Sam Wilkin

Brussels

Contributor and Editor at Freelance

Editor of The Leopard, a European view of a changing world. Freelance (managing) editor, details at https://t.co/5amk1gKTNt. Formerly Politico, MLex, Bloomberg, Reuters.

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Articles

Racist, moi?

2 weeks ago | open.substack.com | Sam Wilkin

A few weeks ago a clearly marked ambulance belonging to an international NGO was shot at while operating in a war zone. A paramedic was killed. Following repeated attacks, the NGO has been forced to scale back its operations, including critical aid for malnourished children. I’m talking about Sudan, obviously, though I could just as easily be talking about Myanmar or Ukraine.
Slowing down

4 weeks ago | open.substack.com | Sam Wilkin

Twenty-five essays, not counting this one, and I’m proud of them all. For the past half-year I’ve published an essay every week with very few exceptions – a process that has allowed me to hone as well as share my views. The Leopard has built an engaged community of several hundred readers, a number that rises each week. It’s heartening to see that an audience exists for a European view on global affairs, even when produced by just one relatively unknown writer. So, thank you all.
The groupthink codex

1 month ago | open.substack.com | Sam Wilkin

The debate over free speech and cancel culture is a heated one. People on the cultural right claim that you can’t say anything these days without a woke mob coming for you, while many on the left contend that people can and frequently do say very right-wing things with no consequence. The truth can often be found in unexpected places. On the question of free speech, the answer lies in the dullest social media platform: LinkedIn.That’s because of LinkedIn’s origins as a professional social network.
The inescapable nation

1 month ago | theleopard.eu | Sam Wilkin

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The strange death of climate activism

1 month ago | theleopard.eu | Sam Wilkin

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The liberal blind spot

2 months ago | theleopard.eu | Sam Wilkin

In case it wasn’t clear enough already, yesterday’s German election confirms it: Europe’s establishment has lost contact with a huge chunk of voters. Fully 20.8% of them opted for the AfD, a nationalist party seen by all others as too extreme to go into coalition with, boosting it into a comfortable second place.
Europe’s Munich moment

2 months ago | theleopard.eu | Sam Wilkin

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Understanding Iran

2 months ago | open.substack.com | Sam Wilkin

If geopolitics had a hot/crazy scale it would rank countries by their global importance and their difficulty for outsiders to understand. China would obviously achieve the highest combined score, but there’s no standout candidate for second place. I’d like to make the case for Iran. Politically if not economically, Iran is the most important country in the Middle East.
Sam Wilkin | Substack

2 months ago | substack.com | Sam Wilkin

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Demographic opportunity

2 months ago | open.substack.com | Sam Wilkin

There is no poverty on Solaria. On the contrary, everybody lives on a large estate with all the material goods they could possibly desire. With fewer reasons to be jealous there is very little crime. Nor is there much need for work, certainly not of the exploitative kind: People spend their time practising sport or pursuing the arts.