Samuel Kramer
@samkra.bsky.social
St Andrews History PhD. Researches #Baltic #CEE ethnopolitics. Views my own. Reposts ≠ endorsements.
The 2025 Estonian local elections will have ramifications for both the national government and parties future strategies. My analysis for @neweasterneurope.eu #baltic #skystorians #europe #polisky
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Estonia’s local election results turn the clock back to 2007
Estonia’s current political climate is now in a state of flux. While the traditionally largest parties face difficulties maintaining their positions, other groups are taking advantage of their newfoun...
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November 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The 2025 Estonian local elections will have ramifications for both the national government and parties future strategies. My analysis for @neweasterneurope.eu #baltic #skystorians #europe #polisky
neweasterneurope.eu/2025/11/12/e...
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Reposted by Samuel Kramer
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...
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
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October 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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...
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...
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
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.
Is France recreating a century-old alliance in this time of geopolitical uncertainty? My latest for @conteurohistory.bsky.social
#history #skystorians #diplomacy
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#history #skystorians #diplomacy
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French European Diplomacy post-2024 – the Little Entente Revisited? « History# « Cambridge Core Blog
French president Emmanuel Macron outlined his new vision for French foreign policy in a speech on 5 March 2025. He argued that the Russian invasion of Ukraine posed a threat to all of Europe. Europe h...
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July 25, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Is France recreating a century-old alliance in this time of geopolitical uncertainty? My latest for @conteurohistory.bsky.social
#history #skystorians #diplomacy
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#history #skystorians #diplomacy
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What happens when hegemonic parties face internal decline? @franciswshin.bsky.social and I examine in this post:
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#history #italy #japan #skystorians
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#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
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March 26, 2025 at 1:30 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
open.substack.com/pub/francisw...
#history #italy #japan #skystorians
In my latest for Foreign Policy Research Institute, I analyse Estonia's post-Kõlvart future.
www.fpri.org/article/2024...
#polisky
#skystorians
#estonia
#eesti
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#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
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April 11, 2024 at 3:31 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
www.fpri.org/article/2024...
#polisky
#skystorians
#estonia
#eesti
"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
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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.
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October 10, 2023 at 3:53 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
www.fpri.org/article/2023...
polisky skystorians
Is there a historians/history feed on here? If not, would anyone be interested in joining one?
September 24, 2023 at 7:40 PM
Is there a historians/history feed on here? If not, would anyone be interested in joining one?