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EI Weekly Listen — Roman geopolitics, an exercise in myth-making by Richard Miles
Once established, Roman exceptionalism and empire needed to be justified and maintained. The practical application of mythology was one way in which …
4 years, 1 month ago
EI Weekly Listen — How US policy failure post-9/11 undermined international order by Emma Sky
The US once enjoyed the esteemed position of being the 'city on the hill', a beacon of hope and an example to the rest of the world. Post-9/11, howev…
4 years, 1 month ago
EI Weekly Listen—Uruk and the origins of the sacred economy by Daniel T. Potts
Peering into the hearts and minds those living four thousand years ago is an impossible task. However, when it comes to the worship of the Mesopotami…
4 years, 1 month ago
EI Weekly Listen — Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy revisited by Niall Ferguson
While at one point in time the idea that socialist economies would ultimately prevail over capitalism was quite a widespread view the fate of sociali…
4 years, 2 months ago
History Lessons—Katja Hoyer on the rise and fall of the German Empire, 1871–1918
Episode 54
On the latest episode of History Lessons, Mattias Hessérus is in conversation with Katja Hoyer on the creation of the German empire, the role of Otto…
4 years, 2 months ago
EI Weekly Listen—Cool war by Noah Feldman
While the US remains the sole reigning super power, the rise of China adds complexity to the current world order. Geostrategic conflict is inevitable…
4 years, 2 months ago
EI Weekly Listen—Russia and geopolitics by Anna-Lena Laurén
As the largest country in the world, Russia's might past and present has an inherent link to its geopolitics. But since the decline of the Soviet Uni…
4 years, 2 months ago
EI Weekly Listen—Fantasy in Middle Eastern nation-making by Nathan Shachar
There is frequently no real reason why one person has more claim to live or even rule over a piece of land than another. A reason, however must be pr…
4 years, 2 months ago
EI Weekly Listen – You are not as clever as you think by Mark Pagel
Why do humans accumulate ideas, knowledge and technologies while other animals are seemingly stick doing the same thing over and over never getting b…
4 years, 3 months ago
EI Weekly Listen – Adrian Wooldridge on the return of religion
Voltaire predicted that religion would be defunct in fifty year's time. Karl Marx called it the opium of the masses and Nietzsche declared that God i…
4 years, 3 months ago