Niall Ferguson

3 days ago | nypost.com | Niall Ferguson

There’s realpolitik. And then there’s reality TV politik. There’s foreign policy realism, of the kind associated with Henry Kissinger. And then there’s Donald Trump’s twist: real estate-ism. Anyone trying to assess the foreign policy of this White House needs to appreciate these distinctions.

4 days ago | thefp.com | Niall Ferguson

Niall Ferguson: Trump’s Foreign Policy? Reality TV Politik Making peace is harder than buying skyscrapers. The president is learning this the painful way in the Middle East and Eastern Europe. There’s realpolitik. And then there’s reality TV politik. There’s foreign policy realism, of the kind associated with Henry Kissinger. And then there’s Donald Trump’s twist: real estate-ism. Anyone trying to assess the foreign policy of this White House needs to appreciate these distinctions.

2 weeks ago | niallferguson.substack.com | Niall Ferguson

Niall Ferguson is the celebrated historian, commentator and biographer whose many books include “The Ascent of Money,” “Kissinger: The Idealist,” “Civilization: The West and the Rest” and “The Square and the Tower.” A senior fellow at the Hoover Institute at Stanford University and at the Belfer Center at Harvard University, Ferguson recently sat down with Noema Editor-in-Chief Nathan Gardels to discuss the Trump agenda, the conflict with China, polarization in America and his own conversion...

2 weeks ago | noemamag.com | Niall Ferguson

Niall Ferguson is the celebrated historian, commentator and biographer whose many books include “The Ascent of Money,” “Kissinger: The Idealist,” “Civilization: The West and the Rest” and “The Square and the Tower.” A senior fellow at the Hoover Institute at Stanford University and at the Belfer Center at Harvard University, Ferguson recently sat down with Noema Editor-in-Chief Nathan Gardels to discuss the Trump agenda, the conflict with China, polarization in America and his own conversion...

2 weeks ago | almendron.com | Niall Ferguson

Cuando un jefe de Estado se enfrenta a una universidad, uno tiende a pensar que será la universidad la que saldrá perdiendo. Ni la más rica de las universidades -Harvard, por ejemplo- tiene los bolsillos tan llenos como el Gobierno. Y en lo que a las fuerzas armadas se refiere, parafraseando a Stalin, «¿con cuántas divisiones cuenta el presidente de Harvard?». Aun así, a veces la pluma es más fuerte que la espada, y la toga más poderosa que la corona.