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Historian of the Cold War and after. Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor, Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs, Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies.

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I wrote something for the Guardian about Modi's visit to Russia. The optics sucked of course. But I tried to dig a little deeper and see what's at stake: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre....

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A very generous and engaging review of my book, To Run the World, by Brian Stewart. www.thebulwark.com/p/review-rad...

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I talk about To Run the World with Stephen Kotkin moderating in a great company of fellow historians. www.c-span.org/video/?53540....

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Enormously grateful to Rodric Braithwaite for this deep engagement with my book. As he says, the debate continues. engelsbergideas.com/reviews/the-...

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You knew this was coming: www.wsj.com/articles/pre.... I was just about to get on with writing my new book, but couldn't help myself.

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Thanks for reading! Let me know what you think!

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A very generous review of my new book by the inimitable Serhii Plokhy: www.newstatesman.com/culture/book....

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To Run the World is reviewed in the Washington Times: www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/ju....

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Very excited about this review of my new book by John Lewis Gaddis: www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/why-.... Perceptive in ways that I could only aspire to be. Use this link to order: www.amazon.com/Run-World-Kr....

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My new book, To Run the World, is now just $27 on Amazon (US): www.amazon.com/Run-World-Kr..., so a good time to get your hardback copy.

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Happy to see this very generous review of my new book in today's FT. The book is orderable from here: www.amazon.com/gp/bestselle... (USA) or from here: www.amazon.co.uk/Run-World-Kr... (UK).

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Glad you like it, Martin!

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi5s.... Recorded a short video about my sources for To Run the World: the Kremlin's Cold War Bid For Global Power (can be ordered here: www.amazon.com/Run-World-Kr...).

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Indeed - and this is not even the paperback (which will be cheaper still).

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To Run the World entered top ten for Cold War history on amazon.co.uk, still behind several great books but steadily climbing. And hmmm, the book is now just over £21, which is not bad for an 800-page hardcover. Order yours here: www.amazon.co.uk/Run-World-Kr....

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Some thoughts on Navalny's death. spectator.co.uk/article/russ.... The key point is this. Yes, Putin killed Navalny. But it's *not* Putin alone. It's the ugly subservience of the silent majority. No one but the Russians themselves are responsible for this sad state of affairs.

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Did a short piece here for the Spectator on Putin's history lessons in the interview with Tucker Carlson: www.spectator.co.uk/article/tuck....

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Isn't it? There's lots of fun stuff like this in the book. You sort of read it thinking: surely they didn't say *that*?

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Thank you, Martin! I hope you'll enjoy the read!

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And enjoy the read! Let me know what you think.

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You'll find tons in the book about Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Gorbachev, but also Mao Zedong, Ho Chi Minh, and Kim Il Sung. Nixon and Kissinger are illuminated from interested angles. Lots on Kennedy too.

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I was lucky to have access to a treasure trove of new materials in Moscow and in Beijing. Unfortunately, probably the last person for the foreseeable future to be able to access these materials. Drawing on these I drew some nuanced portraits of key Cold War personalities.

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*And* 760 pages long! Has it ever happened?

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As things go from bad to worse in the Middle East, here’s my overview of what Putin is hoping to get out of this, and why, differently from the Cold War, it doesn’t really make much difference this time. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Happy Halloween! Here's Khrushchev with an axe.

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Kind of sums up where we are.

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Just that China is increasingly an indispensable economic partner for Russia.

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Hmmm. A neat graph (stole this from the Russian Central Bank). The red indicates the growing share of the Chinese yuan on the Russian fx market.

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A great day for Poland and for Europe.

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Putin is heading to Beijing for a summit with Xi Jinping (at the BRI summit). Two things I'll be looking for: 1) Power of Siberia 2. Yes? No? If yes, a big deal (POS1 was worth $400 bln). If no, also tells you something. I think "no". 2) Mention of partnership without limits. Yes? No? I think "no".

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Proofing my forthcoming book over a cappuccino while the world goes by. The unfinished Basilica di San Petronio is a reminder that I’m well past the deadline for finishing this 10-year old project. Coming soon.

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