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LSE: The Ballpark | China’s Three Personality Problem with Professor Todd Hall
Mar 2100:39:39Tap to summarizePodcast: LSE: The Ballpark (LS 28 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: LSE: The Ballpark | China’s Three Personality Problem with Professor Todd HallPub date: 2026-03-02Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationUnderstanding China’s role in the world has never been more important — or more complex. China projects itself variously as a moral global actor, a fiercely defensive power guarding its core interests, and a pragmatic, opportunistic player.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from LSE Film and Audio Team, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
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#474 - A Modern History of Syria: A Dialogue with Daniel Neep
Feb 2802:10:45Tap to summarizePodcast: Converging Dialogues (LS 40 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: #474 - A Modern History of Syria: A Dialogue with Daniel NeepPub date: 2026-02-16Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIni this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Daniel Neep about a modern history of Syria. They discuss internal and external divisions in Syria, various ethnic and religious communities in Syria, Bilad al-Sham, Tanzimat reforms, Kingdom of Syria, and French rule. They discuss military rule, Ba’ath Party, Nasser and United Arab Republic, 30 years of Hafez al-Assad, 24 years of Bashar al-Assad, Syria’s future, and many more topics. Daniel Neep is Senior Editor at Arab Center Washington DC and a non-resident fellow at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis University. He has taught Middle East politics at George Washington University, Georgetown University, and the University of Exeter, and was previously Syria research director with the Council for British Research in the Levant. He is the author of the latest book, Syria: A Modern History. Get full access to Converging Dialogues at convergingdialogues.substack.com/subscribeThe podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Converging Dialogues, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
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Homeland Empire w/ Nikhil Pal Singh
Feb 1500:43:41Tap to summarizePodcast: Politics Theory Other (LS 53 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Homeland Empire w/ Nikhil Pal SinghPub date: 2026-01-28Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationNikhil Pal Singh joins PTO to discuss his recent article in Equator, titled Homeland Empire - in which Nikhil argues that from from Venezuela to Minnesota, Donald Trump is creating a borderless American power, collapsing the foreign and the domestic into a single domain of impunity. We talked about how the relative shift away from the preoccupation with the southern border towards the targeting of migrants across the United States is symptomatic of this collapse of the foreign and the domestic, and about how previous administrations laid the basis for the expansion of ICE. We also talked about the extent to which the second Trump administration represents a mere deepening of pre-existing trends in American state craft and the ways in which the MAGA movement is genuinely innovative. Finally, we talked about the weaknesses of the Trump administration and why Nikhil thinks it is fundamentally unable to construct a genuinely hegemonic project.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Politics Theory Other, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
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Red Pill or Blue Pill? China's K-Visa Examined
Feb 600:34:34Tap to summarizePodcast: All Things Policy (LS 39 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: Red Pill or Blue Pill? China's K-Visa ExaminedPub date: 2026-01-20Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationChina’s new K-Visa policy, introduced in October 2025, intends to attract global STEM talent by allowing young graduates and researchers to enter China without prior employer sponsorship. This development comes amid intensifying international competition for skilled workers, and has sparked divisive debate within China, particularly due to its economic, social, and cultural implications. Kripa Koshy (Staff Programme Manager, Policy School), is joined by Anushka Saxena (Staff Research Analyst, Indo-Pacific Studies Programme) and Zoe Liz Philip (independent writer for The Hindu’s Education Vertical) to closely examine some of the implications of this development.All Things Policy is a daily podcast on public policy brought to you by the Takshashila Institution, Bengaluru.Find out more on our research and other work here: https://takshashila.org.in/research-areasCheck out our public policy courses here: https://school.takshashila.org.in The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Takshashila Institution, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
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Imagining Wastelands: Turkey's Waste and Recycling Policy at the Periphery with Adnan Khan
Jan 1800:39:19Tap to summarizePodcast: Imagining TurkeyEpisode: Imagining Wastelands: Turkey's Waste and Recycling Policy at the Periphery with Adnan KhanPub date: 2026-01-07Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIn this episode, the Takhayyul Project welcomes Adnan Khan, an acclaimed Canadian writer, editor, photographer, and visual storyteller. We discuss Adnan's recent work chronicling how the global trade in plastic waste has exploited some of the most vulnerable communities, such as refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in Istanbul, and of the importance in bringing empathy and depth to similar stories that often go untold. Date of episode recording: 2025-11-09 Language of episode: English Presenters: Meryem Zișan Köker; Hazal Aydın. Guests: Adnan Khan Producer: Dr. Sertaç Sehlikoglu; Meryem Zișan Köker; Hazal Aydın; edited by Alexander Pymm The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from UCL Institute for Global Prosperity, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
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Scramble for Africa 12: The British Scramble for West Africa
Mar 8, 2022Tap to summarizePodcast: The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur (LS 43 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: Scramble for Africa 12: The British Scramble for West AfricaPub date: 2022-02-27Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationWe start this episode with a few minutes of reading reviews – from fans and not-fans! Perhaps this will inspire you to review us too. Then we’re on to the British Scrambling for West Africa. Some of the Africans who fought back, of course, notably Bai Bureh and Yaa Asentewaa. Lord Lugard’s ideas of the … Continue reading "Scramble for Africa 12: The British Scramble for West Africa"The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Justin Podur, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
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