Jack Dickens

@jackfdickens

Historian and journalist. Literary Editor @EngelsbergIdeas | Email: jack@engelsbergideas.com

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Jack Dickens @jackfdickens Nov 14, 2025

I am delighted to announce that my chapter on espionage in Central Asia and the Great Game has been published as part of this wonderful collection, ‘Spies in History’.

It will be up on @EngelsbergIdeas soon. A big thank you to @_paullay and @forlaget_stolpe for the opportunity.

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An enlightening discussion with John Bew on British statecraft, reflecting on the lessons of the early Cold War, the Suez Crisis, and historic rifts in Anglo-American relations:

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🎧The EI Podcast: John Bew on British Realpolitik

John Bew joins @jackfdickens to discuss how the British tradition of statecraft grappled with the postwar world. What lessons does it offer today?

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Jack Dickens @jackfdickens Oct 29

A great opportunity to discuss Europe’s internal and external challenges with @DimitarBechev - one of the shrewdest observers of the continent’s geopolitics:

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🎧The EI Podcast – Europe: can the centre hold?

@DimitarBechev and @jackfdickens discuss the continent’s volatile future and how it might recover some of its former strength.

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Jack Dickens @jackfdickens Oct 21

A wise man once said: “Nothing in human history is inevitable - except for German counterattack!”

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Jan Rüger on whether Imperial Germany’s ambitions made the First World War inevitable.

🎧The EI Podcast: The deep roots of Anglo-German relations

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Jack Dickens @jackfdickens Oct 2

I very much enjoyed this conversation with Paul Josephson exploring the history behind Russia’s war on Ukrainian science:

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Paul Josephson traces the historical roots of Vladimir Putin’s aggressive Russification policies.

🎧The EI Podcast: Russia’s war on Ukrainian science

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