The EI Podcast
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
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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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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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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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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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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The life and work of Mayazaki Hayao
Alastair Benn is joined by Christopher Harding, cultural historian of Japan and author of ...
January 19, 2024
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A month that shook the world
In December 1941, the Japanese military attacked Pearl Harbor, making the Second World War...
January 12, 2024
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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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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