How to Invent a Country

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56 Episodes

  1. China: imperial collapse

    Published: 5/13/2024
  2. China - to kowtow or not to kowtow

    Published: 5/4/2024
  3. China - the first emperor

    Published: 5/3/2024
  4. Turkey - Ottoman or Turk

    Published: 11/20/2023
  5. Turkey - A Delicate Balancing Act

    Published: 10/27/2023
  6. Turkey - The Military and Decline

    Published: 10/27/2023
  7. Turkey - The Ottomans: East or West

    Published: 10/27/2023
  8. Russia - the Empire Strikes Back

    Published: 1/9/2023
  9. Russia - the bear moves west

    Published: 1/9/2023
  10. Russia - A Tale of Two Ivans

    Published: 1/9/2023
  11. Russia - the sacred song of war

    Published: 1/9/2023
  12. Return to Spain

    Published: 1/6/2023
  13. Poland - Stalin on one side, Hitler to the left

    Published: 4/8/2022
  14. Poland - a nation without a state

    Published: 3/28/2022
  15. Poland - Obliterated from the map

    Published: 3/28/2022
  16. The Birth of Bangladesh

    Published: 5/17/2021
  17. Scandinavia - the narcissism of small differences

    Published: 11/24/2020
  18. Scandinavia - The Viking Inheritance

    Published: 11/17/2020
  19. Scandinavia - The Bridge

    Published: 11/10/2020
  20. Ireland - escalation!

    Published: 10/1/2019

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When did countries become countries? Misha Glenny on the borders, the stories and the people of countries worldwide.