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Historyczny Ambasador

A blog on contemporary geopolitics analysed through its historical outline, developed into a medium with a YouTube channel, the “Depesza Dyplomaty” podcast and more than 5,200 followers on Facebook. It was the substantive and communications base of the Geopolityczna Gra Mocarstw conference.

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01Situation

The starting point and the task

The blog was launched in 2015 as a personal attempt to bring together two orders of inquiry: the analysis of contemporary geopolitics and its historical outline. The challenge was to turn a single author into a recognisable medium with its own audience, interviewees from the front line of politics and security, and distribution channels.

02Actions

Actions, step by step

5 steps in the order in which the project was built.

  1. Analytical format

    Posts linking economic history with current great-power rivalry, including a series on the dominance of land and sea powers.

  2. My own interviews with Radosław Sikorski, Gen. Waldemar Skrzypczak, Gen. Stanisław Koziej and Dr Leszek Sykulski, published on the blog and on YouTube.

  3. Video and audio

    A YouTube channel with recordings of conferences and interviews, and the “Depesza Dyplomaty” podcast (4 episodes, 2020-2021) on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and SoundCloud.

  4. Distribution on Facebook, LinkedIn, X and Instagram, with materials for journalists (a “Media Guide” and “Graphics for the Media”).

  5. Events

    The blog as the organiser of the Geopolityczna Gra Mocarstw conference and of guest lectures, and as a partner of the “Embassy of Youths” series of interviews with diplomats.

03Anatomy

Anatomy of the project: Historyczny Ambasador

The key elements and layers of the project in one drawing. Numbers lead to the descriptions; pointing at a description highlights its element.

Social · 5,200+ on Facebook
Podcast · Depesza Dyplomaty
YouTube · 1,100+ subscribers
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Historyczny Ambasador
  1. 1An author's blog since 2015188 posts from 2015–2022: contemporary geopolitics analysed through its historical outline.
  2. 2A source for schoolsThe post on the dominance of sea powers is cited by the Ministry of Education's platform (zpe.gov.pl).
  3. 3Social distributionFacebook 5,200+, LinkedIn 1,900+, X 1,100+ followers; press materials for journalists.
  4. 4The “Depesza Dyplomaty” podcast4 episodes (2020–2021) on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and SoundCloud.
  5. 5YouTube channelConference recordings and own interviews; 1,100+ subscribers.
An author's medium: the blog at the core, with video, audio and social distribution around it.Schematic illustration of the interface

04Result

The result in figures

  • Facebook followers

    5,200+

    as of 20 October 2026

  • Posts

    188

    2015-2022

  • LinkedIn followers

    1,900+

  • YouTube subscribers

    1,100+

What was achieved

  • 5,200+ followers on Facebook, 1,900+ on LinkedIn, 1,100+ on X and 1,100+ subscribers on YouTube (as of 20 October 2026).
  • 188 posts published between 2015 and 2022.
  • The Ministry of Education's Integrated Educational Platform (zpe.gov.pl) cites the post “The Dominance of Sea Powers: Trade Routes, Capital, Banking and Hegemonic Cycles” as a source.
  • The interview with Radosław Sikorski was noted by the Faculty of Economics, University of Gdańsk, in an announcement of 19 February 2019.
  • The blog's brand and community became the starting point for the New European Strategies think tank.

Audience by channel

Followers and subscribers by channel
Facebook5,200+
LinkedIn1,900+
X1,100+
YouTube1,100+

As of 20 October 2026, rounded down.

05Lesson

“An author's medium grows when text, conversation and event feed one another. Every interview I did became material for the blog, a recording on YouTube and an invitation to the conference.”

Igor Miasnikow

06Details

Project details

Conversations

I conducted the interviews myself, usually as pre-conference material for GGM. Some of them found their way into the footnotes of my master's thesis as personal sources.

  • Radosław Sikorski, Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2007-2014: “Poland can do better in the international rivalry. What does that rivalry look like?” (2019)
  • Gen. Waldemar Skrzypczak, Commander of the Land Forces in 2006-2009: military challenges for Poland's strategy (2019)
  • Dr Leszek Sykulski: on the polycentrisation of the world and information warfare (2019)
  • Gen. Stanisław Koziej: interview ahead of the 4th edition of GGM (2021)
  • The “Embassy of Youths” series: the interview with the Ambassador of Turkey, Cengiz Kamil Fırat, was conducted by M. Kamiński; the blog was a partner of the series (2021)

The “Depesza Dyplomaty” podcast

Four episodes published between 29 March 2020 and 24 February 2021, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and SoundCloud.

  • Conversation with Gen. Waldemar Skrzypczak (29 March 2020)
  • Conversation with Dr Leszek Sykulski (10 April 2020)
  • Review of a book by Bartłomiej Radziejewski (21 January 2021)
  • “Asymmetric Actions Strengthening Russia's Role in the International Arena” (24 February 2021)

Project status

I published regularly on the blog until 2022. The archive remains available, and I have moved my analytical work to New European Strategies.

07Links and channels

Links and channels

Links

Channels

08FAQ

Questions about Historyczny Ambasador

01.

What is Historyczny Ambasador?

Igor Miasnikow's own blog on contemporary geopolitics analysed through its historical outline, founded in September 2015 and developed into a medium with a YouTube channel, the “Depesza Dyplomaty” podcast and social media profiles. 188 posts were published in 2015–2022.

02.

Whom did Igor Miasnikow interview for Historyczny Ambasador?

Radosław Sikorski, Gen. Waldemar Skrzypczak and Dr Leszek Sykulski (2019), and Gen. Stanisław Koziej (2021). The interview with the Turkish ambassador Cengiz Kamil Fırat in the “Embassy of Youths” series was conducted by M. Kamiński; the blog was the series partner.

03.

Is Historyczny Ambasador still active?

Regular publications continued until 2022. The archive remains available, and Igor Miasnikow moved his analytical work to the New European Strategies Foundation.

09Related

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