Long-form writing from leading scholars and commentators on history, statecraft, warfare, philosophy and culture.
Many perceive Italy as a country divided between an economically prosperous North and an impoverished, agrarian South. The origins of this divergence lie in a 19th-century ‘black l..
The pioneering work of a 16th-century Polish geographer radically transformed Renaissance understandings of Europe's eastern frontiers, paving the way for Russia's later inclusion ..
Japan’s longtime-ruling party has survived potentially fatal setbacks before. But recovering from the current political crisis and navigating a new era of Great Power competition w..
The films of the great Italian director Luchino Visconti are meditations on how the present still bears the marks of things thought lost.
Beijing has not forgotten the territories seized by Russia during its age of imperial expansion. As Russian power continues to decline, China's determination to reclaim those lost ..
During the 14th and 15th centuries, seapower played a crucial role in deciding the fortunes of English and French kings. The painful lessons of England's ultimate defeat would shap..
Len Deighton produced novels that were packed with excitement and suspense but also infused with moral complexity and psychological insight.
Tech optimists use slime mould, a brainless, single-celled amoeba, as a metaphor for the virtues of artificial intelligence. But a deeper understanding of the power of slime should..
Lyse Doucet, the distinguished journalist and broadcaster, spoke to EI’s Jack Dickens about her new book, ‘The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A People’s History of Afghanistan’, and what i..
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