In PBS' "Networld," Historian Ferguson Warns of Contagion--Online and Off
Mar 21, 2020"Niall Ferguson's Networld" from PBS is a look at the rise of online social networks like Facebook and Twitter, but it also explores the same principles that are a matter of life and death...
View ArticleIt's Ok for China to Harm the World in Order to Save It?
Apr 9, 2020In Cixin Liu's extraordinary science fiction novel "The Three-Body Problem," China recklessly creates, then ingeniously solves, an existential threat to humanity by establishing contact with...
View ArticleNiall Ferguson: ‘Now We Are in Cold War II’
Apr 28, 2020Niall Ferguson, one of a handful of historians with star status and a global reputation, has extensively studied the phenomenon of power through the shifting sands of history and published...
View ArticleDim Lights, Big City
May 26, 2020For anyone past the age of retirement, 2020 has been the year of the village. Cities have been risky — the excess mortality rates from COVID-19 are higher for London than for England, much...
View ArticleCoronavirus Response a ‘Massive Policy Screwup’ But Not Trump’s Fault
May 28, 2020The U.S. response to the novel coronavirus divides many Americans along partisan lines. Democrats criticize President Donald Trump for a mismanaged response with grave consequences, and...
View ArticlePredictions and Punts: A Retrospective Scoring of this Column
May 29, 2020It has been nearly four and a half years since I began writing this column, which works out at roughly 240,000 words altogether. As these will be my last words in these pages, it’s time to...
View ArticleAmerica and China Are Entering the Dark Forest
Jul 5, 2020“We are in the foothills of a Cold War.” Those were the words of Henry Kissinger when I interviewed him at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Beijing last November, writes Niall Ferguson.
View Article‘Weimar America’? The Trump Show Is No Cabaret
Sep 6, 2020“Life is a cabaret, old chum,” sang Sally Bowles in the musical based on Christopher Isherwood’s “Berlin Stories.” I suspect the movie version of “Cabaret,” which won Liza Minnelli the Oscar...
View ArticleDoom: The Politics of Catastrophe
May 4, 2021Setting the annus horribilis of 2020 in historical perspective, Niall Ferguson explains why we are getting worse, not better, at handling disasters.
View ArticleIsrael—and America—Have No Choice but to Act
Oct 27, 2023As Israel begins its ground invasion in Gaza, Niall Ferguson and Jay Mens on the hard strategic decisions facing the West.
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