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Benedict Rogers, "The China Nexus: Thirty Years in and Around the Chinese Communist Party's Tyranny" (Optimum Publishing, 2022)
2023/1/28

The China Nexus: Thirty Years In and Around the Chinese Communist Party's Tyranny (Optimum Publishin

Robert Holzmann and Fernando Restoy, "Central Banks and Supervisory Architecture in Europe: Lessons from Crises in the 21st Century" (Edward Elgar, 2022)
2023/1/27

Since 2020, Europe's financial sector has been severely stress-tested by a global pandemic and a maj

Postscript: Narrative and Influence Activities in the Russo-Ukraine War
2023/1/26

For almost a year now, we have been absorbing news and information about Russia’s invasion of Ukrain

Kevin Munger, "Generation Gap: Why the Baby Boomers Still Dominate American Politics and Culture" (Columbia UP, 2022)
2023/1/25

In Generation Gap: Why the Baby Boomers Still Dominate American Politics and Culture (Columbia UP, 2

Contextualizing the Iranian Protests: The Role of Women in Leading the Change
2023/1/23

Western sanctions have slowed Iran's economy, causing protests against the absence of freedom and op

David Collier and Gerardo L. Munck, "Critical Junctures and Historical Legacies: Insights and Methods for Comparative Social Science" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2022)
2023/1/21

Over the past 50 years, scholars across the social sciences have employed critical juncture analysis

Adam Lajeunesse, "Lock, Stock, and Icebergs: A History of Canada's Arctic Maritime Sovereignty" (UBC Press, 2016)
2023/1/21

In April 1988, after years of failed negotiations over the status of the Northwest Passage, Brian Mu

Karyne E. Messina, "Resurgence of Global Populism: A Psychoanalytic Study of Projective Identification, Blame-Shifting and the Corruption of Democracy" (Routledge, 2022)
2023/1/21

Resurgence of Global Populism: A Psychoanalytic Study of Projective Identification, Blame-Shifting a

Daniel F. Runde, "The American Imperative: Reclaiming Global Leadership through Soft Power" (Bombardier, 2023)
2023/1/20

In The American Imperative: Reclaiming Global Leadership through Soft Power (Bombardier, 2023), Wash

The Future of the European Left
2023/1/20

Why is it so hard for left wing parties in the West to win elections? Some such as the UK Labour Par

Jennifer Forestal, "Designing for Democracy: How to Build Community in Digital Environments" (Oxford UP, 2021)
2023/1/19

Political Theorist Jennifer Forestal’s new book is a fascinating exploration of contemporary democra

Patrick Bixby, "License to Travel: A Cultural History of the Passport" (U California Press, 2022)
2023/1/19

This surprising global history of an indispensable document reveals how the passport has shaped art,

Robert Ovetz, "We the Elites: Why the US Constitution Serves the Few" (Pluto Press, 2022)
2023/1/18

We have been ruled long enough. It is time to govern ourselves. If we are to get past the Constituti

Steffen Mau, "Sorting Machines: The Reinvention of the Border in the 21st Century" (Polity Press, 2022)
2023/1/18

It is commonly thought that, thanks to globalization, nation-state borders are becoming increasingly

Randle C. DeFalco, "Invisible Atrocities: The Aesthetic Biases of International Criminal Justice" (Cambridge UP, 2022)
2023/1/16

International criminal justice is, at its core, an anti-atrocity project. Yet just what an 'atrocity

Apocalyptic Politics: What Do Evangelical Voters Want?
2023/1/15

Evangelical voters made up a significant portion of Donald Trump’s base in the 2016 presidential ele

Benjamin Hegarty, "The Made-Up State: Technology, Trans Femininity, and Citizenship in Indonesia" (Cornell UP, 2022)
2023/1/15

In The Made-Up State: Technology, Trans Femininity, and Citizenship in Indonesia (Cornell UP, 2022),

Xiang Biao and Wu Qi, "Self as Method: Thinking Through China and the World" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022)
2023/1/15

Today I had the pleasure of talking to Professor Xiang Biao on his new book, Self as Method: Thinkin

Jeffrey Carpenter and Andrea Robbett, "Game Theory and Behavior" (MIT Press, 2022)
2023/1/14

Jeffrey Carpenter and Andrea Robbett's book Game Theory and Behavior (MIT Press, 2022) is an introdu

Malaysia’s GE15: Reflections on a Snap Election
2023/1/13

Malaysia held its fifteenth general election on 19 November 2022 after it was called at short notice