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Discussing Benjamin Ho's new book, China's Political Worldview and Chinese Exceptionalism, this podcast explores how China is currently engaged in a competition with the United States to demonstrate its superiority over the latter.

To mark the 15th anniversary of the publication of the landmark The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review, Nicholas Stern reviews progress and looks forward to the prospects of success at COP26 and beyond.

What does the economic history of earlier periods of very high debt tell us about the current environment of rising public indebtedness and, potentially, higher inflation?

Join us as Lea Ypi discusses her memoir and her experiences growing up in Albania, the last Stalinist outpost in Europe during the fall of communism in 1990.

The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated a massive policy response.

We explore what philosophy, linguistics, and anthropology can tell us about our distinctly modern conversations.

Craig Calhoun discusses the problems which arise from putting a secular conception of the human at its centre for our normative and political imagination.

Germany's elections saw a surprise comeback for the SDP and strong gains for the Greens. Meanwhile, results for left-wing Die Linke were catastrophic. What is the significance of these results for the future of the left in Germany, Europe and beyond?

How has Brexit shaped public support for the EU in the remaining 27 member states? Is Britain’s exit from the EU a deterrent or has it given a boost to Eurosceptic forces across the continent?

Human rights bridge morality and politics, and underpin our sense of what it means to be human. But where do rights come from? Can non-human beings have rights? And does the rights model reinforce individualism?