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A brief history of the Cold War is mission impossible. But I accomplished it before AI can do it. Long live human history written by humans, with warts and all. Great to be in this vibrant field! penguin.co.uk/books/303799/t…

Gripping, thriller-like account--The Economist on CHERNOBYL ROULETTE economist.com/culture/2024/1…

March 2025. DM me if interested in doing a review!

The JRB presents an excerpt from a new edition of A Soviet Journey by Alex La Guma: A Critical Annotated Edition, edited by Christopher J Lee, with a preface from the late Blanche La Guma, and a foreword by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. johannesburgreviewofbooks.com/2024/10/18/rea…

More from my interview with Alexander Lukashenko (23 October) at the BRICS summit in Kazan. In 2021 he’d told me there were no political prisoners in Belarus. Different message this time. Plus his thoughts on Putin, N Korean troops & nuclear missiles. Producer Liza

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Two LSE scholars have developed an #AI chatbot powered by a large language model that, they say, can complete interviews with thousands of participants in a matter of hours. Read about their work on Times Higher Education 👇 timeshighereducation.com/news/ai-chatbo…

Africa is ready for a seat at the UN Security Council blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/20…

The MSc Diplomacy & International Security has been awarded a Commonwealth Shared Scholarship for 2025-26. The scholarship will support the successful candidate with tuition fees, living costs & travel. Find out more: bit.ly/4eS2sC3 #diplomacy #politics Dr Rogelia Pastor-Castro

Applications for 2025-2026 HFG African Fellows Awards are now open. We invite emerging #AfricanScholars studying aspects of violence on or directly related to the African continent to apply. Learn more and apply here: hfg.org/african-fellow…

The winner of the #WolfsonHistoryPrize 2024 is...Shadows at Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century by Joya Chatterji (The Bodley Head). Huge congratulations!

Quick thread on how events in Syria affect Russian operations in Africa. First, Syria is the key logistics hub for military supplies, rotations etc. If Russia cannot keep its bases in Syria, what could replace them? (1/n)

Navalny’s lawyers on trial for acting as his lawyers. Amazed by their bravery

An important statistics, especially when many on the Russian side benefit from the Keynesian war economy. As History tells us, war weariness is very hard to beatSupport for Ukraine ‘until it wins’ falls sharply in western Europe, poll finds theguardian.com/world/2024/dec…

I’ve written about reading as an antidote to #brainrot for FT Weekend 📚 ft.com/content/fe9963…