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Lord (Conrad) Black’s Remarkable Historical Erudition | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

47 min • 31 juli 2025

The Canadian businessman and peer Conrad Black has published the second volume of his political and strategic history of the world, from 14AD to 1648, and it’s a corker.

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Lord (Conrad) Black’s Remarkable Historical Erudition | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

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Sir Niall Ferguson: Time-Knight | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

2 juli | 58 min

Tim Bouverie and the Diplomacy of World War II | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

18 juni | 43 min

“Well, He Got Beheaded”: Caroline, Countess of Derby, on her Husband’s Family’s Illustrious History | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

2 juni | 57 min

Statecraft In An Age Of Strongmen | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

16 maj | 66 min

Daniel Samet on the Realpolitik Behind US-Israeli Relations | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

18 april | 52 min

Motorcycles and Meritocracies with Governor Mitch Daniels | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

2 april | 47 min

General Lord Dannatt on the Korean War | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

25 mars | 48 min

Jon Meacham on What Makes a Great President | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

4 februari | 65 min

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

22 januari | 51 min

Churchill’s Vicar on Earth | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

8 januari | 49 min

The World View of General James Mattis | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

6 december 2024 | 54 min

Radek Sikorski Unleashed | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

20 november 2024 | 42 min

John Bew Applies History to Foreign Policy-Making | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

6 november 2024 | 65 min

The Courage of Sir Bill Browder | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

23 oktober 2024 | 45 min

Nataliya Bugayova Explains How Ukraine Can Still Win | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

9 oktober 2024 | 34 min

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

25 september 2024 | 53 min

The Iranian Mindset | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

11 september 2024 | 43 min

Paul Gregory’s ‘Friendship’ with Lee Harvey Oswald | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

28 augusti 2024 | 41 min

Robert Service on Lenin, Trotsky & Stalin | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

9 augusti 2024 | 49 min

A Tory Good and True | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

29 juli 2024 | 45 min

Around The World With Dan Hannan | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

18 juli 2024 | 49 min

Con Coughlin: Getting Into the Minds of Monsters | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

2 juli 2024 | 52 min

Nicolas Sarkozy's 'Certain Idea of France' | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

17 juni 2024 | 35 min

A Continental Tour d’Horizon with Zeinab Badawi | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

5 juni 2024 | 49 min

The State of Israel with Dan Senor | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

21 maj 2024 | 67 min

The Mission of Tzipi Hotovely | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

10 maj 2024 | 41 min

Toby Young Speaks Freely | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

12 april 2024 | 42 min

Conrad Black’s Extraordinary Magnum Opus | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

27 mars 2024 | 43 min

The China threat: from TikTok to Taiwan | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

15 mars 2024 | 46 min

The Sagacity of Elliott Abrams | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

23 februari 2024 | 33 min

Matt Pottinger Sounds the Alarm in Asia | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

3 februari 2024 | 62 min

The View From Inside Israel with Tom Gross | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

24 januari 2024 | 73 min

Once More Unto the Breach, with Eliot Cohen | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

10 november 2023 | 50 min

The varied career (but unvarying principles) of Robert O’Brien | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

30 augusti 2023 | 65 min

Rabbi Meir Soloveichik on exceptional Jewish Leadership | Secrets Of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

15 augusti 2023 | 55 min

Getting Inside the Mind of Vladimir Putin | Secrets Of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts and Michael McFaul | Hoover Institution

1 augusti 2023 | 45 min

Tony Abbott Speaks Out | Secrets Of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

12 juli 2023 | 54 min

Lord (Charles) Powell recalls his service as Margaret Thatcher’s closest advisor | Secrets Of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

27 juni 2023 | 46 min

Defending Democracy: The Life’s Work of George Robertson | Secrets Of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

6 juni 2023 | 45 min

Alexander Downer’s Continual Crisis Management | Secrets Of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

15 maj 2023 | 61 min

The Past is Prologue for Lord Julian Fellowes | Secrets Of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

26 april 2023 | 44 min

The Trials of Bill Barr | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

10 april 2023 | 46 min

The Past is Ever-Present for Bret Stephens | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

28 mars 2023 | 48 min

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

10 mars 2023 | 43 min

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

28 februari 2023 | 41 min

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

14 februari 2023 | 44 min

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

5 januari 2023 | 43 min

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

14 december 2022 | 32 min

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

9 november 2022 | 44 min

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

25 oktober 2022 | 37 min

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

11 oktober 2022 | 45 min

Seventy Years on the Throne: Robert Hardman Explains Queen Elizabeth II’s Statecraft

1 juni 2022 | 44 min

Peter Robinson on the Art of Writing Ronald Reagan’s Speeches

16 maj 2022 | 58 min

The Influence of the Past on President Iván Duque of Colombia

27 april 2022 | 29 min

Dambisa Moyo Finds Echoes of the Gilded Age

11 april 2022 | 23 min

A Masterclass In History from Dr. Henry Kissinger

31 mars 2022 | 74 min

Christopher Buckley on The History of the Social Faux Pas

17 mars 2022 | 40 min

The View From Next Door: John O’Sullivan on the War in Ukraine

7 mars 2022 | 48 min

Secrets Of Statecraft: What The Greeks And Romans Can Teach Us According to Victor Davis Hanson

3 mars 2022 | 46 min

The Education of General David Petraeus

24 februari 2022 | 55 min

Lord (Conrad) Black’s Remarkable Historical Erudition | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

Senaste avsnitt

Around The World With Condoleezza Rice | Secrets of Statecraft

Lord (Conrad) Black’s Remarkable Historical Erudition | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

Sir Niall Ferguson: Time-Knight | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

Tim Bouverie and the Diplomacy of World War II | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

“Well, He Got Beheaded”: Caroline, Countess of Derby, on her Husband’s Family’s Illustrious History | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

Statecraft In An Age Of Strongmen | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

Daniel Samet on the Realpolitik Behind US-Israeli Relations | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

Motorcycles and Meritocracies with Governor Mitch Daniels | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

General Lord Dannatt on the Korean War | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

Jon Meacham on What Makes a Great President | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

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

Churchill’s Vicar on Earth | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

The World View of General James Mattis | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

Radek Sikorski Unleashed | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

John Bew Applies History to Foreign Policy-Making | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

The Courage of Sir Bill Browder | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

Nataliya Bugayova Explains How Ukraine Can Still Win | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

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

The Iranian Mindset | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

Paul Gregory’s ‘Friendship’ with Lee Harvey Oswald | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

Robert Service on Lenin, Trotsky & Stalin | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

A Tory Good and True | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

Around The World With Dan Hannan | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

Con Coughlin: Getting Into the Minds of Monsters | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

Nicolas Sarkozy's 'Certain Idea of France' | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

A Continental Tour d’Horizon with Zeinab Badawi | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

The State of Israel with Dan Senor | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

The Mission of Tzipi Hotovely | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

Toby Young Speaks Freely | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

Conrad Black’s Extraordinary Magnum Opus | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

The China threat: from TikTok to Taiwan | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

The Sagacity of Elliott Abrams | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

Matt Pottinger Sounds the Alarm in Asia | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

The View From Inside Israel with Tom Gross | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

Once More Unto the Breach, with Eliot Cohen | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

The varied career (but unvarying principles) of Robert O’Brien | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

Rabbi Meir Soloveichik on exceptional Jewish Leadership | Secrets Of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

Getting Inside the Mind of Vladimir Putin | Secrets Of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts and Michael McFaul | Hoover Institution

Tony Abbott Speaks Out | Secrets Of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

Lord (Charles) Powell recalls his service as Margaret Thatcher’s closest advisor | Secrets Of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

Defending Democracy: The Life’s Work of George Robertson | Secrets Of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

Alexander Downer’s Continual Crisis Management | Secrets Of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

The Past is Prologue for Lord Julian Fellowes | Secrets Of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

The Trials of Bill Barr | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

The Past is Ever-Present for Bret Stephens | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

H. R. McMaster in Peace and War

How History Shaped Dr. Condoleezza Rice

The Statecraft and Spycraft of MI6’s former Chief

The Historical Heritage of Bibi Netanyahu

Seventy Years on the Throne: Robert Hardman Explains Queen Elizabeth II’s Statecraft

Peter Robinson on the Art of Writing Ronald Reagan’s Speeches

The Influence of the Past on President Iván Duque of Colombia

Dambisa Moyo Finds Echoes of the Gilded Age

A Masterclass In History from Dr. Henry Kissinger

Christopher Buckley on The History of the Social Faux Pas

The View From Next Door: John O’Sullivan on the War in Ukraine

Secrets Of Statecraft: What The Greeks And Romans Can Teach Us According to Victor Davis Hanson

The Education of General David Petraeus