EI Weekly Podcast: Episode 212
Mary Elise Sarotte on how a Second Cold War could have been averted
The choice to enlarge NATO was a justifiable response to the geopolitics of the 1990s. The…
February 28, 2025
Meritocracy Week
It’s Meritocracy Week on Engelsberg Ideas. Leading writers explore the global history of merit in culture and politics. Do meritocracies deliver on their promise? Is meritocracy working? Can the concept be fixed?
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EI Talks… Podcast: Episode 62
The case for Classical music
What makes Classical music special among the arts? And where did it come from? To recko…
February 27, 2025
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EI Weekly Podcast: Episode 211
Rob Johnson on Ukraine’s rich history of resistance
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 was slowed down because of determined courageous resi…
February 21, 2025
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EI Weekly Podcast: Episode 210
Peter Frankopan on the global threat to liberty
Non-western elites are redefining freedom on their own terms, as sovereignty, state securi…
February 14, 2025
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EI Talks… Podcast: Episode 61
The myth and magic of spy fiction
Are we living through a golden age of espionage drama? And what do spy stories tell us abo…
February 13, 2025
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EI Weekly Podcast: Episode 209
Katja Hoyer on how the GDR fell in love with the West
Citizens of the GDR were exposed to an idealised version of western freedoms made up of lu…
February 7, 2025