Itihaas Gawaah Hai

In this final episode of the world history series, I discuss the current world order and talk about post-democracy and post-truth era.

In this episode we discuss the ill effects of just controlling monetary policy without any clear policy measures to counter the downsides. We discuss the transition from Economic Liberalization to Economic Nationalism: Trumponomics and Brexit.

In this episode I share the origin of Environment conversation, the barriers, the implications of having GDP as a metric, and the problem of terrorism in the current world.

In this episode, I talk about European Union, Russia in Post Cold War, and Economic Liberalization and its impact on Third World Countries.

Disintegration of USSR marks one of the seismic events in the global politics. It marked the end of Cold War and marked the beginning of a multipolar world.

In this episode, I talk about the reasons behind the oil crisis and how it challenged the Keynesian Economics and the emergence of Neo-Liberal Economics as the result.

In this episode, I talk about the freedom of colonies in South-East Asia and Africa including China and Vietnam.

The episode focuses on the immediate and long-term causes of the Cold War and talks about the various hotspots and conflicts related to the Cold War across the world.

We discuss the aspect of USA's rise to global economic and political domination.

This is quick revision episode on the causes of WW I and WW II.

We discuss the causes of the rise of Nazi Party and Hitler in Germany and Hitler's foreign policy that ultimately led to WW II.

We discuss the conditions that led to the rise of Mussolini and his economic and foreign policy approach after coming to power.

We discuss the constructive reaction to the great depression and also steps taken to tackle the depression by Britain and France, which did not bear results due to the lack of economic coordination.

This episode discusses the step through which Article 370 was abrogated.

We discuss the important post-independence events in Kashmir and Article 35(a) and various amendments that were made to it after 1954.

We discuss the instrument of accession for Kashmir and the context surrounding it. We discuss the now abrogated Article 370.

In this episode, we discuss the change in Pakistan's approach after 1971, its role in the Afghanistan War (79-89), and the diplomatic situation at present.

We talk about the basis of Pakistan's formation and the first 23 years after the formation.

The episode discusses the rise of Communal Politics and the demands of a separate state based on religious identity.

We discuss Stalin's economic model and his ideas about strengthening Soviet Russia. We also discuss the reasons for the great depression.

We discuss the Russian Revolution and the role of Lenin in bolstering the revolution.

We discuss the reasons for the failure of the Paris Peace Conference and the implementation of Wilson's 14-Pt Program.

We discuss the nature of Paris peace conference and its aims along with all the treaties that were signed between the two sides, sowing the seeds of discontent and war in the long term.

We look at the impact of WWI on the European society and discuss how the seeds of the second world war and great depression were sown in the first world war.

We discuss the roots of the Iran - Israel conflict and how the tactics used by Britain in the first world war and later by America after the second world war played a role in deepening this conflict.

Here we discuss the long-term and immediate reasons that ultimately precipitated WWI. We also discuss if Germany solely responsible for the war as stated in Treat of Versailles and if the war was avoidable.

We briefly look at all the factors that will ultimately lead to World War I.

We discuss the factors that contributed to Neo Imperialism after 1870. We discuss Division of Africa, Dutch Culture System in Indonesia, Neo-Imperialism of USA.

We discuss the european occupation of Latin America, Africa, and Asia between 16-18th Century and how these continents were exploited to fuel the commercial capitalism in Europe. We also discuss reasons due to which the form of imperialism shifted after 1870

In this episode we discuss the remaining aspects of Marxist thoughts and its impact on European society.

In this episode we discuss the ideas of one of the greatest thinkers of modern times, Karl Marx, who was also called as the Rousseau of 19th century. Worth listening on its own this episode will help you see many underlying patterns in today’s world.

Socialism as a though rose due to inaction of middle class to provide lower classes any representation. It gained strength after industrial revolution, that created a separate labor class.

Both Russia and Japan adopted a very specific model of indistrialization that led to some interesting consequences in the history. We discuss both in this episode.

As Britain underwent an industrial revolution, nations around the world prepared to industrialize to compete with the cheaper British products. We discuss the challenges and factors that supported the industrialization of USA and Germany.

We discuss the social, political, cultural, and economic impact of Industrial Revolution in Britain. We also discuss the demands of Middle Class and Lower Class and how the British parliament responded to these demands.

We discuss the reasons for industrial revolution in Britain and why it did not happen in some other nations of Europe.

We discuss the destructive impact of nationalism and look at the formation of the new nations from the declining ottoman empire. European countries wanted to benefit from this decline and that competition will sow the seeds of WWI.

In this episode, we discuss the unification of Germany and the factors that played a significant role. We discuss the role of Otto Von Bismarck in the unification and its impact on the politics of Europe.

We discuss the challenges in the process of unification, the ideas that provided impetus for unification, and the personalities that played a major role in it.

In this episode, we discuss the European revolts of the 1820s, 1830s, and 1848, which impacted all the regions in Western, Central, and Eastern Europe in different ways and produced some interesting long-term consequences.

We discuss some benefits and limitations of the Metternich system in Europe and the factors that posed challenges. We discuss how factors like liberalism, nationalism, and industrial revolution gave way to modern nationalism and how it impacted Europe.

In this episode, we discuss the arrangements made to counter the impact of the French Revolution on the existing order. We discuss the critical steps taken to restore the map of Europe, emphasize balance of power, and suppress ideas such as liberalism and Nationalism.

We summarize the French Revolution by talking about the causes, some of the key trends, criticism levelled against the French Revolution, and the legacy of the French Revolution.

We discuss the rise of napoleon along with some administrative, social, economic, and religious reforms he made during his rule and his eventual fall.

This episode discusses two phases of the French Revolution—Radical Republicanism (1792-94) or Reign of Terror and Moderate Republicanism (1794-99)—by the end of which Napoleon Bonaparte had risen to leadership.

The episodes talks about the reasons the french revolution had different phases and discusses the first phase of the revolution between 1789-1791.

We discuss the major events in the region during the 20th century and the regional and global political equation.

In this episode, we compare the situation of Jewish community in the medieval time from the economic and social standpoint. We also look at the changes during the Modern Period that finally led to the push for the creation of separate Jewish state in the Middle East.

In this episode we compare the situation of Jewish community in the ancient and medieval time. For medieval period, we compare the situation of Jewish communities in Christian and Islamic empire from religious and legal standpoint.

In this episode, we discuss the conditions that led to the fall of the Roman Empire and the Islamic conquest of the region between the right end of the Mediterranean Sea and the Himalayas.