
Russia’s Path to Premodernity
Jun 14, 2022 Robert Skidelsky examines the historical roots of President Vladimir Putin’s retreat from contemporary Europe.
Robert Skidelsky, a member of the British House of Lords and Professor Emeritus of Political Economy at Warwick University, was a non-executive director of the private Russian oil company PJSC Russneft from 2016 to 2021. The author of a three-volume biography of John Maynard Keynes, he began his political career in the Labour party, became the Conservative Party’s spokesman for Treasury affairs in the House of Lords, and was eventually forced out of the Conservative Party for his opposition to NATO’s intervention in Kosovo in 1999.
Jun 14, 2022 Robert Skidelsky examines the historical roots of President Vladimir Putin’s retreat from contemporary Europe.
May 20, 2022 Robert Skidelsky warns that Finland and Sweden’s membership of the Alliance risks weakening their security and that of Europe.
Apr 19, 2022 Robert Skidelsky identifies fundamental flaws in the argument that dictatorship is the main barrier to world peace.
Mar 18, 2022 Robert Skidelsky worries that the West's punitive measures may lead toward, rather than away from, a wider war.
Feb 15, 2022 Robert Skidelsky explains why abandoning the myth of an apolitical Games could help to promote peace.
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