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(Evening Standard) – From plagues and volcanic eruptions to the current Covid pandemic, mankind has always been faced with catastrophes.
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Niall Ferguson and Bari Weiss on October 7 and Our Changed World
As Hamas signals openness to President Trump’s peace plan two years into the war in Gaza, the historian joined Bari to discuss the latest developments in U.S. foreign policy.
Two years ago today, Hamas invaded Israel. They slaughtered some 1,200 people and took another 250 hostage. Most of their targets were civilians. Many were children. Forty-eight hostages are still being held in Gaza.
It was the single worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. It was the beginning of a war between Israel and Iran. It was also a litmus test for the civilized world—one that too many have failed.
As we commemorate two years since that horrific day, negotiations between Hamas and Israel to reach a peace deal are currently underway in Egypt, and an end to the war feels closer than ever.
There is nobody better suited to make sense of this moment than Sir Niall Ferguson. Niall is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford and a columnist at The Free Press. He is the author of 16 books, and one of the most influential historians of our time.
I sat down with Niall to discuss the lessons learned and the ones the world has yet to absorb, and America’s role in the war and in the broader, changing global order.
One of the world’s most accomplished historians and provocative commentators on global politics and economics, Niall Ferguson stands at the crossroads of past, present, and future. As the author of sixteen books, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and a senior faculty fellow of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard, Ferguson has provided audiences worldwide with unparalleled insight and knowledge.
With erudition, eloquence, and humor, Ferguson specializes in putting today’s economic shifts, social changes, and political disruptions into historical perspective, using the past as a roadmap to the future. Contact us to host Niall for a speaking opportunity.
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