Niall Ferguson

British historian · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Born 1964 · age 62

Sir Niall Campbell Ferguson is a British and American historian who is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and a senior fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University.

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A typical day, 30 days to 10 November 2026

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2026“The reality is that [Donald] Trump won Davos, hands down. And not only did he win it; he owned it.”In their words23 January 2026The Free PressRead the whole statement

“It is a deliberate tactic designed to leave counterparties uncertain.”In their words23 January 2026The Free PressRead the whole statement

2024Knight BachelorAward2022“[[George H. W. Bush|[George H. W.] Bush]] was in many ways the maestro president when it came to foreign policy.”In their words2 October 2022BloombergRead the whole statement

“I disbelieve in both cycles of history and ends of history. History is the interaction of many complex systems.”In their words20 May 2022BloombergRead the whole statement

2018“European centrists are deeply confused about immigration. Many, especially on the centre-left, want to have both open borders and welfare states.”In their words18 June 2018The Boston GlobeRead the whole statement

2017“A century ago it was the West’s great blunder to think it would not matter if Lenin and his confederates took over the Russian Empire.”In their words13 November 2017The Boston GlobeRead the whole statement

2013Ludwig Erhard Prize for Publications in EconomicsAward1964Born18 April 1964

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Ferguson addresses the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship, London, 2023

Niall Ferguson recording the third of his 2012 BBC Reith Lecture at Gresham College

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Niall Ferguson

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In the run-up to Davos 2026, Trump did his utmost to wind up Europe's elite, not to mention Canada's.
23 January 2026 · The Free Press, Own words
I remember 1989 vividly, having spent much of that summer in Berlin before the Wall fell.
20 March 2022 · The Mail on Sunday, Own words
The rise of China is the great economic and political fact of our lifetime - a rude awakening for those of us who thought it was the fall of the Soviet Union.
8 April 2019 · The Boston Globe, Own words

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Awards

Knight Bachelor2024

Ludwig Erhard Prize for Publications in Economics2013

About this person

Previously, he was a professor at Harvard University, the London School of Economics, New York University, a visiting professor at the New College of the Humanities, and a senior research fellow at Jesus College, Oxford. He was a visiting lecturer at the London School of Economics for the 2023/2024 academic year and at Tsinghua University in China from 2019 to 2020.

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