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Show notes – Episode 2: The Empire Strikes Back

Against the backdrop of Trump’s threats to annex Canada and Greenland, in our second episode, host Synne Dyvik is joined by Alan Lester for a conversation with David Wearing to discuss the past, present and future of US empire.

Alan Lester is Professor of Historical Geography in the Department of Geography. He specialises in the history and geographies of the British Empire and is editor ofThe Truth About Empire: Real Histories of British Colonialism, published by Hurst.

Dr David Wearing, Assistant Professor in International Relations, and an expert in UK foreign relations in the Middle East. David is the author of AngloArabia: Why Gulf Wealth Matters To Britain.

David and Alan teach modules on Colonialism and its Afterlives and the International Relations of the Modern Middle East across our undergraduate degrees programmes in International Relations and International Development.

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Throughout today’s episode, Synne, Alan, and David drew on a wide range of scholarship, reporting and, yes, other podcasts. Some favourites, below.

News

• Trump’s retreat from Nato was priced in. But his humiliation of Qatar and India spells total chaos
• Trump’s threats on Greenland, Gaza, Ukraine and Panama revive old-school US imperialism of dominating other nations by force

Books

• Richard Evans’ superlative The Third Reich Trilogy
• Ian Kershaw’s equally excellent, Personality and Power

Articles

• Robinson and Gallagher’s article on Formal and Informal Empire

Podcasts

• Ones and Tooze
• Millennials Are Killing Capitalism
• Empire, available on Apple and Spotify