Peter Frankopan: the mismatch of expectation on the new Silk Roads

Merryn Somerset Webb talks to author and historian Peter Frankopan about Britain’s relationship with the new Silk Roads, and why we need to better understand China.

[@joeeshwar8578]

An awesome human, a great academician and gifted writer. This man is an exceptionally brilliant historian I have ever come across in recent times. The interviewer is cool.

[@AbdulHamid-qu1wl]

Congratulations. The book is a great book. It clearly explains the root causes of problems behind the masks of religion and democracy!

[@salmivec]

Very interesting

[@ShitizenKane]

general wesley clark surely had no idea about interventions in that region

[@ShitizenKane]

haha pinky ring

[@MANCO513]

Very weak book. I'm very disappointed by his lack of information about Afghanistan and persia. There is not a single evidence about the existence of persian empire in persian history books and scripts. Persian empire has never ruled in Afghanistan. The other fact the today's persian language stammes from Afghanistan or the old Khorasan and Iran has always been part of Khorasan (Afghanistan) except the two dynasties (sasanid and safavid). Safavid is where iran got like indipendent after the fall of last great Khorasan empire, (Timurid Herat). Persian language stammes from cities of Herat (Aria) and Balkh (Bactria). As an Afghan I'm very disappointed about the fact that Iranians have brainwashed the world and also the less effort the world has put to find out what the truth is.