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The Lionel Gelber Prize - The Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
The Lionel Gelber Prize – The Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
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  • Multimedia

2026

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Thinking Historically: A Guide to Statecraft and Strategy
Francis J. Gavin
Published by Yale Univesity Press
From the Gelber Prize Jury Francis Gavin has written a profound work of philosophy of history that is at the same time eminently readable. He writes not about history but rather about historical sensibility, a way of understanding and thinking about the world with all its complexities and uncertainties. Historical sensibility creates discomfort with linear…
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The Shortlist
  • Sven Beckert
    Capitalism: A Global History
    Author article
  • Eva Dou
    House of Huawei: The Secret History of China’s Most Powerful Company
    Author article
  • Carl Benedikt Frey
    How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation and the Fate of Nations
    Author article
  • Scott Anderson 
    King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution: A Story of Hubris, Delusion, and Catastrophic Miscalculation
    Author article
Jurors
Janice Gross Stein
Jury Chair (Toronto, CA)
James Steinberg
Washington, DC
Sergey Radchenko
Cardiff, Wales
John Bew
London, UK
Nina Srinivasan Rathbun
Toronto, CA
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2026 Lionel Gelber Prize awarded to Francis Gavin for Thinking Historically: A Guide to Statecraft and Strategy
International expert panel reveals the 2026 Lionel Gelber Prize Shortlist
2026 Lionel Gelber Prize Jury Announcement
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