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Throughout the ages, oracles, journalists and political scientists have attempted to guess the course fate may take. But should they fail to take the specifics, particularly specific individuals, into account, they are doomed to fail. Read by Leighton Pugh.

https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/the-importance-of-the-individual-in-history/

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Worldview — Conflict in space
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In our latest episode of Worldview hosted by Adam Boulton we consider the role outer space will play in the future of conflict. How soon will conflicts on Earth spill out into space? What form might these conflicts take and how can we regulate them? Adam speaks to Jacob Geer, Dr Stuart Eves and Professor von der Dunk to find out.

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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1656087300" data-format="short_date">Jun 24, 2022</span></span>
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Traditional geopolitical solutions (accommodation or military containment) are unlikely to work with Putin’s Russia. Instead the West should pursue a unified geo-economic strategy. Read by Leighton Pugh.

https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/the-carrot-and-the-stick-geo-economics-and-russian-revisionism/

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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1655486504" data-format="short_date">Jun 17, 2022</span></span>
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Worldview — The Battlefield
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How does the war in Ukraine look on the ground? What does the future of the battlefield hold? In this week&#39;s episode of Worldview, Adam Boulton speaks to Professor Hew Strachan and Dr Rob Johnson to discuss these issues and more.

Image description: A drone operator from field medicine division, Ukraine. Credit: Mykhailo Palinchak / Alamy Stock Photo.
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1655482440" data-format="short_date">Jun 17, 2022</span></span>
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Worldview — The Russia Problem
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Our new series of Worldview, presented by Adam Boulton is considering the future of warfare and geopolitics in response to Russia&#39;s invasion of Ukraine.

In this week&#39;s episode, Adam Boulton is in conversation with Vladislav Zubok and Sir Roderic Lyne, the former British Ambassador to Moscow. While both were horrified by the invasion of Ukraine last February, they offer varying views on how thi...
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1655050380" data-format="short_date">Jun 12, 2022</span></span>
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The condemnation of the annexation of the Crimea was unified and strong, but the sanctions that followed lacked any real bite. Read by Leighton Pugh.

https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/containing-and-deterring-russia-can-europe-act-strategically/

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Our new series of Worldview, presented by Adam Boulton is considering the future of warfare and geopolitics in response to Russia&#39;s invasion of Ukraine.

In this week&#39;s episode, Adam Boulton is in conversation with Beatrice Heuser, Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones and Frank Gavin discussing the roles of NATO, the EU and the UN today. How can these twentieth-century institutions tackle the challen...
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For the past sixty years, the use of nuclear weapons has become unthinkable. But with every conflict there comes a point where the unthinkable becomes possible. Read by Leighton Pugh.

https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/can-nuclear-deterrence-preserve-the-long-peace-between-major-powers/

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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1653653658" data-format="short_date">May 27, 2022</span></span>
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In a religious system which presupposed a covenant not just between God and the individual Jew, but between God and Israel as a nation, the sense of communal solidarity had an abiding impact, regardless of the differences between denominations. Read by Leighton Pugh.

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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1653064290" data-format="short_date">May 20, 2022</span></span>
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For more than thirty years, the US has sought to avoid deploying ground forces into protracted conflict. It has nevertheless done so in almost every single one of those years. Perhaps it is time to accept reality. Read by Leighton Pugh

https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/americas-problem-with-unconventional-warfare/

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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1652469131" data-format="short_date">May 13, 2022</span></span>
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Islam — unlike Christianity — may not have a central motif of pain, sin and suffering, but it reveals so much about what it means to live with adversity. Read by Leighton Pugh.

https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/suffering-the-price-of-being-alive-an-islamic-perspective/

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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1651859462" data-format="short_date">May 06, 2022</span></span>
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<img srcset="https://audioboom.com/i/39172886/75x75/c 75w, https://audioboom.com/i/39172886/150x150/c 150w, https://audioboom.com/i/39172886/300x300/c 300w, https://audioboom.com/i/39172886/600x600/c 600w, https://audioboom.com/i/39172886/1400x1400/c 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 64px, 96px" style="background-color: #5d2e22; max-width: 96px; width: 15cqw;" class="js-img-bg ratio-square rounded-1" loading="lazy" src="https://audioboom.com/i/39172886/1400x1400/c" />
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EI Weekly Listen — Reassessing Christian history by Diarmaid Macculloch
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While Christianity may strive to sing in a single voice, no one modern denomination ought to claim a monopoly on the truth. The region&#39;s history is in fact far more eclectic. Read by Leighton Pugh.

https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/reassessing-christian-history/

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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1651241401" data-format="short_date">Apr 29, 2022</span></span>
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<a class="text-decoration-none" href="/posts/8071307-ei-weekly-listen-the-gods-in-love-by-jessica-frazier"><div class="Episode-list-grid card-body pan">
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<img srcset="https://audioboom.com/i/39151470/75x75/c 75w, https://audioboom.com/i/39151470/150x150/c 150w, https://audioboom.com/i/39151470/300x300/c 300w, https://audioboom.com/i/39151470/600x600/c 600w, https://audioboom.com/i/39151470/1400x1400/c 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 64px, 96px" style="background-color: #292513; max-width: 96px; width: 15cqw;" class="js-img-bg ratio-square rounded-1" loading="lazy" src="https://audioboom.com/i/39151470/1400x1400/c" />
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EI Weekly Listen — The gods in love by Jessica Frazier
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The Hindu tradition of Radha and Krishna calls us to see passion as the kernel of all religion. Read by Leighton Pugh.

https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/the-gods-in-love/

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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1650653705" data-format="short_date">Apr 22, 2022</span></span>
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<img srcset="https://audioboom.com/i/39128316/75x75/c 75w, https://audioboom.com/i/39128316/150x150/c 150w, https://audioboom.com/i/39128316/300x300/c 300w, https://audioboom.com/i/39128316/600x600/c 600w, https://audioboom.com/i/39128316/1400x1400/c 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 64px, 96px" style="background-color: #9e9475; max-width: 96px; width: 15cqw;" class="js-img-bg ratio-square rounded-1" loading="lazy" src="https://audioboom.com/i/39128316/1400x1400/c" />
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<h5 class="text-line-clamp text-line-clamp-3 balanced-h fs-6 fs-5-lg fw-normal mb-0">
EI Weekly Listen — The story of the Jesuits: how the Society of Jesus charted the world by M.Antoni J. Ucerler, S.J.
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As Jesuit missionaries spread further across the globe, the order’s founder wanted to ensure that its members remained connected. The result of this was an unparalleled network of knowledge which superseded religious tensions. Read by Leighton Pugh.

https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/jesuit/

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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1649946524" data-format="short_date">Apr 14, 2022</span></span>
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<img srcset="https://audioboom.com/i/39109200/75x75/c 75w, https://audioboom.com/i/39109200/150x150/c 150w, https://audioboom.com/i/39109200/300x300/c 300w, https://audioboom.com/i/39109200/600x600/c 600w, https://audioboom.com/i/39109200/1400x1400/c 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 64px, 96px" style="background-color: #19245b; max-width: 96px; width: 15cqw;" class="js-img-bg ratio-square rounded-1" loading="lazy" src="https://audioboom.com/i/39109200/1400x1400/c" />
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EI Weekly Listen — The Portuguese: Pioneers of globalisation by Roger Crowley
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Portugal’s commercial dominance of large swathes of the world lasted little more than a century but the images, transmissions, and trades that it engendered left a significant and long-lasting influence. Read by Leighton Pugh.

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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1649431820" data-format="short_date">Apr 08, 2022</span></span>
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<img srcset="https://audioboom.com/i/39081704/75x75/c 75w, https://audioboom.com/i/39081704/150x150/c 150w, https://audioboom.com/i/39081704/300x300/c 300w, https://audioboom.com/i/39081704/600x600/c 600w, https://audioboom.com/i/39081704/1400x1400/c 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 64px, 96px" style="background-color: #18202e; max-width: 96px; width: 15cqw;" class="js-img-bg ratio-square rounded-1" loading="lazy" src="https://audioboom.com/i/39081704/1400x1400/c" />
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EI Weekly Listen — Elements of seapower, past and present by Lincoln Paine
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Sea power derives from resources, a direct interest in sea-based trade, and pressure exerted by enemies. In the modern age, the importance of these factors in international affairs remains paramount. Read by Leighton Pugh.

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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1648814383" data-format="short_date">Apr 01, 2022</span></span>
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<img srcset="https://audioboom.com/i/39060136/75x75/c 75w, https://audioboom.com/i/39060136/150x150/c 150w, https://audioboom.com/i/39060136/300x300/c 300w, https://audioboom.com/i/39060136/600x600/c 600w, https://audioboom.com/i/39060136/1400x1400/c 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 64px, 96px" style="background-color: #ccd6e2; max-width: 96px; width: 15cqw;" class="js-img-bg ratio-square rounded-1" loading="lazy" src="https://audioboom.com/i/39060136/1400x1400/c" />
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EI Weekly Listen — Making sense of the Yemen War by Elisabeth Kendall
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If a peace deal is not reached, all the key ingredients are present for Yemen to become a failed state. Read by Leighton Pugh.

https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/making-sense-of-the-yemen-war/

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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1648223040" data-format="short_date">Mar 25, 2022</span></span>
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<img srcset="https://audioboom.com/i/39036044/75x75/c 75w, https://audioboom.com/i/39036044/150x150/c 150w, https://audioboom.com/i/39036044/300x300/c 300w, https://audioboom.com/i/39036044/600x600/c 600w, https://audioboom.com/i/39036044/1400x1400/c 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 64px, 96px" style="background-color: #2c271a; max-width: 96px; width: 15cqw;" class="js-img-bg ratio-square rounded-1" loading="lazy" src="https://audioboom.com/i/39036044/1400x1400/c" />
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<h5 class="text-line-clamp text-line-clamp-3 balanced-h fs-6 fs-5-lg fw-normal mb-0">
EI Weekly Listen — The dark side to loving a group by Harvey Whitehouse
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Acts of extreme self-sacrifice – such as suicide bombing – are not aberrations. They tell us something about our deepest instincts for group loyalty. Read by Leighton Pugh.

https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/the-dark-side-to-loving-a-group/

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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1647618592" data-format="short_date">Mar 18, 2022</span></span>
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<img srcset="https://audioboom.com/i/39001374/75x75/c 75w, https://audioboom.com/i/39001374/150x150/c 150w, https://audioboom.com/i/39001374/300x300/c 300w, https://audioboom.com/i/39001374/600x600/c 600w, https://audioboom.com/i/39001374/1400x1400/c 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 64px, 96px" style="background-color: #2b1c1a; max-width: 96px; width: 15cqw;" class="js-img-bg ratio-square rounded-1" loading="lazy" src="https://audioboom.com/i/39001374/1400x1400/c" />
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EI Weekly Listen — The fake history of civilisational states by Christopher Coker
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So-called civilisational states, including Russia, China and India, invoke fake histories to justify and buttress their contemporary political settlements. But those who cannot let go of the past are always at risk of finding themselves imprisoned by it. Read by Leighton Pugh.

https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/the-fake-history-of-civilisational-states/

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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1646993520" data-format="short_date">Mar 11, 2022</span></span>
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<img srcset="https://audioboom.com/i/38991968/75x75/c 75w, https://audioboom.com/i/38991968/150x150/c 150w, https://audioboom.com/i/38991968/300x300/c 300w, https://audioboom.com/i/38991968/600x600/c 600w, https://audioboom.com/i/38991968/1400x1400/c 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 64px, 96px" style="background-color: #2d0805; max-width: 96px; width: 15cqw;" class="js-img-bg ratio-square rounded-1" loading="lazy" src="https://audioboom.com/i/38991968/1400x1400/c" />
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EI Weekly Listen — The flag wars are here to stay by Tim Marshall 
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Flags have become synonymous with nationhood, character, spirit, and power. In an age of renewed nationalism, their power should not be underestimated.

https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/the-flag-wars-are-here-to-stay/

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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1646415341" data-format="short_date">Mar 04, 2022</span></span>
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<img srcset="https://audioboom.com/i/38969839/75x75/c 75w, https://audioboom.com/i/38969839/150x150/c 150w, https://audioboom.com/i/38969839/300x300/c 300w, https://audioboom.com/i/38969839/600x600/c 600w, https://audioboom.com/i/38969839/1400x1400/c 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 64px, 96px" style="background-color: #2c120d; max-width: 96px; width: 15cqw;" class="js-img-bg ratio-square rounded-1" loading="lazy" src="https://audioboom.com/i/38969839/1400x1400/c" />
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EI Weekly Listen — Disinformation in the information age by Gill Bennett
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The line between disinformation, propaganda and fake news is often blurred. This is especially the case when it is unclear whether these untruths or half truths are being disseminated by the &#39;good&#39; or &#39;bad&#39; guys. Read by Leighton Pugh.

https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/disinformation-in-the-information-age/

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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1645797222" data-format="short_date">Feb 25, 2022</span></span>
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<img srcset="https://audioboom.com/i/38948720/75x75/c 75w, https://audioboom.com/i/38948720/150x150/c 150w, https://audioboom.com/i/38948720/300x300/c 300w, https://audioboom.com/i/38948720/600x600/c 600w, https://audioboom.com/i/38948720/1400x1400/c 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 64px, 96px" style="background-color: #1f0e04; max-width: 96px; width: 15cqw;" class="js-img-bg ratio-square rounded-1" loading="lazy" src="https://audioboom.com/i/38948720/1400x1400/c" />
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EI Weekly Listen — Roman geopolitics, an exercise in myth-making by Richard Miles
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Once established, Roman exceptionalism and empire needed to be justified and maintained. The practical application of mythology was one way in which this was achieved. Read by Leighton Pugh.

https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/roman-geopolitics-an-exercise-in-myth-making/

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22m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1645207578" data-format="short_date">Feb 18, 2022</span></span>
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<div class="fs-8 numeric-tabular text-nowrap text-muted phs">
22m
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<img srcset="https://audioboom.com/i/38924814/75x75/c 75w, https://audioboom.com/i/38924814/150x150/c 150w, https://audioboom.com/i/38924814/300x300/c 300w, https://audioboom.com/i/38924814/600x600/c 600w, https://audioboom.com/i/38924814/1400x1400/c 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 64px, 96px" style="background-color: #837f84; max-width: 96px; width: 15cqw;" class="js-img-bg ratio-square rounded-1" loading="lazy" src="https://audioboom.com/i/38924814/1400x1400/c" />
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EI Weekly Listen — How US policy failure post-9/11 undermined international order by Emma Sky
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The US once enjoyed the esteemed position of being the &#39;city on the hill&#39;, a beacon of hope and an example to the rest of the world. Post-9/11, however, the superpower&#39;s conduct in the Middle East has left its reputation tarnished. Read by Leighton Pugh.

https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/how-us-policy-failure-post-9-11-undermined-international-order/

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20m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1644603505" data-format="short_date">Feb 11, 2022</span></span>
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<div class="fs-8 numeric-tabular text-nowrap text-muted phs">
20m
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<img srcset="https://audioboom.com/i/38902886/75x75/c 75w, https://audioboom.com/i/38902886/150x150/c 150w, https://audioboom.com/i/38902886/300x300/c 300w, https://audioboom.com/i/38902886/600x600/c 600w, https://audioboom.com/i/38902886/1400x1400/c 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 64px, 96px" style="background-color: #1b1f19; max-width: 96px; width: 15cqw;" class="js-img-bg ratio-square rounded-1" loading="lazy" src="https://audioboom.com/i/38902886/1400x1400/c" />
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EI Weekly Listen—Uruk and the origins of the sacred economy by Daniel T. Potts
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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 Mesopotamian goddess Inanna, it seems clear to be, quite literally, a labour of love and fear.

https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/uruk-and-the-origins-of-the-sacred-economy/

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23m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1643997932" data-format="short_date">Feb 04, 2022</span></span>
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<div class="fs-8 numeric-tabular text-nowrap text-muted phs">
23m
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EI Weekly Listen — Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy revisited by Niall Ferguson 
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While at one point in time the idea that socialist economies would ultimately prevail over capitalism was quite a widespread view the fate of socialist states over the past hundred years have demonstrated that they enjoy only two possible paths: authoritarianism or anarchy.

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43m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1643387126" data-format="short_date">Jan 28, 2022</span></span>
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43m
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<a class="text-decoration-none" href="/posts/8016941-ei-weekly-listen-cool-war-by-noah-feldman"><div class="Episode-list-grid card-body pan">
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<img srcset="https://audioboom.com/i/38851531/75x75/c 75w, https://audioboom.com/i/38851531/150x150/c 150w, https://audioboom.com/i/38851531/300x300/c 300w, https://audioboom.com/i/38851531/600x600/c 600w, https://audioboom.com/i/38851531/1400x1400/c 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 64px, 96px" style="background-color: #af281f; max-width: 96px; width: 15cqw;" class="js-img-bg ratio-square rounded-1" loading="lazy" src="https://audioboom.com/i/38851531/1400x1400/c" />
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EI Weekly Listen—Cool war by Noah Feldman
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While the US remains the sole reigning super power, the rise of China adds complexity to the current world order. Geostrategic conflict is inevitable, but mutual economic interdependence can help manage that conflict and keep it from spiralling out of control.

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34m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1642777262" data-format="short_date">Jan 21, 2022</span></span>
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34m
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<img srcset="https://audioboom.com/i/38830087/75x75/c 75w, https://audioboom.com/i/38830087/150x150/c 150w, https://audioboom.com/i/38830087/300x300/c 300w, https://audioboom.com/i/38830087/600x600/c 600w, https://audioboom.com/i/38830087/1400x1400/c 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 64px, 96px" style="background-color: #9a8b98; max-width: 96px; width: 15cqw;" class="js-img-bg ratio-square rounded-1" loading="lazy" src="https://audioboom.com/i/38830087/1400x1400/c" />
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EI Weekly Listen—Russia and geopolitics by Anna-Lena Laurén
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As the largest country in the world, Russia&#39;s might past and present has an inherent link to its geopolitics. But since the decline of the Soviet Union, Moscow&#39;s eyes are constantly straying beyond the national borders. In Russia, expansion is often regarded as a means of self-defence.

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16m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1642187589" data-format="short_date">Jan 14, 2022</span></span>
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<img srcset="https://audioboom.com/i/38800206/75x75/c 75w, https://audioboom.com/i/38800206/150x150/c 150w, https://audioboom.com/i/38800206/300x300/c 300w, https://audioboom.com/i/38800206/600x600/c 600w, https://audioboom.com/i/38800206/1400x1400/c 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 64px, 96px" style="background-color: #695858; max-width: 96px; width: 15cqw;" class="js-img-bg ratio-square rounded-1" loading="lazy" src="https://audioboom.com/i/38800206/1400x1400/c" />
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EI Weekly Listen—Fantasy in Middle Eastern nation-making by Nathan Shachar
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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 provided and it is often be found in a fantastical interpretation of history.

https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/fantasy-in-middle-eastern-nation-making/

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20m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1641362400" data-format="short_date">Jan 05, 2022</span></span>
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<img srcset="https://audioboom.com/i/38771708/75x75/c 75w, https://audioboom.com/i/38771708/150x150/c 150w, https://audioboom.com/i/38771708/300x300/c 300w, https://audioboom.com/i/38771708/600x600/c 600w, https://audioboom.com/i/38771708/1400x1400/c 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 64px, 96px" style="background-color: #22271c; max-width: 96px; width: 15cqw;" class="js-img-bg ratio-square rounded-1" loading="lazy" src="https://audioboom.com/i/38771708/1400x1400/c" />
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EI Weekly Listen – You are not as clever as you think by Mark Pagel
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Why do humans accumulate ideas, knowledge and technologies while other animals are seemingly stick doing the same thing over and over never getting better? Rather than being a question of raw intelligence, it is in fact largely down to luck, trial and error and copying others.

https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/you-are-not-as-clever-as-you-think/

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21m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1640268715" data-format="short_date">Dec 23, 2021</span></span>
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21m
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<img srcset="https://audioboom.com/i/38748481/75x75/c 75w, https://audioboom.com/i/38748481/150x150/c 150w, https://audioboom.com/i/38748481/300x300/c 300w, https://audioboom.com/i/38748481/600x600/c 600w, https://audioboom.com/i/38748481/1400x1400/c 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 64px, 96px" style="background-color: #535457; max-width: 96px; width: 15cqw;" class="js-img-bg ratio-square rounded-1" loading="lazy" src="https://audioboom.com/i/38748481/1400x1400/c" />
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EI Weekly Listen – Adrian Wooldridge on the return of religion 
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Voltaire predicted that religion would be defunct in fifty year&#39;s time. Karl Marx called it the opium of the masses and Nietzsche declared that God is dead. Adrian Wooldridge is now saying that He is back. From the rise of Islamic extremism to American evangelism, the twenty-first century is seeing a religious renaissance. 
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36m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1639724400" data-format="short_date">Dec 17, 2021</span></span>
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<a class="text-decoration-none" href="/posts/7957112-ei-weekly-listen-martina-winkelhofer-thyri-on-whether-austria-is-a-nation-state-or-an-empire"><div class="Episode-list-grid card-body pan">
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<img srcset="https://audioboom.com/i/38519604/75x75/c 75w, https://audioboom.com/i/38519604/150x150/c 150w, https://audioboom.com/i/38519604/300x300/c 300w, https://audioboom.com/i/38519604/600x600/c 600w, https://audioboom.com/i/38519604/1400x1400/c 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 64px, 96px" style="background-color: #35480c; max-width: 96px; width: 15cqw;" class="js-img-bg ratio-square rounded-1" loading="lazy" src="https://audioboom.com/i/38519604/1400x1400/c" />
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EI Weekly Listen - Martina Winkelhofer-Thyri on whether Austria is a nation, state or an empire
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Studying the evolution of Austria in the 20th century offers deep insight into essential Western political categories. Read by Leighton Pugh.

https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/austria-nation-state-or-empire/

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15m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1633703011" data-format="short_date">Oct 08, 2021</span></span>
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15m
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<a class="text-decoration-none" href="/posts/7953142-ei-weekly-listen-tom-holland-on-aethelstan-and-the-forging-of-a-united-kingdom-of-england"><div class="Episode-list-grid card-body pan">
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<img srcset="https://audioboom.com/i/38497214/75x75/c 75w, https://audioboom.com/i/38497214/150x150/c 150w, https://audioboom.com/i/38497214/300x300/c 300w, https://audioboom.com/i/38497214/600x600/c 600w, https://audioboom.com/i/38497214/1400x1400/c 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 64px, 96px" style="background-color: #c4a361; max-width: 96px; width: 15cqw;" class="js-img-bg ratio-square rounded-1" loading="lazy" src="https://audioboom.com/i/38497214/1400x1400/c" />
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EI Weekly Listen - Tom Holland on Æthelstan and the forging of a United Kingdom of England
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The story of how, over the course of three generations, the royal dynasty of Wessex went from near oblivion to fashioning a kingdom that still endures today is the most remarkable and momentous in the island&#39;s history. Read by Leighton Pugh.

https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/aethelstan-the-king-who-forged-a-united-kingdom-of-england/

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20m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1633109231" data-format="short_date">Oct 01, 2021</span></span>
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20m
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EI Weekly Listen - Maurizio Viroli on the virtues of the city-state
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The early modern Italian republics are often portrayed as models of bad government. But the fusion of civic humanism and Christianity they championed endures to this day. Read by Leighton Pugh.

https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/in-defence-of-the-city-state/

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22m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1632466800" data-format="short_date">Sep 24, 2021</span></span>
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22m
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<img srcset="https://audioboom.com/i/38445513/75x75/c 75w, https://audioboom.com/i/38445513/150x150/c 150w, https://audioboom.com/i/38445513/300x300/c 300w, https://audioboom.com/i/38445513/600x600/c 600w, https://audioboom.com/i/38445513/1400x1400/c 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 64px, 96px" style="background-color: #695c51; max-width: 96px; width: 15cqw;" class="js-img-bg ratio-square rounded-1" loading="lazy" src="https://audioboom.com/i/38445513/1400x1400/c" />
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EI Weekly Listen - Robin Lane Fox on nationalism in the classical world
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Nationalism is often thought of as a modern development - but its traces can be found in antiquity. Read by Leighton Pugh.

https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/did-nationalism-exist-in-the-classical-world/

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27m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1631877473" data-format="short_date">Sep 17, 2021</span></span>
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27m
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<img srcset="https://audioboom.com/i/38390071/75x75/c 75w, https://audioboom.com/i/38390071/150x150/c 150w, https://audioboom.com/i/38390071/300x300/c 300w, https://audioboom.com/i/38390071/600x600/c 600w, https://audioboom.com/i/38390071/1400x1400/c 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 64px, 96px" style="background-color: #9fa09a; max-width: 96px; width: 15cqw;" class="js-img-bg ratio-square rounded-1" loading="lazy" src="https://audioboom.com/i/38390071/1400x1400/c" />
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EI Weekly Listen - Hew Strachan on the cost of the 1918-19 pandemic
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The influenza pandemic behaved much like the conflict itself - picking out the young and fit before their time. Read by Leighton Pugh.

https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/counting-the-cost-of-the-1918-19-pandemic/

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22m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1630652400" data-format="short_date">Sep 03, 2021</span></span>
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22m
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<img srcset="https://audioboom.com/i/38282874/75x75/c 75w, https://audioboom.com/i/38282874/150x150/c 150w, https://audioboom.com/i/38282874/300x300/c 300w, https://audioboom.com/i/38282874/600x600/c 600w, https://audioboom.com/i/38282874/1400x1400/c 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 64px, 96px" style="background-color: #3d3322; max-width: 96px; width: 15cqw;" class="js-img-bg ratio-square rounded-1" loading="lazy" src="https://audioboom.com/i/38282874/1400x1400/c" />
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EI Weekly Listen – Alexander Lee on Machiavelli and civil strife
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Niccolo Machiavelli, Renaissance statesman and political theorist, saw factional politics as essential to the prosperity of the Roman Empire and his native Florence. Are today&#39;s partisan divisions as beneficial? Read by Leighton Pugh.

https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/machiavelli-and-the-benefits-of-civil-strife/

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21m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1629447060" data-format="short_date">Aug 20, 2021</span></span>
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<img srcset="https://audioboom.com/i/38282985/75x75/c 75w, https://audioboom.com/i/38282985/150x150/c 150w, https://audioboom.com/i/38282985/300x300/c 300w, https://audioboom.com/i/38282985/600x600/c 600w, https://audioboom.com/i/38282985/1400x1400/c 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 64px, 96px" style="background-color: #635f59; max-width: 96px; width: 15cqw;" class="js-img-bg ratio-square rounded-1" loading="lazy" src="https://audioboom.com/i/38282985/1400x1400/c" />
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EI Weekly Listen – Adrian Wooldridge on why the West needs Plato more than ever
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The Victorians saw Plato&#39;s Republic as an indispensable guide to reform of the public sphere - we should follow their lead. Read by Leighton Pugh.

https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/leadership-in-crisis-why-the-west-needs-plato-more-than-ever/

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19m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1629446400" data-format="short_date">Aug 20, 2021</span></span>
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19m
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<a class="text-decoration-none" href="/posts/7914502-ei-weekly-listen-richard-whatmore-on-why-revolutions-are-a-disaster"><div class="Episode-list-grid card-body pan">
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<img srcset="https://audioboom.com/i/38282944/75x75/c 75w, https://audioboom.com/i/38282944/150x150/c 150w, https://audioboom.com/i/38282944/300x300/c 300w, https://audioboom.com/i/38282944/600x600/c 600w, https://audioboom.com/i/38282944/1400x1400/c 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 64px, 96px" style="background-color: #292929; max-width: 96px; width: 15cqw;" class="js-img-bg ratio-square rounded-1" loading="lazy" src="https://audioboom.com/i/38282944/1400x1400/c" />
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EI Weekly Listen – Richard Whatmore on why revolutions are a disaster
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Karl Marx was wrong about revolutions - in practice, they beget Caesars and Napoleons. Read by Leighton Pugh.

https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/history-shows-revolutions-are-a-disaster/

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22m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1628839440" data-format="short_date">Aug 13, 2021</span></span>
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22m
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<a class="text-decoration-none" href="/posts/7914144-ei-weekly-listen-andrew-graham-dixon-on-crisis-and-great-art"><div class="Episode-list-grid card-body pan">
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<img srcset="https://audioboom.com/i/38281164/75x75/c 75w, https://audioboom.com/i/38281164/150x150/c 150w, https://audioboom.com/i/38281164/300x300/c 300w, https://audioboom.com/i/38281164/600x600/c 600w, https://audioboom.com/i/38281164/1400x1400/c 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 64px, 96px" style="background-color: #53555d; max-width: 96px; width: 15cqw;" class="js-img-bg ratio-square rounded-1" loading="lazy" src="https://audioboom.com/i/38281164/1400x1400/c" />
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36: EI Weekly Listen – Andrew Graham-Dixon on crisis and great art
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Social upheaval has often been a catalyst for artistic change - the Renaissance was no exception. Read by Leighton Pugh.

https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/crisis-and-the-creation-of-great-art/

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20m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1627557415" data-format="short_date">Jul 29, 2021</span></span>
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20m
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<a class="text-decoration-none" href="/posts/7913098-ei-weekly-listen-tom-holland-on-the-empty-metropolis"><div class="Episode-list-grid card-body pan">
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<img srcset="https://audioboom.com/i/38276406/75x75/c 75w, https://audioboom.com/i/38276406/150x150/c 150w, https://audioboom.com/i/38276406/300x300/c 300w, https://audioboom.com/i/38276406/600x600/c 600w, https://audioboom.com/i/38276406/1400x1400/c 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 64px, 96px" style="background-color: #5b5954; max-width: 96px; width: 15cqw;" class="js-img-bg ratio-square rounded-1" loading="lazy" src="https://audioboom.com/i/38276406/1400x1400/c" />
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35: EI Weekly Listen – Tom Holland on the empty metropolis
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Empty city London had its harbingers in literature and history. How will it emerge from its isolation? Read by Leighton Pugh.

https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/pandemics-and-the-metropolis-city-lockdown-london/

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21m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1627475951" data-format="short_date">Jul 28, 2021</span></span>
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21m
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<img srcset="https://audioboom.com/i/38276209/75x75/c 75w, https://audioboom.com/i/38276209/150x150/c 150w, https://audioboom.com/i/38276209/300x300/c 300w, https://audioboom.com/i/38276209/600x600/c 600w, https://audioboom.com/i/38276209/1400x1400/c 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 64px, 96px" style="background-color: #3c363a; max-width: 96px; width: 15cqw;" class="js-img-bg ratio-square rounded-1" loading="lazy" src="https://audioboom.com/i/38276209/1400x1400/c" />
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34: Donald Sassoon on a world of nations and states
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Despite globalisation, the nation state retains its privileged position in world politics. Read by Leighton Pugh.

https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/a-world-of-nations-and-states-is-here-to-stay/

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20m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1626969659" data-format="short_date">Jul 22, 2021</span></span>
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20m
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<img srcset="https://audioboom.com/i/38215421/75x75/c 75w, https://audioboom.com/i/38215421/150x150/c 150w, https://audioboom.com/i/38215421/300x300/c 300w, https://audioboom.com/i/38215421/600x600/c 600w, https://audioboom.com/i/38215421/1400x1400/c 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 64px, 96px" style="background-color: #332424; max-width: 96px; width: 15cqw;" class="js-img-bg ratio-square rounded-1" loading="lazy" src="https://audioboom.com/i/38215421/1400x1400/c" />
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33: Jonathan Fenby on China&#39;s great uncoupling
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Beijing wants to foster a world where Chinese standards replace those of the post-1945 US-led system. Read by Leighton Pugh.

https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/chinese-china-the-great-uncoupling/

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22m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1625842278" data-format="short_date">Jul 09, 2021</span></span>
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22m
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<img srcset="https://audioboom.com/i/38171748/75x75/c 75w, https://audioboom.com/i/38171748/150x150/c 150w, https://audioboom.com/i/38171748/300x300/c 300w, https://audioboom.com/i/38171748/600x600/c 600w, https://audioboom.com/i/38171748/1400x1400/c 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 64px, 96px" style="background-color: #dfcbac; max-width: 96px; width: 15cqw;" class="js-img-bg ratio-square rounded-1" loading="lazy" src="https://audioboom.com/i/38171748/1400x1400/c" />
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31: David Seedhouse: Covid-19 and the moral case for personal judgement
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The tension between independence and compliance is everywhere in society – but in medicine, reason must come before rules. Read by Leighton Pugh.

https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/covid-19-and-the-moral-case-for-personal-judgement/

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25m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1624632943" data-format="short_date">Jun 25, 2021</span></span>
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This period of turbulence could turn today&#39;s twenty-somethings into the leaders of a new liberal revolution. Read by Leighton Pugh.

https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/meet-the-zoomer-generation/

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As a result of President Erdogan&#39;s embrace of two interlinked geopolitical concepts, &#39;Strategic Depth&#39; and &#39;Blue Homeland&#39;, Turkey faces international isolation. Read by Leighton Pugh.

https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/new-turkeys-old-politics/

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https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/continuity-thatcher-rescuing-a-complex-leader-from-historical-cliche/

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https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/challenging-the-great-reset-theory-of-pandemics

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https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/upstairs-downstairs-demolished-the-changing-fate-of-the-english-country-house/

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The Covid-19 crisis has accentuated all the geopolitical fault lines of the past decade. Read by Leighton Pugh.

https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/geopolitics-pandemic-geopolitical-conflict/

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The constitutional order is changing as citizens become alienated and demand more say. Americans must take care that their habits of law are not swept away. Read by Leighton Pugh.

https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/a-government-of-laws/

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