James Rodgers
@jmacrodgers.bsky.social
Author. Journalist. Fellow Royal Historical Soc. Linguist.
Editorial Adviser, History Today.
Ex correspondent in Moscow, Brussels, Gaza.
Next book, The Return of Russia, out Jan 27
https://yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300270815/the-return-of-russia/
Editorial Adviser, History Today.
Ex correspondent in Moscow, Brussels, Gaza.
Next book, The Return of Russia, out Jan 27
https://yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300270815/the-return-of-russia/
Pinned
Book talk: The Return of Russia
From Yeltsin to Putin, the story of a vengeful Kremlin
www.eventbrite.co.uk
I will be speaking at the Frontline Club on Feb 18
about my new book, 'The Return of Russia', just published by
@yalebooks.bsky.social. More information and tickets from the link below. If you are in London that evening, please come along.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-talk-...
about my new book, 'The Return of Russia', just published by
@yalebooks.bsky.social. More information and tickets from the link below. If you are in London that evening, please come along.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-talk-...
Next month @journalismatcity.bsky.social . (Free) tickets still available for this--an issue that affects not only journalism, but democracy itself
This timely lecture by @jodieginsberg.bsky.social, CEO of the @pressfreedom.bsky.social, will take place at @citystgeorges.bsky.social on March 4th.
Join us to discuss the latest crisis in journalists' safety, and what can be done.
📆 4 March, 6:30 PM
✏️ Free entrance, register: shorturl.at/v0OKH
Join us to discuss the latest crisis in journalists' safety, and what can be done.
📆 4 March, 6:30 PM
✏️ Free entrance, register: shorturl.at/v0OKH
February 10, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Next month @journalismatcity.bsky.social . (Free) tickets still available for this--an issue that affects not only journalism, but democracy itself
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EXCLUSIVE: Reform UK just broke electoral law in Gorton and Denton.
The party confirmed they sent out campaign materials without proper party imprint, something it insists was a mistake.
The party confirmed they sent out campaign materials without proper party imprint, something it insists was a mistake.
February 6, 2026 at 5:23 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Reform UK just broke electoral law in Gorton and Denton.
The party confirmed they sent out campaign materials without proper party imprint, something it insists was a mistake.
The party confirmed they sent out campaign materials without proper party imprint, something it insists was a mistake.
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I will be speaking at the Frontline Club on Feb 18
about my new book, 'The Return of Russia', just published by
@yalebooks.bsky.social. More information and tickets from the link below. If you are in London that evening, please come along.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-talk-...
about my new book, 'The Return of Russia', just published by
@yalebooks.bsky.social. More information and tickets from the link below. If you are in London that evening, please come along.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-talk-...
Book talk: The Return of Russia
From Yeltsin to Putin, the story of a vengeful Kremlin
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 12:03 PM
I will be speaking at the Frontline Club on Feb 18
about my new book, 'The Return of Russia', just published by
@yalebooks.bsky.social. More information and tickets from the link below. If you are in London that evening, please come along.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-talk-...
about my new book, 'The Return of Russia', just published by
@yalebooks.bsky.social. More information and tickets from the link below. If you are in London that evening, please come along.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-talk-...
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After the collapse of the #SovietUnion and end of the #ColdWar, Russia found itself in an uncertain position, both drawn to, and repelled by, the West.
🔒 You can find James Rodgers’ feature from the February issue in the archive
www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
🔒 You can find James Rodgers’ feature from the February issue in the archive
www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
Prelude to Putin: Russia and the West in the 1990s
www.historytoday.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:30 AM
After the collapse of the #SovietUnion and end of the #ColdWar, Russia found itself in an uncertain position, both drawn to, and repelled by, the West.
🔒 You can find James Rodgers’ feature from the February issue in the archive
www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
🔒 You can find James Rodgers’ feature from the February issue in the archive
www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
I will be speaking at the Frontline Club on Feb 18
about my new book, 'The Return of Russia', just published by
@yalebooks.bsky.social. More information and tickets from the link below. If you are in London that evening, please come along.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-talk-...
about my new book, 'The Return of Russia', just published by
@yalebooks.bsky.social. More information and tickets from the link below. If you are in London that evening, please come along.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-talk-...
Book talk: The Return of Russia
From Yeltsin to Putin, the story of a vengeful Kremlin
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 12:03 PM
I will be speaking at the Frontline Club on Feb 18
about my new book, 'The Return of Russia', just published by
@yalebooks.bsky.social. More information and tickets from the link below. If you are in London that evening, please come along.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-talk-...
about my new book, 'The Return of Russia', just published by
@yalebooks.bsky.social. More information and tickets from the link below. If you are in London that evening, please come along.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-talk-...
'If you look around the world, knowledge is being politicised in a way that it’s never been before,' Jeremy Silver of @britishlibrary.bsky.social the value of libraries in times when it is difficult to get accurate information online
www.thetimes.com/article/d6f2...
www.thetimes.com/article/d6f2...
British Library boss: We’re still healing emotionally from 2023 hack
After two and a half years recovering from a cyberattack likened to a ‘dirty bomb’, the new interim boss hopes it’s finally starting to turn a corner
www.thetimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:18 PM
'If you look around the world, knowledge is being politicised in a way that it’s never been before,' Jeremy Silver of @britishlibrary.bsky.social the value of libraries in times when it is difficult to get accurate information online
www.thetimes.com/article/d6f2...
www.thetimes.com/article/d6f2...
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New: This week I was Roland Elliott Brown's guest on 'The Orwellians' podcast. It was a great chance to talk in depth and detail about some of the ideas in my new book. 'The Return of Russia: from Yeltsin to Putin, the Story of a Vengeful Kremlin', published Jan 27.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdRW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdRW...
James Rodgers - The Return of Russia: From Yeltsin to Putin, the Story of a Vengeful Kremlin
YouTube video by The Orwellians Podcast
www.youtube.com
January 31, 2026 at 9:37 AM
New: This week I was Roland Elliott Brown's guest on 'The Orwellians' podcast. It was a great chance to talk in depth and detail about some of the ideas in my new book. 'The Return of Russia: from Yeltsin to Putin, the Story of a Vengeful Kremlin', published Jan 27.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdRW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdRW...
New: This week I was Roland Elliott Brown's guest on 'The Orwellians' podcast. It was a great chance to talk in depth and detail about some of the ideas in my new book. 'The Return of Russia: from Yeltsin to Putin, the Story of a Vengeful Kremlin', published Jan 27.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdRW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdRW...
James Rodgers - The Return of Russia: From Yeltsin to Putin, the Story of a Vengeful Kremlin
YouTube video by The Orwellians Podcast
www.youtube.com
January 31, 2026 at 9:37 AM
New: This week I was Roland Elliott Brown's guest on 'The Orwellians' podcast. It was a great chance to talk in depth and detail about some of the ideas in my new book. 'The Return of Russia: from Yeltsin to Putin, the Story of a Vengeful Kremlin', published Jan 27.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdRW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdRW...
The latest media coverage for my new book, 'The Return of Russia: from Yeltsin to Putin, the Story of a Vengeful Kremlin' from @yalebooks.bsky.social . This is an interview I did with Annamari Sipilä, London correspondent of Helsingin Sanomat, Finland's biggest newspaper.
January 30, 2026 at 9:26 AM
The latest media coverage for my new book, 'The Return of Russia: from Yeltsin to Putin, the Story of a Vengeful Kremlin' from @yalebooks.bsky.social . This is an interview I did with Annamari Sipilä, London correspondent of Helsingin Sanomat, Finland's biggest newspaper.
My article in the current issue of @historytoday.com, on how Russia's experience at home and abroad in the 1990s paved the way for Putinism
After the collapse of the #SovietUnion and end of the #ColdWar, Russia found itself in an uncertain position, both drawn to, and repelled by, the West.
🔒 James Rodgers’ feature from the February issue now in the archive
www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
🔒 James Rodgers’ feature from the February issue now in the archive
www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
Prelude to Putin: Russia and the West in the 1990s
www.historytoday.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:40 AM
My article in the current issue of @historytoday.com, on how Russia's experience at home and abroad in the 1990s paved the way for Putinism
My book is not officially published until Tuesday, but I find it's already in my local @waterstones.bsky.social, so I went into sign their copies.
January 26, 2026 at 5:38 PM
My book is not officially published until Tuesday, but I find it's already in my local @waterstones.bsky.social, so I went into sign their copies.
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New on my website--a post on my book, published in the UK and US tomorrow, Tuesday 27 January.
New Book ‘The Return of Russia’: Podcasts and Live Events – James Rodgers, writer and journalist share.google/lbgUE5vGp3OZ...
New Book ‘The Return of Russia’: Podcasts and Live Events – James Rodgers, writer and journalist share.google/lbgUE5vGp3OZ...
New Book ‘The Return of Russia’: Podcasts and Live Events
MY NEW BOOK, The Return of Russia: From Yeltsin to Putin, the Story of a Vengeful Kremlin is published in the US and the UK on January 27 as a hardback and eBook. I will be doing live events in the…
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January 26, 2026 at 9:14 AM
New on my website--a post on my book, published in the UK and US tomorrow, Tuesday 27 January.
New Book ‘The Return of Russia’: Podcasts and Live Events – James Rodgers, writer and journalist share.google/lbgUE5vGp3OZ...
New Book ‘The Return of Russia’: Podcasts and Live Events – James Rodgers, writer and journalist share.google/lbgUE5vGp3OZ...
New on my website--a post on my book, published in the UK and US tomorrow, Tuesday 27 January.
New Book ‘The Return of Russia’: Podcasts and Live Events – James Rodgers, writer and journalist share.google/lbgUE5vGp3OZ...
New Book ‘The Return of Russia’: Podcasts and Live Events – James Rodgers, writer and journalist share.google/lbgUE5vGp3OZ...
New Book ‘The Return of Russia’: Podcasts and Live Events
MY NEW BOOK, The Return of Russia: From Yeltsin to Putin, the Story of a Vengeful Kremlin is published in the US and the UK on January 27 as a hardback and eBook. I will be doing live events in the…
share.google
January 26, 2026 at 9:14 AM
New on my website--a post on my book, published in the UK and US tomorrow, Tuesday 27 January.
New Book ‘The Return of Russia’: Podcasts and Live Events – James Rodgers, writer and journalist share.google/lbgUE5vGp3OZ...
New Book ‘The Return of Russia’: Podcasts and Live Events – James Rodgers, writer and journalist share.google/lbgUE5vGp3OZ...
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At the end of the #ColdWar, Russia and the West seemed set on a path towards cooperation. Why did it veer into renewed animosity?
🔒 You can find James Rodgers’ new feature in the archive
www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
🔒 You can find James Rodgers’ new feature in the archive
www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
Prelude to Putin: Russia and the West in the 1990s
www.historytoday.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:51 AM
At the end of the #ColdWar, Russia and the West seemed set on a path towards cooperation. Why did it veer into renewed animosity?
🔒 You can find James Rodgers’ new feature in the archive
www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
🔒 You can find James Rodgers’ new feature in the archive
www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
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The launch @yalebooks.bsky.social of my new book, 'The Return of Russia.' Special thanks to my editor @jogodfrey.bsky.social, and to everyone from the worlds of journalism, academia, and diplomacy who came.
I will also be doing an event at the Frontline Club on Feb 18. Details, and link to book 👇
I will also be doing an event at the Frontline Club on Feb 18. Details, and link to book 👇
January 23, 2026 at 8:46 AM
The launch @yalebooks.bsky.social of my new book, 'The Return of Russia.' Special thanks to my editor @jogodfrey.bsky.social, and to everyone from the worlds of journalism, academia, and diplomacy who came.
I will also be doing an event at the Frontline Club on Feb 18. Details, and link to book 👇
I will also be doing an event at the Frontline Club on Feb 18. Details, and link to book 👇
The launch @yalebooks.bsky.social of my new book, 'The Return of Russia.' Special thanks to my editor @jogodfrey.bsky.social, and to everyone from the worlds of journalism, academia, and diplomacy who came.
I will also be doing an event at the Frontline Club on Feb 18. Details, and link to book 👇
I will also be doing an event at the Frontline Club on Feb 18. Details, and link to book 👇
January 23, 2026 at 8:46 AM
The launch @yalebooks.bsky.social of my new book, 'The Return of Russia.' Special thanks to my editor @jogodfrey.bsky.social, and to everyone from the worlds of journalism, academia, and diplomacy who came.
I will also be doing an event at the Frontline Club on Feb 18. Details, and link to book 👇
I will also be doing an event at the Frontline Club on Feb 18. Details, and link to book 👇
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Excellent to celebrate the launch of @jmacrodgers.bsky.social new book this evening. You should all read it!
January 22, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Excellent to celebrate the launch of @jmacrodgers.bsky.social new book this evening. You should all read it!
Out today, from @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social 'Conflict Resolution and the Cold War: Media Encounters across the Iron Curtain.'
I wrote a chapter for this, on the BBC's debate over whether to open a bureau in Moscow during the Cold War.
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/conflict-...
I wrote a chapter for this, on the BBC's debate over whether to open a bureau in Moscow during the Cold War.
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/conflict-...
Conflict Resolution and the Cold War
While existing publications on the Cold War tend to characterise this period exclusively in terms of conflict or on the basis of irreconcilable ideological diff…
www.bloomsbury.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Out today, from @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social 'Conflict Resolution and the Cold War: Media Encounters across the Iron Curtain.'
I wrote a chapter for this, on the BBC's debate over whether to open a bureau in Moscow during the Cold War.
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/conflict-...
I wrote a chapter for this, on the BBC's debate over whether to open a bureau in Moscow during the Cold War.
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/conflict-...
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🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
After the Cold War ended, the West thought of Russia as a potential ally, a protégé nation ripe for liberal democracy. How wrong we were. @jmacrodgers.bsky.social joins @nndroid.bsky.social to discuss how things really played out ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod
#Russia #Putin #PoliticsPodcast
After the Cold War ended, the West thought of Russia as a potential ally, a protégé nation ripe for liberal democracy. How wrong we were. @jmacrodgers.bsky.social joins @nndroid.bsky.social to discuss how things really played out ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod
#Russia #Putin #PoliticsPodcast
January 20, 2026 at 9:34 AM
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
After the Cold War ended, the West thought of Russia as a potential ally, a protégé nation ripe for liberal democracy. How wrong we were. @jmacrodgers.bsky.social joins @nndroid.bsky.social to discuss how things really played out ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod
#Russia #Putin #PoliticsPodcast
After the Cold War ended, the West thought of Russia as a potential ally, a protégé nation ripe for liberal democracy. How wrong we were. @jmacrodgers.bsky.social joins @nndroid.bsky.social to discuss how things really played out ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod
#Russia #Putin #PoliticsPodcast
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…and I talk to the brilliant James Rodgers about the ONLY historical primer you need on the emergence of the vengeful modern Russia. 2/2
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
After the Cold War ended, the West thought of Russia as a potential ally, a protégé nation ripe for liberal democracy. How wrong we were. @jmacrodgers.bsky.social joins @nndroid.bsky.social to discuss how things really played out ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod
#Russia #Putin #PoliticsPodcast
After the Cold War ended, the West thought of Russia as a potential ally, a protégé nation ripe for liberal democracy. How wrong we were. @jmacrodgers.bsky.social joins @nndroid.bsky.social to discuss how things really played out ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod
#Russia #Putin #PoliticsPodcast
January 20, 2026 at 10:42 AM
…and I talk to the brilliant James Rodgers about the ONLY historical primer you need on the emergence of the vengeful modern Russia. 2/2
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Actually reported in the New York Times! Maybe the coolest thing I found.
January 16, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Actually reported in the New York Times! Maybe the coolest thing I found.
My new book 'The Return of Russia' is published next week.
I spoke to @bunkerpod.bsky.social about Russia's post-Cold War history with the West--and how it led to confrontation.
Book out in the UK and US on Jan. 27 from @yalebooks.bsky.social. Link below.
www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...
I spoke to @bunkerpod.bsky.social about Russia's post-Cold War history with the West--and how it led to confrontation.
Book out in the UK and US on Jan. 27 from @yalebooks.bsky.social. Link below.
www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...
The Bunker – News without the nonsense - Podcast Episode | Global Player
How the West lost Russia
www.globalplayer.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:15 AM
My new book 'The Return of Russia' is published next week.
I spoke to @bunkerpod.bsky.social about Russia's post-Cold War history with the West--and how it led to confrontation.
Book out in the UK and US on Jan. 27 from @yalebooks.bsky.social. Link below.
www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...
I spoke to @bunkerpod.bsky.social about Russia's post-Cold War history with the West--and how it led to confrontation.
Book out in the UK and US on Jan. 27 from @yalebooks.bsky.social. Link below.
www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...
Over the weekend, I featured in this BBC radio documentary, 'The Narrative Trap'.
I spoke about reporting on Russia, and the Israel-Palestinian conflict--and the challenges that reflecting historical narratives in particular represent.
Now available on BBC Sounds
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
I spoke about reporting on Russia, and the Israel-Palestinian conflict--and the challenges that reflecting historical narratives in particular represent.
Now available on BBC Sounds
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Archive on 4 - The Narrative Trap - BBC Sounds
Philosopher Julian Baggini explores how stories shape and distort our world.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Over the weekend, I featured in this BBC radio documentary, 'The Narrative Trap'.
I spoke about reporting on Russia, and the Israel-Palestinian conflict--and the challenges that reflecting historical narratives in particular represent.
Now available on BBC Sounds
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
I spoke about reporting on Russia, and the Israel-Palestinian conflict--and the challenges that reflecting historical narratives in particular represent.
Now available on BBC Sounds
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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I gave a long interview for this, on BBC R4 in the UK at 20.00 this evening. I have not heard the programme in advance, but the programme notes say my contribution includes reflections on 'reporting from conflict zones'. Looking forward to listening. Hope you will too.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Archive on 4, The Narrative Trap
Philosopher Julian Baggini explores how stories shape and distort our world.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 17, 2026 at 12:14 PM
I gave a long interview for this, on BBC R4 in the UK at 20.00 this evening. I have not heard the programme in advance, but the programme notes say my contribution includes reflections on 'reporting from conflict zones'. Looking forward to listening. Hope you will too.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
I gave a long interview for this, on BBC R4 in the UK at 20.00 this evening. I have not heard the programme in advance, but the programme notes say my contribution includes reflections on 'reporting from conflict zones'. Looking forward to listening. Hope you will too.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Archive on 4, The Narrative Trap
Philosopher Julian Baggini explores how stories shape and distort our world.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 17, 2026 at 12:14 PM
I gave a long interview for this, on BBC R4 in the UK at 20.00 this evening. I have not heard the programme in advance, but the programme notes say my contribution includes reflections on 'reporting from conflict zones'. Looking forward to listening. Hope you will too.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...