The Ali Roman Show

In this episode, we look at why political tensions have been heightened between Dublin, Belfast, and London over the future of British-EU border controls following Brexit. The Northern Ireland Protocol refers to laws around border controls with special emphasis on goods moving from the United Kingdom into the European Union via the Scotland-Northern Ireland border and Northern Ireland-Republic of Ireland border.

In this episode, we look at the history of Irish currency in the Republic of Ireland from its origins in the Irish pound--pegged to the British pound Sterling--to the use of the Euro. Scottish politicians pushing for a Scottish referendum oriented around moving Scotland into the European Union have cited the history of Ireland's currency as an example of territories that have moved from the British pound to the Euro. However, the question of a Scottish referendum and a Scottish turn to the European Union has been repeatedly shut down in London most recently by Rishi Sunak, rendering the currency question moot.

This episode looks at legacies of British-Irish tensions dating back to the early 1920s, when the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland became the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland--with a Republic of Ireland bordering the kingdom to the south.

This episode looks at how the UK went from the Kingdom of Great Britain to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to, in the 1900s, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

In this episode, we look at the circumstances that led up to Elizabeth's coronation as queen and why her reign was so impactful.

Why do the British debate abolishing the monarchy? In this episode of the Ali Roman Show, we take a look at why British writers and international observers argue for and against abolishing the monarchy. Ali "Roman" is a historian and bestselling author of 1368: China and the Making of the Modern World (Stanford University Press, 2022).