Audiobooks by Sergey Radchenko

The Market: Money, States, and Ideas for a Free World

"From the Roman market to digital currencies – how has the market evolved, and what might its future hold? This anthology explores the development of markets and their critical role in shaping the modern world, while also addressing how we might navigate a sustainable future. In thought-provoking essays by international researchers, political leaders, and experts, the market is examined across three phases: yesterday, today, and tomorrow. From ancient Greece to medieval Europe, through technological change, consumer trends and geopolitical shifts like Reagan-era policies, this anthology traces how markets have taken shape – concluding with the challenges posed by authoritarianism and AI."

Adrian Woolridge, Ali Ansari, Alina Polyakova, Caroline Burt, Charlie Laderman, David Abulafia, David Butterfield, David Wootton, Edward Chancellor, Francis J. Gavin, Iain Martin, Ian Leslie, Jade McGlynn, Kwasi Kwarteng, Linda Yueh, Magnus Henrekson, Marie Kawthar Daouda, Mario Pisani, Mary Bridges, Mick Ryan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad, Paul Tucker, Richard Bratby, Rickard Westerberg, Sergey Radchenko, Shashank Joshi, Ulrike Franke, William Inboden (Author), Alister Austin (Narrator)

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[Swedish] - Ledarskap och statskonst: Studier i makt

"Machiavellis observation om ledarskapets svåra balansgång är lika relevant i vår tid, som den en gång var i 1500-talets Florens. Kinas framväxt, Rysslands attack mot Ukraina och den växande politiska och ekonomiska närvaron i den globala södern har aktualiserat frågan om vikten av kompetent ledarskap inom politiskt styre. Denna ljudbok utforskar utmaningarna för ledarskap och statskonst i en allt mer komplex värld och ställer frågan huruvida vi kan skapa politiska eliter som är kapabla att på ett säkert vis vägleda väst genom de många prövningar vi står inför. Genom att se till vårt förflutna såväl som till vår samtid undersöker världsledande forskare och skribenter hur ledarskapsidéer har utvecklats genom historien för att ge oss en större förståelse för statskonsten och för vilka färdigheter och organisationer som krävs för att driva små stater, stora imperier och allt däremellan."

Alexander Lee, Ali Ansari, Alina Polyakova, Andreas Rödder, Anna Wieslander, Benedetta Berti, Charles Moore, Claire Coutinho, Daisy Dunn, David Butterfield, Edward Stringer, Elisabeth Braw, Francis J. Gavin, Fredrik Logevall, Gudrun Persson, Henrik Meinander, Iskander Rehman, J. C. D. Clark, James Marriott, John Bew, Julian Jackson, Katja Hoyer, Kenneth Payne, Kentaro Fujimoto, Kori Schake, Kristin Ven Bruusgaard, Lucy Ward, Michael Scott, Munira Mirza, Nathan Shachar, Philip Zelikow, Rory Medcalf, Sergey Radchenko (Author), Per Runhammar (Narrator)

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To Run The World: The Kremlin's Cold War Bid for Global Power

"What would it feel like To Run the World? The Soviet rulers spent the Cold War trying desperately to find out. In this panoramic new history of the conflict that defined the postwar era, Sergey Radchenko provides an unprecedented deep dive into the psychology of the Kremlin's decision-making. He reveals how the Soviet struggle with the United States and China reflected its irreconcilable ambitions as a self-proclaimed superpower and the leader of global revolution. This tension drove Soviet policies from Stalin's postwar scramble for territory to Khrushchev's reckless overseas adventurism and nuclear brinksmanship, Brezhnev's jockeying for influence in the third world, and Gorbachev's failed attempts to reinvent Moscow's claims to greatness. Perennial insecurities, delusions of grandeur, and desire for recognition propelled Moscow on a headlong quest for global power, with dire consequences and painful legacies that continue to shape our world."

Sergey Radchenko (Author), Daniel Henning (Narrator)

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