How Victory Day in Russia commemorates war and suffering in history

What does Victory Day mean to Russians today?

China's President Xi in Serbia - how the Western media and world history assess NATO's 1999 bombing.

Reading of Wallace Stevens, Idea of Order at Key West

How a Japanese classic from 1200 teaches us how to live wisely when the world seems to be collapsing

Can the USA bounce back from decline? My review of the RAND report on "Renewed National Dynamism"

Are we living through an end of empire moment, like the Suez Crisis?

Reading of the Japanese meditative classic - Kamo no Chōmei, Hōjōki.

Babylon Berlin - what you can learn from this must watch TV history drama.

3 top books you can read on China and history - recommended by an historian

The secret of seeing the geopolitical world clearly is...

Geopolitics on Youtube has a history problem - it makes no sense.

Is the West having a Suez Moment?

Why Halford Mackinder's ideas about geopolitics were mad, bad and dangerous to know.

Poetry reading for our time - Report from a Besieged City by Zbigniew Herbert

Why Australia fell out with China, and other ruptured histories.

Poetry reading of John Clare, "I Am" - an inspirational voice of survival

History, Destruction and Sebald, The Rings of Saturn

Western civilization is a myth. A history in 14 lives.

Reading Sebald on the history of destruction (The Rings of Saturn audiobook).

What is a civilization?

Slow reading of Halford Mackinder, Geographical Pivot of History, audiobook

How Australia, China & Asia can live together in a multipolar world

Walter Benjamin, Theses on Philosophy of History. Slow audiobook reading - history ASMR

How defence and diplomacy can avoid a US-China war in Asia. A conversation with Sam Roggeveen.

After AUKUS, are Australia and the USA sleepwalking to war with China?

What is Australia's role in a multipolar world after American primacy?

The Lost Peace shows how we failed to prevent a Second Cold War

How to read better history (5 practical tips)

Your invitation to read the best world history books with me