Great powers must protect the interests of small nations in order to hold sway. In the face of threats like China and Russia, Britain can craft a new grand strategy by leanining into this critical insight from George Canning. engelsbergideas.com/essays/the-c...

The Canningite tradition | @cowanda.bsky.social engelsbergideas.com/essays/the-c...

(Sir) Robert Walpole, subsequently earl of Orford, was born #OnThisDay 1676. A member of a Norfolk parliamentary dynasty, he emerged as 'Prime Minister' in the 1720s and retained his place until 1742 when he was sent to the Lords. For many, Walpole sums up the best and worst of 18th-century politics

How the Georgians embraced energy abundance | @cowanda.bsky.social engelsbergideas.com/essays/how-t...

***CALL FOR PROPOSALS*** Routledge Studies in #18thC Cultures & Societies (eds. @profelainechalus.bsky.social & Deborah Simonton) seeks proposals for book-length studies on aspects of British, European, or transnational culture and society c.1680-1850. Full details: www.bsecs.org.uk/news-and-eve...

The world is increasingly volatile and dangerous, and great power rivalry is back. Follow the Centre for Geopolitics if you want to better understand the new global disorder.

Born #OTD 1738, George III. He was eventually crowned alongside his new bride Queen Charlotte in the summer of 1761, which as Dr Robin Eagles explored, was not short of hiccups: historyofparliament.com/2023/05/04/c...

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Born #OnThisDay 1759 William Pitt (the Younger). One of only two father and son combos to have both held the office of Prime Minister. #HistParl #skystorians