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John Heathershaw @jheathershaw.bsky.social

@HeathershawJ

Professor @exeterpolitics. Author of "Security After Christendom" (2024) and "Indulging Kleptocracy" (2025). Academic freedom by/for/of academics.
England, United Kingdom substack.com/@johnheathersh… Joined June 2014
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John Heathershaw @jheathershaw.bsky.social @HeathershawJ
"I'm absolutely baffled by the whole thing."

It's as if the former treasury minister responsible for anti-corruption measures with respect to UK finance had not considered that family and business ties to a corrupt regime might cause controversy.

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
www.bbc.co.uk Tulip Siddiq MP given jail sentence in Bangladesh after trial in her absence The former minister and niece of Bangladesh's ousted former leader, who received a two-year sentence, says the charges are politically motivated.
John Heathershaw @jheathershaw.bsky.social @HeathershawJ
Good stuff. Lots more to come I imagine.
Tom Burgis Verified account @tomburgis Nov 30, 2025
I've done a deep dive into the Trump family's global moneymaking campaign. The White House says there's no conflict of interest. But from Serbia to Vietnam to crypto it's being called "pay to play" on a vast scale. If you have info, get in touch @guardian
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John Heathershaw @jheathershaw.bsky.social @HeathershawJ
"The way towards better theories of postcommunist oligarchy lies in global comparisons of transnational oligarchic networks that originate in Eastern Europe and Eurasia but are not confined to the region."

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www.tandfonline.com Towards Better Theories of Postcommunist Oligarchy Published in Europe-Asia Studies (Vol. 77, No. 9, 2025)