Peter Frankopan
@peterfrankopan.bsky.social
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What if we measured progress not just by income or life expectancy - but by how well we live with the rest of nature?
A major new paper proposes the 'Nature Relationship Index (NRI)' - a bold rethink of development metrics.
Here’s why it matters.👇
#NatureRelationshipIndex #GlobalThreads
A major new paper proposes the 'Nature Relationship Index (NRI)' - a bold rethink of development metrics.
Here’s why it matters.👇
#NatureRelationshipIndex #GlobalThreads
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when you wear a size 9.5 shoe but the 8.5 was on sale
November 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
when you wear a size 9.5 shoe but the 8.5 was on sale
Iran is facing a crisis unlike any in its modern history. Water shortages, record heat, and failing infrastructure are forcing officials to plan something unthinkable - evacuating parts of the capital 1/5
November 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Iran is facing a crisis unlike any in its modern history. Water shortages, record heat, and failing infrastructure are forcing officials to plan something unthinkable - evacuating parts of the capital 1/5
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"It's not the Western idea of a nuclear family." Afua Hirsh breaks down the matrilineal system. Listen to this week's Legacy topic on Kwame Nkrumah. Available now on the link in bio!
#Africa #matrilineal #AfricanHistory #Legacy
#Africa #matrilineal #AfricanHistory #Legacy
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
"It's not the Western idea of a nuclear family." Afua Hirsh breaks down the matrilineal system. Listen to this week's Legacy topic on Kwame Nkrumah. Available now on the link in bio!
#Africa #matrilineal #AfricanHistory #Legacy
#Africa #matrilineal #AfricanHistory #Legacy
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Reposted by Peter Frankopan
Martin Luther: the original Halloween decorator
It's 31 October. Most people will be thinking about Halloween. Historians, of course, will be thinking about Martin Luther, who nailed his 95 theses to the church door in Wittenberg on this day in 1517. 1/4
October 31, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Martin Luther: the original Halloween decorator
It's 31 October. Most people will be thinking about Halloween. Historians, of course, will be thinking about Martin Luther, who nailed his 95 theses to the church door in Wittenberg on this day in 1517. 1/4
October 31, 2025 at 6:11 PM
It's 31 October. Most people will be thinking about Halloween. Historians, of course, will be thinking about Martin Luther, who nailed his 95 theses to the church door in Wittenberg on this day in 1517. 1/4
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“Clear-eyed and pragmatic, it maps a realistic path from crisis to renewal through investment, innovation and international cooperation. A hopeful work that redefines growth for a sustainable age.”
— @peterfrankopan.bsky.social
Free to read & download from 5th Nov doi.org/10.31389/lse...
— @peterfrankopan.bsky.social
Free to read & download from 5th Nov doi.org/10.31389/lse...
October 31, 2025 at 8:28 AM
“Clear-eyed and pragmatic, it maps a realistic path from crisis to renewal through investment, innovation and international cooperation. A hopeful work that redefines growth for a sustainable age.”
— @peterfrankopan.bsky.social
Free to read & download from 5th Nov doi.org/10.31389/lse...
— @peterfrankopan.bsky.social
Free to read & download from 5th Nov doi.org/10.31389/lse...
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This week, we explore the surprising story behind England’s most famous symbol — the flag of #StGeorge. How did a man born in what’s now Turkey, with Palestinian and Greek roots, become the patron saint of England? And what does his red cross really stand for today? Listen now!
#history #Legacy
#history #Legacy
October 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Boom. New ep on Martin Luther on #Legacy - where @afuahirsch.bsky.social and I show how Luther split Europe 1/4
October 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Boom. New ep on Martin Luther on #Legacy - where @afuahirsch.bsky.social and I show how Luther split Europe 1/4
Fabulous stuff !
The scale of imported luxury goods in late antique Britain:
752 ivory rings from 78 sites. In some C5th contexts, 8-15% of graves contained one. Research by Katie Hemer, @hugh-willmott.bsky.social & @rowane.bsky.social.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
752 ivory rings from 78 sites. In some C5th contexts, 8-15% of graves contained one. Research by Katie Hemer, @hugh-willmott.bsky.social & @rowane.bsky.social.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
October 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Fabulous stuff !
Power, protest & the physics of change.
Four stories this week on Global Threads:
Ukraine; Madagascar; Gen Z unrest; and a Chinese leap in quantum tech. 1/5
Four stories this week on Global Threads:
Ukraine; Madagascar; Gen Z unrest; and a Chinese leap in quantum tech. 1/5
October 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Power, protest & the physics of change.
Four stories this week on Global Threads:
Ukraine; Madagascar; Gen Z unrest; and a Chinese leap in quantum tech. 1/5
Four stories this week on Global Threads:
Ukraine; Madagascar; Gen Z unrest; and a Chinese leap in quantum tech. 1/5
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I’m listening to this very interesting episode of the Legacy podcast about potatoes—thanks to @nelnelnellie.bsky.social for the recommendation! Thinking about the history of potatoes with an eye toward #PlantScience and what will happen going forward! On, 🥔
This week on Legacy, @afuahirsch.bsky.social and I look at how the potato changed the world 1/5
October 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I’m listening to this very interesting episode of the Legacy podcast about potatoes—thanks to @nelnelnellie.bsky.social for the recommendation! Thinking about the history of potatoes with an eye toward #PlantScience and what will happen going forward! On, 🥔
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‘Alongside 44 historical buildings and seven archaeological sites, all three depositories of historical and archaeological material in the Gaza Strip have been damaged or destroyed.’
@josephinequinn.bsky.social on an exhibition of Gazan antiquities: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@josephinequinn.bsky.social on an exhibition of Gazan antiquities: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Josephine Quinn · At the Institut du monde arabe: ‘Trésors sauvés de Gaza’
This show has excited controversy: should we even be talking about damage to antiquities in the context of so much...
www.lrb.co.uk
October 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
‘Alongside 44 historical buildings and seven archaeological sites, all three depositories of historical and archaeological material in the Gaza Strip have been damaged or destroyed.’
@josephinequinn.bsky.social on an exhibition of Gazan antiquities: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@josephinequinn.bsky.social on an exhibition of Gazan antiquities: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
This week on Legacy, @afuahirsch.bsky.social and I look at how the potato changed the world 1/5
October 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This week on Legacy, @afuahirsch.bsky.social and I look at how the potato changed the world 1/5
This week on Legacy, @afuahirsch.bsky.social and I look at how the potato changed the world
October 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
This week on Legacy, @afuahirsch.bsky.social and I look at how the potato changed the world
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From October 19 TCA will launch the Spotlight on Central Asia podcast with @pannierb.bsky.social and Michael Hillard featuring Peter Frankopan author of The Silk Roads A New History of the World
https://ow.ly/68bz50XbmIo #CentralAsia #Podcast #CentralAsiaPodcast #Eurasia #PodcastLaunch
https://ow.ly/68bz50XbmIo #CentralAsia #Podcast #CentralAsiaPodcast #Eurasia #PodcastLaunch
October 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
From October 19 TCA will launch the Spotlight on Central Asia podcast with @pannierb.bsky.social and Michael Hillard featuring Peter Frankopan author of The Silk Roads A New History of the World
https://ow.ly/68bz50XbmIo #CentralAsia #Podcast #CentralAsiaPodcast #Eurasia #PodcastLaunch
https://ow.ly/68bz50XbmIo #CentralAsia #Podcast #CentralAsiaPodcast #Eurasia #PodcastLaunch
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The wonderful Legacy podcast with @afuahirsch.bsky.social and @peterfrankopan.bsky.social is back, about the potato.
October 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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The wonderful Legacy podcast with @afuahirsch.bsky.social and @peterfrankopan.bsky.social is back, about the potato.
October 14, 2025 at 9:34 AM
The wonderful Legacy podcast with @afuahirsch.bsky.social and @peterfrankopan.bsky.social is back, about the potato.
We’re shaking up #Legacy. After 21 series on big lives, we’re widening the lens to ideas, events….even foods.
Also: new format, same depth. And now TWO episodes a week with me & @AfuaHirsch.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
#LegacyPodcast #History
Also: new format, same depth. And now TWO episodes a week with me & @AfuaHirsch.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
#LegacyPodcast #History
October 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
We’re shaking up #Legacy. After 21 series on big lives, we’re widening the lens to ideas, events….even foods.
Also: new format, same depth. And now TWO episodes a week with me & @AfuaHirsch.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
#LegacyPodcast #History
Also: new format, same depth. And now TWO episodes a week with me & @AfuaHirsch.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
#LegacyPodcast #History
Yesterday I was in Brussels for the Global Gateway Forum - a gathering of world leaders to talk about how to connect a fractured world.
What I saw instead was something extraordinary - a moment when peace might have taken shape before our eyes.
🧵👇
What I saw instead was something extraordinary - a moment when peace might have taken shape before our eyes.
🧵👇
October 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Yesterday I was in Brussels for the Global Gateway Forum - a gathering of world leaders to talk about how to connect a fractured world.
What I saw instead was something extraordinary - a moment when peace might have taken shape before our eyes.
🧵👇
What I saw instead was something extraordinary - a moment when peace might have taken shape before our eyes.
🧵👇
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Worth reading this thread, as always, from @peterfrankopan.bsky.social
Belarus rarely makes Western headlines — but it should this week.
A quiet move by the Trump administration has just handed Alexander Lukashenka, and indirectly Vladimir Putin, an unexpected gift.
🧵👇
A quiet move by the Trump administration has just handed Alexander Lukashenka, and indirectly Vladimir Putin, an unexpected gift.
🧵👇
October 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Worth reading this thread, as always, from @peterfrankopan.bsky.social
Belarus rarely makes Western headlines — but it should this week.
A quiet move by the Trump administration has just handed Alexander Lukashenka, and indirectly Vladimir Putin, an unexpected gift.
🧵👇
A quiet move by the Trump administration has just handed Alexander Lukashenka, and indirectly Vladimir Putin, an unexpected gift.
🧵👇
October 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Belarus rarely makes Western headlines — but it should this week.
A quiet move by the Trump administration has just handed Alexander Lukashenka, and indirectly Vladimir Putin, an unexpected gift.
🧵👇
A quiet move by the Trump administration has just handed Alexander Lukashenka, and indirectly Vladimir Putin, an unexpected gift.
🧵👇
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October 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Reposted by Peter Frankopan
🎉🎉🎉 My new book, #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power is published in the US today (Basic Books / Seal Press). A huge thank you to @benchu.bsky.social @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social @peterfrankopan.bsky.social @timharford.ft.com @enortonhistory.bsky.social for your kind endorsements.
September 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
🎉🎉🎉 My new book, #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power is published in the US today (Basic Books / Seal Press). A huge thank you to @benchu.bsky.social @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social @peterfrankopan.bsky.social @timharford.ft.com @enortonhistory.bsky.social for your kind endorsements.