The Secrets of Statecraft

John Bolton’s World Tour | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

Former US Ambassador to the UN and National Security Adviser John Bolton considers the global challenges to the West.

Nick Thomas-Symonds and the History of the Labour Party | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

British historian and biographer Nick Thomas-Symonds MP is in Sir Keir Starmer’s shadow cabinet and will play a key role in any future Labour government.  Here he speaks about the giants of Labour Party history: Ramsay MacDonald, Clement Attlee, Aneurin Bevan, and Harold Wilson.

History Matters to Sir Trevor Phillips | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

Sir Trevor Phillips is the founder of the Policy Exchange’s History Matters project, the UK chairman of the Index on Censorship, and was longest-serving equalities commissioner in British history. Here he gives his characteristically trenchant views on the subjects of history, race, and free speech.

Simon Sebag Montefiore Goes Into the World | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

British historian Simon Sebag Montefiore has written a new history of the World, which analyzes the last 10,000 years of global events through the prism of famous (and often infamous) families.

The Tory Philosophy of Michael Gove | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

Michael Gove is that rare thing in politics, a genuine intellectual who is also a very effective politician. One of the longest-serving conservative cabinet ministers, he has served under four prime ministers and twice stood for the premiership himself, but his real metier is as a Tory thinker.

The Architect: Karl Rove on Politics and History | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

Karl Rove started his career as a political consultant, eventually helping George W. Bush get elected Governor of Texas and later, President of the United States. In this conversation, Rove discusses his rise through the business of politics, his days in the White House, and his current career as a historian.  

David Cameron’s Relationship with History | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

David Cameron was well prepared to be the British prime minister from 2010 to 2016, after receiving a first-class education at the hands of top historians. He explores how much his schooling in history affected the decisions he took when called upon to make it. 

Unwrapping the Enigma, Mystery and Riddle: Stephen Kotkin Explains Russia to Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

Understanding the psyche of Russia and the Russians has bewildered Westerners for generations; foremost expert Stephen Kotkin gives some penetrating insights into how to do it.