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<p>France is in some ways one of Europe’s most conservative societies, and yet revolutionary violence is never far from the surface. Muriel Zagha joins Alastair Benn to discuss this month’s riots and what they mean for next year’s presidential election.</p><p>Image: ‘Liberty Leading the People’ by Eugene Delacroix (1830). Credit: Alamy</p></div>

France is in some ways one of Europe’s most conservative societies, and yet revolutionary violence is never far from the surface. Muriel Zagha joins Alastair Benn to discuss this month’s riots and what they mean for next year’s presidential election. Image: ‘Liberty Leading the People’ by Eugene Delacroix (1830). Credit: Alamy


<p>France is in some ways one of Europe’s most conservative societies, and yet revolutionary violence is never far from the surface. Muriel Zagha joins Alastair Benn to discuss this month’s riots and what they mean for next year’s presidential election.</p><p>Image: ‘Liberty Leading the People’ by Eugene Delacroix (1830). Credit: Alamy</p>

The Fifth Republic: order or chaos?

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<p>In a new age of great-power rivalry, Europe appears caught between three main challengers: the US, China and Russia. Dimitar Bechev sits down with Jack Dickens to discuss the continent’s volatile future and how it might recover some of its former strength.</p><p>Image credit: Alamy</p></div>

In a new age of great-power rivalry, Europe appears caught between three main challengers: the US, China and Russia. Dimitar Bechev sits down with Jack Dickens to discuss the continent’s volatile future and how it might recover some of its former strength. Image credit: Alamy


<p>In a new age of great-power rivalry, Europe appears caught between three main challengers: the US, China and Russia. Dimitar Bechev sits down with Jack Dickens to discuss the continent’s volatile future and how it might recover some of its former strength.</p><p>Image credit: Alamy</p>

Europe: can the centre hold?

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<p>Stephen Bowd speaks to Paul Lay about why, 500 years after his death, Niccolò Machiavelli remains one of the world’s most vital political philosophers.</p><p>Image: Portrait of Niccolò Machiavelli (1570). Credit: Alamy</p></div>

Stephen Bowd speaks to Paul Lay about why, 500 years after his death, Niccolò Machiavelli remains one of the world’s most vital political philosophers. Image: Portrait of Niccolò Machiavelli (1570). Credit: Alamy


<p>Stephen Bowd speaks to Paul Lay about why, 500 years after his death, Niccolò Machiavelli remains one of the world’s most vital political philosophers.</p><p>Image: Portrait of Niccolò Machiavelli (1570). Credit: Alamy</p>

Machiavelli still matters

<div>Niall Ferguson, Helen Thompson and Rana Mitter join Iain Martin to explore what happened to China in the nineties, and what created the conditions for China's spectacular rise in the new millennium.</div>

Niall Ferguson, Helen Thompson and Rana Mitter join Iain Martin to explore what happened to China in the nineties, and what created the conditions for China's spectacular rise in the new millennium.

14: Worldview - China in the 90s: why did it rise?

<div>Mattias Hessérus is in conversation with John Preston, author of 'The Dig', on his new biography of British media baron Robert Maxwell.</div>

Mattias Hessérus is in conversation with John Preston, author of 'The Dig', on his new biography of British media baron Robert Maxwell.

13: Maxwell's fall – John Preston on the mysterious demise of a disgraced tycoon

Iain Martin with guests Sir Nigel Sheinwald, Professor Joseph Nye, Karin von Hippel and Tom McTague on the foreign policy change facing the Biden administration

12: Can America lead again?

<div>Mattias Hessérus is in conversation with John Ferris, the historian 'behind the enigma' of Britain's signals intelligence agency.</div>

Mattias Hessérus is in conversation with John Ferris, the historian 'behind the enigma' of Britain's signals intelligence agency.

11: GCHQ – John Ferris on the official history

<div>Mattias Hessérus is in conversation with Helen Fry on the ingenious exploits of MI9 – the secret service for escape and evasion.</div>

Mattias Hessérus is in conversation with Helen Fry on the ingenious exploits of MI9 – the secret service for escape and evasion.

10: MI9 – Helen Fry on wartime escape

<div><em>Mattias Hessérus is in conversation with David Omand, former director of GCHQ, on how we can all learn to think like a spy.</em></div>

Mattias Hessérus is in conversation with David Omand, former director of GCHQ, on how we can all learn to think like a spy.

<em>Mattias Hessérus is in conversation with David Omand, former director of GCHQ, on how we can all learn to think like a spy.</em>

9: David Omand on what it takes to think like a secret agent

<div>Over 40,000 books have been written on JFK since his assassination, yet none have succeeded in getting behind the myth of Camelot. Join Mattias Hessérus in discussion with Fredrik Logevall on the making of the man who enchanted America.</div>

Over 40,000 books have been written on JFK since his assassination, yet none have succeeded in getting behind the myth of Camelot. Join Mattias Hessérus in discussion with Fredrik Logevall on the making of the man who enchanted America.

8: Fredrik Logevall on JFK

<div>Iain Martin with guests Adrian Wooldridge and Vernon Bogdanor discusses the covid crisis and the long-term impact that it might have on the development of the West.</div>

Iain Martin with guests Adrian Wooldridge and Vernon Bogdanor discusses the covid crisis and the long-term impact that it might have on the development of the West.

7: Covid and reform: can the West fix its governing systems?

<div>In this episode of History Lessons, Mattias Hesserus is joined by Alexander Lee to discuss Machiavelli’s life and works. Was he always an adept politician?  Was he as immoral as is often claimed?</div>

In this episode of History Lessons, Mattias Hesserus is joined by Alexander Lee to discuss Machiavelli’s life and works. Was he always an adept politician? Was he as immoral as is often claimed?

In this episode of History Lessons, Mattias Hesserus is joined by Alexander Lee to discuss Machiavelli’s life and works. Was he always an adept politician?&nbsp; Was he as immoral as is often claimed?

6: Alexander Lee on Machiavelli

<div>In this episode of History Lessons, Mattias Hesserus and Jessica Frazier are in conversation about the differences between Eastern and Western philosophies of crisis. Is the desire for a return to ’normal’ inherently western? What can we learn from narratives of rebirth? And, was the global lockdown a mass-participation yogic experiment?</div>

In this episode of History Lessons, Mattias Hesserus and Jessica Frazier are in conversation about the differences between Eastern and Western philosophies of crisis. Is the desire for a return to ’normal’ inherently western? What can we learn from narratives of rebirth? And, was the global lockdown a mass-participation yogic experiment?

5: Asian Philosophies of Rebirth with Jessica Frazier

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