Jamie Maxwell

Glasgow

Writer, Reporter, Reviewer at Freelance

Writer, Journalist || Bylines: @Jacobin, @LMDiplo, @AJEnglish + elsewhere

Articles

Banners Over Belgrade

4 weeks ago | bellacaledonia.org.uk | Jamie Maxwell

Jamie Maxwell travels across Europe from Helsinki to Sarajevo and reports for Bella on the simmering ethnic politics of Belgrade and Budapest. Here he examines Serbia’s nationalist/authoritarian president, Alexandar Vucic, his pro-Russian ties, and the persistence of the Kosovo question in Serbian politics. The slogans scrawled across the streets of Belgrade do nothing to lift Serbia’s reputation as the most hostile member of the European family.
Korean Dispatch

Mar 18, 2025 | bellacaledonia.org.uk | Jamie Maxwell

I arrived in Seoul on 15 January, the day the president was arrested. Armed police had to scale the walls of his compound and force their way past a cluster of private security guards. These events were broadcast live on TV. On 18 January, a judge extended Yoon Suk Yeol’s detention order: under questioning, the president had stonewalled investigators.
Jamie Maxwell: I wouldn’t be surprised if South Korea’s problems were just kicking in

Mar 16, 2025 | thenational.scot | Jamie Maxwell

President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks at the presidential residence in Seoul (South Korean Presidential Office/AP) I ARRIVED in Seoul on January 15, the day the president was arrested. Armed police had to scale the walls of his compound and force their way past a cluster of private security guards. These events were broadcast live on TV. On January 18, a judge extended Yoon Suk Yeol’s detention order: under questioning, the president had stonewalled investigators.
American Burlesque

Nov 5, 2024 | bellacaledonia.org.uk | Jamie Maxwell

About a week ago, I gatecrashed a MAGA fundraising dinner in downtown Milwaukee. The event, held in the opulent art deco ballroom of the city’s Hilton hotel, opened with a prayer. Reverend Dr. Karl Fabrizius, an evangelical pastor from nearby Greenfield, Wisconsin, thanked God for the blessing of limited government and denounced socialism as a sinful menace spreading through American society. Then a local choir led guests in a rendition of The Star Spangled Banner.
Jamie Maxwell: A Democratic prayer is needed to counter the Republican one

Nov 3, 2024 | thenational.scot | Jamie Maxwell

ABOUT a week ago, I gatecrashed a Maga fundraising dinner in downtown Milwaukee. The event, held in the opulent art deco ballroom of the city’s Hilton hotel, opened with a prayer. Reverend Dr Karl Fabrizius, an evangelical pastor from nearby Greenfield, Wisconsin, thanked God for the blessing of limited government and denounced socialism as a sinful menace spreading through American society. Then a local choir led guests in a rendition of The Star Spangled Banner.
UK general election: now the real, hard work begins

Jul 1, 2024 | mondediplo.com | Jamie Maxwell

On 22 May Rishi Sunak called a snap general election in the United Kingdom. In his election announcement, delivered on the steps of Downing Street behind a thick curtain of British rain, Sunak pledged to ‘restore pride and confidence’ to the country. ‘I will earn your trust,’ he said, addressing the public directly, and ‘prove to you that only a Conservative government, led by me, will not put our hard-earned economic stability at risk.’ Sunak’s audacity was almost admirable.