Bro History

Today we discuss the events and deceptions that led to one of the greatest foreign policy disasters in US history.

Episode #163

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Alexander Lukashenko has been President of Belarus since 1994. This is the longest tenure as head of state in the former Soviet Union. Lukashenko consolidated his power through authoritarian means and a centralized economic system very similar to the former Soviet Union. Presidential elections were held in Belarus on Sunday, August 9th. SPOILER ALERT – Lukashenko won with over 80% of the vote. Now protesters are taking the street and calling the election illegitimate, however, Belarus and Russia are claiming that these protests are directed by foreign actors. On today’s episode we discuss the protests, the geopolitical implications and history of Belarus.

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Episode #158

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The cities of Ancient Sumer provide the world’s first examples of urban centers with significant populations. Food surpluses made it possible to free of people from their farms and create divisions of labor. This led to the creation of the “violence specialist”.

These violence specialist produced the most sophisticated armies of the Bronze Age.

Today we discuss the rise of civilization and the birth of the first professional armies.

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Episode #174

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Japan & COVID-19

Many people thought Japan would be among the hardest hit nations by COVID-19, however, earlier this week they declared an end to their state of emergency. Even though Japan has a large elderly population, most people did not get sick. Moreover, they did not enforce a widespread shutdown, tested only 0.2% of its population and did not use surveillance technology.

So how did Japan succeed while not following the official playbook?

Article Discussed

https://time.com/5842139/japan-beat-coronavirus-testing-lockdowns/

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Episode #147

Japan & COVID-19
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Four empires collapsed during World War I – the German Empire, the Russian Empire, the Austria-Hungary Empire, and the Ottoman Empire. After the armistice of Nov. 11, 1918, the victorious Allies redrew the maps of Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East to replace these fallen empires.

Today we discuss how these border changes made a future war inevitable.

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