Imperialism was once the main paradigm of foreign policy and this introductory podcast for beginners seeks to explain why.

For over five millennia nations and states would seek to ruthlessly dominate their opponents, and no post-agrarian culture was immune from the temptations of imperial practice. Using war and colonisation, states acted without restraint.

But by the 20th Century imperialism was under serious attack s a state practice. This podcast explores why old imperialism became so unfashionable.

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