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Episodes

Jul 9, 2024
Paul D'Anieri

Ukraine and Russia: From Civilized Divorce to Uncivil War

Jul 1, 2024
Dale Copeland

A World Safe for Commerce: American Foreign Policy from the Revolution to the Rise of China

Jun 25, 2024
Diana Mutz

Winners and Losers: The Psychology of Foreign Trade

Jun 10, 2024
James Gelvin

The New Middle East: What Everyone Needs to Know

Jun 10, 2024
James Gelvin

The Israel-Palestine Conflict: A History

May 1, 2024
Immanuel Ness

Migration as Economic Imperialism: How International Labour Mobility Undermines Economic Development in Poor Countries

Apr 22, 2024
Jack Buffington

Reinventing the Supply Chain: A 21st-Century Covenant with America

Apr 19, 2024
Mark Rank

The Poverty Paradox: Understanding Economic Hardship Amid American Prosperity

Apr 9, 2024
Fathali Moghaddam

Political Plasticity: The Future of Democracy and Dictatorship

Apr 3, 2024
Jerry Kaplan

Generative Artificial Intelligence: What Everyone Needs to Know

Apr 1, 2024
Robert J. Allison

The American Revolution: A Very Short Introduction

Mar 27, 2024
David J. Bodenhamer

The U.S. Constitution: A Very Short Introduction

Feb 20, 2024
Christopher Marquis

Mao and Markets: The Communist Roots of Chinese Enterprise

Feb 8, 2024
Samuel Issacharoff

Democracy Unmoored: Populism and the Corruption of Popular Sovereignty

Feb 7, 2024
Parks Coble

The Collapse of Nationalist China: How Chiang Kai-shek Lost China’s Civil War

Jan 19, 2024
Steve Tsang

The Political Thought of Xi Jinping