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"Putin united Europe" with Erkki Liikanen
Episode 1
A key member of the European Central Bank's governing council (2004–2018), European Commissioner (1995–2004), negotiator for Finland's accession to t…
3 years, 9 months ago
Patrick O. Cohrs, "The New Atlantic Order: The Transformation of International Politics, 1860-1933" (Cambridge UP, 2022)
Episode 14
The New Atlantic Order: The Transformation of International Politics, 1860-1933 (Cambridge UP, 2022) elucidates a momentous transformation process th…
3 years, 9 months ago
Jamie Martin, "The Meddlers: Sovereignty, Empire, and the Birth of Global Economic Governance" (Harvard UP, 2022)
Episode 61
The Meddlers: Sovereignty, Empire, and the Birth of Global Economic Governance (Harvard University Press, 2022) presents a pioneering history that tr…
3 years, 9 months ago
Quo Vadis Britannia? Where is Britain Going?
Episode 95
The United Kingdom has experienced a number of epochal transitions of late, starting with its departure from the European Union in early 2020, and mo…
3 years, 9 months ago
Jennifer L. Allen, "Sustainable Utopias: The Art and Politics of Hope in Germany" (Harvard UP, 2022)
Episode 136
By most accounts, the twentieth century was not kind to utopian thought. The violence of two world wars, Cold War anxieties, and a widespread sense o…
3 years, 9 months ago
Where Did Conservatism Go? A Conversation with Yoram Hazony
Season 2 Episode 57
Israeli political philosopher Yoram Hazony ('86) discusses the Enlightenment, the American Founding, his latest book: Conservatism: A Rediscovery, an…
3 years, 9 months ago
Murray Pittock, "Scotland: The Global History, 1603 to the Present" (Yale UP, 2022)
Episode 61
Scotland: A Global History (Yale University Press, 2022) by Dr. Murray Pittock presents an engaging and authoritative history of Scotland’s influence…
3 years, 9 months ago
Fritz Bartel, "The Triumph of Broken Promises: The End of the Cold War and the Rise of Neoliberalism" (Harvard UP, 2022)
Episode 1259
Why did the Cold War come to a peaceful end? And why did neoliberal economics sweep across the world in the late twentieth century? In this pathbreak…
3 years, 9 months ago
Paul A. Silverstein, "Postcolonial France: The Question of Race and the Future of the Republic" (Pluto Press, 2018)
Episode 185
France is a bellwether for the postcolonial anxieties and populist politics emerging across the world today. Postcolonial France: The Question of Rac…
3 years, 10 months ago
Phil Hubbard, "Borderland: Identity and Belonging at the Edge of England" (Manchester UP, 2022)
Episode 73
Over recent years, the issues of Brexit, COVID and the 'migrant crisis' put Kent in the headlines like never before. Images of asylum seekers on Kent…
3 years, 10 months ago