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Civilizational

Civilizational

著者: Robert Nicholson
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概要

Power, belief, and the struggle for the soul of the West.


Civilizational is a narrative history podcast exploring the moral and political crisis of the West since the First World War, told through the lives of those who confronted it and the competing ideas they forged—ideas that continue to shape our world.


Occasional Civilizational Briefings apply this lens to events unfolding today.

© 2026 Civilizational
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  • Bibi, Jesus, and Genghis Khan: What Netanyahu Gets Right—and What He Misses
    2026/03/31

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sparked outrage when he recently compared Jesus Christ to Genghis Khan, seeming to suggest that, in the end, power matters more than morality.

    The controversy exposes a worldview that has shaped Israeli strategy for decades—a hard-edged realism rooted in the belief that only force can secure the Jewish people's future—and a different, but no less serious, challenge closer to home.

    In this episode, I unpack both.

    Send comments and questions to robert@robertwnicholson.com.

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    23 分
  • The Two Ways to Win a War (and What It Means for Iran)
    2026/03/24

    To win a war, you must break your enemy’s capacity to fight or his will to fight. And you must tell your people a story they believe.

    In this episode, Robert Nicholson uses the ongoing war with Iran to examine how Americans think about victory—and why that often leads to confusion and a sense of failure.

    Drawing on examples from World War II to Iraq, and contrasting the American approach with Israel’s more limited model of war, he argues that modern conflicts are decided not just on the battlefield, but in the minds of those watching them.

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    30 分
  • We Are What We Believe
    2026/03/23

    "I believe that a first-century Jewish rabbi rose from the dead and will one day return to judge the nations. That claim can’t be tested in a laboratory or modeled on a spreadsheet—but it shapes every aspect of how I see the world."

    In this episode, Robert Nicholson uses that belief as a starting point to introduce a broader argument: that all of us, whether we realize it or not, operate within some story about reality—and that those stories shape how we act.

    Most geopolitical analysis begins and ends with power, but power never operates alone.

    Through examples ranging from Russia’s war in Ukraine to a deeper case study of Iran, this episode introduces the central framework of Civilizational: understanding the world through both power and belief.

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    19 分
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