Robert Saunders
Historian and academic specializing in modern British and Anglo-American political history, offering expert analysis on the long-running relationship between Britain and the United States.
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Mar 15, 2026 • 1h 3min
Now & Then with Robert Saunders: The Twists and Turns of the Special Relationship
Robert Saunders, historian of modern Britain and Anglo‑American politics, offers a short tour of two centuries of UK–US imaginings. He traces shifting British views of America as model, menace, savior and rival. The conversation moves from 19th‑century fascination and Civil War debates to 20th‑century power shifts, Cold War frameworks and contemporary tensions with America’s global role.
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Mar 11, 2026 • 1h 5min
Now & Then with Robert Saunders: Churchill’s ‘Iron Curtain’ Speech @80
Robert Saunders, historian of modern British and international politics, returns to mark Churchill’s 1946 Fulton speech at its 80th anniversary. He explores Churchill’s surprise internationalism, his pitch for Anglo‑American leadership, the ‘iron curtain’ metaphor’s theatrical origins, and how personal ambition and imperial thinking shaped calls for military cooperation and a new world order.
