The Eurasian Century, by Hal Brands

In this special series at Engelsberg Ideas, leading historian and geopolitical commentator Hal Brands guides us through the major conflicts of the past century and the lessons they offer us now.

Podcast episodes

French paratroops at the beginning of the First Indochina War.
A large Sèvres presentation plate celebrating Nazism's alleged debt to Charlemagne.
Second World War-era British propaganda.
'A squadron of the Royal Navy running down the Channel' by Samuel Atkins (c. 1760-1810).
A statue of Alexander Stephens in the US Congress.