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Biography

Jack Dickens is Commissioning Editor at Engelsberg Ideas. He is an historian and journalist with a particular interest in the geopolitics of Europe and the Middle East. He read History at Trinity College, Cambridge, and has a master’s degree in Modern Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Oxford. He is currently writing a book on the 1881-1882 Urabi Revolt and the British occupation of Egypt, which will use British, French and Ottoman-Egyptian sources to retell the story of this transformative moment in world history.

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Total articles 194

• How the Young Turks became tyrants

  By Jack Dickens| Engelsberg Ideas@ On 24 July 1908, a wave of celebrations swept across the Ottoman Empire. In town squares and city streets from the Balkans to Anatolia and the Levant, vast crowds gathered, while sprawling red and white banners heralded the beginning of a new era of ‘Liberty, Equality, Fraternity and Justice’.

  By Jack Dickens · Engelsberg Ideas

  Apr. 09, 2025

• Is Europe ready for a NATO without America?

  By Jack Dickens| Reaction Verified Europe’s “coalition of the willing” assembled in Paris earlier today. Its aim? To confront the reality of a transatlantic alliance without Washington’s steadfast support. As President Trump persists in negotiating with Russia over the heads of NATO allies, European powers are attempting to reassert themselves on the international stage.

  By Jack Dickens · Reaction

  Mar. 27, 2025

• How the Young Turks became tyrants

  By Jack Dickens| Engelsberg Ideas@ On 24 July 1908, a wave of celebrations swept across the Ottoman Empire. In town squares and city streets from the Balkans to Anatolia and the Levant, vast crowds gathered, while sprawling red and white banners heralded the beginning of a new era of ‘Liberty, Equality, Fraternity and Justice’.

  By Jack Dickens · Engelsberg Ideas

  Apr. 09, 2025

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