Two years on from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a solution, military or diplomatic, seems as far away as ever.
On Worldview, leading historians and commentators reflect on a conflict that has altered the state of global geopolitics.
Jade McGlynn (https://jademcglynn.com/), author of Russia’s War (https://shop.pushkinhouse.org/products/russias-war-by-jade-mcglynn), calls in from Kyiv (00:56).
Shashank Joshi (https://mediadirectory.economist.com/people/shashank-joshi/), defence editor of the Economist and Hew Strachan (https://cstpv.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/people/strachan/), military historian, illuminate the battlefield picture (24:18).
The possible outcomes are considered by Sergey Radchenko (https://sais.jhu.edu/kissinger/people/radchenko), expert on Russian foreign policy, and Tim Marshall (https://twitter.com/Itwitius?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor), best-selling author, whose most recent book is The Future of Geography (https://eandtbooks.com/books/the-future-of-geography/) (1:00:45).
Engelsberg Ideas is funded by the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit (https://axsonjohnsonfoundation.org/). Worldview is produced by Alastair Benn and Marie Jessel. The sound engineer is Gareth Jones.
Image: The national flag of Ukraine above the Kyiv skyline. Credit: Mykhailo Prysiazhnyi / Alamy Stock Photo
5 May 2023
A Sacred Coronation for a Secular Nation
Adam Boulton is joined by Paul Lay, Senior Editor of Engelsberg Ideas, Agnès Poirier, journalist and author, and Royal biographer Hugo Vickers, to reflect on the deep meaning and symbolism of Britain's Coronation.
Image: King Charles III views a wooden carving at St. Laurence's Church in Ludlow, Shropshire. Credit: Michelle Jones (https://www.alamy.com/search/imageresults.aspx?pseudoid=%7b26250F93-E034-4049-9816-F031B874BB17%7d&name=Michelle%2bJones&st=11&mode=0&comp=1) / Alamy Stock Photo.
6 Apr 2023
The power of central banks
Central banks have held the financial world in their grip for much of the twentieth century, but is their reign coming to an end?
In this episode of Worldview, Adam Boulton is joined by the former governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, along with journalist and author Merryn Somerset Webb, Iain Martin, Editor-in-Chief of Engelsberg Ideas, and economic historian, Samuel Gregg.
Image: Currencies from around the world. Credit: Jochen Tak / Alamy Stock Photo
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