Episodes

  • Ayaan Hirsi Ali on the Threat to the West | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution
    Jan 22 2025

    The bravest of all the free speech campaigners, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, speaks out eloquently on tribalism, Islam, immigration, Trump, her conversion to Christianity, and what it’s like being married to a quite well-known historian.

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    51 mins
  • Churchill’s Vicar on Earth | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution
    Jan 8 2025

    Richard Langworth is the senior fellow at the Hillsdale Churchill Project at Hillsdale College, Michigan, and knows more about Winston Churchill than any person living (including me, annoyingly).

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    49 mins
  • The World View of General James Mattis | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution
    Dec 6 2024

    A global tour d'horizon with the former Marine Corps commander and Secretary for Defense General Jim Mattis.

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    54 mins
  • Radek Sikorski Unleashed | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution
    Nov 20 2024

    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.

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    42 mins
  • John Bew Applies History to Foreign Policy-Making | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution
    Nov 6 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.

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • The Courage of Sir Bill Browder | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution
    Oct 23 2024

    How Bill Browder reacted when Vladimir Putin murdered Browder’s friend and lawyer Sergei Magnitsky.

    Recorded on October 11, 2024.

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    45 mins
  • Nataliya Bugayova Explains How Ukraine Can Still Win | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution
    Oct 9 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.

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    34 mins
  • Lord Matt Ridley Gives Us Reasons To Be Cheerful | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution
    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.

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    53 mins