# Why powerful individuals are dominating politics

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Podcast: [The EI Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ei-podcast-916386)
Published: 2026-05-11T11:11:04+00:00
Episode link: https://audioboom.com/posts/8901924
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## Resource

From Xi Jinping in China to Narendra Modi in India and Donald Trump in the US, Nicholas Wright explores how powerful leaders are reshaping the rules of the global great game. Read by Leighton Pugh. Read the original essay here: https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/why-powerful-individuals-are-dominating-politics/ . Image: Caspar David Friedrich’s ‘Wanderer above the Sea of Fog’. Credit: incamerastock

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