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James Crabtree

London

Writer and Journalist at Freelance

Analyst & writer. Billionaire Raj author. @ecfr distinguished fellow. @foreignpolicy columnist. Ex: IISS, FT, LKY School, UK Govt. LSE / Harvard. Cat lover.

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Articles

  • Elon Musk Just Picked a Fight He Cannot Win

    2 weeks ago | foreignpolicy.com | James Crabtree

    Politics United States China Russia India The widely predicted breakup of Elon Musk and U.S. President Donald Trump has finally and inevitably come to pass.

  • Escalation in South Asia: Europe’s core interests amid crisis between India and Pakistan

    1 month ago | ecfr.eu | James Crabtree |Janka Oertel |Eva Sanders

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  • China, Russia and the remaking of the Eurasian supercontinent

    1 month ago | ft.com | James Crabtree

    Amid the usual bluster, the most remarkable lines in Donald Trump’s second inaugural address were about geography.

  • Trump’s Tariffs Will Pay Off — for China | Flipboard

    2 months ago | flipboard.com | James Crabtree

    1 hour agoThe US Commerce Department has announced plans to impose tariffs of up to 3,521% on imports of solar panels from four South East Asian countries. It comes after an investigation that began a year ago when several major solar equipment producers asked then-President Joe Biden administration to …

  • Europe’s Asian pivot: India and the quest for strategic autonomy

    Mar 28, 2025 | ecfr.eu | James Crabtree |Mark Leonard |Janka Oertel

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james crabtree @jamescrabtree
17 Jun 25

RT @MilanV: Important new @ForeignAffairs essay by Ashley J. Tellis on India’s great power ambitions. Don’t get distracted by the headline—…

james crabtree
james crabtree @jamescrabtree
13 Jun 25

Turned out Musk realised this too. MACO is the new TACO.

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Foreign Policy @ForeignPolicy

Global autocracies show that this will be a lopsided fight in which the billionaire and his business empire, not Trump’s administration, will suffer most, writes columnist @jamescrabtree. https://t.co/dZtF8EidOz

james crabtree
james crabtree @jamescrabtree
10 Jun 25

Surely the perfect opportunity to seek asylum from the King of Spain.

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