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EI Talks... December, 1941
In December 1941, the Japanese military attacked Pearl Harbor, making the Second World War a truly global conflict. Paul Lay is joined by Charlie Lad…
2 years, 2 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — Pascal Vennesson on the rise of transnational war-making
Political success for the global insurgents can arise not only from a military victory on the ground, but from a military stalemate and even a milita…
2 years, 2 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — Rolf Ekéus on how to end wars
There is only one way out of total destruction and collapse, which is creative diplomacy. Read by Leighton Pugh.
Image: Dutch envoy Cornelis Calkoen r…
2 years, 3 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — Philip Bobbitt on the new global disorder
We cannot understand what is going wrong in the international order without first understanding what is going wrong in the constitutional order of st…
2 years, 3 months ago
EI Talks... 2023
What is the deep meaning of 2023? Alastair Benn is joined by Paul Lay and Iain Martin to set a dramatic year in perspective.
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2 years, 3 months ago
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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 4 months 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, 4 months 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-Iranian…
2 years, 4 months ago