The Economist asks: Should we turn our understanding of the Middle East on its head?

Host Anne McElvoy is joined by Peter Frankopan, historian and bestselling author of The Silk Roads, to discuss how reorienting how the history of the Middle East is viewed could have far reaching ramifications for diplomacy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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