Marc Sinan Winrow
@marcsinanwinrow.bsky.social
Research Assistant @LSE IR. Teaching Fellow @SOAS. Interested in international and political theory and the normative and historical sources of international order with a focus on Turkey/MENA/eastern Mediterranean.
Pinned
Turkey and the Liberal International Order
This book examines Turkey's increasingly unstable position in the liberal international order and its complicated relationship with the West.
www.agendapub.com
In this book, I explore how Turkey has related to the liberal order over time—not through clichés about East vs. West, but by diverse, and internally contested, strategic, intellectual and political engagements with institutions, internationalism and democracy. www.agendapub.com/page/detail/...
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Zohran Mamdani’s lessons for Labour
The socialist’s victory shows the power of cost-of-living issues
🖊️ @georgeeaton.bsky.social
The socialist’s victory shows the power of cost-of-living issues
🖊️ @georgeeaton.bsky.social
Lessons for Labour from Zohran Mamdani
The socialist’s victory shows the power of cost-of-living issues
www.newstatesman.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Zohran Mamdani’s lessons for Labour
The socialist’s victory shows the power of cost-of-living issues
🖊️ @georgeeaton.bsky.social
The socialist’s victory shows the power of cost-of-living issues
🖊️ @georgeeaton.bsky.social
"Article 90 of Turkey’s Constitution—adopted under the AK Party with CHP support—already provides a clear legal basis for implementing ECHR rulings. Simply upholding this provision would create the space needed to ease tensions and rebuild trust."
Talk About Democracy and Europe? Then Free Selahattin Demirtaş - Yetkin Report
If the government truly means it when it speaks of democracy and European integration, here lies the chance to prove it:Release Demirtaş.
yetkinreport.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:08 AM
"Article 90 of Turkey’s Constitution—adopted under the AK Party with CHP support—already provides a clear legal basis for implementing ECHR rulings. Simply upholding this provision would create the space needed to ease tensions and rebuild trust."
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Sheffield Hallam's treatment of Laura Murphy's courageous research into the Chinese genocide of the Uyghurs, including slave labor is a worthwhile, if very depressing, read:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Sheffield Hallam's treatment of Laura Murphy's courageous research into the Chinese genocide of the Uyghurs, including slave labor is a worthwhile, if very depressing, read:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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This is true but it's also what the Guardian has insisted on euphemising as "populism" for over a decade
The mainstreaming of far-right politics would not have happened without mainstream actors enabling it (see BBCQT etc). It's not too late to seriously reflect and change course.
The mainstreaming of far-right politics would not have happened without mainstream actors enabling it (see BBCQT etc). It's not too late to seriously reflect and change course.
Matt Goodwin’s stance on migration is pretty much indistinguishable from that of the BNP in the past 1990s and not a million miles from that of the NF in the 1970s.
Matt Goodwin attributes a crime that he now knows appears to have been committed by people born in Britain in the early 1990s to "mass uncontrolled immigration"
November 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
This is true but it's also what the Guardian has insisted on euphemising as "populism" for over a decade
The mainstreaming of far-right politics would not have happened without mainstream actors enabling it (see BBCQT etc). It's not too late to seriously reflect and change course.
The mainstreaming of far-right politics would not have happened without mainstream actors enabling it (see BBCQT etc). It's not too late to seriously reflect and change course.
"We must reject the lie that liberalism is the cause of our problems. It was the erosion of liberal values—not their application—that created the grievances authoritarians now exploit. The answer to our malaise is not deeper control, but renewed freedom." www.theunpopulist.net/p/liberalism...
Liberalism Is a Bold Force That Ends Corrupt, Oppressive, and Arbitrary Hierarchies
It doesn't defend the status quo, it upends it
www.theunpopulist.net
October 27, 2025 at 11:14 PM
"We must reject the lie that liberalism is the cause of our problems. It was the erosion of liberal values—not their application—that created the grievances authoritarians now exploit. The answer to our malaise is not deeper control, but renewed freedom." www.theunpopulist.net/p/liberalism...
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Post-liberalism has distinctive British and US sources but increasingly the US elements are driving changes in British politics - see my new book Against Post Liberalism to find out why and to see why that might be a problem… @lsegovernment.bsky.social @politybooks.bsky.social #Postliberalism
October 26, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Post-liberalism has distinctive British and US sources but increasingly the US elements are driving changes in British politics - see my new book Against Post Liberalism to find out why and to see why that might be a problem… @lsegovernment.bsky.social @politybooks.bsky.social #Postliberalism
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Kayyım geldi, TELE1'in Youtube kanalı kapatıldı
📌Timur Soykan: "Arşivle birlikte hafıza da silinmek isteniyor."
📌Bahadır Özgür: "Kayyum yönetimi bir medya kuruluşunu yok ediyor."
kisadalga.net/haber/gundem...
📌Timur Soykan: "Arşivle birlikte hafıza da silinmek isteniyor."
📌Bahadır Özgür: "Kayyum yönetimi bir medya kuruluşunu yok ediyor."
kisadalga.net/haber/gundem...
Kayyım geldi, TELE1'in Youtube kanalı kapatıldı: 'Harıl harıl arşiv siliyorlar'
TELE1'e kayyım atanması sonrası, kanalın Youtube kanalına erişim kesildi. yaklaşık 1,4 milyon abonesi olan kanalın arşivi silindi.
kisadalga.net
October 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Kayyım geldi, TELE1'in Youtube kanalı kapatıldı
📌Timur Soykan: "Arşivle birlikte hafıza da silinmek isteniyor."
📌Bahadır Özgür: "Kayyum yönetimi bir medya kuruluşunu yok ediyor."
kisadalga.net/haber/gundem...
📌Timur Soykan: "Arşivle birlikte hafıza da silinmek isteniyor."
📌Bahadır Özgür: "Kayyum yönetimi bir medya kuruluşunu yok ediyor."
kisadalga.net/haber/gundem...
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🌹Mainstream's Interim Council sends its congratulations to
@lucympowell.bsky.social, whom we endorsed after a ballot of our members.
This result must mark a shift toward a broader, bolder politics within Labour - so that we can build a democratic socialist programme to inspire the country.
@lucympowell.bsky.social, whom we endorsed after a ballot of our members.
This result must mark a shift toward a broader, bolder politics within Labour - so that we can build a democratic socialist programme to inspire the country.
October 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
🌹Mainstream's Interim Council sends its congratulations to
@lucympowell.bsky.social, whom we endorsed after a ballot of our members.
This result must mark a shift toward a broader, bolder politics within Labour - so that we can build a democratic socialist programme to inspire the country.
@lucympowell.bsky.social, whom we endorsed after a ballot of our members.
This result must mark a shift toward a broader, bolder politics within Labour - so that we can build a democratic socialist programme to inspire the country.
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The @h-diplo.bsky.social published a roundtable on Professor Fawaz Gerges' book What Really Went Wrong: The West and the Failure of Democracy in the Middle East.
🔗Read the review: issforum.org/roundtables/...
#AcademicSky #PoliSky @lsemiddleeast.bsky.social
🔗Read the review: issforum.org/roundtables/...
#AcademicSky #PoliSky @lsemiddleeast.bsky.social
Jervis Forum Roundtable 17-8 on Gerges, What Really Went Wrong
Roundtable Review 17-8 Fawaz A. Gerges, What Really Went Wrong: The West and the Failure of Democracy in the Middle East. Yale University Press, 2024. ISBN: 9780300259575. 10 October 2025 | PDF…
issforum.org
October 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The @h-diplo.bsky.social published a roundtable on Professor Fawaz Gerges' book What Really Went Wrong: The West and the Failure of Democracy in the Middle East.
🔗Read the review: issforum.org/roundtables/...
#AcademicSky #PoliSky @lsemiddleeast.bsky.social
🔗Read the review: issforum.org/roundtables/...
#AcademicSky #PoliSky @lsemiddleeast.bsky.social
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This is not reform.
It is the promise of symbolic inclusion in an authoritarian regime
It is the promise of symbolic inclusion in an authoritarian regime
Erdogan's main ally Devlet Bahceli reiterated his proposal for a Kurdish and Alevi vice president. In the same interview, he warned against plans for a federation in Northern Cyprus, arguing that it would motivate certain forces in Syria to do the same.
www.rudaw.net/turkish/midd...
www.rudaw.net/turkish/midd...
www.rudaw.net
October 23, 2025 at 11:14 AM
This is not reform.
It is the promise of symbolic inclusion in an authoritarian regime
It is the promise of symbolic inclusion in an authoritarian regime
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A policy *supported by a smaller % of the population* than it would seek to deport!
Stephen Bush on the extraordinary draft legislation which Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp, Matt Vickers, Katie Lam and backbench colleagues have proposed in parliament
It is a proposal that would seek to deport around 5% of the resident population, including over a quarter of a million with ILR
It is a proposal that would seek to deport around 5% of the resident population, including over a quarter of a million with ILR
October 23, 2025 at 11:26 AM
A policy *supported by a smaller % of the population* than it would seek to deport!
"During... ‘US unipolarity’ in the 1990s... political leaders and wider publics in the West missed the opportunity to learn not only from history but also from the experiences of East European revolutionaries and from those who had struggled in the ‘Third World’." engelsbergideas.com/essays/how-t...
How to renew world order
With vision, purpose and determination, Western leaders can rebuild a more just and resilient international system fit for a new age of great-power competition.
engelsbergideas.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
"During... ‘US unipolarity’ in the 1990s... political leaders and wider publics in the West missed the opportunity to learn not only from history but also from the experiences of East European revolutionaries and from those who had struggled in the ‘Third World’." engelsbergideas.com/essays/how-t...
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Turkey's advantages are two-fold: it appears to have the trust of both Hamas and the Trump Administration (and is anxious to demonstrate its utility to the latter)
But there are hard limits: of all the Middle Eastern countries with which Israel has relations, Turkey is the country it trusts *least*
But there are hard limits: of all the Middle Eastern countries with which Israel has relations, Turkey is the country it trusts *least*
Turkey emerges as key player in Gaza ceasefire deal, both in negotiations and its planned execution, after having remained mostly on the sidelines for two years www.reuters.com/world/middle...
www.reuters.com
October 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Turkey's advantages are two-fold: it appears to have the trust of both Hamas and the Trump Administration (and is anxious to demonstrate its utility to the latter)
But there are hard limits: of all the Middle Eastern countries with which Israel has relations, Turkey is the country it trusts *least*
But there are hard limits: of all the Middle Eastern countries with which Israel has relations, Turkey is the country it trusts *least*
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Labour must reject the argument immigration causes all UK's problems and bring nation together, deputy leadership contender @lucympowell.bsky.social told a fringe event at the Labour Party Conference👏
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
'We're no island of strangers' says Lucy Powell in plea to Labour faithful
Labour must reject argument immigration causes all UK's problems and bring nation together, deputy leadership contender Lucy Powell told a fringe event at the Labour Party Conference
www.mirror.co.uk
September 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Labour must reject the argument immigration causes all UK's problems and bring nation together, deputy leadership contender @lucympowell.bsky.social told a fringe event at the Labour Party Conference👏
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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New 📊 with @profjanegreen.bsky.social on why Labour's electoral challenges are being misunderstood ⚠️
1) We show that Labour are losing few voters to Reform *even in their most pro-Leave seats*, and explain why
2) Instead, Reform risk overtaking Labour in ++ seats by taking '24 Cons and non-voters
1) We show that Labour are losing few voters to Reform *even in their most pro-Leave seats*, and explain why
2) Instead, Reform risk overtaking Labour in ++ seats by taking '24 Cons and non-voters
NEW!
In Liverpool for Labour Conference...
Starmer is concentrating on Reform but Labour shouldn't mistake their threat on the right, even in Leave voting heartlands.
Our new analysis w/ @martamiori.bsky.social explains:
politicscentre.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
In Liverpool for Labour Conference...
Starmer is concentrating on Reform but Labour shouldn't mistake their threat on the right, even in Leave voting heartlands.
Our new analysis w/ @martamiori.bsky.social explains:
politicscentre.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Article - Nuffield Politics Research Centre
politicscentre.nuffield.ox.ac.uk
September 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM
New 📊 with @profjanegreen.bsky.social on why Labour's electoral challenges are being misunderstood ⚠️
1) We show that Labour are losing few voters to Reform *even in their most pro-Leave seats*, and explain why
2) Instead, Reform risk overtaking Labour in ++ seats by taking '24 Cons and non-voters
1) We show that Labour are losing few voters to Reform *even in their most pro-Leave seats*, and explain why
2) Instead, Reform risk overtaking Labour in ++ seats by taking '24 Cons and non-voters
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Is it morally the wrong thing to do? Yes.
Is it bad for the country and the economy? Also yes.
Will it harm UK students? Also yes.
Is it also a bad move politically that will disproportionately harm Labour's own constituencies? Also yes.
There is absolutely no reason to do this. Pure destruction.
Is it bad for the country and the economy? Also yes.
Will it harm UK students? Also yes.
Is it also a bad move politically that will disproportionately harm Labour's own constituencies? Also yes.
There is absolutely no reason to do this. Pure destruction.
I am genuinely baffled and distressed as to why the UK government is intent on destroying UK's genuinely world-leading universities, who bring £265 billion into the economy and support more than 250,000 jobs.
This tax will kill us.
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
This tax will kill us.
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Student visas crackdown and new levies to cause ‘£1.8bn loss’ to UK economy
The Government has proposed a 6 per cent tax on international student tuition fees and a reduction in graduate visas
www.standard.co.uk
September 27, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Is it morally the wrong thing to do? Yes.
Is it bad for the country and the economy? Also yes.
Will it harm UK students? Also yes.
Is it also a bad move politically that will disproportionately harm Labour's own constituencies? Also yes.
There is absolutely no reason to do this. Pure destruction.
Is it bad for the country and the economy? Also yes.
Will it harm UK students? Also yes.
Is it also a bad move politically that will disproportionately harm Labour's own constituencies? Also yes.
There is absolutely no reason to do this. Pure destruction.
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Weak authoritarian regimes tend to compensate for their weakness by engaging in even more brutal and indiscriminate repression and even more sweeping grand corruption than stronger authoritarian regimes. (6/N)
November 23, 2024 at 10:40 AM
Weak authoritarian regimes tend to compensate for their weakness by engaging in even more brutal and indiscriminate repression and even more sweeping grand corruption than stronger authoritarian regimes. (6/N)
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Weak autocracies are far more common than strong autocracies.
They are also often far more dangerous and damaging than strong autocracies.
Never take hope from an autocrat’s weakness. Instead, prepare for the worst.
A 🧵 based on 2 of my books: (1/N)
They are also often far more dangerous and damaging than strong autocracies.
Never take hope from an autocrat’s weakness. Instead, prepare for the worst.
A 🧵 based on 2 of my books: (1/N)
November 23, 2024 at 10:39 AM
Weak autocracies are far more common than strong autocracies.
They are also often far more dangerous and damaging than strong autocracies.
Never take hope from an autocrat’s weakness. Instead, prepare for the worst.
A 🧵 based on 2 of my books: (1/N)
They are also often far more dangerous and damaging than strong autocracies.
Never take hope from an autocrat’s weakness. Instead, prepare for the worst.
A 🧵 based on 2 of my books: (1/N)
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Farage’s plans to abolish Indefinite Leave to Remain would ruin lives and tear families apart.
Rather than dismissing Reform’s xenophobic proposals as 'unrealistic' or 'unaffordable', our government should be clear that they are cruel and unjust. We must stand up for migrants' rights.
Rather than dismissing Reform’s xenophobic proposals as 'unrealistic' or 'unaffordable', our government should be clear that they are cruel and unjust. We must stand up for migrants' rights.
September 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Farage’s plans to abolish Indefinite Leave to Remain would ruin lives and tear families apart.
Rather than dismissing Reform’s xenophobic proposals as 'unrealistic' or 'unaffordable', our government should be clear that they are cruel and unjust. We must stand up for migrants' rights.
Rather than dismissing Reform’s xenophobic proposals as 'unrealistic' or 'unaffordable', our government should be clear that they are cruel and unjust. We must stand up for migrants' rights.
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Now on FirstView: Republican revivals? Anton Jäger reflects on the history of republicanism in his review essay of Quentin Skinner’s Liberty as Independence and Bruno Leipold’s @brunoleipold.com Citizen Marx
Republican Revivals | Modern Intellectual History | Cambridge Core
Republican Revivals
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September 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Now on FirstView: Republican revivals? Anton Jäger reflects on the history of republicanism in his review essay of Quentin Skinner’s Liberty as Independence and Bruno Leipold’s @brunoleipold.com Citizen Marx
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My latest from @foreignpolicy.com
"Just recently, Turkey stood out for its repeated assaults on international norms. Now, those norms have been shattered by a host of bigger and more aggressive actors, and Turkey looks almost calm in comparison.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/17/t...
"Just recently, Turkey stood out for its repeated assaults on international norms. Now, those norms have been shattered by a host of bigger and more aggressive actors, and Turkey looks almost calm in comparison.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/17/t...
Erdogan’s Irredentism Just Can’t Keep Up
As international norms crumble, Turkey’s revisionist policies appear less provocative in comparison.
foreignpolicy.com
September 17, 2025 at 1:40 PM
My latest from @foreignpolicy.com
"Just recently, Turkey stood out for its repeated assaults on international norms. Now, those norms have been shattered by a host of bigger and more aggressive actors, and Turkey looks almost calm in comparison.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/17/t...
"Just recently, Turkey stood out for its repeated assaults on international norms. Now, those norms have been shattered by a host of bigger and more aggressive actors, and Turkey looks almost calm in comparison.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/17/t...
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The brilliant @georgemonbiot.bsky.social at Stop Trump tears into this government.
‘By bringing the fascist in chief here, they dishonour us, and they dishonour themselves. By rolling out the red carpet for Trump, they roll out the red carpet for Farage.’
‘By bringing the fascist in chief here, they dishonour us, and they dishonour themselves. By rolling out the red carpet for Trump, they roll out the red carpet for Farage.’
September 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The brilliant @georgemonbiot.bsky.social at Stop Trump tears into this government.
‘By bringing the fascist in chief here, they dishonour us, and they dishonour themselves. By rolling out the red carpet for Trump, they roll out the red carpet for Farage.’
‘By bringing the fascist in chief here, they dishonour us, and they dishonour themselves. By rolling out the red carpet for Trump, they roll out the red carpet for Farage.’
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"They are legitimising the extreme right by letting them dictate the terms of politics, and in so doing are paving the way for them ... This is appeasement pure and simple. It didn't stop fascism in the 1930s. And it will not work today."
Chamberlain Labour
Approximately 100,000 on a far right march in London. A grim new milestone in post-war political history, and one conventional politics has ...
averypublicsociologist.blogspot.com
September 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"They are legitimising the extreme right by letting them dictate the terms of politics, and in so doing are paving the way for them ... This is appeasement pure and simple. It didn't stop fascism in the 1930s. And it will not work today."
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I'll be on Times Radio today at 3 pm discussing AI, the riots and the wider mainstreaming of racism and the far right
@lancasteruninews.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/radio?msocki...
@lancasteruninews.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/radio?msocki...
September 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I'll be on Times Radio today at 3 pm discussing AI, the riots and the wider mainstreaming of racism and the far right
@lancasteruninews.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/radio?msocki...
@lancasteruninews.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/radio?msocki...