After the ‘End of History’
After the ‘End of History’ is a podcast about International Relations Theory and History.
After the ‘End of History’
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How Ruhollah Khomeini Constructed the Islamic Republic
Welcome back to After the End of History. This discussion was recorded on August 27th, 2026.The many false starts and stops of the war on Iran tell us, unhappily and perversely, that this conflict will stretch well into our futur...
Literary Realism 2: Alejo Carpentier - "El Siglo de las Luces"
Welcome back to our jaunt through Alejo Carpentier’s “El siglo de las luces”, a maritime escapade in the Americas at the time of the French Revolution. With some of the literary theory covered already in episode 1, where we made the case for wh...
The Long Arc of History Bends Toward Realism: A Conversation with Christopher Mott
[Recorded on 29 July 2025.] We sat down with the always insightful Christopher Mott of the Institute for Peace and Diplomacy to talk about the patterns of American culture and their effects on foreign policy. His distinctive blend o...
Marx's "Herr Vogt" - Ep. 2, Part 2 - Spies in the Workers' Movement
[Recorded 31 January 2025]A continuation of our discussion on Marx's "forgotten text," Herr Vogt: A Spy in the Workers' Movement.
Mario Vargas Llosa: The Realist as Neo-Liberal
Welcome back to our mini-series on realism and the Latin American novel. In this episode, we provide a thorough engagement with the late Peruvian master, Mario Vargas Llosa, an author of major works from all the way back in the 1950s to the cur...