My new book, To Run the World, is now on Audible: amazon.co.uk/Run-World-Kr.... Give it a listen. Almost 31 hours (!!!), so will keep you company for long.
Good article by @radchenko.bsky.social
He maintains a tyrant’s grip, but Ukraine’s incursion into Kursk throws further doubt on his claims about the ‘special operation’, writes academic Sergey Radchenko
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....
Building bridges to Russia plays to India’s strategic interest, which is to insert itself between Beijing and Moscow, says historian Sergey Radchenko
A very generous and engaging review of my book, To Run the World, by Brian Stewart. www.thebulwark.com/p/review-rad...
Sergey Radchenko’s history of the Cold War helps us understand Putin’s Russia.
I talk about To Run the World with Stephen Kotkin moderating in a great company of fellow historians. www.c-span.org/video/?53540....
Enormously grateful to Rodric Braithwaite for this deep engagement with my book. As he says, the debate continues. engelsbergideas.com/reviews/the-...
The Soviet Union believed that they were manifestly destined to lead the world to a higher future yet that masked a profound insecurity about their status in the international order.
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.
Thanks for reading! Let me know what you think!
A very generous review of my new book by the inimitable Serhii Plokhy: www.newstatesman.com/culture/book....
Whether acting as an adversary or a partner to the West, the Kremlin has long yearned for recognition and respect.
