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EI Weekly Listen — Benedetta Berti on the past, present and future of the transatlantic alliance
Over the last decade, NATO has embarked on a significant process of military and political adaptation to ensure it can effectively enable the collect…
1 year, 5 months ago
EI Talks... the attention dilemma
EI's Paul Lay and Alastair Benn discuss an attention dilemma that has haunted western thought for centuries.
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Our attention dilemma is age-…
1 year, 6 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — Fredrik Logevall on JFK's abiding legacy
Through his visionary leadership, inspired rhetoric, and willingness to compromise, John F. Kennedy summoned the narrative of American hope, his most…
1 year, 6 months ago
EI Portraits — Jessica Frazier on Akbar the Great, the ultimate Renaissance ruler
One of the few leaders on whom history has bestowed the title ‘the Great’, Akbar was a noted connoisseur of cultures and architect of political plura…
1 year, 6 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — Kentaro Fujimoto on Japan's global future
Like it or not, Japan has become one of the most critical actors in contemporary international politics. Read by Helen Lloyd.
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1 year, 6 months ago
EI Talks... the making of Xi Jinping with Michael Sheridan
Michael Sheridan, author of The Red Emperor: Xi Jinping and His New China, joins EI's Angus Reilly to discuss the personal and ideological roots of …
1 year, 6 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — Daisy Dunn on the pursuit of greatness
Foundation myths based on the lives of heroic figures are often used by leaders to affirm their own authority — but they can also inspire wider socie…
1 year, 6 months ago
EI Portraits — Rob Johnson on Basil Liddell Hart, alchemist of war
Having witnessed first-hand the mechanised onslaught of the Great War, Captain Basil Liddell Hart sought a philosophy of warfare based on the prudent…
1 year, 6 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — Kori Schake on US grand strategy
The US must adopt a grand strategy of democratic expansion. Only then can global security be established. Read by Helen Lloyd.
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1 year, 6 months ago
EI Talks... the search for a promised land with Rachel Cockerell
EI's Alastair Benn speaks to Rachel Cockerell, author of Melting Point: Family, Memory and the Search for a Promised Land, a history of the quest for…
1 year, 6 months ago