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EI Weekly Listen — Yu Jie on the deep historical roots of China's global ambition
China projects its power and secures its national interests in three ways: exercising might, spending money and expressing its own mindset. Read by L…
2 years, 1 month ago
EI Talks... a new world of intelligence
Paul Lay and Alastair Benn are joined by Matthew Hefler, post-doctoral fellow at the Ax:son Johnson Institute for Statecraft and Diplomacy, to discus…
2 years, 1 month ago
EI Weekly Listen — Andrew Monaghan on how the past shapes Russian grand strategy
Putin uses history not only to fit a narrative that Russia is strong when it stands together, but also to seek legitimacy. Read by Leighton Pugh.
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2 years, 1 month ago
EI Talks... the challenges of counter-insurgency
What went wrong for the western alliance in Afghanistan? Paul Lay and Alastair Benn are joined by John Ferris, author of Behind the Enigma: The Autho…
2 years, 1 month ago
EI Weekly Listen — Pär Stenbäck on religion and politics in the Middle East
Religion is often ignored as a political factor; in the Middle East, this is not possible. Read by Leighton Pugh.
Image: Supporters of the pro-Irani…
2 years, 1 month ago
EI Talks... the promise and perils of declassifying intelligence
Paul Lay and Alastair Benn are joined by Calder Walton, author of Spies: The epic intelligence war between East and West, to discuss how governments …
2 years, 1 month ago
EI Weekly Listen — Wolfgang Palaver on the complex relationship between violence and religion
Wherever we insist on truth in order to win over our adversaries, we awaken a spirit of violence that endangers our living-together in the world. Rea…
2 years, 1 month ago
EI Talks... Recovering the women of Augustine's Confessions
Paul Lay and Alastair Benn are joined by Kate Cooper, author of Queens of a Fallen World, to discuss the women who shaped the life of Augustine of Hi…
2 years, 1 month ago
EI Weekly Listen — Gary Lachman on the sources of mystical experience
Mystical experience is the missing link in modern accounts of how human beings came to be conscious. Read by Leighton Pugh.
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2 years, 2 months ago
EI Talks... The Beatles
Paul Lay, Alastair Benn and Iain Martin discuss the cultural legacy of the Fab Four and why the Beatles story continues to fascinate sixty years on.
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2 years, 2 months ago