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EI Weekly Listen — Maurizio Viroli on the city as a political order and urban space
A good political community can only live and flourish in cities that speak to the soul of the citizens and inspire the love of order. Read by Leighto…
2 years, 3 months ago
EI Talks... the problems and perils of nuclear strategy
Paul Lay is joined by Francis J. Gavin, Director of the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins SAIS, to discuss nuclear statec…
2 years, 3 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — Gudrun Persson on rewriting Russian history
In modern Russia, the past is being rewritten to suit Vladimir Putin's script. Read by Leighton Pugh.
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2 years, 3 months ago
EI Talks... Clausewitz
Paul Lay is joined by the historian Sir Hew Strachan to discuss On War, the military theorist Carl von Clausewitz's seminal text, and the indispensab…
2 years, 3 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — Fraser Nelson on the Intellectual Dark Web
The intellectual dark web will, most likely, be a flicker in history, a reminder of when the West’s conversation was at its most shrill, and when fre…
2 years, 3 months ago
EI Talks... JFK
JFK biographer Fredrik Logevall, in conversation with EI's Paul Lay and Iain Martin, discusses Kennedy's enduring and 'iconic' status, his claims to …
2 years, 3 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — Christopher Coker on the changing meaning of patriotism in war
Dying to defend territory is an ancient human need - but war in the 21st century may not follow the script. Read by Leighton Pugh.
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2 years, 4 months ago
EI Talks... Rugby Union
In the latest episode of EI Talks... Paul Lay and Alastair Benn put together an idiot's guide to Rugby Union. The World Cup, the sport's showcase com…
2 years, 4 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — Remaking the moral case for capitalism by Iain Martin
A defence of capitalism will have to rest first and foremost on an appeal to ethics, obligation, and duty. Read by Leighton Pugh.
2 years, 4 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — Spoken history: the modern importance of indigenous cultures by John Hemming
Our information-rich civilisation is not superior or inferior to the pre-literate world of Brazil's indigenous peoples, just different. Read by Leigh…
2 years, 4 months ago