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Secrets of Statecraft is a bi-monthly podcast hosted by Andrew Roberts which explores the effect that the study of History has had on the careers and decision-making of public figures, and which will also ask leading historians about the influence that the study of History had on their biographical subjects. The title is taken from Winston Churchill’s reply on Coronation Day 1953 to a young American who had asked him for life-advice, to whom he said ‘Study History, study History, for therein lie all the secrets of statecraft.’
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The Polish foreign minister Radek Sikorski is characteristically blunt about his former friend Viktor Orban, the chances of nuclear war in Ukraine, and his enemy Vladimir Putin.
Recorded on October 26, 2024.
Wednesday Nov 06, 2024
Wednesday Nov 06, 2024
Professor John Bew’s knowledge as the biographer of Lord Castlereagh and Clement Attlee and the historian of Realpolitik was put to good use when he became the senior foreign policy advisor to no fewer than four British prime ministers.
Recorded on October 18, 2024.
Wednesday Oct 23, 2024
Wednesday Oct 23, 2024
How Bill Browder reacted when Vladimir Putin murdered Browder’s friend and lawyer Sergei Magnitsky.
Recorded on October 11, 2024.
Wednesday Oct 09, 2024
Wednesday Oct 09, 2024
Nataliya Bugayova, Non-Resident Russia Fellow at the Institute for the Study of War, shares her latest in-depth knowledge on how the Russo-Ukrainian War is going.
Recorded on September 9, 2024.
Wednesday Sep 25, 2024
Wednesday Sep 25, 2024
The esteemed science writer and author of The Rational Optimist, Matt Ridley, gazes into the future of mankind.
Recorded on September 16, 2024.
Wednesday Sep 11, 2024
Wednesday Sep 11, 2024
Iranian-born Shay Khatiri, senior fellow of the Yorktown Institute, explains the (warped) thinking of the Teheran regime.
Wednesday Aug 28, 2024
Wednesday Aug 28, 2024
The distinguished economist Paul Gregory recalls his time spent with Lee Harvey and Marina Oswald.
Friday Aug 09, 2024
Friday Aug 09, 2024
The great historian of Russian history compares and contrasts the three monsters of the Russian Revolution.