Century by Century: History in Reverse

Century by Century: History in Reverse

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Century by Century: History in Reverse episodes

  • Ep 2 | From the Korean War to a Unipolar World (1950–2001)

    In Episode 1 we looked at the world since 9/11. Now we go back fifty years to see where it came from.

    From the ruins of World War II to China joining the WTO, this episode covers the half-century that set up the world we live in now:

    reference article: https://mylifestory.studio/showcase/2?lang=en

    • 1950s | The Cold War Takes Shape: NATO and the Warsaw Pact, the Korean War, the French defeat at Dien Bien Phu, and China’s first Five-Year Plan, when its first trucks came off the line in three years
    • 1960s | The Most Dangerous Decade: the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Sino-Soviet split, Vietnam, and the Cultural Revolution
    • 1970s | The Great Realignment: Nixon goes to Beijing, the oil shock empties Europe’s highways, and Deng Xiaoping launches Reform and Opening Up
    • 1980s | Two Paths: China reforms its economy step by step, while the Soviet Union tries shock therapy, and the Berlin Wall falls
    • 1990–2001 | The Unipolar Moment: Yeltsin on the tank, the Soviet collapse, the Gulf War, the internet boom, Fukuyama’s “End of History,” and China joining the WTO
    52 min
  • Ep 1 | From 9/11 to Great-Power Rivalry (2001–2026)

    On September 11, 2001, two planes hit the World Trade Center. A few months later, China joined the WTO. From that year on, the U.S. and China moved in very different directions.

    Background article: https://mylifestory.studio/showcase/2?lang=en

    We start in the present and look back over the last 25 years:

    • 2001–2008 | War on Terror and the World’s Factory: the U.S. pours trillions into Afghanistan and Iraq while China has its fastest decade of growth, capped by the Beijing Olympics
    • 2008–2016 | The Financial Crisis Changes the World: Lehman Brothers collapses, China spends heavily on infrastructure, and in 2010 it becomes the world’s second-largest economy
    • 2016–2020 | Globalization Starts to Reverse: Brexit, Trump, and the U.S.–China trade war
    • 2020–2022 | The Pandemic: lockdowns, broken supply chains, inflation, and a rush to go digital
    • 2022–Present | Great-Power Competition Returns: the war in Ukraine, the war in Gaza, and the AI revolution
    39 min

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