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Robert Skidelsky

Robert Skidelsky

Robert Skidelsky is a member of the British House of Lords and Professor Emeritus of Political Economy at Warwick University.

Articles

Foreign and security policy | 20.09.2024

Is the slaughter ever worth it?

On the eve of World Peace Day, we reflect on the 80th anniversary of D-Day, drawing crucial lessons from history as global tensions rise once more

Democracy and society | 02.04.2024

Post-capitalist pessimism

Post-USSR, the left has struggled to provide an alternative, while conservatism has evolved into the ‘radical right’ — leaving little hope for the [...]

Democracy and society | 09.05.2022

The false promise of democratic peace

The belief that democracies don’t start wars, but only dictatorships do, has been central to the Anglo-American worldview. But it is more complicated