Dr Peter Frankopan
Dr Peter Frankopan is director of the Centre for Byzantine Research at Oxford University, and author of The First Crusade: The Call from the East, published by Bodley Head (£6.99).
Latest articles by Dr Peter Frankopan
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It’s time to get serious after the Brexit vote
Features With the Brexit vote behind us, we need to put our differences to one side, says Dr Peter Frankopan. It's time to start thinking seriously about the future.
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The climate of fear will only get worse – and that’s down to Saudi Arabia
Cover Story The low price of oil is a serious problem for Saudi Arabia. But as Peter Frankopan explains, it should also be a serious worry for us too.
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A first date with China – but who will end up paying the bill?
Cover Story Britain and China are making all the right noises. But as Rupert Foster explains, they're setting themselves up for disappointment.
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What the Ming empire can teach us about the yuan's devaluation
Cover Story Dr Peter Frankopan looks at China's devaluation of the yuan, and asks if the lessons of the 15th-century Ming empire hold any clues for the future.
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It’s time to 'get medieval' on the rich
Features The ancient Babylonians wouldn't let HSBC shirk their tax responsibilities, and we shouldn't either, says Dr Peter Frankopan.
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A lesson from history on how to deal with greedy bankers
Features The Byzantines took a no-nonsense approach to dealing with their profiteering citizens, explains Dr Peter Frankopan.
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What RBS and the banks can learn from early Islam
Features RBS has issued an extensive mea culpa. But if the disgraced bank had heeded the warnings of early Islam, it would never have found itself in such a mess. Dr Peter Frankopan explains.
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Why the fat abbots at our banks deserve a new Reformation
Features Our bloated bankers would do well to heed the lesson of the fat abbots of pre-Reformation England, explains Dr Peter Frankopan - lest they find themselves cast out on the streets.
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What history can teach us about the eurozone
Features A thousand years ago, Byzantine emperor Alexios Komnenos faced a similar currency crisis to the one the eurozone faces today. Dr Peter Frankopan explains how the crisis was fixed, and what we can learn from that today.
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