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Romania in 1918
Romania was, in territorial terms, one of the unlikely beneficiaries of the Paris Peace Conference. It acquired land from the disintegrated Austro Hu…
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Nazi economic plunder of western Europe PT2
When Europe was rapidly subjugated by the Nazi regime, unprecedented economic opportunities arose and these were exploited by Germany's great industr…
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Zelenskyy and the US Empire
In the past 24 hours there has been further indication that an immense transition in international relations is under way, far more significant that …
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The end of the Anglo American 'special relationship'
Donald Trump has signalled a great strategic alignment away from the principles of Pax Americana, the post war unofficial imperium that America has o…
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The decline of the Ottoman Empire Part 1
Between 1876 and 1920 the Ottoman Empire experienced its final crises, and despite delivering several shock defeats to allied powers during the First…
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AQA Revolution and Dictatorship: Russia 1917-53 part 15
This episode is part of our study series AQA - Revolution and Dictatorship - Russia 1917-53. In this episode we look at Stalin's Terror.
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The Atlantic alliance from Roosevelt to Trump
America is withdrawing strategically and diplomatically from Europe and leaving Ukraine to its fate. The history of Atlanticism from 1941 to the pres…
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Anarchism: A beginners guide Part Four
This episode is the forth in our isms and ologies series on Anarchism and gives an explanation of anarchist thought on managerialism and state bureau…
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The rise and fall of American soft power
What is soft power? It was a term conceptualised by Joseph Nye at the end of the Cold War to encapsulate America's moral and cultural appeal to the w…
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Globalisation since the 1990s
What is globalisation? In its current incarnation, it is the now collapsing system of quasi free markets established by the US and its allies after t…
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