Matters of Policy & Politics

Area 45: Giving Thanks With Niall Ferguson

The many reasons why Americans should be giving thanks this holiday season.

Matters of Policy & PoliticsNovember 21, 2018
Area 45: Giving Thanks With Niall Ferguson

As a prolific columnist and observer of US and world affairs, Niall Ferguson has plenty to be grateful for, beginning with an American president seemingly always in the news. Ferguson, the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, explains the many reasons why Americans should be giving thanks this holiday season.

Did you like the show? You can rate, review, subscribe, and download the podcast on the following platforms:
Podbean | Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | RadioPublic | Overcast |Google Play | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS

Cast

Sir Niall Ferguson

Sir Niall Ferguson

Related

Videos

Geheim!

Hoover Senior Fellow Russell Berman discusses the arrest list compiled by the Gestapo, the Nazi German secret police, in anticipation of a land invasion of Great Britain at the start of the Second World War.

September 17, 2026 • 0

Essays

China’s Anxieties In Latin America: What Mobility And Knowledge Mean For US Strategy

US strategy in Latin America concentrates on the visible assets of Chinese influence: ports, mines, and loans. Yet that influence depends on a human element, and Beijing remains anxious about both the mobility of its people into and through Latin America and the expertise needed to navigate the region. These are the dimensions it finds hardest to manage, and where the US holds advantages that are real but perishable. Converting them into leverage requires deliberate policy, not coercion.

September 15, 2026

Articles

Finding Targets In A Pacific War

America and its allies need to prepare ways to arrange targeting effectively and carefully.

September 14, 2026