
The instability of a multipolar era
2025-12-29 | 1 h 1 min.
EI's Paul Lay is joined by Helen Thompson to discuss US–China rivalry, the growing importance of the Western Hemisphere in geopolitics, and the inherent instability of a multipolar world. Image: Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Victory Parade marking the 70th anniversary of the surrender of Nazi Germany in the Second World War. Credit: Associated Press

Nicholas Wright on why the brain is the ultimate weapon of war
2025-12-18 | 1 h 1 min.
EI's Paul Lay is joined by neuroscientist Nicholas Wright to discuss how the brain shapes war, and how war shapes the brain. Image: The brain as a weapon of war. Credit: fStop Images GmbH

The end of Pax Britannica
2025-12-11 | 29 min.
Graeme Thompson on the fall of a liberal world order. Read by Leighton Pugh. Image: 'Taming the British Lion'. Puck magazine, 1888. Credit: Historical Images Archive

The classical key to the AI revolution
2025-12-04 | 21 min.
John Tasioulas examines how a classical conception of democracy – distinct from liberal democracy – may offer the resources needed to meet the challenges posed by Artificial Intelligence. Read by Leighton Pugh. Image: Rudolph Müller, View of the Acropolis from the Pynx (1863). Credit: Eraza Collection

The Risorgimento myth
2025-11-27 | 22 min.
Gerald Warner on the origins of a 'black legend' designed to discredit the once-flourishing Bourbon Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Read by Leighton Pugh. Image: A painting displaying the splendour of the Neapolitan fleet. Credit: The Picture Art Collection



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