The Information State: Politics in the Age of Total Control | Jacob Siegel
In Episode 470 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Jacob Siegel — writer and editor at Tablet Magazine, U.S. Army veteran, and author of The Information State: Politics in the Age of Total ...
23 Mar 1h 6min
America's Gamble: Regime Change, Retreat, or State Collapse in Iran | Hamidreza Azizi
In Episode 469 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Hamidreza Azizi — Iranian scholar, visiting fellow at the German Institute for International Security Affairs, nonresident fellow at the M...
18 Mar 55min
What History's Greatest Currencies Tell Us About the Future of the Dollar | Barry Eichengreen
In Episode 468 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with renowned economic historian and author Barry Eichengreen about the history of international currencies and the prospects for the US dollar...
16 Mar 56min
When Empires Stop Building: The Iran War and the End of American Soft Power | Bruno Maçães
In Episode 467 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Bruno Maçães — geopolitical strategist, former Minister of European Affairs for Portugal, and author of World Builders — about the Iran Wa...
9 Mar 43min
The Iran War and the Limits of American Power | Joshua Landis
In Episode 466 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Joshua Landis, professor of Middle East Studies and director of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma, about th...
5 Mar 45min
The Coming Storm: Why 2026 Looks a Lot Like 1914 | Odd Arne Westad
In Episode 465 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Yale historian and Cold War scholar Odd Arne Westad, author of The Coming Storm, about why the pre-WWI era of multipolarity, imperial decl...
2 Mar 54min
The Case for a Historic Reallocation to Emerging Markets | Sony Kapoor
In Episode 464 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with economist, investor, and sovereign wealth and pension fund advisor Sony Kapoor about the case for a great rebalancing of capital from deve...
23 Feb 53min
How Big Tech Weaponized the Internet and How to Fix It | Tim Wu
In Episode 463 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with media and technology historian Tim Wu about how the rise of platform power has become the defining economic event of our time, why it's re...
16 Feb 47min
