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EI Weekly Listen — Elisabeth Kendall on Jihadist poetry as propaganda
Al-Qaeda's success in Yemen can in part be explained by the group's adept use of poetry as...
February 9, 2024
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The EI Podcast brings you weekly conversations and audio essays from leading writers, thinkers and historians. Hosted by Alastair Benn and Paul Lay. Find the EI Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or search The EI Podcast wherever you get your podcasts.
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EI Talks… the Edwardians: the calm before the storm
Alwyn Turner, author of Little Englanders: Britain in the Edwardian Era, speaks to Paul La...
February 9, 2024
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EI Weekly Listen — Malise Ruthven on the appeal of ISIS
From the Engelsberg Ideas Archive. The organisation that emerged under the name ISIS is no...
February 2, 2024
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EI Talks… can Israel win the peace?
Ahron Bregman, author of Cursed Victory: A History of Israel and the Occupied Territories,...
February 2, 2024
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EI Talks… the Soviet Union’s bid for Africa
Daniela Richterova, Senior Lecturer in Intelligence Studies at the Department for War Stud...
January 26, 2024
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EI Weekly Listen — Andrew Preston on the invention of American national security
By the time Kennedy and Johnson held the presidency in the 1960s, the definition of US nat...
January 25, 2024
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EI Weekly Listen — Charly Salonius-Pasternak on how Nordic and Baltic countries are preparing for war
Thinking about 'war in our time' and our region is no longer an activity restricted to his...
January 19, 2024
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EI Talks… Studio Ghibli
Alastair Benn is joined by Christopher Harding, cultural historian of Japan and author of ...
January 19, 2024
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EI Talks… December, 1941
In December 1941, the Japanese military attacked Pearl Harbor, making the Second World War...
January 12, 2024