Episode 190
EI Weekly Listen — Daisy Dunn on the pursuit of greatness
Foundation myths based on the lives of heroic figures are often used by leaders to affirm ...
September 13, 2024
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Episode 189
EI Weekly Listen — Kori Schake on US grand strategy
The US must adopt a grand strategy of democratic expansion. Only then can global security ...
September 6, 2024
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Episode 188
EI Weekly Listen — Sergey Radchenko on the past, present and future of Sino-Russian relations
The tumultuous relationship between Red China and the Soviet Union hints at an uncertain f...
August 30, 2024
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Episode 187
EI Weekly Listen — Munira Mirza on how the British elite lost its way
Stagnation at home and turmoil abroad demand a radical rethink of how – and why – Britain ...
August 23, 2024
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Episode 186
EI Weekly Listen — Ali Ansari on the secret to Cyrus the Great’s success
Few ancient monarchs have enjoyed such a consistent positive reputation as Cyrus the Great...
August 16, 2024
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Episode 185
EI Weekly Listen — Lucy Ward on the invention of Catherine the Great
Catherine II’s inoculation against smallpox was an extraordinary act of political self-cre...
August 9, 2024
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Episode 184
EI Weekly Listen — Alexander Lee on why Machiavelli wrote The Prince
If we want to understand the ‘meaning’ of The Prince, we should start with Machiavelli him...
August 2, 2024
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Episode 183
EI Weekly Listen — Francis J. Gavin on the terrible dilemmas of leadership in a thermonuclear world
Nuclear weapons are likely to be around for a long time to come – and the predicaments the...
July 26, 2024
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Episode 182
EI Weekly Listen — James Marriott on why human art matters in the age of AI
A world of machine art would be an eerie one. Art connects us to one another. We cannot, a...
July 19, 2024