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EI Weekly Listen — Kimberly Kagan on the United States and the new way of war
The United States, still the dominant military power in the world, is immersed in a new er...
January 12, 2024
The EI Podcast
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 Weekly Listen — Pascal Vennesson on the rise of transnational war-making
Political success for the global insurgents can arise not only from a military victory on ...
January 5, 2024
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EI Weekly Listen — Rolf Ekéus on how to end wars
There is only one way out of total destruction and collapse, which is creative diplomacy. ...
December 22, 2023
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EI Weekly Listen — Philip Bobbitt on the new global disorder
We cannot understand what is going wrong in the international order without first understa...
December 15, 2023
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EI Talks… 2023
What is the deep meaning of 2023? Alastair Benn is joined by Paul Lay and Iain Martin to s...
December 15, 2023
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EI Weekly Listen — Yu Jie on the deep historical roots of China’s global ambition
China projects its power and secures its national interests in three ways: exercising migh...
December 8, 2023
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EI Talks… a new world of intelligence
Paul Lay and Alastair Benn are joined by Matthew Hefler, post-doctoral fellow at the Ax:so...
December 7, 2023
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EI Weekly Listen — Andrew Monaghan on how the past shapes Russian grand strategy
Putin uses history not only to fit a narrative that Russia is strong when it stands togeth...
December 1, 2023
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EI Talks… the challenges of counter-insurgency
What went wrong for the western alliance in Afghanistan? Paul Lay and Alastair Benn are jo...
November 30, 2023