Peter Pomerantsev on Winning an Information War

Peter Pomerantsev is a Senior Fellow at Johns Hopkins University where he co-directs the Arena Initiative. His past books include Nothing is True and Everything is Possible and This is Not Propaganda. His most recent book is called How to Win an Information War: The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler. Access Episodes Ad-Free on Patreon Make... Continue Reading →

Does Democracy Die in Darkness? Katlyn Carter on Transparency and Secrecy in Early Representative Governments

Katlyn Carter is an assistant professor of history at Notre Dame University. She is the author of Democracy in Darkness: Secrecy and Transparency in the Age of Revolutions. Access Bonus Episodes on Patreon Make a one-time Donation to Democracy Paradox. If we're thinking about democracy as something broader that is producing equality, justice or these... Continue Reading →

Leadership is Not a Formula Says Moshik Temkin

Moshik Temkin is a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Leadership and History at Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University, and a fellow at Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. His most recent book is Warriors, Rebels, and Saints: The Art of Leadership from Machiavelli to Malcolm X. Access Bonus Episodes on Patreon Make a one-time... Continue Reading →

Deng Xiaoping is Not Who You Think He is. Joseph Torigian on Leadership Transitions in China and the Soviet Union

Joseph Torigian is a Research Fellow at the Stanford Hoover History Lab. Previously he was an assistant professor at the School of International Service at American University in Washington and a Global Fellow at the Wilson Center. He is the author of Prestige, Manipulation, and Coercion: Elite Power Struggles in the Soviet Union and China... Continue Reading →

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