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Podcast Transcript: Niall Ferguson on Cold War 2, Middle East Conflict and Woke Students
- By Bilal Hafeez
- 40 min read
This is an edited transcript of our podcast episode with Niall Ferguson, published 10 March 2023. Niall is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and a senior faculty fellow of the Belfer Center at Harvard, where he served for twelve years as the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History. He is the author of sixteen books. This includes the international bestseller, The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World. His most recent book is Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe. In addition to his academic work, he is the founder and managing director of Greenmantle LLC, an advisory firm. In this podcast, we discuss the proper way to do historical analysis, the correct historic parallels to today’s geo-politics, the start of Cold War 2, and much more. While we have tried to make the transcript as accurate as possible, if you do notice any errors, let me know by email.
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