Looking back through the Iron Curtain
A discerning account by a self-deprecating but well-informed journalist of the dramatic changes in Russia over the past 40 years.
Archie Brown
The Politics of Breakup: the UK and the USSR
What, if anything, does the possible breakup of post-referendum Britain have in common with the political crisis that led to the disintegration of the Soviet Union?
Tony Blair: The Whole World in his Hands
The death of Cabinet government has been a near constant theme of British politics in the 20th century. But it came closer to reality under the premiership of Tony Blair, argues Archie Brown.
Why did Communism end when it did?
Archie Brown discusses the contributions of historians to the understanding of Communism and why it failed.