Alastair Benn
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Deputy Editor @EngelsbergIdeas
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20-12-2014 23:24:06
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It was a pleasure talking to James Kaplan about his new book, 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool.
We spoke about Miles, Trane, Evans (Bill & Gil), Bebop, Hard Bop, Modal jazz and why Kind of Blue matters.
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My latest in Engelsberg Ideas. For all the doom & gloom surrounding the future of historians, their ability to sift through & process vast amounts of information renders them uniquely suited to jobs in policy in an era of cognitive overload & distraction.
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My review of Christopher Phillips new book for Engelsberg Ideas — a welcome addition to the emergent literature on the post-Arab Spring Middle East engelsbergideas.com/reviews/there-…
We’re pleased to announce that the London Defence Conference 2024 will be held 21-23 May at King's College London
This year's theme is “Deterrence: Building Capacity to Counter Global Threats”
Find out more ⬇️
londondefenceconference.com
In which I ambitiously make the case that terrorists have a grand strategy and Alastair Benn mostly disagrees.
Really enjoyed chatting all things terrorism with Suzanne on the latest episode of EI Talks... (Engelsberg Ideas Podcasts)
EI's Deputy Editor Alastair Benn speaks to Suzanne Raine, visiting professor in the Department of War Studies at King's College London, about the evolution of the terrorist threat and its long history.
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