neutrality is costing it friends, can Europe break the Chinese siege, and why we are past peak human
open.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Why next week’s Battle of Brussels is a defining moment for Europe, Keir Starmer’s dangerous dithering, how Ireland’s neutrality is costing it friends, can Europe break the Chinese siege and why we have passed peak human - my latest