Episode
Sarah Paine — How Imperial Japan defeated Tsarist Russia & Qing China
Dwarkesh Podcast · Jul 25, 2025 · 1 h 56 min
After my last lecture series with Sarah Paine ended, I still had so many questions . I knew we’d only scratched the surface of Sarah’s scholarship, so I immediately invited her back for another series: she graciously agreed, and we’ll be releasing the results online over the coming weeks and months! This first lecture is focused on the balance of power in East Asia at the turn of the 20th…