The Burning Archive
By Jeff Rich
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History helps us understand the cultures and conflicts of the changing multipolar world. But there is so much to read! Where to begin? Let Jeff Rich, writer historian, and ex-government official, be your guide to some quality world history. Appreciate world literature, discuss world crises and meet intriguing historians. Free weekly newsletter at jeffrich.substack.com
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152. Nobel Prize for Literature Reading Challenge (Read all 120 winners since 1901). 1907-13, from Kipling, poet of empire to visionary anti-empire writer, Tagore.
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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151. How Western leaders can regain a sense of reality. Isaiah Berlin, "On political judgment"
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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150. Tagore on Nationalism in the West - a warning to today's world from 1917
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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149. Rabindranath Tagore on Crisis in Civilization... in 1941 and today.
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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148. What I learned when I re-read Michel Foucault, Madness and Civilization after 40 years
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May 27, 2024 |
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147. How the Japanese classic Chōmei, Hōjōki, from 1200 teaches us how to live wisely today
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May 20, 2024 |
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146. Can the USA Empire bounce back from decline? My review of the RAND report on "Renewed National Dynamism"
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May 13, 2024 |
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145. Are we living through an end of empire moment, like the Suez Crisis?
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May 06, 2024 |
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144. Halford Mackinder, The Geographical Pivot of History
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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143. Mackinder and geopolitics: mad, bad and dangerous to know?
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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142. Sophie Loy-Wilson on the intertwined history of Australia and China
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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141. History, Destruction and Sebald, The Rings of Saturn
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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140. How to mend Australia-China relationships: a conversation with Warwick Powell
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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139. A conversation with Sam Roggeveen on defence, diplomacy and Australia's role in a multipolar world
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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138. Civilizations of the Ocean - the Atlantic and the rise and fall of the West
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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137. Civilisations of the Sea - Sri Vijaya in the Indonesian 'Middle Ages'
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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136. Civilizations in highlands - from Afghanistan to the Incas
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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135. Civilizations in fields of mud - how we get the story of Sumer and Babylon wrong.
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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134. Civilizations in Tropical Lowlands - Benin, Africa and Papua New Guinea
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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134. Civilizations in the Frozen North and the Steppe
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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132. Summer of Civilizations III Where were the cradles of civilisation?
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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131. Summer of Civilizations 2 -Is civilization the biggest and baddest idea in world history?
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Jan 14, 2024 |
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130. Summer of Civilizations 1 - Idea, History, Game
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Jan 07, 2024 |
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129. Year in Review and Summer of Civilisations
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Dec 29, 2023 |
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128. Napoleon: movies, myths and histories.
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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127. Kissinger is Dead. Is US diplomacy dead too?
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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126. How the Mongol Horde Changed the World: interview with Marie Favereau, historian
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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125. How to spot bad histories in narratives of geopolitics.
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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124. Beowulf. How a legend was saved from the fire.
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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117. History of the Nobel Prize for Literature and 2022 Winner Annie Ernaux
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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123. In a time of war, nurture empathy with history
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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122. Six Intriguing New History Books from the Wolfson History Prize. Please Discuss.
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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121. Jon Fosse's Slow Prose. My reaction to 2023 Nobel Prize for Literature Announcement
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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120. Why read Olga Tokarczuk, 2018 Nobel Prize for Literature?
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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119. Why read Patrick White, 1973 Nobel Prize for Literature, the Exile at Home?
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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118. Why read WB Yeats, Winner of 1923 Nobel Prize for Literature?
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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116. Professions vs. Managers. The rise and fall of the professions. Interview with Hannah Forsyth
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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115. Exploring World History with Leading Historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto - Part 2
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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114. Exploring World History with Leading Historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto - Part 1
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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112. Social differences, elite competition and political breakdown
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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111. Four Social Changes Unsettling the Modern World
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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110. Social Progress, Collapse and Fragmentation - 7 changes that define the modern world
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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109. NATO in Vilnius - What does it mean?
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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108. Atlantic Romantics, Part II: How NATO emerged from Atlantic History
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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107. Atlantic Romantics, Part I: Will NATO’s Special Relationship break up?
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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106. How do ideas of Eurasia influence world politics and history today? Eurasia Part II.
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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105. Why is Eurasia so important in world history and geopolitics today?
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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104. Lost in the Indo-Pacific - Strategy, Oceans, History or Illusion?
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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103. World Crisis, Polycrisis, or Another Day at the Office?
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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102. Modi in Sydney, and the Indian Way to Reform the United Nations
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May 26, 2023 |
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101. Mental Illness. Government Failure. Human Imperfection.
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May 19, 2023 |
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99. Fear and Loathing After Pandemic Democracy
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May 05, 2023 |
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98. Madness and Western Civilization, Today
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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97. Macron, European Sovereignty, and Reflections on a Philosopher President
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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96. France’s People’s Revolt on Pensions. Tricoleur Revolution?
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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95. The End of the US Dollar Empire?
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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94. Bank Collapses and Political Crises. Calm or Contagion?
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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93. The Health of Western Democracy Through the Eyes of China
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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92. India. Mother of Democracy
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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91. Democracy’s Discontents
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Mar 18, 2023 |
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89. Is Democracy Losing the War in Ukraine?
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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88. 13 Ways of Looking at a Bureaucrat. How I wrote my upcoming book.
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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87. How I, a very minor government official, wrote and published my poetry book
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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86. How I wrote and published my book, From the Burning Archive, while working full-time
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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85. How India is becoming the real leader of the free and fair world.
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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84. STOP Thinking the War in Ukraine is the Start of World War 3 - Five Alternative Histories of the War
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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83. STOP Thinking the War in Ukraine is the Start of World War 3 - even if Emmanuel Todd said it was
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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82. Six Histories of the War in Ukraine in Search of Dialogue and Diplomacy
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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81. The Ukraine Conflict - How to stay sane when different narratives of the war conflict.
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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80. Who is winning the war in Ukraine - Ukraine, Russia or NATO?
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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79. The War in Ukraine - the whole story to the end of 2022.
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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78. Kievan Rus and the origin stories of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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77. For the Horde? Russian History and the Mongol Empire
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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76. Ivan the Terrible - Part Two
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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75. Ivan the Terrible - Part One
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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74. Russia's First Civil War - The Time of Troubles and Two Murder Mysteries
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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73. Peter the Great, Catherine the Great and the Russian Enlightenment
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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72. War and Peace and Conservatism in Russia's 19th Century - Part II
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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71. War and Peace and Conservatism in Russia's 19th Century - Part I
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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70. 2022 Nobel Prize Winners
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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69. Special Episode on 2022 Nobel Prizes for Literature and Peace
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Oct 01, 2022 |
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67. Mikhail Gorbachev's Dark Night
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Sep 17, 2022 |
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66. Remembering Mikhail Gorbachev
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Sep 10, 2022 |
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65. The Black Legend of Russian History
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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64. A Field Guide to History for Decision-Making
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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63. What are the Lessons of History?
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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62. What is Australia's role in a Multipolar World?
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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61. Will America Break?
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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59. Clash of Civilizations in Ukraine - What if Russia Wins?
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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58. Civilization and the Decline of the West
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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57 Civilizations of Mud, Highlands, Seas and Oceans
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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56. Civilizations in Ice, Grasslands and Tropical Lowlands
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Jun 12, 2022 |
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55. Cradles and Concepts of Civilization
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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53. The Medici in Games and History
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May 14, 2022 |
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52. Professions and Guilds in Games and History
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Apr 30, 2022 |
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51. War and Peace and the Conflict in Ukraine
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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50. What thou lovest well - Ezra Pound, Cantos from a Cage
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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49. When Winter Came and the Norse Myths were Born
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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48. Penultimate Special Episode on Ukraine Conflict - History Wars
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Mar 27, 2022 |
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47. Dragons and Dragonslayers
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Mar 19, 2022 |
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46. Ukraine Conflict - Who Miscalculated Most - Russia or USA?
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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45. Reframing the Ukraine Conflict - The Wars of the Anglo-American Succession
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Mar 12, 2022 |
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44. Geopolitics Upside Down - USA BioLabs Exposed in Ukraine Crisis
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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43. Geopolitics Upside Down - Ukraine Crisis - Diplomatic Chessboard
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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42. Games and Play as Windows to History and Culture
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Mar 05, 2022 |
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Geopolitics Upside Down - War in Ukraine
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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40. Special Episode on Crisis in Ukraine
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Feb 27, 2022 |
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39. Flowers of Empire Part II
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Feb 20, 2022 |
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38. Flowers of Empire - what happened to the empires of Spain and Portugal?
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Feb 19, 2022 |
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37. Culture grows from beneath the ruins
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Feb 05, 2022 |
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36. Summer Edition - Social Fragmentation and the Great Seclusion
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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35. Summer Edition - From Political Decay to Political Disorder
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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34. Summer Edition - The Emergence of the Multipolar World
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Jan 07, 2022 |
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33. 2021 in Review
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Dec 31, 2021 |
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32. This Archive is For the Players
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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31. Seven Basic Plots vs 1001 Nights of Stories
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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30. Three Faiths. One Holy Land.
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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28. The Crusades, Part I
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Nov 20, 2021 |
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27. Silk Worms. Silk Trade. Silk Roads.
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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26. Beowulf
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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24. The decline and fall of Rome, Part I
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Oct 30, 2021 |
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21. Special Episode on 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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20. Six Asides about the Powerless
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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19. Vaclav Havel's Letter to a Locked Down World
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Sep 26, 2021 |
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18. After Kabul, the Task Ahead for Australia
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Sep 18, 2021 |
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17. Letter to America: you are not the captain now
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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16. Imperial Crisis in Afghanistan and the World Island, Part II
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Sep 05, 2021 |
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15. Imperial Crisis in Afghanistan and the World Island, Part I
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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13 Change everything but change itself
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Aug 14, 2021 |
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12. Towards the Society of Islands
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Jul 31, 2021 |
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11. Social progress and social fragmentation
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Jul 25, 2021 |
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10. The Parallel Polis and the Power of the Powerless
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Jul 12, 2021 |
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9. The Red Guards are Coming
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Jul 03, 2021 |
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1. Introducing a sense of history
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Apr 14, 2021 |