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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
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 — 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
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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
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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