Episode 61
EI Weekly Listen — the fake history of civilisational states by Christopher Coker
So-called civilisational states, including Russia, China and India, invoke fake histories ...
March 11, 2022
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Episode 60
EI Weekly Listen — the flag wars are here to stay by Tim Marshall
Flags have become synonymous with nationhood, character, spirit, and power. In an age of r...
March 4, 2022
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Episode 59
EI Weekly Listen — Disinformation in the information age by Gill Bennett
The line between disinformation, propaganda and fake news is often blurred. This is especi...
February 25, 2022
Episode 58
EI Weekly Listen — Roman geopolitics, an exercise in myth-making by Richard Miles
Once established, Roman exceptionalism and empire needed to be justified and maintained. T...
February 18, 2022
Episode 57
EI Weekly Listen — How US policy failure post-9/11 undermined international order by Emma Sky
The US once enjoyed the esteemed position of being the 'city on the hill', a beacon of hop...
February 11, 2022
Episode 56
EI Weekly Listen — Uruk and the origins of the sacred economy by Daniel T. Potts
Peering into the hearts and minds those living four thousand years ago is an impossible ta...
February 4, 2022
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Episode 53
EI Weekly Listen — Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy revisited by Niall Ferguson
The second half of the last century was defined by the struggle between socialist and capi...
January 28, 2022
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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