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Samuel Kramer
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St Andrews History PhD. Researches #Baltic #CEE ethnopolitics. Views my own. Reposts ≠ endorsements.
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Think the Commonwealth's a bygone relic of British colonialism or an ineffectual talking shop? Think again.

My latest argues the Commonwealth can play a vital role in bolstering the resilience of global critical mineral supply chains.

franciswshin.substack.com/p/how-the-co...
How the Commonwealth Could Safeguard Global Critical Mineral Supply Chains
The Commonwealth can shield global critical mineral supply chains from the intensifying fallout of the US-China trade war
franciswshin.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Reposted by Samuel Kramer
Any reassurance force for Ukraine requires Europe to develop a robust military industrial capacity. My latest in @neweasterneurope.eu argues that the expected long-term deployment of the force means Europe must manufacture its own "strategic enablers" to better defend Ukraine and itself.
July 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
What happens when hegemonic parties face internal decline? @franciswshin.bsky.social and I examine in this post:

open.substack.com/pub/francisw...

#history #italy #japan #skystorians
Japan’s Ruling Party Faces an Italian-Style Reckoning
Recent Japanese political developments closely resemble the "Tangentopoli" scandal of 1990s Italy
open.substack.com
March 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Excited to announce I've been accepted as a member of the Royal Historical Society! Looking forward to new connections and research opportunities! #research #history
May 23, 2024 at 12:49 PM
In my latest for Foreign Policy Research Institute, I analyse Estonia's post-Kõlvart future.

www.fpri.org/article/2024...

#polisky

#skystorians

#estonia

#eesti
Without Tallinn, What Would the Future Hold for Estonia's Center Party? - Foreign Policy Research Institute
The importance of Tallinn’s mayoral control to the Center Party cannot be overstated. Before Center regained the mayoralty in 2007 following brief stints in
www.fpri.org
April 11, 2024 at 3:31 PM
"Center is indisputably Kõlvart’s party now." How Estonia's third-largest party is rebuilding itself after 7 years of coalition chaos and electoral woes. My analysis for FPRI

www.fpri.org/article/2023...
polisky skystorians
Doubling Down: Estonia's Center Party Gamble on Mihhail Kõlvart - Foreign Policy Research Institute
In the September 2023 Center Party leadership elections, members chose Tallinn Mayor Mihhail Kõlvart over former Health Minister Tanel Kiik as party chair.
www.fpri.org
October 10, 2023 at 3:53 PM
Is there a historians/history feed on here? If not, would anyone be interested in joining one?
September 24, 2023 at 7:40 PM