Can Gökçen
@cangokcen.bsky.social
PhD at King’s College London’s Department of War Studies. Interested in the history of the British state, ideas about politics & strategy, political economy, Turkey, and all things defence & security. And The Arsenal.
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More dodgy maths, too. "An extra 0.2% of GDP is around £6bn [i.e.] the cut to the aid budget. Yet [Starmer] trumpeted a £13 billion increase in defence spending...seems to make sense if one thinks the defence budget would otherwise have been frozen" ifs.org.uk/articles/ifs...
February 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
More dodgy maths, too. "An extra 0.2% of GDP is around £6bn [i.e.] the cut to the aid budget. Yet [Starmer] trumpeted a £13 billion increase in defence spending...seems to make sense if one thinks the defence budget would otherwise have been frozen" ifs.org.uk/articles/ifs...
What book are these excepts from? Many thanks
December 24, 2023 at 2:52 PM
What book are these excepts from? Many thanks
@antonspisak.bsky.social, @meganjgibson.bsky.social, @shippersunbound.bsky.social, @matthewholehouse.bsky.social, @kevinschofied.bsky.social, @arusbridger.bsky.social — in case of interest.
December 18, 2023 at 2:11 PM
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