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Robots as Weapons of War
27th of May 2025 I. Some of you may know the famous scene at the start of Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, when one of our fur-covered ancestors picks up a bone from a skeleton… Read more
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1984 Revisited – Robert Skidelsky and Attila Mesterházy Jr.
5th of June 2025 In George Orwell’s 1984, Big Brother’s state of Oceania is perpetually at war. This never-ending conflict is not a conventional war to be won, but rather a tool of control. The… Read more
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Letter in The Guardian: Russia adviser Fiona Hill’s alarming conclusion
Fri 13 Jun 2025 Fiona Hill’s assessment of the Russian threat to Britain is a classic example of how a seemingly rational argument based on a false premise and scanty evidence can lead to a… Read more
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Podcast Appearances
Please find my latest podcast appearances from the past month below: Neutrality Studies – Pascal Lottaz: “Britain’s insistence on total Ukrainian victory was misguided – it’s time for a realistic compromise” Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fRekSG5p2U&t=53s Glen Diesen:… Read more
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New Statesman: Could John Maynard Keynes fix Trump’s tariff crisis?
This trade war is really a fight for the future of the dollar. 16/04/2025 Trump’s tariff bombardment has torn up the rules by which Western elites have lived for the last 35 years: the rules… Read more
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Europe’s Misguided Interventions
Apr 01, 2025 Crossposted from “Brave New Europe” At last week’s Paris meeting of the ‘coalition of the willing’, Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron congratulated themselves on reinserting Europe into the peace process opened up… Read more
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Skidelsky Interview with RT
17th of March 2025 В палате лордов заявили о лживой политике Британии в отношении Украины Link: https://russian.rt.com/world/news/1450257-skidelskii-politika-britanii-ukraina Read more
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Interview with Pascal Lottaz – Neutrality Studies
“UK Parliamentarian DESTROYS Western War Propaganda” 23rd of March 2025 Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fRekSG5p2U Read more
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Lord Skidelsky to ask His Majesty’s Government what is their policy with regard to the Ukraine war following the new policy of the government of the United States of America.
18th of March 2025 My Lords, last Thursday, the noble Lord, Lord Howell, asked the House to take note of the UK’s international position. My purpose today is narrower but more urgent; to ask the… Read more
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