When did countries become countries? Misha Glenny on the borders, the stories and the people of countries worldwide.
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A riveting, original and comprehensive account of international crime and a brilliant critique of globalisation's dark side, McMafia contains full and often terrible stories behind today's most sensational headlines, charting a parallel universe of crime. Find out more at www.bodleyhead.co.uk.
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How to Invent a Country: Taiwan
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At the beginning of 2024 the president of the Chinese People's Republic, Xi Jinping, claimed people living on both sides of the Taiwan Straits should reunite "and share in the glory of the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation". But is Taiwan really part of China, and could this question lead to war? Misha Glenny and producer Miles Warde have been to …
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China: The Life and Times of Chairman Mao
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The Long March, the Civil War, the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural RevolutionOleh BBC Radio 4
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The end of the Qing and the troubled birth of the republic under Dr Sun Yat-senOleh BBC Radio 4
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China - to kowtow or not to kowtow
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Find out how the world's greatest civilisation found itself dragged into two opium warsOleh BBC Radio 4
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Misha Glenny and Miles Warde head east to find out what is China and where it came from?Oleh BBC Radio 4
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A bonus episode with Hannah Lucinda Smith, Christopher de Bellaigue and Misha GlennyOleh BBC Radio 4
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Turkey - A Delicate Balancing Act
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Ep 3 - How the republic of Turkey emerged from the ruins of World War OneOleh BBC Radio 4
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Turkey - The Military and Decline
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EP 2 - The Invention of Turkey and slow decline of the empire from the siege of ViennaOleh BBC Radio 4
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Turkey - The Ottomans: East or West
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Ep1 - Istanbul and Mehmet the Conqueror. Misha Glenny on the birth of the Ottoman empireOleh BBC Radio 4
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Ep 1 The Invention of Russia ... told from a time when it was still very smallOleh BBC Radio 4
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Russia - the Empire Strikes Back
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Ep 2 - The Invention of Russia and the expansion east to Siberia, west into UkraineOleh BBC Radio 4
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Ep 3 - The Invention of Russia and Catherine the Great, presented by Misha GlennyOleh BBC Radio 4
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Russia - the sacred song of war
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Ep 4 - The Invention of Russia, presented by Misha Glenny and produced by Miles WardeOleh BBC Radio 4
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with Sir John Eliot, plus exciting newsOleh BBC Radio 4
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Poland - Stalin on one side, Hitler to the left
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Ep 3 - Poland reborn and invaded again. Misha Glenny presents, Miles Warde holds the mic.Oleh BBC Radio 4
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Poland - a nation without a state
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EP 2 - Misha Glenny on Poland's 123 year absence from the map, produced by Miles WardeOleh BBC Radio 4
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Poland - Obliterated from the map
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Ep 1 - how Europe's largest state was sliced and diced by Russia, Prussia and Austria.Oleh BBC Radio 4
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Bangladesh was born in 1971.Oleh BBC Radio 4
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Scandinavia - the narcissism of small differences
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Ep3 Norway and fish, followed by oilOleh BBC Radio 4
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Scandinavia - The Viking Inheritance
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The Swedish Baltic Empire ... why it's not all Abba and social democracy with the SwedesOleh BBC Radio 4
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Ep 1 "Danes talk about Swedes all the time. Swedes don't talk about Danes so much."Oleh BBC Radio 4
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"The thing about the border - we've lived it. It doesn't feel like history to us."Oleh BBC Radio 4
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Ireland - plantation and conflict
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Dr Joan Redmond talks to Misha Glenny about Ireland, England and the early seeds of warOleh BBC Radio 4
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Ireland - we used the word pagan as kids!
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Fintan O'Toole talks to Misha Glenny about Catholics, Protestants, and Top of the PopsOleh BBC Radio 4
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The Invention of Britain #4 - so many different little corners!
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Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales - why all these borders, and what do they mean?Oleh BBC Radio 4
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Insecurity - from Dover to Dublin, presented by Misha Glenny and produced by Miles WardeOleh BBC Radio 4
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Anglocentrism .... or why Britons Never Will Be SlavesOleh BBC Radio 4
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The Invention of Britain #1- like quicksand for the uninitiated
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What is Britain? Who are the Scots, the Welsh, the Irish, the English?Oleh BBC Radio 4
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Italy - Garibaldi's Grand Scheme #2
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Are we Italian or not? With Leoluca Orlando, Lucy Riall, Tim Parks, Lucy Hughes-Hallett.Oleh BBC Radio 4
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Italy - Garibaldi's Grand Scheme #1
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Back to Italy with guerrilla numero unoOleh BBC Radio 4
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The Alps - Did the English invent skiing?
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Misha Glenny on the early alpine visitors who were either very ill, or very rich.Oleh BBC Radio 4
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The Alps - and why Switzerland exists
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Natural borders vs mountain bordersOleh BBC Radio 4
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How the Alps divide Europe in twoOleh BBC Radio 4
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The Invention of France #3Oleh BBC Radio 4
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The Invention of France #2Oleh BBC Radio 4
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Joan of Arc and England's role in defining France
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The Invention of France #1Oleh BBC Radio 4
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Getulio Vargas, inventor of Brazil?Oleh BBC Radio 4
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Independence or death!Oleh BBC Radio 4
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I came by boatOleh BBC Radio 4
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A sense of disasterOleh BBC Radio 4
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The heroic last standOleh BBC Radio 4
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What is Catalonia? What's Castille?Oleh BBC Radio 4
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Big appetite, bad teethOleh BBC Radio 4
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The man in the red capeOleh BBC Radio 4
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A less than sturdy bootOleh BBC Radio 4
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The Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Habsburgs #3
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The end of the dynastyOleh BBC Radio 4
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The Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Habsburgs #2
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King of Spain, Archduke of Austria, Holy Roman Emperor - where did it all go wrong?Oleh BBC Radio 4
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The Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Habsburgs #1
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How did a small family from Switzerland become Europe's greatest dynasty?Oleh BBC Radio 4
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There is a faultline in Europe, from the North Sea to the Alps. Belgium sits halfway.Oleh BBC Radio 4
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The Netherlands - The Dutch Golden Age
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How Amsterdam became one of the world's leading cities in a few short decadesOleh BBC Radio 4
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