At the beginning of 2024 the president of the Chinese People's Republic, Xi Jinping, claimed people living on both sides of the Taiwan Straits should reunite "and share in the glory of the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation". But is Taiwan really part of China, and could this question lead to war? Misha Glenny and producer Miles Warde have been to …

The Long March, the Civil War, the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolutionتوسط BBC Radio 4

The end of the Qing and the troubled birth of the republic under Dr Sun Yat-senتوسط BBC Radio 4

Find out how the world's greatest civilisation found itself dragged into two opium warsتوسط BBC Radio 4

Misha Glenny and Miles Warde head east to find out what is China and where it came from?توسط BBC Radio 4

A bonus episode with Hannah Lucinda Smith, Christopher de Bellaigue and Misha Glennyتوسط BBC Radio 4

Ep 3 - How the republic of Turkey emerged from the ruins of World War Oneتوسط BBC Radio 4

EP 2 - The Invention of Turkey and slow decline of the empire from the siege of Viennaتوسط BBC Radio 4

Ep1 - Istanbul and Mehmet the Conqueror. Misha Glenny on the birth of the Ottoman empireتوسط BBC Radio 4

Ep 1 The Invention of Russia ... told from a time when it was still very smallتوسط BBC Radio 4

Ep 2 - The Invention of Russia and the expansion east to Siberia, west into Ukraineتوسط BBC Radio 4

Ep 3 - The Invention of Russia and Catherine the Great, presented by Misha Glennyتوسط BBC Radio 4

Ep 4 - The Invention of Russia, presented by Misha Glenny and produced by Miles Wardeتوسط BBC Radio 4

with Sir John Eliot, plus exciting newsتوسط BBC Radio 4

Ep 3 - Poland reborn and invaded again. Misha Glenny presents, Miles Warde holds the mic.توسط BBC Radio 4

EP 2 - Misha Glenny on Poland's 123 year absence from the map, produced by Miles Wardeتوسط BBC Radio 4

Ep 1 - how Europe's largest state was sliced and diced by Russia, Prussia and Austria.توسط BBC Radio 4

Bangladesh was born in 1971.توسط BBC Radio 4

Ep3 Norway and fish, followed by oilتوسط BBC Radio 4

The Swedish Baltic Empire ... why it's not all Abba and social democracy with the Swedesتوسط BBC Radio 4

Ep 1 "Danes talk about Swedes all the time. Swedes don't talk about Danes so much."توسط BBC Radio 4

"The thing about the border - we've lived it. It doesn't feel like history to us."توسط BBC Radio 4

Dr Joan Redmond talks to Misha Glenny about Ireland, England and the early seeds of warتوسط BBC Radio 4

Fintan O'Toole talks to Misha Glenny about Catholics, Protestants, and Top of the Popsتوسط BBC Radio 4

Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales - why all these borders, and what do they mean?توسط BBC Radio 4

Insecurity - from Dover to Dublin, presented by Misha Glenny and produced by Miles Wardeتوسط BBC Radio 4

Anglocentrism .... or why Britons Never Will Be Slavesتوسط BBC Radio 4

What is Britain? Who are the Scots, the Welsh, the Irish, the English?توسط BBC Radio 4

Are we Italian or not? With Leoluca Orlando, Lucy Riall, Tim Parks, Lucy Hughes-Hallett.توسط BBC Radio 4

Back to Italy with guerrilla numero unoتوسط BBC Radio 4

Misha Glenny on the early alpine visitors who were either very ill, or very rich.توسط BBC Radio 4

Natural borders vs mountain bordersتوسط BBC Radio 4

How the Alps divide Europe in twoتوسط BBC Radio 4

The Invention of France #3توسط BBC Radio 4

The Invention of France #2توسط BBC Radio 4

The Invention of France #1توسط BBC Radio 4

Getulio Vargas, inventor of Brazil?توسط BBC Radio 4

Independence or death!توسط BBC Radio 4

I came by boatتوسط BBC Radio 4

A sense of disasterتوسط BBC Radio 4

The heroic last standتوسط BBC Radio 4

What is Catalonia? What's Castille?توسط BBC Radio 4

Big appetite, bad teethتوسط BBC Radio 4

The man in the red capeتوسط BBC Radio 4

A less than sturdy bootتوسط BBC Radio 4

The end of the dynastyتوسط BBC Radio 4

King of Spain, Archduke of Austria, Holy Roman Emperor - where did it all go wrong?توسط BBC Radio 4

How did a small family from Switzerland become Europe's greatest dynasty?توسط BBC Radio 4

There is a faultline in Europe, from the North Sea to the Alps. Belgium sits halfway.توسط BBC Radio 4

How Amsterdam became one of the world's leading cities in a few short decadesتوسط BBC Radio 4