Hot and cold wars: How Eurasia shaped the modern geopolitical world

Hot and cold wars: How Eurasia shaped the modern geopolitical world

Hal Brands argues that, while American power is often seen as dominating the modern era, it is in fact part of a long and violent Eurasian century. From world war one to today's geopolitical tensions involving the US and the authoritarian axis of China, Iran and Russia, the Eurasian landmass has consistently shaped global conflict.


This week Mark Leonard welcomes Hal Brands, the Henry Kissinger distinguished professor at the John Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and columnist for Bloomberg Opinion, to discuss his new book, The Eurasian Century: Hot Wars, Cold Wars, and the Making of the Modern World. What inspired him to write it? How is the second Eurasian century, driven by the authoritarian axis of Russia, China, and Iran, emerging? And how does Donald Trump change the equation between liberal powers and the authoritarian Eurasian heartland?


Bookshelf:


The Eurasian Century: Hot Wars, Cold Wars, and the Making of the Modern World by Hal Brands


By More Than Providence by Michael J. Green

This podcast was recorded on 10 January 2025

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