April 15th, Chiswick, west London. I will be in conversation with Nanette van der Laan about 'The Return of Russia' new from @yalebooks.bsky.social. Details and tickets below. I will be signing copies afterwards. All welcome. Please come along if you can. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-return...

Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @alionahlivco.bsky.social and @jmacrodgers.bsky.social on Trump's Cuba u-turn and the day's other big stories, plus @feap.bsky.social meets @ianbremmer.com and Alex Kliment to discuss @gzeromedia.com's "Puppet Regime". monocle.com/radio/shows/...

This week I wrote for @theipaper.com on how wars and revolutions during Putin’s 26 years in power have shaped his view of risks to his own rule

Twenty-six years ago today I was in Chechnya, reporting on voting in the first Russian presidential election that confirmed Vladimir Putin in power. Today, I have written for @theipaper.com about how revolutions and regime change in the last quarter century have shaped his view of the world

Twenty-six years ago today I was in Chechnya, reporting on voting in the first Russian presidential election that confirmed Vladimir Putin in power. Today, I have written for @theipaper.com about how revolutions and regime change in the last quarter century have shaped his view of the world

Tomorrow, March 26th, 26 years since Vladimir Putin's first Russian presidential election win, I will be talking about my book 'The Return of Russia' new from @yalebooks.bsky.social. Still some (free) places left. Details below. In London? please come along! www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Tomorrow, March 26th, 26 years since Vladimir Putin's first Russian presidential election win, I will be talking about my book 'The Return of Russia' new from @yalebooks.bsky.social. Still some (free) places left. Details below. In London? please come along! www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Are you in London tomorrow evening? Then please join @lucyaash.bsky.social and me @gowerst-books.bsky.social where we will be discussing my new book, 'The Return of Russia', just published by @yalebooks.bsky.social . Everyone welcome! Details of tickets below

The Return of Russia? Join us on Tuesday 24th March for @jmacrodgers.bsky.social in conversation with @lucyaash.bsky.social details here: www.waterstones.com/events/searc... @yalebooks.bsky.social #Russia

Very much looking forward to this event next week @gowerst-books.bsky.social . If you are in London, please come along!

Presumably this is one of the offending 'unflattering' images

Pentagon bars press photographers over ‘unflattering’ Hegseth photos www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Author Prof Richard Toye has many years experience studying the career and speeches of Winston Churchill. This is the value of historical training, scholarship, judgement and expertise - and it's seen daily from historians working in higher education. @richardtoye.bsky.social #Skystorians

Recommend this v. helpful short podcast ep about how history begat the #Russia we see now @theconversation.com host @waresgemma.bsky.social discusses w/ author @jmacrodgers.bsky.social how humiliation after the collapse of the Soviet Union & failed diplomacy since hardened Putin’s stances & actions

On March 24, I will be in conversation @gowerst-books.bsky.social with @lucyaash.bsky.social about my new book, 'The Return of Russia: From Yeltsin to Putin, the Story of a Vengeful Kremlin.' (@yalebooks.bsky.social). If you are in London that evening, please come to join the discussion.

New on my website: details of my live book events in London, Birmingham, and Derby in the coming weeks 'The Return of Russia: From Yeltsin to Putin, the Story of a Vengeful Kremlin' is published by @yalebooks.bsky.social . Do please come along if you can. jamesrodgersauthor.com/the-return-o...

A superb photojournalist whose work told many stories, especially in Syria and Ukraine, that we just would not otherwise have learnt of. RIP, Paul Conroy. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

My visit yesterday to Brisbane Rd ended in disappointment as #LOFC were beaten 1-3 by Barnsley. But a fascinating article in the programme, about an Orient tour to Denmark in the 1920s, was a really good read. Thanks to the author, Orient club historian Davis Watson.

'@terrystiastny.bsky.social’s remarkable book brings to life a time now at the fringes of living memory–and in doing so, tells us much about the ideas that shaped the relationship between war and media in our own.' Review of 'Believable Lies' new on my website. jamesrodgersauthor.com/misfits-on-t...

'@terrystiastny.bsky.social’s remarkable book brings to life a time now at the fringes of living memory–and in doing so, tells us much about the ideas that shaped the relationship between war and media in our own.' Review of 'Believable Lies' new on my website. jamesrodgersauthor.com/misfits-on-t...

An amazing piece of filmmaking, but a very tough watch. It leaves you with the impression that Russian society is in the grip of a violent militarism that will long outlast the war: and there's no sign that will end soon. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

An amazing piece of filmmaking, but a very tough watch. It leaves you with the impression that Russian society is in the grip of a violent militarism that will long outlast the war: and there's no sign that will end soon. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

'If Putin understood the political potential of Russia’s time of humiliation, Western policymakers failed to understand the risks it represented to them.' On the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, I wrote this for @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/news/world/p...

Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @terrystiastny.bsky.social and @jparakilas.bsky.social on events in Mexico and the day's other stuff, plus @jmacrodgers.bsky.social on his terrific new book "The Return Of Russia", which you should all read. monocle.com/radio/shows/...

ROSEMARY HOLLIS MEMORIAL LECTURE: 24 Feb, 6pm, B103 @citystgeorges.bsky.social: celebrate Rosy's legacy & sharp understanding of #middleeast #conflict #foreignpolicy #diplomacy #peace #israel #palestine with Prof.W.Pullan lecture #cities in #state #conflicts www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Outstanding journalism from @shaunwalker7.bsky.social and colleagues: one of those occasions when journalism really is the first draft of history. Superbly written, it reveals so much detail of the intelligence failures and successes before Russia's 2022 invasion www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

My latest media interview based on my research for my new book, 'The Return of Russia' (@yalebooks.bsky.social) is this podcast, recorded with Gemma Ware for @uk.theconversation.com theconversation.com/how-putin-tu...

Outstanding journalism from @shaunwalker7.bsky.social and colleagues: one of those occasions when journalism really is the first draft of history. Superbly written, it reveals so much detail of the intelligence failures and successes before Russia's 2022 invasion www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

On March 24, I will be in conversation @gowerst-books.bsky.social with @lucyaash.bsky.social about my new book, 'The Return of Russia: From Yeltsin to Putin, the Story of a Vengeful Kremlin.' (@yalebooks.bsky.social). If you are in London that evening, please come to join the discussion.

My latest media interview based on my research for my new book, 'The Return of Russia' (@yalebooks.bsky.social) is this podcast, recorded with Gemma Ware for @uk.theconversation.com theconversation.com/how-putin-tu...

Yesterday at the Frontline Club--an evening discussing my new book 'The Return of Russia (@yalebooks.bsky.social). Many thanks to @terrystiastny.bsky.social for expert chairing, and to everyone who came along. I am due to do more events in London, Derby, and Bristol in the coming months

Tonight! Still a few tickets left so please come along if you can. I will be talking about the book, and my reflections on travelling in, and writing about, Russia since the early 1990s

I will be speaking at the Frontline Club on Feb 18 about my new book, 'The Return of Russia', just published by @yalebooks.bsky.social. More information and tickets from the link below. If you are in London that evening, please come along. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-talk-...

Great piece--whether or not you read a lot of sports coverage (I happen to)--on why the sacking of Washington Post sport staff is bad news

My new book, 'The Return of Russia' explains how the hope that came with the end of the cold war turned into hatred. On Wednesday 18 I'm doing a live Frontline Club event with @terrystiastny.bsky.social. A few tickets left. In London then? Do come along. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-talk-...

My new book, 'The Return of Russia' explains how the hope that came with the end of the cold war turned into hatred. On Wednesday 18 I'm doing a live Frontline Club event with @terrystiastny.bsky.social. A few tickets left. In London then? Do come along. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-talk-...

'An ambitious study' and 'a welcome addition to this area of scholarship' @thecipherbrief.bsky.social reviews my new book, 'The Return of Russia' (@yalebooks.co.uk) www.thecipherbrief.com/putins-long-...

I wrote for @theipaper.com on how the Kremlin is trying to turn the revelations in the Espstein files to its advantage--and on my experience of a suspected attempt to make me subject to 'kompromat'

In Cambridge to give a talk on 'The Return of Russia', and pleased to find it 'in all good bookshops'

Weds 18.2 I'll be at the Frontline Club in conversation with @terrystiastny.bsky.social about my new book 'The Return of Russia' (@yalebooks.bsky.social). Still some tickets left. In London that evening? Do come along! #Russia #RussiaUkrainewar #history #Putin www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-talk-...

Weds 18.2 I'll be at the Frontline Club in conversation with @terrystiastny.bsky.social about my new book 'The Return of Russia' (@yalebooks.bsky.social). Still some tickets left. In London that evening? Do come along! #Russia #RussiaUkrainewar #history #Putin www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-talk-...

Next month @journalismatcity.bsky.social . (Free) tickets still available for this--an issue that affects not only journalism, but democracy itself

EXCLUSIVE: Reform UK just broke electoral law in Gorton and Denton. The party confirmed they sent out campaign materials without proper party imprint, something it insists was a mistake.

After the collapse of the #SovietUnion and end of the #ColdWar, Russia found itself in an uncertain position, both drawn to, and repelled by, the West. 🔒 You can find James Rodgers’ feature from the February issue in the archive www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...

I will be speaking at the Frontline Club on Feb 18 about my new book, 'The Return of Russia', just published by @yalebooks.bsky.social. More information and tickets from the link below. If you are in London that evening, please come along. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-talk-...

'If you look around the world, knowledge is being politicised in a way that it’s never been before,' Jeremy Silver of @britishlibrary.bsky.social the value of libraries in times when it is difficult to get accurate information online www.thetimes.com/article/d6f2...

New: This week I was Roland Elliott Brown's guest on 'The Orwellians' podcast. It was a great chance to talk in depth and detail about some of the ideas in my new book. 'The Return of Russia: from Yeltsin to Putin, the Story of a Vengeful Kremlin', published Jan 27. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdRW...

New: This week I was Roland Elliott Brown's guest on 'The Orwellians' podcast. It was a great chance to talk in depth and detail about some of the ideas in my new book. 'The Return of Russia: from Yeltsin to Putin, the Story of a Vengeful Kremlin', published Jan 27. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdRW...

The latest media coverage for my new book, 'The Return of Russia: from Yeltsin to Putin, the Story of a Vengeful Kremlin' from @yalebooks.bsky.social . This is an interview I did with Annamari Sipilä, London correspondent of Helsingin Sanomat, Finland's biggest newspaper.