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EI Weekly Listen — The impact of the First World War on strategy by Hew Strachan
The First World War fundamentally altered our understanding of strategy — we should heed the insights of the era's leading thinkers and generals. Rea…
3 years, 3 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — The polymath in the age of specialisation by Peter Burke
Crises of knowledge precipitate drives towards specialisation. In our digital age we still need polymaths. Read by Leighton Pugh.
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3 years, 3 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — Authority without knowledge by Erica Benner
The worst form of ignorance in politics is an inflated opinion of one’s own wisdom. In matters of moral judgement, authority-dependence carries grave…
3 years, 3 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — Geopolitics and the Mongol Empire by Morris Rossabi
Political and economic concerns were as critical as environmental and geographic factors in forging the unity of the Mongol Empire. Read by Leighton …
3 years, 3 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — Fairy Tales of Statehood: the politics of sacred land and divine-kings by Jessica Frazier
Land is the silent, steady, partner in the messy realm of politics and national divides between monarchs. Read by Leighton Pugh. You can find the ess…
3 years, 4 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — Why War Again by Lilia Shevtsova
As hostilities with Russia increase, we must again ask ourselves what drives human beings to conflict, especially after an era of peace. Read by Leig…
3 years, 4 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — Jihadist Media Strategies by Elisabeth Kendall
While the Islamic State’s savvy media presence may have overshadowed that of al-Qaeda over the past decade, the efforts of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Pe…
3 years, 4 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — The Joint Intelligence Committee: Reading the Russian mindset by Michael Goodman
During the Cold War, the British Joint Intelligence Committee was charged with forecasting the actions of states behind the Iron Curtain and the rest…
3 years, 4 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — Democracy in crisis: Lessons from Ancient Athens by Erica Benner
Demagogues thrive if moderate politicians flatter citizens into an unrealistic sense of their own greatness. Read by Leighton Pugh.
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3 years, 5 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — Tribal bias from the wild to the laboratory by Cory J Clark
It is not just politics that is beset by tribalism. The social sciences are also vulnerable to in-group bias. Read by Leighton Pugh.
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3 years, 5 months ago