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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered remarks at the Department of State’s 230th Anniversary Celebration. On July 27, 1789, the Department of State became the first U.S. government execut…

Niall Ferguson (Doom), Jennifer Pahlka (Recoding America), Paul Light (The Government-Industrial Complex), and Richard Robb (Willful) talked about government bureaucracies and how to hold th…

The Richard Nixon Foundation in Yorba Linda, California, hosted a virtual discussion on the 50th anniversary of the Paris Peace Accords, which were signed on January 27, 1973, in an effort t…

Political activist Garry Kasparov, historian Niall Ferguson, and former Trump administration official Mary Kissel talked about the new Cold War and the geopolitics between China, Russia, and…

Historians Charlie Laderman and Brendan Simms discussed Hitler’s decision to declare war on the United States on December 11, 1941, four days after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. This vir…

Niall Ferguson and Jordan Peterson, a Canadian psychologist and author, made remarks at the conclution of the Common Sense Society’s conference and awards dinner.

A panel of academics and business leaders took part in a panel discussion on “woke” capitalism at a conference hosted by the Common Sense Society in Palm Beach, Florida. They discussed how p…

Author and Hoover Institution senior fellow Niall Ferguson argued that the U.S. is getting worse at managing disasters. This virtual event was hosted by Live Talks Los Angeles.

Former Trump administration National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster joined a Hoover Institution at Stanford University discussion on threats to free and open societies. Other panelists inclu…

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice joined Hoover Institution senior fellows Stephen Krasner and Niall Ferguson in a conversation analyzing the changing role of U.S. democracy in fore…

Niall Ferguson talked about his book, The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook, on the power of social networks throughout history and their influence in…

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice moderated a discussion on the evolution of communication and its effect on democracy. She was joined by British historian Niall Ferguson and former…

Historian Niall Ferguson argued that networks of people have impacted history more than hierarchies.

Graham Allison talked about his book, Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?, about the likelihood of the U.S. and China going to war against each other as China’s…

Historian Niall Ferguson and CNN host Fareed Zakaria debated the future of geopolitics and whether the so-called liberal international order was over. Mr. Ferguson, who argued that the liber…

Professor Niall Ferguson talked about his book, Kissinger: 1234-1968: The Idealist. In his book, Professor Ferguson argues that Henry Kissinger’s approach to foreign policy was grounded in i…

Historian Niall Ferguson talked about his book Kissinger: 1923-1968: The Idealist, in which he looks at the early life of Henry Kissinger. Mr. Ferguson was interviewed by Carla Anne Robbins.

Participants debated the future of the European Union in light of the European debt crisis and speculation that countries, such as Greece, might be forced to leave the monetary union.. The M…

The economist and historian argues that western civilization came to dominate the world by developing and using six concepts: competition, science, the rule of law, modern medicine, consumer…

Participants debated the question, “Will China take over the world?” Among the topics they addressed were the growth of China’s economic power, China’s global and political ambitions, techno…