Episode 116
EI Weekly Listen — America’s return as the reluctant defender of the liberal order
The US cultivated a garden that it grew weary of the burdens of sustaining but, once all o...
March 10, 2023
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Episode 115
EI Weekly Listen — The City of God: on Augustine’s vision of Empire
Augustine’s seminal book was written in the context of the Roman Empire, but it remains ev...
March 3, 2023
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Episode 114
EI Weekly Listen — Geopolitics never went away for the United States
For the United States, geopolitics has always been about national identity, even in an era...
February 24, 2023
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Episode 113
EI Weekly Listen — On Civility
Navigating politico-religious disagreements in a spirit of civility is nigh-on impossible ...
February 17, 2023
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Episode 112
EI Weekly Listen — Information war does not exist
In the Cold War the Kremlin tried to convince foreign audiences its disinformation campaig...
February 10, 2023
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Episode 111
EI Weekly Listen — The ancient roots of the modern holy war
The crusades, jihad, and wars in defence of intangible ideals all have their origins in a ...
February 3, 2023
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Episode 110
EI Weekly Listen — From the Silk Road to the information superhighway
Globalisation may appear to be a cornerstone of modernity but humans have always both crav...
January 27, 2023
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Episode 109
EI Weekly Listen — Finding Garibaldi
Garibaldi’s retreat to his home in Caprera spawned a liberal-nationalist ideal of statesma...
January 20, 2023
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Episode 108
EI Weekly Listen — What did it mean to belong to the Holy Roman Empire?
The Holy Roman Empire was neither a nation state nor indeed a conventional empire. Instead...
January 13, 2023