Episode 53
EI Weekly Listen — Cool war by Noah Feldman
While the US remains the sole reigning super power, the rise of China adds complexity to t...
January 21, 2022
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Episode 52
EI Weekly Listen — Russia and geopolitics by Anna-Lena Laurén
As the largest country in the world, Russia's might past and present has an inherent link ...
January 14, 2022
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Episode 52
EI Weekly Listen — Fantasy in Middle Eastern nation-making by Nathan Shachar
January 5, 2022
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Episode 50
EI Weekly Listen — You are not as clever as you think by Mark Pagel
The history of man is a story of mimicry and copying rather than innovation and ‘light-bul...
December 23, 2021
Episode 49
EI Weekly Listen — Adrian Wooldridge on the return of religion
Voltaire predicted that religion would be defunct in fifty year's time. Karl Marx called i...
December 17, 2021
Episode 46
EI Weekly Listen — Martina Winkelhofer-Thyri on whether Austria is a nation, state or an empire
Studying the evolution of Austria in the 20th century offers deep insight into essential W...
October 10, 2021
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Episode 44
EI Weekly Listen — Tom Holland on Æthelstan and the forging of a United Kingdom of England
The story of how, over the course of three generations, the royal dynasty of Wessex went f...
October 1, 2021
Episode 43
EI Weekly Listen — Maurizio Viroli on the virtues of the city-state
The early modern Italian republics are often portrayed as models of bad government. But th...
September 24, 2021
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Episode 41
EI Weekly Listen — Robin Lane Fox on nationalism in the classical world
Nationalism is often thought of as a modern development - but its traces can be found in a...
September 17, 2021