David Cowan
Early career historian | 18th Century Britain | research fellow at the University of Buckingham | visiting scholar at the Centre for Geopolitics | writing a book with Polity Press
- 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...
- Reposted by David CowanThe Canningite tradition | @cowanda.bsky.social engelsbergideas.com/essays/the-c...
- Reposted by David Cowan(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
- Reposted by David CowanHow the Georgians embraced energy abundance | @cowanda.bsky.social engelsbergideas.com/essays/how-t...
- Reposted by David Cowan***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.
- New event! Prof Andrew Lambert: ‘No More Napoleons: How Britain Managed Europe from Waterloo to World War One’ Lambert examines the legacy of Britain and what it can reveal about strategy & risk today Wed 9th Jul, 5:30pm to 7pm Online Reg & info: bit.ly/4lbaPvY
