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For centuries, scientific and technological advances have been exploited by intelligence officers. The digital revolution is no exception.
The great scholar of intellectual history, Quentin Skinner, has set the terms for a debate that is only just beginning about what liberty looks like after liberalism.
Theodore Roosevelt's rationale for his transformative and hard-nosed approach to American foreign policy is a warning from history to both isolationist opinion in the United States..
From the gung-ho glamour of Ian Fleming’s James Bond to the decline and disorder of Mick Herron’s Slow Horses, postwar British spy novels have captured the shifting myths and legen..
Iran's pursuit of prestige through nuclear capabilities has raised geopolitical tensions without delivering economic relief. Many now question the wisdom of the Islamic Republic’s ..
The Boss may have been born in the USA, but it’s Spain that worships Springsteen as rock royalty.
Fiona Hill, distinguished adviser to several US presidents on foreign affairs, spoke to EI’s Jack Dickens about Donald Trump’s fear of nuclear Armageddon, how this fear has shaped ..
In both total wars of the 20th century, liberal, capitalist economies showed themselves to be far more adaptable to its demands than their authoritarian enemies.
Calls for the destruction of India’s Mughal heritage have little to do with religion and a great deal to do with politics.
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