Episode 13
The making of Xi Jinping’s worldview
Rana Mitter explores Xi Jinping’s personal and ideological mindset in conversation with EI...
February 5, 2026
EI Talks...
Each week, we interrogate the most important and contentious issues of our time. Hosted by Paul Lay and Alastair Benn.
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Episode 12
Nietzsche’s manifesto for reading
Ioannes Chountis de Fabbri on reading as an antidote to the restless spirit of the industr...
January 29, 2026
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Episode 12
Inside the world of medieval espionage
Jonathan Sumption surveys the last generation of spies before the creation of Europe's pro...
January 22, 2026
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Episode 12
The strange case of Robert Louis Stevenson
Alastair Benn is joined by Leo Damrosch, author of Storyteller: The Life of Robert Louis S...
January 8, 2026
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Episode 12
Nicholas Wright on why the brain is the ultimate weapon of war
Paul Lay is joined by neuroscientist Nicholas Wright to discuss how the brain shapes war, ...
December 19, 2025
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Episode 11
The Monroe Doctrine: The United States’ hemispheric strategy explained
EI's Jack Dickens is joined by Charlie Laderman, associate professor at the University of ...
January 15, 2026
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Episode 11
The instability of a multipolar era
Paul Lay is joined by Helen Thompson to discuss US–China rivalry, the growing importance o...
December 30, 2025
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Episode 11
The end of Pax Britannica
Graeme Thompson on the fall of a liberal world order.
December 11, 2025
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Episode 10
The classical key to the AI revolution
John Tasioulas examines how a classical conception of democracy – distinct from liberal de...
December 4, 2025