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 RevolutionBy BBC Radio 4

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

with Sir John Eliot, plus exciting newsBy BBC Radio 4

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

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

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

Bangladesh was born in 1971.By BBC Radio 4

Ep3 Norway and fish, followed by oilBy BBC Radio 4

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Back to Italy with guerrilla numero unoBy BBC Radio 4

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

Natural borders vs mountain bordersBy BBC Radio 4

How the Alps divide Europe in twoBy BBC Radio 4

The Invention of France #3By BBC Radio 4

The Invention of France #2By BBC Radio 4

The Invention of France #1By BBC Radio 4

Getulio Vargas, inventor of Brazil?By BBC Radio 4

Independence or death!By BBC Radio 4

I came by boatBy BBC Radio 4

A sense of disasterBy BBC Radio 4

The heroic last standBy BBC Radio 4

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

Big appetite, bad teethBy BBC Radio 4

The man in the red capeBy BBC Radio 4

A less than sturdy bootBy BBC Radio 4

The end of the dynastyBy BBC Radio 4

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

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

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

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