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Discover how the past shapes the present with the best historians in the world. Everything happening today comes from something, somewhere. History As It Happens features interviews with today's top scholars and thinkers, interwoven with audio from history's archive. Subscribe for ad-free episodes, early access, and bonus content. https://historyasithappens.supercast.com/
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August 4, 2026
<p>The world is aflame with endless wars and racial strife. Some societies are tearing themselves apart as mass migration fuels a nationalist backlash. Since the nineteenth century, ethnic nationalism has been a potent force, galvanizing peoples — imagined nations — around shared myths and historical truths.</p> <p>Our guest is Sune Haugbølle, an expert on global political sociology. He specializes in social memory, the history of radical movements, and transnational solidarity at Roskilde University in Denmark.</p> <p>He is the author of <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Memory-Lebanon-Cambridge-Middle-Studies/dp/1107405548/ref=sr_1_4?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.TYnicq8qH8aRSaSSqkArLEnuGMiojKj1ILoZbxuPXbEGsB8WfH_Uo7ceQKjZM88X2hHNOQNJKVPWUrorflfb-g.YghNTaVA8fzv8qJ2uVCbseSQDB62YA1RlpXulE7IVAQ&dib_tag=se&qid=1785788898&refinements=p_27%3ASune+Haugbolle&s=books&sr=1-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">War and Memory in Lebanon (Cambridge Middle East Studies)</a>.</p> <p><strong>Further listening:</strong></p> <p><a href= "https://historyasithappens.supercast.com/subscriber_v2/feed_items/1659548" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Nakba: 1947-present</a> w/ historian Mark LeVine</p> <p><a href="https://historyasithappens.supercast.com/">Subscribe today</a> to <strong>History As It Happens Premium</strong> for ad-free listening, early access, and bonus content!</p>
July 31, 2026
<p><a href="https://historyasithappens.supercast.com/">Subscribe today</a> to <strong>History As It Happens Premium</strong> for ad-free listening, early access, and bonus content!</p> <p>This is the 70th year of Sudanese independence, but there is little to celebrate and much to lament as the country continues to tear itself apart. Three major civil wars have consumed 43 years of Sudan's seven decades, not counting the many years of violence and genocide in Darfur from 2003.</p> <p>The current war has entered its fourth year with no prospect of peace. Recent fighting has drawn the world's attention to the central Sudanese city of El Obeid, where thousands of desperate civilians are sheltering from a feared onslaught by the genocidal Rapid Support Forces. Alex de Waal returns to the podcast to discuss the driving forces behind the violence and why the world is incapable or unwilling to stop it.</p> <p>Alex de Waal is the Executive Director of the World Peace Foundation and one of the foremost experts on Sudan and the Horn of Africa. He is the co-author of <a href= "https://cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501786587/the-sudans/#bookTabs=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Sudans: Africa's Search for Peace, Democracy, and Two Viable States</a>.</p>
July 30, 2026
<p><a href="https://historyasithappens.supercast.com/">Subscribe now</a> to listen to the entire 17-minute episode (or preview 7 minutes).</p> <p>The precarious international consensus on nuclear non-proliferation is cracking. The Trump administration announced a civilian nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia — long sought by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman — which experts fear could lead to the Saudis pursuing nuclear weapons in violation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The deal allows for the kingdom to enrich uranium and reprocess plutonium on its own soil.</p> <p>In this episode, Joe Cirincione explains the potential danger to the U.S.-led nuclear order.</p> <p><strong>Recommended reading:</strong></p> <p><a href= "https://www.ms.now/opinion/trump-saudi-nuclear-deal-iran" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Trump's Saudi pact could be the worst nuclear deal in history</a> by Joe Cirincione (MS Now)</p>
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