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Recorded on June 4, 2024.President Nicolas Sarkozy on the weight of history on his shoulders when he ruled France from 2007 to 2012.
The history of Africa over the past seven millennia, and this time from an African perspective.
Dan Senor, host of the “Call Me Back” podcast, discusses the war in Gaza and where it might go from here.
The Israeli Ambassador to London speaks up eloquently and frankly for her embattled country.
Toby Young, director of the splendid Free Speech Union, discusses his campaign to defend freedom of expression.
Conrad Black discusses his epic thousand-page history of the Ancient World up to the death of Emperor Augustus.
Congressman Mike Gallagher on why the West should take the threat of China seriously, from TikTok to Taiwan.
Elliott Abrams has had the ear of Republican presidents from Reagan to Trump. Here is what he told them...
Former Deputy National Security Adviser and China expert Matt Pottinger takes a clear-eyed view of the threats to peace in Asia.
Tom Gross is an influential British journalist and Middle East commentator who provides cutting-edge analysis on the unfolding Israel-Gaza struggle.
Former State Department Counsellor Eliot Cohen on how William Shakespeare can explain the rise, rule, and fall of present day leaders.
Robert O’Brien has had a large number of demanding jobs, but none more so than being President Trump’s national security advisor.
The rabbi of America’s oldest Jewish congregation discusses his new book, Providence and Power.
Mike McFaul, President Obama’s ambassador to Moscow, drew on history to discover what makes Putin tick.
Former prime minister of Australia Tony Abbott is in characteristically forthright form when discussing the past, present, and future of Western institutions.
Lord (Charles) Powell recalls his service as Margaret Thatcher’s closest advisor during her three historic premierships.
Lord (George) Robertson, Secretary-General of NATO, talks about steering the organization through some of its most perilous moments.
The longest serving foreign minister in Australian history, Alexander Downer used his past experience to navigate a series of major crises, including 9/11.
The Oscar-winning creator of Gosford Park and Downton Abbey speaks about history, creativity and noblesse oblige.
Over a quarter of a century separated William P. Barr’s terms as the 77th and also the 85th Attorney General of the United States, serving under two very different presidents.
Bret Stephens, the Pulitzer-winning New York Times journalist, on the influence of the past on himself, his family, the Jewish people, and America.
Former US Ambassador to the UN and National Security Adviser John Bolton considers the global challenges to the West.
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
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
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.
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