Archive - Current History

Asymmetric War at Lexington and Concord

250 years ago, a colonial militia battled the world's greatest empire

8 hrs ago • Ken Briggs

Artificial Intelligence and Global Education | Current History Podcast #8

Watch now | Artificial intelligence and digital technology are reshaping higher education worldwide, disrupting how students are assessed, fragmenting…

Apr 15 • Ken Briggs

38:46

Too Slow to Win: How America's Drone Bureaucracy Is Losing the Most Important Military Race of Our Time

Guest contributer Armin Aryafar writes on defense procurement, emerging technology, and geopolitics.

Apr 13 • Armin Aryafar

Ukraine as a Drone Superpower

The World Takes Notice of Its Most Battle-Tested Drone Army

Apr 10 • Ken Briggs

Amphibious Warfare and the Limits of Optimism

Case studies in what happens when planning meets reality

Apr 8 • Ken Briggs

The New Nuclear Diplomacy

Small Modular Nuclear Reactors Are Becoming a Foreign Policy Tool

Apr 6 • Ken Briggs

Taiwan Is Watching Iran. So Is Beijing

While America Fights One War, It May Be Signaling the Start of Another

Apr 4 • Ken Briggs

Energy, Democracy, and the Art of Policy | Current History Podcast #7

In this episode of Current History, I sit down with Santiago Creuheras, a Harvard Kennedy School fellow, former Mexican Deputy Minister for the…

Apr 3 • Ken Briggs

1:00:03

March 2026

Canada and the Power Play in the Arctic | Current History Podcast #6

A New Great Game for Access to the Northwest Passage

Mar 25 • Ken Briggs

44:18

Oil, Revolution, and the History Behind the Iran War

History is a very important lense to understand the world today.

Mar 24 • Ken Briggs

The Economic Front: What the Iran War Is Doing to Global Energy

The Strait of Hormuz Is Closed and the Entire World Is Paying for It

Mar 19 • Ken Briggs

Iran Is Losing the War But Winning the Crisis

Military Victory and Strategic Control Are Not the Same Thing

Mar 18 • Ken Briggs

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