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 Revolutionद्वारा BBC Radio 4

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

with Sir John Eliot, plus exciting newsद्वारा BBC Radio 4

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

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

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

Bangladesh was born in 1971.द्वारा BBC Radio 4

Ep3 Norway and fish, followed by oilद्वारा BBC Radio 4

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Back to Italy with guerrilla numero unoद्वारा BBC Radio 4

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

Natural borders vs mountain bordersद्वारा BBC Radio 4

How the Alps divide Europe in twoद्वारा BBC Radio 4

The Invention of France #3द्वारा BBC Radio 4

The Invention of France #2द्वारा BBC Radio 4

The Invention of France #1द्वारा BBC Radio 4

Getulio Vargas, inventor of Brazil?द्वारा BBC Radio 4

Independence or death!द्वारा BBC Radio 4

I came by boatद्वारा BBC Radio 4

A sense of disasterद्वारा BBC Radio 4

The heroic last standद्वारा BBC Radio 4

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

Big appetite, bad teethद्वारा BBC Radio 4

The man in the red capeद्वारा BBC Radio 4

A less than sturdy bootद्वारा BBC Radio 4

The end of the dynastyद्वारा BBC Radio 4

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

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

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

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