Jack Dickens
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Jack Dickens
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Historian & journalist exploring geopolitics, empires and the Middle East. Cricket tragic 🏏 Commissioning Editor at Engelsberg Ideas | Email: [email protected]
I am delighted to announce that my chapter on espionage in Central Asia and the Great Game has been published as part of this wonderful collection, ‘Spies in History’.

It will be up on @engelsbergideas.bsky.social soon. A big thank you to @paullay.bsky.social and Lars Molin for the opportunity.
November 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I found this video montage from The Times quite entertaining.

Spliced between reels of footage showing various US Presidents and British royals hobnobbing together is a shot of President Obama and that famous royal… John Bercow.
September 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
A bright and early start in Munich for this year’s Munich Security Conference @munsecconf.bsky.social

It’s hard to imagine a more dramatic or pressing time to discuss European defence and security. The spectres of Trump, Putin, Ukraine, and the Middle East stalk the land… and it’s snowing.
February 14, 2025 at 7:06 AM