Book Review | Contest for the Indian Ocean and the Making of a New World Order
Darshana M. Baruah’s Contest for the Indian Ocean and the Making of a New World Order explores 21st-century Indian Ocean geopolitics, focusing on trade, political power shifts and maritime security....
View ArticleBook Review | Growth: A Reckoning
Daniel Susskind‘s Growth: A Reckoning examines modernity’s relentless pursuit of economic growth, both its benefits (like mass poverty alleviation and technological development) and its harms (like...
View ArticleBook Review | Nation Branding in the Americas
Nation Branding in the Americas by Efe Sevin, César Jiménez-MartÍnez and Pablo Miño explores how countries across the Americas use branding to shape their image internationally, attract investment and...
View ArticleBook Review | Chokepoints
Chokepoints by Edward Fishman explores how the US leverages control over financial, technological, and maritime infrastructure through invisible “chokepoints” to increase its global power. Though...
View ArticleBook Review | Equality: What It Means and Why It Matters
Equality: What It Means and Why It Matters is a wide-ranging discussion between economist Thomas Piketty and philosopher Michael J. Sandel on ways to think about and achieve real equality. Though its...
View ArticleBook Review | The Lure of Economic Nationalism
In The Lure of Economic Nationalism, Kenneth A. Reinert looks at the historical roots of economic nationalism and its consequences for international trade, politics and cooperation. Reinert provides a...
View ArticleBook Review | They Called It Peace
Lauren Benton‘s They Called It Peace explores how imperial powers legitimised violence as a necessary means of peacekeeping. She argues that powerful countries continue this legacy through the liberal...
View ArticleBook Review | On Truth in Politics
With the rise of social media and populist leaders like Trump who have undermined the authority of facts in politics, many say we’re living in a “post-truth” era. In On Truth in Politics, Michael...
View ArticleBook Review | Nationalism: A World History
In Nationalism: A World History, Eric Storm examines the global evolution of nationalism, from the rise of the nation-state in the eighteenth century through to the resurgence of nationalist ideas in...
View ArticleBook Review | Breaking the Engagement: How China Won and Lost America
In Breaking the Engagement: How China Won and Lost America, David Shambaugh tracks the US-China relationship, from the early Cold War origins of engagement to a more confrontational relationship after...
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